Mar. 21st, 2020 12:38 pm
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[personal profile] lotesse
Well, I'm sick -- with the same thing A had a mild bout of last week, and he thinks with the same thing that's been going around his workplace. A is the manager of a GameStop store by his home, which company has been famously dragging their feet on shutting down. They'd put together a ridiculous document declaring themselves an essential service -- but he's just texted me that they're going online order-pickup only as of 5 pm today, when the shelter in place order goes into effect here in IL.

No one in the group of us has been tested, so we don't know what we've had, just that it looks fairly similar in all of us. A and I both had sore throat, sudden exhaustion & sleep, and head and body aches. No fever in either of us. I'm also on my period, so symptoms are somewhat obscured.

I'm going to assume that I've likely got the novel coronavirus; it doesn't seem to me to have the feel of a head cold, and I'm suspicious that we've managed to spread it even through all our handwashing and disinfecting measures -- I don't think a common cold could have got through. We're so close to the city, there's every reason to expect community spread. Without fevers, though, it doesn't feel worth seeking testing. We'll just be turned away -- and I, at least, lack any health insurance to pay for such a thing.

I'm very far away from all my family, for which I'm grateful.

I've no reason to assume that I'm at any particular risk from this sickness. We stocked up on medical care supplies awhile ago, so I don't need to go out for medications ect. I'm going to be okay, but we'll see about the world, won't we? Anyway, if you're keeping lists of good and bad actors in all of this, put GameStop on the bad list; they've likely infected a bunch of us here due to corporate greed and mismanagement.

After this, I don't know if I'll ever bring myself to be able to work for an employer again. The uncertainty of self-employment sucks, but at least I don't have to knuckle under to borderline-immoral demands under threat of abandonment ect.

Date: 2020-03-21 06:00 pm (UTC)
starlady: (a sad tale's best)
From: [personal profile] starlady
I have a friend who had something she also suspects was the virus last month--weird sore throat, eventually she lost her voice for a day or two, but no fever. Her case and yours certainly sound plausible to me. (She's in NYC.)

GameStop is definitely on my bad list after this. Wishing you a speedy recovery.

Date: 2020-03-21 09:03 pm (UTC)
autumnia: Central Park (Default)
From: [personal profile] autumnia
Hope you get better soon! One of my co-workers may have gotten Covid-19, or it's a really bad flu. When she spoke to her doctor about her symptoms, her doctor said to just assume the worse and not even to bother with testing since it'll take days to get the result (we are in NYC).

Date: 2020-03-22 02:57 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] greensword
So angry at GameStop on your behalf. Wishing you a speedy recovery. <3

Date: 2020-03-22 08:18 pm (UTC)
highlyeccentric: Sign on Little Queen St - One Way both directions (Default)
From: [personal profile] highlyeccentric
If you have got it you may develop the fever and coughs a few days in. Otherwise, I guess, you've got something else - in which case self-isolating so you don't get COVID on top of it is very smart!

Date: 2020-03-23 07:25 pm (UTC)
sophia_sol: photo of a 19th century ivory carving of a fat bird (Default)
From: [personal profile] sophia_sol
I'm sorry :( I hope you recover well

Date: 2020-03-23 08:47 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] starshipfox
Sore throat isn't a typical symptom of COVID -- at least that's what our gov have been telling us. Either way, it seems like a good idea to self-isolate and rest as much as you can.

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