Day #36 of Self-Isolation in Epidemic Central

Unless of course you count walks around the block with a mask on? Or essential trips for supplies? I'm putting off laundry, I think, until next week and possibly the pharmaceutical run until then as well. I got two weeks left for more essential tremor meds.

I'm in a better mood today. Possibly because I'm over the hump of the PMS/period, but most likely it's because we got some good news. New York appears to be past the Apex, the death toll is going down. Yay! ( New York vs. the Corona Virus )

So, I took a walk around the block today - after work. Maybe I should do it during? No, I'm on-call during my working hours - I live in fear of getting a phone call and not being around to answer it. This work from home thing is kind of new to me.
I have a schedule, a place set aside for work, and everything. I get up at 6:30am every morning, take the shower, get ready, and am in front of the computer clocking in at 8AM. The laptop is set up on a little desk that I bought two years back to do artwork. Up until March, it was cluttered with papers and other things. I cleaned it off and turned it into a work station. Actually the chair may be more ergonomically correct than the one at work - although the cushion isn't quite as comfy, it does provide better lower back support. My biggest problem is the stiff left shoulder and arm that hurts to move. I need to do more yoga and stretching exercises.

Anyhow back to the walk - walked the same route as yesterday, which had fewer people out and about yesterday.( Read more... )

I'm loving my window. I kind of wish I could just continue to work from home, and occasionally go into the office to pick up files and print off stuff, or do meetings, site tours, etc. ( Read more... )

Oh, The Orthodox Jews in Boro Park are donating Plasma for the cure

Kind of tired. The days feel longer somehow.

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1. Ah some good news, Here's Exactly Where We're At With Vaccines & Treatments for COVID-19.

NY1 reported that Oxford University, Johns Hopkins, and scientists in Germany were hard at work on coming up with a vaccine. Everybody trying something different, and yes, they are sharing information.

They are still a ways away from getting a vaccine in place, but there's progress and several groups on working on it at the same time from various angles.

2. On the Kensington FB Page - someone posted about how there would be testing for COVID-19 in my area, but don't go unless you are sick and need to be tested. The ensuing discussion on the page, made me wonder about people.
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To be honest this isn't the first discussion that's made me wonder about folks. There was another one with someone who didn't understand why they had to wear a mask if they were obviously not sick.

Apparently the people in the horror movies who do dumb things are far more realistic than we realized. Who knew? As one poster on Twitter put it - she really didn't want to know this about people. She was enjoying her delusion that humanity was smarter than that.

Speaking of all of the above? Here's a Twitter comment that I found particularly amusing, I shouldn't, but I did...
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3. Other thing that I shouldn't find amusing but I did, but I'm not sure if you can see it? Amazing Girls Quarantine Workout Video

4. There were two things that I heard today that I feel the need to jot down and share and remember.

* The Governor of New York was answering a question by a reporter who asked how he would respond to the protestors who were upset they'd lost their jobs and wanted to go back to work and couldn't wait a few more weeks while he continued to test to determine how far the virus had spread. And the people who did not see the need to wear masks.
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My meditation app - showed me a little film about the life cycle of a maple tree. It showed how flexible and giving the tree was - sharing it's sap with the world around it, and budding and living.

The app, also did a daily meditation on "The Words of Others", which I desperately needed.
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5. 8 TV Shows That Were Creatively Altered by a Writers Strike

(Yes I'm rewarding the people who put up with all of the coronavirus crap.)

( excerpt includes Breaking Bad, BSG, Heroes, and STNG )

Others in the article include Pushing Daisies, Scrubs, 30 Rock, and Dr. Horrible's Sing-a-Long Blog.

6. Okay, the title amused me, I have not read the article. How a Huguenot Philosopher Realized That Atheists Could Be Virtuous?

I'm amused, because honestly, I'd think of the two, Huguenots and Atheists, Atheists would obviously be the most virtuous. The Huguenots were a tad full of themselves.