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.

Refundable fares are wicked expensive, though.

Oh Cashmere that sounds so tough. Hugs.

Except yknow, distance hugs. Because apparently seattle is like the epicenter right now or something!!

Refundable fares are wicked expensive, though.

Good point. Hmm. Will ponder.

I'm trying not to get worried about my flight to Vancouver in two weeks, but ugh!

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.

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.

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.

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.

Travel insurance may be cheaper than a refundable fare. Worth looking into.