Covid-19 Discussion (Non-Political Only)

[HarleyDog]

(03-21-2020, 06:48 PM)Bengalzona Wrote: Two experiences.

1) My wife's father passed away after acquiring COVID-19 in Europe earlier this week. We was a stroke victim and had been bed-ridden in a care home for several years. So, his passing was not entirely a shock. Just a bit earlier than expected.

2) A high school friend of mine in Chicago has a 14-year old son who has acquired the virus. He has asthma and his immune system was previously compromised. When his breathing difficulties became worse than normal, they took him in and at the hospital he was tested and came up positive. Fortunately, he is at a hospital and has excellent care and equipment. But even then, they are not sure. They can only treat symptoms as there is no cure yet for the disease.

Damn BZ. Sorry for your loss. Hope your friends son gets through this ok.

Life right now is upside down for much of the nation. My wife works for the schools so she is off with pay. As for myself, I am in transportation so I go to work everyday. The government has relieved driver from HOS rules also, which lets drivers work as long as they safely can to keep providing goods and fuel to the people. Kind of stressful to be honest.

I had a driver come to me yesterday and ask if they shut the state down if we had to work? I told him it doesn’t matter what shuts down, we must continue providing fuel and food.