Day 229 of the Corona Virus Diaries
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shadowkatI really should stop counting the days, considering I suck at counting and am prone to skipping over days or numbers.
It stopped raining, been raining all day today. Nice day to stay indoors, watching television, playing on DW, doing laundry, and making the bed.
Crazy Apartment Complex is COVID Free
While doing laundry, had a nice long chat with the Super's Wife, Monica. Who informed me that no one in the apartment complex had had COVID. Thank God. If anyone knew, the super would. She also told me that her poor husband has asthma and was having troubles breathing with the masks - this explains why he didn't always have them on in certain areas. I thanked her profusely for letting me know - because that explained a lot. And my heart went out to the poor man, who is overweight, and has a heart condition - placing him in a high risk category - yet his job requires him to be in and out of people's apartments, and working in construction.
I also asked about the personal trainers, the man from Peru and his wife, their two huskies, children, and his mother. Apparently they moved to Florida in April and couldn't be happier. I was relieved, since I'd worried about them.
So, I appear to be on a good news streak.
Truth of the matter is - I've been very lucky. I don't know anyone who has died of this disease - at least not personally. I know people who have had it - but they recovered, some with lasting conditions and painful recoveries, but no deaths of it to date. I know people who have died - but not necessarily of COVID, as far as I know.
Family
Father survived his doctor's appointment and is now catheter free. Mother gets to catheterize him for the foreseeable future - and hopefully he will eventually be able to pee on his own. Yes, I now know more than I ever wanted to about my father's internal plumbing and how to catheterize a male portion of the anatomy. Mother likes to go into graphic detail on these matters. The nurse suggested mother buy a stethscope, she doesn't normally suggest it - but figures mother won't have any issues. Considering she's done antibiotic infusions and the catheter, most likely correct. I told mother she'd have made a great nurse. Mother retorted that she had no interest in nursing - don't blame her - nursing is frigging hard. I admire that profession.
Neighbors are amazed that my mother is doing all of this for my father. Mother thought everyone did it. They advised that no - everyone does not do that for their spouses. I told mother that people can only do what is right for them - no more or no less.
Oh, before I forget...this song by Jon Bon Jovi on his new album, 2020, really moved me this week...and comforted me. Also going on a news block or ignoring the news for the most part - has helped my mental health a great deal as have these three to four day weekend breaks from crazy work place.
Do What You Can by Jon Bon Jovi and Jennifer Nettles
New York vs. the Corona Virus
New York keeps asking me if I have a voting plan. I do. I'm going to fill in my absentee ballot, seal, sign it, and drop it off at the early voting site on October 24. (Which is the YMCA Armory and within walking distance, or about three - four subway stops from my home.) My plan is to take the subway to it, then walk home via the park.
I do not trust the mail - the mail slot is in my building, and I still don't know if they got my primary ballot.
If that doesn't work? I have a fast track voting sticker - and I can go drop if off on election day. I'm not worried about my home state - it'll go straight blue. I'm worried about South Carolina - and Kentucky races, which I've no control over, Pennsylvania, Florida, Michigan, Texas, California and Arizona - where I've friends and family members.
The infection rate has gone down to 4.8% in my area aka The Red Zone.
The positivity rate in "Red Zone" focus areas was flat yesterday at 4.84 percent. The statewide positivity rate excluding the focus areas was 1.14 percent. There were 918 total hospitalizations. Of the 132,106 tests reported yesterday, 1,707, or 1.25 percent, were positive. Sadly, we lost 10 New Yorkers to the virus.
So, that's good news, right?
I leave with another photo from yesterday's walk. I didn't walk today, a) raining, b) doing laundry.
It stopped raining, been raining all day today. Nice day to stay indoors, watching television, playing on DW, doing laundry, and making the bed.
Crazy Apartment Complex is COVID Free
While doing laundry, had a nice long chat with the Super's Wife, Monica. Who informed me that no one in the apartment complex had had COVID. Thank God. If anyone knew, the super would. She also told me that her poor husband has asthma and was having troubles breathing with the masks - this explains why he didn't always have them on in certain areas. I thanked her profusely for letting me know - because that explained a lot. And my heart went out to the poor man, who is overweight, and has a heart condition - placing him in a high risk category - yet his job requires him to be in and out of people's apartments, and working in construction.
