I hope I'm not DU's first Coronavirus case.

[Croney]

My daughter, who was indirectly connected to the Biogen conference and had been told to work from home, is now told that she is considered a close contact of a colleague being tested because she might have it. So now she has to self-quarantine.

I'm very involved with her kids. I took one to dance last night, and one to the dentist today. I don't know yet if the whole family has to be quarantined; I'd think so.

She'll know in a few days if the colleague has it. I'm 75 and in good health if you don't count five joint replacements. My husband is healthy too. We'll hope for the best, and keep washing our hands.

[jls4561]

1. We all hope for the best for you and your family

[Croney]

2. Thank you.

[malaise]

3. Hope you're all OK

[Croney]

6. Thank you.

[rurallib]

4. Keep us posted - best wishes to you and your daughter and family

[Croney]

7. I will! Thanks.

[CentralMass]

5. Hoping the besf for all of you.

[Croney]

8. Thanks. I hope it stays away from your area of Mass.

[CentralMass]

13. Thank you. Unfortunately after 54 years of living in MA I followed a job out to Oregon in 2015.

I'm in the epicenter of it out here. I guess we all have to wait and see how it plays out.

[Croney]

14. Yikes. Be safe.

[stillcool]

9. damn...hope everything works out okay

[Croney]

11. Thank you.

[Totally Tunsie]

10. Can't send hand sanitizer, but am sending positive vibes to

you and your family.

Good luck.

[Croney]

12. That's even better. Thanks!

[alwaysinasnit]

15. FWIW, sending positive thoughts your way. Please keep us posted.

[Croney]

19. I will, and thank you.

[PA Democrat]

16. Please take care of yourself!

Wishing you and your family all the best. Keep us posted.

[Croney]

20. Thank you!

[mountain grammy]

17. Geez I hope not.

Best wishes for good results.

[Croney]

21. Thank you!

[tavernier]

18. I'm about the same age so I know how crazy this is

for ppl our age. Just about every article already has us dead and buried. I hope I live through it long enough to tell all those writers to kiss my ass. High five girl, and keep in touch.

[Croney]

22. IKR? They're writing us off but we're not that easy to kill.

Thanks!

[llmart]

32. Like your attitude.

You probably remember the Hong Kong flu pandemic then back in 1969 (I think that's when it was in the States). I was a newlywed and took care of my new husband who was sick as a dog. I never got it. Everyone around us was getting it. Many of the people I worked with got it. I didn't know anyone who had died, but thousands did. I used to wonder why I never got it. Maybe just lucky.

I just read that within one month of it hitting it's peak in the states, a vaccine was available.

[Croney]

38. I was 25 and don't remember it coming near me or anyone I knew.

Too bad we don't have that quick a vaccine response from our current so-called government.

[tavernier]

45. I had it!

I got it Christmas week and I had a baby born on November 7. The doctor said my husband and two year old daughter had to leave our apartment, but my baby had to stay with me. I was breastfeeding and she had immunity. So there I was through Christmas and New Years alone with a newborn. My head was splitting and it hurt to move my eyes. We lived in an apartment complex and I still remember neighbors dancing and singing in the halls on New Year’s Eve, knocking on my door and wishing me happy new year. Wow. Hadn’t thought about that in a while!

[llmart]

47. Great story.

Well, not getting the flu but the story about New Years and your neighbors.

I was so young, 20 years old and we of course didn't have the internet back then, so other than your local and nightly news reports we didn't get a steady drumbeat of info, which in some ways may have been good. Young people are oblivious to stuff like that as was I. We had our whole lives ahead of us with grand plans. I just remember putting cold washcloths on my husband's head.

[bluestarone]

23. Will be thinking of you

We probably, will ALL be in the same boat, before this subsides!

[Croney]

42. Thanks, and I hope not many of us will be!

[blm]

24. ((Croney))

[Croney]

36. ❤️

[totodeinhere]

25. Here is hoping that you and your family will be alright. And saldy, more and more of us will be

facing situations like this.

[NurseJackie]

26. I thought we already had one.

[intrepidity]

27. I assure you you're not

Not from specific knowledge, but statistically.

Most of us will be in your situation soon enough if not already.

[BigmanPigman]

28. A DUer who lives in OR wrote she thinks she and some coworkers

had it several weeks ago.

Post #3
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213033116

[Croney]

34. Not a "first place" any of us want to win.

I hope those people are ok.

[BigmanPigman]

37. I assumed that they have all recovered by the

time it was written.

[58Sunliner]

29. I hope you don't have to cope with this. Keep us posted.

[Croney]

39. Thank you.

[redstatebluegirl]

30. Hope you will be ok.

[Croney]

40. Thanks!

[lillypaddle]

31. Oh my

fingers crossed that you and your family are well and will stay that way!

[Croney]

41. Thanks!

[Turbineguy]

33. You're on DU

You have access to the latest and best information on how to stay well.

[Croney]

35. Democrats rock.

[Turbineguy]

53. WE DO!

[Beacool]

43. Keeping fingers crossed.

I hope none of you are affected. Hang in there!!!

[barbtries]

44. my son

has a phone interview with BioGen tomorrow. we're glad it's a phone interview.

[Karadeniz]

46. Oooh, let's hope you're okay...but since you're around possible carriers, take precautions!❤

[StarryNite]

48. Stay well!

Please keep us posted!

[kairos12]

49. Best healthy wishes.

[Mars and Minerva]

50. And drink plenty of liquids.

It's the only thing I can think of

[femmedem]

51. Like the rest of DU, I'm hoping for the best for you and your family.

And I'm glad you're keeping us posted.

I'm in my late 50s and feeling very on edge, especially since I don't have health insurance. So far the closest known cases are about fifty miles away, but that's probably due to lack of testing.

[Perseus]

52. Never ask the Universe in a negative way

Instead say, I am glad I am healthy and viruses an Bacteria avoid me.

[BComplex]

54. Actually, I've been feeling worse and worse for the past 2 days.

Coughing, sore joints, slight fever. I'm a little more than a little worried.

[Joinfortmill]

55. Take care. God bless.

[Tarheel_Dem]

56. All the best to you & your family.

[calimary]

57. Oh Croney! Stay well and take extra good care of yourself!

You have a slew of people who need you!

And please keep us posted. 'Cause we're gonna worry.

[Tien1985]

58. Hoping you stay well!

Sending healthy vibes :/

[alfredo]

59. Good vibes your way.

I’m also 75 but my immune system has been ravaged by Crohn’s and Cancer. Each morning I bathe in Purcell, at night Ouzo. I stay home, only venture out for groceries, and a bit of exercise.

Stay safe, wash hands, eat your vegetables, and boogie on tiger.

[richdj25]

60. My experience

I started feeling a bug coming on about three weeks ago. Decided to take my temperature, which I did daily. It never got above normal but was still feeling like crap, with body chills, runny nose and occasional headache.

After the second week, I called my doctor and was told to stay home and call back a week later if my symptoms persist. After putting myself through a case of the sweats for two days, I’m feeling like my old self.

Got a call from my doctor’s assistant to come in but I declined. Don’t know if I had coronavirus but this goes to show, America simply isn’t ready, like the government Taiwan.

[Croney]

61. A happy update. Colleague's test came back negative.

One bullet dodged, but the battle is far from over for all of us humans on the planet. Good luck to all.