I have several friends my age with chronic asthma, so I'm very worried about them, too. And all my residents at work.

I worry about my 78-year-old heart disease-having dad, who is still working part-time at Kroger because he's too bored to be 100% retired. That is a LOT of people he comes in contact with every day that he works. I assume store management has probably emphasized handwashing/hand sanitizer precautions, though, and beyond that, there's not a lot else he can do. He has gotten the pneumonia vaccine, so if he were to get the coronavirus, he shouldn't develop pneumonia as a secondary infection.

Tim's dad lives in a retirement community, so I hope the staff there is on top of preventive measures. Tim's dad is one of those people who has never gotten the flu vaccine because he never gets sick, so I'm guessing he hasn't gotten the pneumonia vaccine, either. I'm trying to not think about how quickly a virus can spread through a residential community like a dorm or a retirement community.

I'm not super worried about Tim, although it's in the back of my mind that he had heart surgery only 6 weeks ago, so even though he's doing super well, he's not actually fully healed. Plus he takes meds for his RA that suppress his immune system. But he's a smart person and knows to be diligent about handwashing, and that's about all he can do. Fortunately he really is recovered/recovering amazingly well and is pretty robustly healthy, so he's got that going for him.

Could/would your dad ever wear gloves at work, Teppy?

I'm currently making calls for Elizabeth Warren using their ACD. I've been logged in for 13 minutes. I've made 7 calls. I've gotten 4 hangups, one man who didn't speak English well and said the person I was trying to reach had moved; one call where the man (I had asked for a woman by name) said they were on the Do Not Call list, and 1 Robo-blocker.

I think I might have detected why she hasn't been performing all that well.

Sigh.

EDIT

Posting here was a good luck charm. I got thru to a nice lady, who said she and her husband are voting for Liz.

I'm glad you're doing the work for her, Cindy, even if the results haven't been encouraging so far. Cold calling people is basically my idea of hell on earth, so I have major respect for those who can do it.

Has anyone heard an update from amyth lately?

Good for you, Cindy. They want me to cold call for Warren, but I just don't think I could do it.

Could/would your dad ever wear gloves at work, Teppy?

I should ask him -- thanks for mentioning that, Cindy!

I didn't think I could do it, either. I had to take an Ativan, and sent DH out for mini powdered donuts. There's a long wait between calls. They have an easy click thru script, but it is nerve-wracking.

I definitely wouldn't be able to do it with ltc in the house. She sees me on the phone and immediately becomes the most difficult, needy 4 year old ever.

Cold calling is hard at first, but at least for me got easier each time. I am door to door canvassing today and have put off starting to get some food. In Texas we always went out in pairs, but this is solo and I'm a little nervous, but I just need to go and get through the list. This is the highest % effective way to GOTV, so gotta do it.

So what do you do in that situation?? Do you have to make something up, or can you just scrub something from work?

I'm bringing a fact sheet I wrote at the lab job that explains complex scientific concepts, and I'm bringing a test I did for another job application.

I definitely wouldn't be able to do it with ltc in the house. She sees me on the phone and immediately becomes the most difficult, needy 4 year old ever.

Substitute Spare Cat for the kiddo -- but at least a cat I can lock out of the room with a clear conscience and the confidence she won't get into anything more than usually life-threatening.

But really, she hears me talking and immediately has to know What's Going On?