I also asked about the personal trainers, the man from Peru and his wife, their two huskies, children, and his mother. Apparently they moved to Florida in April and couldn't be happier. I was relieved, since I'd worried about them.
So, I appear to be on a good news streak.
Truth of the matter is - I've been very lucky. I don't know anyone who has died of this disease - at least not personally. I know people who have had it - but they recovered, some with lasting conditions and painful recoveries, but no deaths of it to date. I know people who have died - but not necessarily of COVID, as far as I know.
Family
Father survived his doctor's appointment and is now catheter free. Mother gets to catheterize him for the foreseeable future - and hopefully he will eventually be able to pee on his own. Yes, I now know more than I ever wanted to about my father's internal plumbing and how to catheterize a male portion of the anatomy. Mother likes to go into graphic detail on these matters. The nurse suggested mother buy a stethscope, she doesn't normally suggest it - but figures mother won't have any issues. Considering she's done antibiotic infusions and the catheter, most likely correct. I told mother she'd have made a great nurse. Mother retorted that she had no interest in nursing - don't blame her - nursing is frigging hard. I admire that profession.
Neighbors are amazed that my mother is doing all of this for my father. Mother thought everyone did it. They advised that no - everyone does not do that for their spouses. I told mother that people can only do what is right for them - no more or no less.
Oh, before I forget...this song by Jon Bon Jovi on his new album, 2020, really moved me this week...and comforted me. Also going on a news block or ignoring the news for the most part - has helped my mental health a great deal as have these three to four day weekend breaks from crazy work place.
Do What You Can by Jon Bon Jovi and Jennifer Nettles
New York vs. the Corona Virus
New York keeps asking me if I have a voting plan. I do. I'm going to fill in my absentee ballot, seal, sign it, and drop it off at the early voting site on October 24. (Which is the YMCA Armory and within walking distance, or about three - four subway stops from my home.) My plan is to take the subway to it, then walk home via the park.
I do not trust the mail - the mail slot is in my building, and I still don't know if they got my primary ballot.
If that doesn't work? I have a fast track voting sticker - and I can go drop if off on election day. I'm not worried about my home state - it'll go straight blue. I'm worried about South Carolina - and Kentucky races, which I've no control over, Pennsylvania, Florida, Michigan, Texas, California and Arizona - where I've friends and family members.
The infection rate has gone down to 4.8% in my area aka The Red Zone.
The positivity rate in "Red Zone" focus areas was flat yesterday at 4.84 percent. The statewide positivity rate excluding the focus areas was 1.14 percent. There were 918 total hospitalizations. Of the 132,106 tests reported yesterday, 1,707, or 1.25 percent, were positive. Sadly, we lost 10 New Yorkers to the virus.
So, that's good news, right?
I leave with another photo from yesterday's walk. I didn't walk today, a) raining, b) doing laundry.
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Date: 2020-10-17 07:53 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-10-17 12:28 pm (UTC)We've been very lucky.
Although - this could also be behavioral? The folks in my apartment complex aren't exactly social butterflies. We rarely see each other or interact. And my co-workers are kind of the same - not overly social. No one has done much traveling, if any at all. And none are part of a big conservative religious group - that does a lot of large in-person gatherings.
The ones who got it - were all extroverted, all very social, with a few exceptions. My cousin probably got at a New Year's Eve party in January, my Aunt either got it from her or from a comedy club, another cousin got it from a co-worker who traveled to and from Asia a lot. Another - was very social and delivering food to people in need with her friend. The outbreaks in NY have all been traced to huge "in-door" worship services, parties, and social gatherings either in restaurants, bars, synagogues, churches, or in people's homes.
I honestly think nature may have designed COVID to take out people who feel the need to party or socialize.
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Date: 2020-10-17 08:43 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2020-10-17 10:53 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-10-17 12:16 pm (UTC)I've listened to the 2020 album - there's so excellent songs on it...if you have apple music or spotify or pandora - you can most likely download it.