COVID-19 - the corona virus

Just a reminder to please wash your hands and not touch your eyes, nose or mouth unless you've just washed your hands well. It's surprising that the eyes are an easy entry for viruses when you rub them with 'infected' fingers or hands.

And wipe down doorknobs, light switches, remote controls (for the TV and other video remotes), phones, keyboards, screens, the knobs or key pads in the kitchen like the microwave, etc. etc. Anything you and other people touch.

Stay well!

Oh, I agree with you about over-cleaning and over-use of antibiotics. In some third-world countries you don't need prescriptions for antibiotics. Meds like amoxicillin and tetracycaline are sold over the counter and taken randomly.

Stay well!

Restrictions in the States depend on the local area. I'm outside of Memphis and our town asks us to stay home except to shop for food or medicine, go to appointments, essential stuff. Restaurants don't have dining in now but they can sell take out but if you go into the restaurant to pick up the food, they limit how many people can be inside because of spacing so some may have to wait outside until a person leaves with their take-out food. Some restaurants also deliver your take-out food to your car at the curb. Schools, theaters, gyms and libraries are closed and churches have sermons online instead of services in church. Sports, clubs and other meetings are canceled, any gatherings actually. But stores like Home Depot and Target are open although most people wear latex gloves (I do.). Some people are wearing masks while they shop. I don't but I do hold up a sanitizing cleaning wipe up to my nose and mouth while I shop although I've only gone out about once a week. Most everyone stays away from people a good distance and I haven't seen or heard anyone cough. I don't know why people feel they have to stock up on TP! There's no shortage of paper products except for the fact that people are stockpiling them. Why aren't they stockpiling pickles?

Our son still goes in to his office because he's an IT specialist but his girlfriend is working from home. Our daughter is an RN in a local hospital (and we worry about that but...) and her husband is a restaurant manager. They haven't had any active virus cases in the hospital. In Tennessee there are about 1,500 cases, 7 deaths. In our county there are about 300 cases but no deaths. I think isolating ourselves is helping to stop the spread.

Keep well, Ms Ouchie! Hoping all of you stay well!

Hi there Turtle, oh gosh, I know what you mean. I think I'm living in a scary movie sometimes and it's disrupting my discipline because nothing seems normal, nothing. It's easy to slip even under the best of circumstances but when everything is pulled out from under my feet, there I am in an apocalypse movie. And I'm looking for The Rock or Arnold! Halp! lol

Seriously, this will pass and we need to know this. It's not forever! Have a better day and week!

Hi Diane, hope you're doing ok!

When we were living our 'normal' life (pre Covid-19), our two adult kids and our son-in-law and our son's long time girlfried were frequently here and of course my husband and I were out and about So, in those days I'd wipe down doorknobs and faucets, fridge handles, anything we all touched before and after they were here. Now I don't do it as often because they are not coming to the house and we have no guests. It's just me and my husband. I go to the supermarket about once a week and I wear a mask and gloves. My husband will go to Costco about every two weeks and he does the same. When we come home, I do wipe down the door knobs but I don't go around the house wiping everything. If no one touches something, I'm not going to wipe it down. If it's just my huband and me, I don't wipe things down except if one of us has been out

Two things that are frequently neglected in any case are cell phones (and house phone) and key boards and those I do wipe down about once a week.

Hi there HT! Hope you're doing well, too! How's the cooler season for you now? Are they expecting the regular flu to start? I can't imagine dealing with that and the Covid-19 at the same time!

Be well!