The Blue Lotus
Auror
Shelia, I've been sick for going on three weeks now.
I wish I knew what I have, but when I called about getting a test run I was told my city/state here in the good 'ole US of A doesn't have any. (At that time)
Since then, I have recalled and was told unless I traveled recently OR have had direct contact with someone who has already tested positive I don't meet the criteria to get tested.
Since I'm in the very high-risk group, as are 3/4 of my household you'd think they would at least want to see me... NOPE. (They had yet to have a KNOWN case here in town at this point. 2 weeks later we have over 12 in town and more in the towns near us.)
I was told that unless I had trouble breathing to just self-care at home. With my Dad who has end-stage COPD, my three-year-old and a partner with severe asthma who works in the food industry, He can't get excused from work as they are now considered "essential workers" unless I or someone in the house tests positive. So, while he may not have it, or might be Asymptomatic, he's out there making food for people, covered in my germs... >.>
So, I'm fairly sure that we have a lot more cases than we know about, people are sick and people are dying and it's being attributed to just about anything else but what it is. Some experts put the numbers of each at about 10x higher than reported here in the states.
This really raises my hackles.
While it's true 80% of the population will probably contract this, and only a small number will have serious issues from it. I can say, that I have every symptom they tell you to look at for. And I feel like death warmed twice.
My advice is to not be "that guy" and STAY HOME!
I won't get into politics because I can't even pretend to be nice about my views anymore. Charity, in this regard, went out the window last week.
At this point, I just want to feel human again, and I want TP and flour and I want everyone to stay healthy. PLEASE.
XOXO TBL
I wish I knew what I have, but when I called about getting a test run I was told my city/state here in the good 'ole US of A doesn't have any. (At that time)
Since then, I have recalled and was told unless I traveled recently OR have had direct contact with someone who has already tested positive I don't meet the criteria to get tested.
Since I'm in the very high-risk group, as are 3/4 of my household you'd think they would at least want to see me... NOPE. (They had yet to have a KNOWN case here in town at this point. 2 weeks later we have over 12 in town and more in the towns near us.)
I was told that unless I had trouble breathing to just self-care at home. With my Dad who has end-stage COPD, my three-year-old and a partner with severe asthma who works in the food industry, He can't get excused from work as they are now considered "essential workers" unless I or someone in the house tests positive. So, while he may not have it, or might be Asymptomatic, he's out there making food for people, covered in my germs... >.>
So, I'm fairly sure that we have a lot more cases than we know about, people are sick and people are dying and it's being attributed to just about anything else but what it is. Some experts put the numbers of each at about 10x higher than reported here in the states.
This really raises my hackles.
While it's true 80% of the population will probably contract this, and only a small number will have serious issues from it. I can say, that I have every symptom they tell you to look at for. And I feel like death warmed twice.
My advice is to not be "that guy" and STAY HOME!
I won't get into politics because I can't even pretend to be nice about my views anymore. Charity, in this regard, went out the window last week.
At this point, I just want to feel human again, and I want TP and flour and I want everyone to stay healthy. PLEASE.
XOXO TBL