I think that's right.

My face has never itched more in my life, now that I'm not supposed to touch it.

I figure as long as I'm at home and washing my hands, I can touch my own damn face if I want to. It's allergy season motherfuckers am I just supposed to BLINK away the histamines?

All middle and high school kids in our district took a survey today about their school-from-home capabilities (basically do you have a computer and access to the internet). If my kids are going to be quarantined with me, this whole working from home and not wearing outside pants situation's going to be a lot less fun.

I don't have any idea how I would run online microbiology labs. I sure as hell am not sending them home with more microbes than they already have!

There is actually a lab kit available through a place called "eScience labs" for Microbiology. The students get all the equipment to do the expirments at home and then upload their lab reports online. We run that here.

The odd thing is that our students will be being exposed because they will be going on clinical rotations in the hospital, and the graduate students are nurses in practice! But they will not be congregating in groups over 8 on our property.

I don't understand what working parents of pre-teens are supposed to do if the schools go on-line or just close. They have to quit their jobs too? this could rapidly spiral into a depression.

I'm trying to remind myself tonight over and over that the exhaustion I feel probably isn't COVID-19, but 10 days of stress and uncertainty.

FWIW, somebody I know here in MA is on home quarantine because their coworker in the next cubicle over has tested positive. So I'm kind of 2 degrees of separation now.

I have a coworker who is sitting right next to me and is in quarantine for almost two weeks now, but that's because he returned from Italy in the end of February and went straight from the airport home to quarantine.

IT guy just came around checking that we all have the capability to work from home, so I guess that's on the table. I have to laugh, though - we got the email today from HR sent out saying they're watching the situation and stay home if you are sick and wash your hands often using warm soapy water and WE HAVE NO HOT WATER IN OUR KITCHENETTE OR BATHROOM. People are using hot water from the filtered water cooler thing to wash their dishes. It does not inspire confidence.

My coworker that was coughing Monday morning and went home partway through the day still saying "it's just a cold" is still out and had a fever yesterday. Don't know if she's getting tested but I know she's been on Travis AFB so I hope so, I feel like more people were exposed over there than was obvious since the community spread started happening.

It might be a good time for the amusement parks to do projects while they don't have so many visitors!

I've been actually working on a low key push for this exact type of thing right now. Basically offering a discounted rate on labor for any clients that will book us for work during this downturn. Framing that if attendance is down, and you have the budget to do the project, then we can stretch that budget by offering a discounted rate on labor. We are starting focusing on local Escape Rooms.

Good luck, ND. Sounds like a good plan to me.