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  1. boltnrun
    Of course a negative result doesn't mean I can't or won't ever get it. My understanding is that a negative test means at the time you were tested you did not actively have the virus. I believe my symptoms are the result of seasonal allergies (sore throat, headache, runny nose, some chest pressure) but it also COULD be Covid. I get these symptoms several times a year, every year, and I usually get a couple of cold events that can last up to a month. Last year I had a cold for the entire month of February, and a couple of years before that I had strep throat and laryngitis that lasted almost a month. But getting a negative Covid test will ease my mind and if it does that then it's worth it to me. Hoping it's negative of course!
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    Thank you! I will report back once I get the results. BTW, it's a mouth swab test, not the long q-tip shoved up my nostril. I would've done it no matter what, but a mouth swab sounds much easier.
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    I have an appointment for a Covid test this afternoon. I'm a bit concerned because I've had a sore throat and headache for about a week and it just isn't getting any better. Results are to be available 72 hours after testing. That way I can at least know, either it's negative and I will be relieved or it's positive and I will isolate until I am recovered. Of course I am hoping for negative!
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    I have a sore throat and a headache. Occasional cough, not a deep dry cough and not constant. No fever, no chills, and I can breathe just fine although when I exert myself my chest hurts. But when I use the symptom checker on WebMD it says "isolate yourself NOW! Stay in quarantine for 14 days, you have symptoms!!!" But the doctor I saw on March 21st said I have a seasonal upper respiratory irritation, which I get every year several times a year. And this is the second or third bout just in the past 2 months. Again, totally normal for me. It is possible to just have a common cold and not every sore throat is the dreaded virus! You should have heard my online class instructor, she admitted to being sick and she sounded awful. She only coughed a couple of times but it sounded rough, and she lost her voice twice. Good thing she is working from home although she is putting in 12 hour days.
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    I'm so glad your husband is back home! That is wonderful news.
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    I lost lot of weight due to serious health issues and a "friend" sharply criticized me, saying "You're too skinny! Look at you, you lost your boobs!" Yeah, thanks for trying to make me feel worse right after I recovered from a serious infection that was one day from developing into sepsis! Some friend!
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    That is beautiful!
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    So it went OK. I guess if you don't have the Target app you have to actually go inside and pick it up yourself (no curbside hand off). So I grrrrrr'ed and then got my mask and gloves on, thinking "I was hoping to not have to go inside the store, that's why I chose pickup!!" So I get there and no, you don't have to go inside the store, you wait in a short line outside and then the nice young man scans your phone and then brings you your order. Wasted a mask, but oh well. They got everything I ordered. So I just finished wiping down what items I wanted inside immediately and everything else is living in the (hot) garage for now. Nothing perishable of course. Interesting that one young man (the one who handled my order) didn't have a mask on but his coworker did. I guess they are allowing them to decide? It wasn't a bad experience. I will probably do it again next weekend. It will be my last weekend in this place, yay!
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    I just placed my first grocery pickup order today from Target. I haven't done it before because I didn't trust the employees to make the same choices I would make. But I'm not buying any fresh food, just canned and packaged and some personal care items. Oh, and cat food. I'll make a trip to Sprouts maybe next week if I want anything fresh. Hopefully it turns out OK!
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    Hot hot hot! High 90's here.
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    Thank you! Me too. I didn't choose the best time to decide to do a job transfer, but it will be comforting knowing that they are nearby. Right now, seriously, if something happened to me like a fall at home no one would even know. 11 more days!!!!
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    I do. There's this young kid whose YouTube videos I enjoy watching. Yes, by necessity he makes mention of the pandemic but he's just cheerfully walking and riding around his city (New York, no less!) and making observations. I am finally going to be able to move to my home state after being delayed by 2 months, so that makes me happy. I will be 2 miles from my kids instead of 290 miles! And much nearer to my siblings and cousins too. Part of my depressed anxiety is due to being completely all alone in this state. I used to love being on my own but after last Christmas I realized I was lonely. I do have lots of friends but as I get older, family is becoming much more important. And I will be living in a lovely city 8 blocks from the ocean!
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    Hopefully they will have better success than some locations in the US. They tried, but couldn't stop people from gathering in crowds and people completely ignored social distancing. People spread towels and placed chairs and sat down to sunbathe. Some places had to re-close because they realized no one would pay attention to the guidelines. I hope your province will have more success!
