Life with a pandemic is weird. There is a wild discrepancy in how seriously people are taking this and that is likely to cause big problems. My husband’s workplace is taking it very seriously, has closed the campus and is preparing for the students to learn remotely and for faculty to teach from home, some staff will work from home, like my hubby who is in IT. My son’s school is closed and preparing for distance learning. My boss has excused us from work if we or anyone in our households are sick ‘in any way, shape, or form.” It is likely my workplace will be shut down soon as it is a public place open to all. Meanwhile, the churches near us are still having services, people are still flocking to the restaurants across the street from us, and people we know are laughing at us for isolating ourselves. My husband may already have covid19… do they want to get it?

Look, I know it isn’t very serious for most people, some people literally have no symptoms, THAT is part of the danger. Symptomless people spreading it to vulnerable ones is very very very likely. This bug is contagious in a way few things are and to the elderly and those with underlying conditions, like my dear husband, it is very serious and the fatality rate is yet to be determined. A fatality rate between 2 and 6% is high, is dangerous. If my extremely asthmatic hubby gets this his chance of dying isn’t going to be in the single digits, I have to deal with that worry. What I don’t have to do is allow him to potentially be exposed to this thing, hoping BIG that’s not what he has already, I can keep us all away from people until this thing is under control, until there is a vaccine or something.

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So, for now, we get to deal with everyone thinking we are overreacting. We’ll see if I feel foolish later. I’d rather feel foolish, look foolish, and be a fool than lose my husband.