I just got an email from my mother forwarded from my uncle, whose good friend from medical school was one of the first molecular virologists to work with coronaviruses back in the 1970s. tl;dr he says it will likely be widespread in the United States by mid-March/April, and to wash your hands a lot and don't touch things or people (and if you do, wash your hands again).
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'Shells'
Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jessica - Mar 02, 2020 7:01:16 am PST #16958 of 30019
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Steph L. - Mar 02, 2020 7:05:29 am PST #16959 of 30019
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
tl;dr he says it will likely be widespread in the United States by mid-March/April
I have to go to Chicago in April for the yearly AMA freelancer meeting, and I'm wondering if they'll cancel it. I can see them cancelling it because they're the freaking AMA and don't want to expose us (and them) to disease vectors (plane travel and whatnot, plus a meeting with 25-ish people), but I can ALSO see them not cancelling it because they're the freaking AMA and know that if we wash our dang hands we should be fine.
I might hold off on getting my plane ticket for another week or so, though. Just in case. Or I guess I could get a refundable fare.
Jesse - Mar 02, 2020 7:09:59 am PST #16960 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Refundable fares are wicked expensive, though.
meara - Mar 02, 2020 7:11:39 am PST #16961 of 30019
Oh Cashmere that sounds so tough. Hugs.
Except yknow, distance hugs. Because apparently seattle is like the epicenter right now or something!!
Steph L. - Mar 02, 2020 7:14:55 am PST #16962 of 30019
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Refundable fares are wicked expensive, though.
Good point. Hmm. Will ponder.
Jesse - Mar 02, 2020 7:29:03 am PST #16963 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I'm trying not to get worried about my flight to Vancouver in two weeks, but ugh!
shrift - Mar 02, 2020 7:37:45 am PST #16964 of 30019
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Shiiiiiiit, Cashmere. Sending all of the ~ma.
Thanks to David's mention of the President's Day extended sale at Macy's, I finally remembered to order more wash cloths last night with about an hour left on the sale. Which is something that has been on my To Do list for... a while.
Laura - Mar 02, 2020 7:41:07 am PST #16965 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.
Yes meara, grocery delivery and no touching anything please. We only have a couple cases in FL, but really every state is going to see this things.
My hands are going to be extra clean.
meara - Mar 02, 2020 7:58:56 am PST #16966 of 30019
My hands are super clean, as I realized when I got in the shower this morning and they hurt because I've been washing them but not lotioning them. Oops.
Jesse - Mar 02, 2020 7:59:58 am PST #16967 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
FWIW, I just timed it and a leisurely rendition of that one part of Sweet Caroline (Hands touching hands, etc.) got me to 20 seconds before "Sweet Caroline!" FYI to all.