Covid-19 Quarantine

[tinker683]

Hello all,

I just thought I'd like to share that I've come down with the three common Covid-19 symptoms (dry cough, shortness of breath, fever) but because there is no testing available in my area yet, I've been instructed by my doctor and my boss to stay home. I don't know if I have it or not. I'm really hoping I don't, I've been in contact with my parents who are in regular contact with my older brother who just got out of surgery (and is therefore not in the best medical shape right now).

Anyone else under lockdown, voluntarily or otherwise?

 

[21%]

I'm sorry to hear! Not under lockdown yet, but there are rumors flying around that the whole of Bangkok might be soon, since our neighbor Malaysia has already done it. Get well soon!

 

[Red Herring]

Oy, hope you get well soon. Quarantine sounds reasonable.

We (two adults and two little children) are under selfimposed lockdown except for grocery shopping. Everything is closed anyway, even the playgrounds. The main challenge is to keep the kids occupied and not go on each others nerves.

We do it because we can (I'm working from home anyway and my SO is a teacher whose school closed down) and because we don't have much of a choice anyway as everything closes down.

What's annoying is that we were going to get married next month and will now have to cancel the wedding (civil registry already doesn't allow friends and family to attend, trains and hotels might close down too, father-in-law has damaged lungs and my brother would have to cross one of the few borders that haven't already closed but very soon might also close)

 

[Vendrah]

I hope its just a common flu and you score negative.

 

[21%]

What's annoying is that we were going to get married next month and will now have to cancel the wedding (civil registry already doesn't allow friends and family to attend, trains and hotels might close down too, father-in-law has damaged lungs and my brother would have to cross one of the few borders that haven't already closed but very soon might also close)

 

[Totenkindly]

Hope you are okay or at least that it is all manageable and not severe.

I've been sick twice recently and have felt a little off recently, but it doesn't seem to align with covid-19 stuff.

My city/state is not under total lockdown, although the governor has shut down casinos and racetracks, and a lot of things are shutting down. (Many restaurants are shifting to take out orders, for example, or delivery, to minimize contact.) My agency has just shut down all FOs nationally aside from skeleton crews to take claims via phone; and HQ is now essentially on full-time telework starting yesterday. We're used to that... aside that now due to load we've had some trouble with meeting call-in numbers being overloaded.

My gaming group (weds) is moving online (or canceling temporarily -- we're still exploring Roll20 and stuff).

Considering those were my only two outlets I left the house for, I'm pretty much on self-imposed lockdown aside from pharmacy or grocery runs. It sounds like even the big movie chains are shutting down now for a month.

 

[Doctor Cringelord]

I hope you don't have it but if you do have it I hope it doesn't get too bad.

I am not under quarantine but I am thinking about asking my work to let me work from home, as my wife is potentially high risk and I want to limit my contact with the public to lessen her chances of infection.

 

[Obfuscate]

the official position here is “At this time, we are suggesting you live your life as you would normally. Rely on your best judgment as you determine your own risk.”... some schools have been shut down by local districts, but nothing else has been impacted much except by decisions made by the public....

 

[ceecee]

Hello all,

I just thought I'd like to share that I've come down with the three common Covid-19 symptoms (dry cough, shortness of breath, fever) but because there is no testing available in my area yet, I've been instructed by my doctor and my boss to stay home. I don't know if I have it or not. I'm really hoping I don't, I've been in contact with my parents who are in regular contact with my older brother who just got out of surgery (and is therefore not in the best medical shape right now).

Anyone else under lockdown, voluntarily or otherwise?

Oh man, I hope you feel better soon.

My husband and I were both sick 3 weeks ago. (Cough, fever, general muscle aches and inability to get much air in without coughing. Sore throat but I think that was from the cough - which was somewhat unproductive). We are better but still have a bit of cough.

We were never tested of course because there were no tests but our doc checked in with us every day. Maybe we had it, maybe we didn't. But I think no because everyone I have heard are having real breathing issues with it, shortness of breath or worse. But we are both working from home and keeping an eye on the neighbors who are older. My own parents both smoke and have compromised respiratory (COPD) issues and pretty much think this is all blown out of proportion. They call when they want to talk at me, not to me so I don't have a lot to say on them.

Working from home, so far everything is good.

 

[tinker683]

All,

Thank you for the well wishes. Cough is dry, chest congestion is my bigger concern, it seems to be slowly but steadily getting worse. I called my doctors to see about getting tested, they told me to call the hospital, who told me to call the local health department...whose phones keep hanging up every time I call them.

So yeah, I have no idea whats going on but I'm playing it safe. Fortunately I can do 98% of my job from home so I've still been taking phone calls and responding to emails. Talking is becoming an issue, I get pain in my chest that starts to radiate outward the longer I speak. Been sitting at my computer screen in mostly silence for the last few hours and I'm feeling mostly fine. Started to feel bad again when I had to argue with a tenant who is 6 months behind on their rent why the owner isn't willing to give them anymore time.

Will keep on soldiering on. Just hoping my wife doesn't get anything, she seems to be OK for the time being

 

[???]

