Originally Posted by
Lisa Starr
I have a friend with multiple underlying health conditions that makes COVID-19 especially dangerous. Due to this, She and her husband (both retired) have gone the extra mile to avoid contracting the virus. Online shopping or curbside pickup only. Neither of them have been in a store since March. All packages dropped by FedEx or UPS are put in garage by the driver and they retrieve the package with gloves to to wipe off and open it. No takeout food of any type and no visitors to their home, nor do they visit others. Only appointments kept are with their doctors and always masked. I don't believe that they are afraid as much as just trying to prevent a problem.
Despite all these precautions, they have just both tested positive of COVID-19. He is relatively "okay" and at home. She's in the hospital, which is over capacity, so her bed is in a hallway! Her doctor figures the only way they could have contracted the virus is that the groceries they get curbside must have been packaged by an asymptotic person with COVID.
I guess my take away from all of this is that it is apparently impossible to completely protect yourself from the virus.
So sad to hear. My best wishes to you and your friends Lisa. I'm grateful for all the very positive feedback here.
I'm puzzled why anyone would joke about this. I guess we're all free to have our own "take" on things here. In the past I would make sarcastic jokes about things I was afraid of or didn't want to accept, but I'm trying to be an adult now.
"Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t - you’re right."
- Henry Ford