A Visit with a Friend

This evening my husband was busy finishing some work, so I went for a walk around the neighborhood by myself. I texted a friend a few blocks over as I neared her house, she came out on the porch, and I had a nice conversation with her from across the yard. It was good to talk to someone else, even from a distance, and get caught up.

We've started seeing more celebrities diagnosed with COVID-19, and what is being called the first celebrity death, Terrence McNally. And more people are now posting on social media that either they have the virus, or they know someone who does. My mother's building announced to all the residents that someone in one of the condos there had been diagnosed and has been self-quarantining for over 2 weeks, and the person they live with was just removed from the unit with symptoms. I think she should be ok - each unit has its own HVAC system so hopefully there's not a lot of contamination between condos, and they have been staying in for the past couple weeks, and being very careful and disinfecting everything when bringing in mail or groceries.

They expanded the criteria to get a test in my county, but even if you're tested and found to be positive, it won't change anything about your treatment - you are to stay home unless you can't breathe to complete a sentence, then go to the hospital. From the accounts we're starting to hear from people who had it, they either have a cough for a couple days and are fine, or they're sicker than they've ever been in their life and still not back to 100% even weeks later. I know they're predicting that 70% of the planet may catch this virus, but I'd really prefer not to...