That sucks that you can't get tested. I was in a similar situation where my symptoms matched people with mild symptoms, but they have very few tests. Only people who are at risk for complications or have severe symptoms get tested here. But it doesn't make sense given that having mild or no symptoms poses a big risk for transmission. It would have also been nice to know so I could inform people I had been around, if positive.

It's all very frustrating, no planning, stock market crashing, people freaking out and buying everything in the stores, businesses and fun events shutting down, and it's all just kind of made me depressed lately, like I'd rather just die from it already, so I don't have to hear about it anymore, lol. I think I'm just going to go on a gaming binge for a couple months and tune everything out. May the gaming Gods bless you from your Corona fallout bunker. It's now time for the pc master race to shine.

 

[Red Memories]

will be praying for you over there.

 

[typologyenthusiast]

Consider Taking the Test at a Private Hospital
If you want yourself to get tested, while waiting for free test that might be eventually administered by the Government, you should consider taking it at a private hospital that provides it even though they may charge you some money for it. First, You may probably need to find out which private hospital that provides the test . Virus may have infected you earlier even long before you manage to get test to only to ensure it. The result should be provide a reliable basis of what action next needed taking. Btw, Realize that the purpose of quarantine is for preventing the spread but may not sufficiently cure the sickness whereas I believe that all of every individual sufferer want is to recover. Whilst potentially preventing the spread, serving government agenda, self quarantine may not be enough for sufferer to recover.

 

[ceecee]

Consider Taking the Test at a Private Hospital
If you want yourself to get tested, while waiting for free test that might be eventually administered by the Government, you should consider taking it at a private hospital that provides it even though they may charge you some money for it. First, You may probably need to find out which private hospital that provides the test . Virus may have infected you earlier even long before you manage to get test to only to ensure it. The result should be provide a reliable basis of what action next needed taking. Btw, Realize that the purpose of quarantine is for preventing the spread but may not sufficiently cure the sickness whereas I believe that all of every individual sufferer want is to recover. Whilst potentially preventing the spread, serving government agenda, self quarantine may not be enough for sufferer to recover.

A) They determine if you are qualified for the test, regardless of where it's being administered, regardless of them having tests or not. Most people don't. B) The cost is currently between $2000 and $3500, not including treatment if needed. And this article shows that these prices, no matter what, are going to be gouged by banks, private equity firms and vulture capitalists.

Banks Pressure Health Care Firms to Raise Prices Amid Coronavirus Crisis

Total Cost of Her COVID-19 Treatment: $34,927.43 | Time

 

[tinker683]

A) They determine if you are qualified for the test, regardless of where it's being administered, regardless of them having tests or not. Most people don't. B) The cost is currently between $2000 and $3500, not including treatment if needed. And this article shows that these prices, no matter what, are going to be gouged by banks, private equity firms and vulture capitalists.

Banks Pressure Health Care Firms to Raise Prices Amid Coronavirus Crisis

Total Cost of Her COVID-19 Treatment: $34,927.43 | Time

Not only all of that, but I called my hospital and they referred me to the local health department. The local health departments phone kept disconnecting every time I called.

Update: Symptoms have improved greatly. Don't have a fever anymore and my cough has greatly reduced to being almost 100% gone. Still have this feeling of 'gunk' in my chest which I only feel if I really exert myself but otherwise feel much better

 

[ceecee]

Not only all of that, but I called my hospital and they referred me to the local health department. The local health departments phone kept disconnecting every time I called.

Update: Symptoms have improved greatly. Don't have a fever anymore and my cough has greatly reduced to being almost 100% gone. Still have this feeling of 'gunk' in my chest which I only feel if I really exert myself but otherwise feel much better

That's great to hear, I was thinking about you.

 

[Red Herring]

We probably just all have a cold, but the entire household is down with a mild form of something.

Meanwhile my brother's girlfriend is stuck abroad. She's alright but stuck in Nepal and currently unable to get back home to Europe (she had been teaching at a school for a few months). She is Belgian and my brother (they live together in Belgium) has talked to the Belgian foreign office who are working hard on getting expats back home somehow.

 

[typologyenthusiast]

Good to know that. Btw, Do you take any medication to alleviate the symptoms?

 

[tinker683]

Good to know that. Btw, Do you take any medication to alleviate the symptoms?

Right now? Nothing. Before? I was taking Dayquil which helped (mildly).

I read somewhere that Ibuprofen (if I do/did indeed have the virus) would be a bad idea so I took Tylenol instead

 

[Z Buck McFate]

Not only all of that, but I called my hospital and they referred me to the local health department. The local health departments phone kept disconnecting every time I called.

From what I've read, trouble pinpointing help like this is common. Not only does the right hand not know what the left hand's doing, even the fingers can't seem to coordinate. We just weren't remotely perpared for this.

I read a Reuters article yesterday that suggested a big part of why we're so far behind South Korea (especially in regard to manufacturing tests) is an over-reliance/ slavish adherence to bureaucracy. It's certainly reflected in these stories about people getting the run-around in seeking help. (There's a joke about the best way for a poor person to get tested is for them to cough on a rich person, and sadly it might actually be true).