I have been designated “essential personnel”, living and working in counties which are (or will be at 1 min after midnight tonight) ordered to shelter in place. I am also in (or adjacent to, depending on the criteria) the vulnerable population for COVID-19. Its been stressful and surreal, and protocols and work flow change day by day, sometimes hour by hour. For now I go to work (25 or 40 miles each way, depending on the day of the week), go straight to my office, close the door and have no contact with any other human for 8-12 hours (again depending on the day). Staff meetings, in the same building occur online. All my patients are seen either in online video or telephone sessions. Up side: traffic on the commute is much improved, and I can look at Twitter during meetings. Down side: absence of non-verbal cues and human contact with patients, and constant background anxiety over how much exposure we are getting to the virus, and how much we might be endangering our families.
Oh, and as I write this I see Gov Gav has issued a stay at home order for the entire state. Yes, I wash my hands many (many) times a day, and yes I am gelling my hands even more often. There is some discussion of letting us work from home, but that will require software and hardware compliant with security and confidentiality requirements. We are not freaking or panicking, but trying to find some kind of sustainable floor that we can operate from for next couple of months or more. Like everyone, dealing with the losses in our everyday life (cancelled graduations, concerts, ball games, endangered weddings). I’m. It complaining; I know as odd and stressful as things are for folk in my situation, we are the fortunate ones, as so many others, often those who can least afford it, are losing income or jobs completely. I am assuming things are similar throughout the country, though I did see the Gov of Oklahoma encouraging his people to hang out at the county fair. Whatever, we are all in this one together, for sure. Find things that give you peace and pleasure, find people you can count on and share with. Let’s try to be a little nicer to each other where it counts. Be careful out there. -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYL0G18bSG2fsuQrteMgOJLoKL8DnkLUub%3Dh%3Df-ButemPw%40mail.gmail.com.
