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Verified Pediatric Nurse Georgia
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Thanks everyone, I will get through it!I am sorry! Thoughts are with you....
I was released from my job this week for failure to perform work per my contract. The job can not be done online and requires travel. Sigh. Time for a drink.
Crazy....mentality that it's not going to happen to them...Miami's South Beach is shut down: Spring Break revelers are ordered to go home amid coronavirus pandemic
Spring breakers ordered to leave South Beach as the famed Florida party spot is closed | Daily Mail Online
This morning I got the go-ahead to close our library for two weeks. My boss said that as soon as I got it officially done through the right channels we could go home. I convinced my co-worker to stay with me and keep our normal hours today while we called all of our regular patrons to let them know. Every single patron I called, except my favorite 90-year old, came in immediately to carry out stacks of new books. I carried books to my oldest patron’s house. In five hours, most of our regulars loaded up with about 4 weeks of books, I think (they suspect we will be closed longer).I want to focus now and then here on the positives. There are always positives. On Nextdoor people are reaching out saying that if anyone needs help or supplies or child care or remote tutoring they’re available for free. Just beautiful.
New York Times Article about 2 women in China diagnosed with COVID19 - 1 Lived and 1 Died
Journal covering the journey and treatment of 2 Chinese women with COVID19
Two Women Fell Sick From the Coronavirus. One Survived.
Quotes from article:
The young medical professionals, who worked long hours on the front lines in Wuhan, first came down with fevers. Within weeks, both were in hospital beds, hooked up to IVs or oxygen machines.
The fates of Ms. Deng and Dr. Xia reflect the unpredictable nature of a virus that affects everyone differently, at times defying statistical averages and scientific research.
As the new year opened in China, the women were leading remarkably similar lives. Both were 29 years old. Both were married, each with a young child on whom she doted.
When a mysterious new virus struck the city, the women began working long hours, treating a seemingly endless flood of patients. They took precautions to protect themselves. But they succumbed to the infection, the highly contagious virus burrowing deep into their lungs, causing fever and pneumonia. In the hospital, each took a turn for the worse.
One recovered. One did not.
Two Women Fell Sick From the Coronavirus. One Survived.
They don’t travel. How did they get it?
This morning I got the go-ahead to close our library for two weeks. My boss said that as soon as I got it officially done through the right channels we could go home. I convinced my co-worker to stay with me and keep our normal hours today while we called all of our regular patrons to let them know. Every single patron I called, except my favorite 90-year old, came in immediately to carry out stacks of new books. I carried books to my oldest patron’s house. In five hours, most of our regulars loaded up with about 4 weeks of books, I think (they suspect we will be closed longer).
If we are closed longer, I would like to carry books to our regular patrons. I think it could be done. I would call. They set their returned books out. I exchange them for new books. I Clorox wipe covers and put on the shelves. Does this seem safe? I do not want to bring any harm to my elderly patrons but I worry about them not having access to books, especially large print.
Pillows, as well. If sick pillows need to disinfected, wash, dry at very high heat. Me I want new ones.
This was very hard to read. Two incredibly gifted and dedicated medical professionals, one who gave her life fighting to save others.
I know you’re right, and she has a better attitude about it than I do! So sorry for your son too, but it sounds like he is also a hard worker will be just fine when things calm down. It’s hard on so many levels for everyone right now.My son is supposed to graduate in May with his MBA and the last 2 weeks the phone interviews for a job have started coming in. He was in a graduate internship and his work on campus payed his rent, which he still has to pay thru June. His graduation ceremony will likely be cancelled, his job prospects just took a major nose dive with the expected economy crash but all of that is okay..because he will work hard to get back on track once things stabilize a bit. His college shutting down did not wipe out all his accomplishments. He is disappointed but he is healthy, he can come home until job prospects pick up again, he can stay in touch with friends and family through social media. Your daughter sounds like she has a strong work ethic, ambition and determination...everything she worked for is not gone, it has just been put in quarantine for a bit.
I think the world at large knew, not just the few on WS.Us WS folks knew