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[shadowkat]

I kind of want to do a poll. Because, I've been wondering...does anyone have COVID-19? Does anyone's family or friends? Do you know people who have died from it?

[I know people who have had it, and people who have died. No one close to me has died, more distant, and an old guy at church who I'd gotten used to seeing and saying hello to.)

Is everyone in quarantine? To what extent? Are you opening up next week or have you done so already?

Do you feel this weirdness, where some people are living in the world of COVID and others seem to be oblivious...wandering about as if it's not an issue?

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[beer_good_foamy]

I think I may have had a mild case in March; I had a cold that just kept at it for three weeks in a row, but never serious enough to visit a doctor. Not knowing for sure whether that's what it was is a little stressful. So yes, I've been in quarantine, and very grateful for generous sick pay.

I know people who are fairly sure they've had it, and a couple who have had to seek treatment for it, but no one (personally) who's died. My parents are self-isolating at their summer house in the middle of the forest with a year's supply of pasta and potatoes. Lucky bastards.

Sweden has not been in lockdown (see e.g. this twitter thread for info on what we have done, and this one for info on what hasn't worked), so I'm doing like most of the country and social-distancing voluntarily to the extent that it's possible when I work in a public service (yes, libraries remain open, and now have to cover for all the services that have closed down, too). The idea is that not closing down completely should mean we're able to last longer than the countries who do go into complete lockdown, so hopefully no easing of it anytime soon.

And yes. Very much so. Every single day.

[shadowkat]

I'm glad you're safe and on the mend. I don't know - there was something weird going through my work place at the end of November/December - around Thanksgiving, and went until about New Years - everybody seemed to get it, and it had a range of symptoms. Then we were all fine... We called it the "respiratory virus". I don't know if it was that or not?

The varying degrees of lock down around the world are interesting. I think Asia is by far the most stringent. They may survive us all.