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Mine is relatively portable. Chem Eng (though I’ve lost a lot of the deep technical knowledge) and large project management. Fairly lucky. My dad pushed hard for science and math early on. In first grade we had a dress up as what you want to be when you grow up. Most kids were firefighters, astronauts, movie stars, etc.

i was a fucking mechanical engineer.
 
MinnesotaNorthStar said:
The major companies for my (now former) job are located in 5 areas. Dallas/Fort Worth, Atlanta, Chicago, Memphis, and Louisville...and I was 1 of 55 selected among 2000 applicants.

People in my profession DO commute, but that would require that I have 2 places to live and 2 cars. I got paid pretty well...but, not that well (yet).
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My family that commutes to Atlanta for delta shares an apt with a few other guys. Not sure how well it works
 
So my dad has to go get tested after someone he works with got sick and tested positive. My dad doesn't work with him particularly closely, but has spent some time with him just a few days ago. He's now looking into getting a test. He feels fine and hopefully remains that way. His exposure wasn't particularly long and everyone at that office wears a mask pretty much at all times, so I don't anticipate a positive result.

But a 70 year old diabetic is right in COVID's wheelhouse...
 
Swansong said:
So my dad has to go get tested after someone he works with got sick and tested positive. My dad doesn't work with him particularly closely, but has spent some time with him just a few days ago. He's now looking into getting a test. He feels fine and hopefully remains that way. His exposure wasn't particularly long and everyone at that office wears a mask pretty much at all times, so I don't anticipate a positive result.

But a 70 year old diabetic is right in COVID's wheelhouse...
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Fingers crossed.
 
Kepler said:
I can never quite wrap my head around this. I swear I am not being a jerk: why are your skills not portable? I can see if say you work at the silk worm plantation in 1380 and it is specific to a 300-square meter area in Southeast Asia. But: there are factories and shops and hospitals and roads and airports and construction sites and computers and restaurants and government agencies and insurance agencies and farms and law offices and corporations and golf courses and warehouses and bus stations and schools and railroads and funeral homes and HR departments and tax offices and databases and architecture firms and mines and power plants and gyms and psychological clinics and churches and courtrooms and tv stations and libraries and movie theaters and veterinarians offices and pharmacies and masseurs and firefighters and police stations and malls and bars and pest eradication companies and amusement parks and masseurs and ad agencies and telemarketing companies and banks and whore houses everywhere.

I honestly do not get why if people don't like where they live they don't move.
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This is a laughably Republican point of view, coming from you.
 
Deutsche Gopher Fan said:
All my neuro tests so far came back as normal so...

now comes battle with insurance co. My company said they’d pay all covid related treatment including ER stays. They won’t pay mine because they don’t consider parasthesias as covid related, even though plenty of people complain of it during and after covid (and the Er doc stated this too).
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Glad to hear about your test results, sorry about the b.s. with your insurer.
 
Swansong said:
So my dad has to go get tested after someone he works with got sick and tested positive. My dad doesn't work with him particularly closely, but has spent some time with him just a few days ago. He's now looking into getting a test. He feels fine and hopefully remains that way. His exposure wasn't particularly long and everyone at that office wears a mask pretty much at all times, so I don't anticipate a positive result.

But a 70 year old diabetic is right in COVID's wheelhouse...
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Fingers crossed here too. Make sure he's at least 4-5 days post exposure. (Not that you need this reminder, just sounded like it was very recently the way I read it.)
 
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Thanks. He's 4 days past exposure, and the person was not symptomatic at the time (unsure if they are now). He has a test scheduled at a CVS minute clinic later today and will have to quarantine until the result comes in.

I honestly don't expect a positive result, but who knows.
 
I remember when my dad was tested cause a coworker got it...we were all sure he was fine but man was I nervous for a bit. He is 72 and has had 2 heart attacks. (one last year)

Fingers crossed.
 
Handyman said:
I remember when my dad was tested cause a coworker got it...we were all sure he was fine but man was I nervous for a bit. He is 72 and has had 2 heart attacks. (one last year)

Fingers crossed.
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My dad is now 65 and had it when I did... all he got was hives on one leg. It’s so strange...
 
Handyman said:
Dean of my department and her whole family tested positive. This is not going to go well...
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Today, 12 of 14 covid deaths in MN were in long term care (LTC).

To date, 71% of covid deaths have been in LTC & nearly 1/3 of infected LTC residents have died.

Meanwhile, for the rest of MN, over 99.4% have survived after getting covid. A tale of two settings... See below.

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I wonder if there is a study coming on this? I will go with, doubt it.

The NY Times provides this helpful chart showing the areas with the highest number of daily cases/100k in the past two weeks You know what’s fun about the list? 19 OF THE 20 AREAS HAVE A MASK MANDATE

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