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Covid friends
Sep. 28th, 2023 11:55 pmWell, as of today there are more people whom I know personally who have Covid than at any prior point in the pandemic. Earlier this week, I learned that HB's husband has it, and he'd exposed both his wife and JS because their families play board games together, and that meant tonight's mini-book-club meeting must be postponed yet again.
Then today AA, who is DG's wife, tested positive. Since J and D had spent 20+ minutes in her car with her on Monday (she picked them all up at the airport), and they weren't wearing masks or anything, now we're concerned about their exposure. D feels fine, but J has a scratchy throat. It's nowhere near as bad as his throat was when he had Covid in January, though. I told D about AA's positive testing, and he immediately realized that she'd probably caught it at Portland ComicCon, which she'd attended over the weekend.
Then I heard from JS that her daughter has also tested positive. She'd also been to ComicCon...
I hope my count for this current round of infections will stop at 3.
This afternoon I attended a new scientist colloquium via Zoom and learned that listening to a high pitched voice speaking rapidly, over my laptop speakers, is a potential migraine trigger. I hope I muted her in time. Later I had a fun conversation with a prospective Board member for the youth orchestras, a molecular biologist, but of course, no book club.
Then today AA, who is DG's wife, tested positive. Since J and D had spent 20+ minutes in her car with her on Monday (she picked them all up at the airport), and they weren't wearing masks or anything, now we're concerned about their exposure. D feels fine, but J has a scratchy throat. It's nowhere near as bad as his throat was when he had Covid in January, though. I told D about AA's positive testing, and he immediately realized that she'd probably caught it at Portland ComicCon, which she'd attended over the weekend.
Then I heard from JS that her daughter has also tested positive. She'd also been to ComicCon...
I hope my count for this current round of infections will stop at 3.
This afternoon I attended a new scientist colloquium via Zoom and learned that listening to a high pitched voice speaking rapidly, over my laptop speakers, is a potential migraine trigger. I hope I muted her in time. Later I had a fun conversation with a prospective Board member for the youth orchestras, a molecular biologist, but of course, no book club.