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    And to post it on YouTube! Not too smart. Another video I watched was of a young couple who traveled from Bangkok to Texas during the pandemic. They asked their parents to drop their car in the airport parking garage rather than be picked up, and they drove straight home. They also wore masks the entire trip. The parents filled the car with food supplies so they wouldn't need to go grocery shopping for a couple of weeks. But that other young woman had her dad pick her up at the airport and then they went straight to the store! If you don't care about your own health that's certainly your choice. But why would anyone want to potentially be responsible for infecting someone else? What if God forbid she got her elderly dad sick? I was thinking this morning about grocery shopping. Very few people in my area are wearing masks, and the governor started lifting restrictions. Wearing a mask doesn't protect me from all those people, but since I've been working onsite during the entire pandemic I will continue to wear a mask just in case I am infected and don't know it. I do NOT want to be responsible for infecting someone in case I am a carrier!
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    Well, this young lady went straight from the airport to the Real Canadian store. She didn't quarantine, although she said she would be staying with her father for a while. She said someone is currently living in her home so she's been "traveling around" during the entire pandemic.
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    I watched a YouTube video last night posted by a young woman who was flying from Ontario to Saskatoon. The airport didn't have many people in it but no one was wearing masks, which surprised me. Then she went to a HUGE grocery store (can't remember the name) and again, no gloves, no masks and no social distancing. I kind of envy those people who are living through this with not one bit of fear. It makes me doubt the reasonableness of my own reaction to the situation. OK, Googled it..."Real Canadian" is the store.
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    Thank you. The biggest issue was that I feel so awful. My head and throat feel the way they always do when I'm fighting something off or when I have a cold or something. However, it might have actually helped because I had little energy to freak out about not being able to wash or sterilize constantly. The whole day was a fog. I'm waiting for my hair to dry and then it's off to bed. I have the weekend off and then I'm back in virtual classroom manager training until Thursday. Hope you are doing well.
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    Thank you. Sending one your way too.
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    My city has started to reopen. People are rushing to restaurants, shopping centers and salons. I had takeout for the first time today. A sandwich paid for at work. Out of necessity I had to relax some of my self protection routines. There was just no way to not touch things and I had to repeatedly take my reading glasses off and put them back on. I just couldn't hand wash or sterilize every time, so I just gave up and didn't do it. I didn't touch my nose or mouth. And I did have a mask on. About 125 people in the building. And I have a wretched sore throat. I felt like hell all day. No fever, no cough. I'm tired...
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    I feel guilty for praying that someone close to me who had to get tested, tests negative. This person works with someone who tested positive and is currently waiting for the test results. This is someone I care deeply for and it would be devastating for me personally if this person tests positive as it will impact someone else dear to me. But as I pray, I feel guilty for asking since so many others prayed and their loved one still tested positive and became ill. So, why should my loved one be spared when so many others were not? Yet, I still desperately want my loved one to be spared anyway. I am fearful and anxious, not just for myself but for my loved ones. When I imagine months if not years of living in fear and anxiety I can't even fathom how that will be. How can we all live like this?? However, one thing I know about humans is they adapt. Some resist adapting and others are able to adapt more easily. I just wish people were more considerate of those who are more fearful and who are not adapting as easily.
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    Too late for the US!
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    Oh, I agree. It's just thoughts going through my mind, that others in my zip code are acting like the pandemic isn't a thing, then others like me are being super cautious. I would love to be able to relax some of the elaborate routines my OCD brain came up with, but I do believe the pandemic is a thing so I don't feel safe doing that.
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    I don't know what to think. My zip code has one of the largest number of cases, yet people are not wearing masks, are not practicing social distancing and are gathering at food trucks and other places. And I have no idea if any of those people are getting sick. It makes me wonder if all I'm doing to try to stay safe is not really necessary! Should I just go out like there isn't a pandemic going on like those people, or should I continue on with all my routines I developed out of fear and anxiety? Then I think, maybe there's a middle ground somewhere between callous disregard and anxious fear. I just don't know...
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    My friend has been taking her 1 year old child to daycare during the entire shut down, so I wonder how it was determined which daycares could stay open and which ones had to close. This is in the US, of course, where every state and practically every county has different regulations.
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    I totally get the economic impact for people who cannot work and who have no alternative means of income and little to no savings. I can't imagine the fear and stress. I also can't imagine having to choose between feeding your family and trying to avoid being exposed and/or becoming ill. I truly fear going to work but I do realize I am fortunate to still have a paycheck coming in.
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