Mostly Apolitical Thread for Discussing/Venting our Rational/Irrational COVID-19 Fears and Experiences in 2020

Ugh, sorry to hear that, DJP.

I've been wondering about that; good at least to see you venting, and sympathies, Dan.

I was about to post that the 2001 video almost makes Covid worthwhile, but Dan's post (of course) shows otherwise, however much I would have been trying to be silly.

Dan, that's awful. My sympathies to you and yr kids! A friend is dealing with similar issues, and it sounds immensely difficult

definitely, sorry to hear that djp. i know we all try to keep in mind that covid19 is a stressor on everyone and people have stuff going on behind the scenes that they don't mention, but there's a wide range of stress, and that seems particularly awful. :(

Sorry you’re having to go through that, Dan.

Oh wow, I'm really sorry to hear that DJP. I had no idea. I can't imagine how much of struggle that must be.

that's fuckin' terrible, and a logistical nightmare to boot. I'm sorry, bud. :(

Very sorry DJP. Wish you the best in dealing with tough circumstances.

Miserable to hear that. Very sorry indeed.

yes

Sorry to hear.

Shit Dan. I can definitely relate to hating large swaths of American humanity right now , but I’d probably hate them about 10x more in that situation.

Dan <3

stopped drinking so much months ago when I realized this was gonna be a long-haul quarantine

got a 4 pack of Delerium tonight

feelin goooood

Remember to drink water! Enjoy!

ya, hydrating is the thing i always forget...

Speaking of hydration, seeing a lot more people posting stuff on social media of themselves hanging out with groups of people indoors with no masks on.

I've acquainted myself with many shitheads in my life but let's just say with the election and this, a great unfriending has begun

3 people taken by covid this week: a cousin I always looked up to, in North Carolina after 5 weeks in ICU; a work colleague in Alabama who taught me so much of what I needed to do my job after 4 weeks in ICU; the delightful guy who raised the cat I adopted last November, in Arkansas after 6 weeks in ICU. So sad and so angry.

That’s terrible, I’m sorry for you loss and I share your anger, it’s so unnecessary.

The loss is unnecessary, not the anger, that is very appropriate right now.

Also Dan, I am sorry for your situation as well.

So sorry Jaq.

Thanks Ed and table. It's horrendous this administration and so many citizens of this forsaken country are fine with letting hundreds of thousands of people die and countless others suffer long-term disabilities.

Oh, Jaq, sorry.

Not just one, but three people you care about? Damn, Jaq! The tripled sadness is more than enough to cope with. Adding anger over the injustice of the situation makes it that much harder. Take care of yourself. We don't want to lose you, too.

Miserable indeed, and condolences to you, Jaq. The stories creep closer around me in general all the time -- friends of friends like Jaq's -- and it's the not knowing where it will stop that's the horrid part.

so sorry to hear that. that is horrible. :(

one of my good friends, who has terminal Stage 4 colon cancer, just found out his mother in assisted living was diagnosed with COVID-19 yesterday. the patients are all quarantined so it's staffers who are bringing it into the community. he's...notably worried and upset.

I am afraid of just how many people will lose someone due to COVID...nobody deserves to go what you're going through, Jaq

Also thinking of yr friend, Neanderthal! Stage IV colon cancer is no joke, I should know!

Thanks all. Neanderthal, exactly that - the grandmother of one of my team died in April and I feared it would be the first of so many such losses. And it has been :( How will any person be untouched by this, with so many deaths to date and so many more on the fall horizon?

Strength to your friend through all this rough time.

Sympathies to you both, Dan and Jaq.

My own situation just got more real as well. On Tuesday evening my mother (in an assisted-living facility) was complaining of shortness of breath and pain (pressure, not stabbing) high on her back. She went by ambulance to the Amory ER and was admitted. I spent time with her at the ER and the next day in her hospital room, masked the whole time. The hospital didn't do a COVID test, got her breathing a little better, and the whole time my mom just begged to go back to her room and her recliner, so they discharged her Thursday a.m. No improvement, so this morning my brother and sister arranged for her to be taken to the Tupelo ER, where she got a COVID test which came back positive about an hour ago.

Not sure where she'll be admitted -- the Tupelo COVID unit is full. She might wind up back here in Amory, but my sister wants her transferred down where she lives, 2 hours south.

so sorry wmc

Fucking hell, I’m so sorry to hear that. I hope they find a place for her and her condition improves soon.

That's fucking awful, WmC. Wishing you all the best.

Yikes WmC. I'm so sorry.

Jaq you too.

And Dan somehow I missed that before. I can't even imagine how you must be feeling.

best wishes y'all

Oh shit, Wm - best to you and your siblings in the coming days.

God WmC. So sorry for everyone's situations here. Best wishes all.

Best wishes to yr mom and all of your kin, WmC!

Dang this is all horrible

Fucking hell. Sorry about all the horrible news.

Let me pile some more on: our nanny who has been staying with us 9-5 m-f just tested positive. Asymptomatic, the only reason she got tested is because her boyfriend had to get tested for a job. We scrambled and the wife, two kids, and I all got tested a few hours ago. Results back in 3-5 days. Wife has been depressed and overwhelmed for a while now, this is officially Too Fucking Much.

My stupid place of work reopened a while back and I had to write HR a list of everyone I’ve been in contact with while on the job. It was a long list.

There’s no conceivable way 2021 can be worse than this is what I keep telling myself.

It's hard to think of any reason why it would get better. Brexit is going to crash in harder than anyone modelling options even conceived of, Lukashenko looks unlikely to stand down, fire season starts in Australia in a month and the entirety of the QAnon-believing PM's plan to beat COVID is to increase fossil fuel mining and consumption. Maybe Bolsonaro will die, but I dunno anything about who or what would replace him.

WmC - thinking of all y'all, hoping for the very best.

Dan, feeling awful for you and your kids, sucks so so much.

And my god Cow_Art :( Very last straw, I can't imagine.

Take care, hold fast, everyone

i don't know the words to say other than......I'm sorry. whatever positive vibes I can send are on their way.

this is a Hell gone nuclear

Thanks, all -- Tupelo sent her to Corinth, which had an ICU bed available but is in the exact opposite direction from my sister's home, so they're 3 hours apart instead of 2 hrs. I got a call from her nurse, she's doing a little better and her oxygen level is improved. If she continues to improve they'll move her from ICU to a regular room (still extremely isolated I assume) in a couple of days. On a BIPAP machine similar to the CPAP she's been using for years, not a ventilator.

First thing tomorrow morning, we'll start finding out where, how, and how fast we can get tested.

Dan, Jaq, WmC, my heart goes out to all of you.

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