I called my FIL’s store manager to see if he can get a leave of absence. He asked his direct boss and the way my FIL understood it he would be replaced. My FIL is 79 spleen removed 20 years ago, and working in a supermarket and his wife is 83. I’ve been asking for a month if he wanted to stop working. Needless to say, I talked to the store manager and he immediately said it was no problem and we all think my FIL misunderstood his immediate boss. We’ll be sending them money for their bills. I guess the you can receive money if you’re sick or quarantined and he’s not fired so most likely no money. This is typical, for some reason I always wind up stepping up (interfering) to get the story straight, and sometimes it slaps me in the face. Luckily, this time they are very grateful.
I wrote my Governor twice with suggestions.
Since February I’ve been telling my friends in chemo, immunosuppressed, close family, and even tried on fluther indirectly by saying that I believe masks would help, it seems only logical, especially if health officials have said since the start we need to be quarantined if we are exposed because we may be asymptomatic but also contagious AND the best use of the mask is so sick people don’t get others sick. Put those two together. THINK PEOPLE! Masks would have slowed the spread. I stated it on fluther when it was discussed and people were screaming masks don’t work, I said something like “I agree the priority is for our healthcare workers to have masks.” I never blasted it across Facebook because I care the most about the supply for hospital workers.
There are women where I live making masks for neighbors, friends, and anyone, and I’m just helping them let people know they are there for the taking if they want a mask. I wish I had had a mask sooner and listened to my own brain. It only really works best if everyone is masked though. Actually, I told my friends with cancer (2 of them) in January to stay inside because flu was so widespread.
A bunch of us try to let each other know where we found certain supplies and pick up grocery items for each other so each of us doesn’t necessarily have to go as much to the store, also helping reduce the number of people in the stores.
I text with my sister every day to make sure she is alive. She’s in NYC living alone in an apartment.