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Dodged a bullet
Mar. 19th, 2020 08:07 pmWork just emailed me tonight that one of the workers in the office building where I used to work before being sent home has tested positive for the Coronavirus. Anyone known to have had direct contact with them has been notified, which apparently didn't include any of my co-workers. That's why they had the building shut down for the week for deep cleaning.
Of course, there's no way of knowing who else in that building might have had casual contact with them that was sufficient for transmission but not sufficient to warrant notification. Even someone who just shared an elevator could have been exposed. Hopefully they'll send as many of them home as possible now, so that they can self-quarantine and keep from infecting anyone else if they are. And I'm more thankful than ever that I'm out of that place and safely sequestered in my attic work-and-play space.
Something like that really brings it home to you. The world's changed outright, over just a couple of weeks. Who knows what it'll look like in a few more?
Of course, there's no way of knowing who else in that building might have had casual contact with them that was sufficient for transmission but not sufficient to warrant notification. Even someone who just shared an elevator could have been exposed. Hopefully they'll send as many of them home as possible now, so that they can self-quarantine and keep from infecting anyone else if they are. And I'm more thankful than ever that I'm out of that place and safely sequestered in my attic work-and-play space.
Something like that really brings it home to you. The world's changed outright, over just a couple of weeks. Who knows what it'll look like in a few more?
