MsJack wrote:Icarus wrote:A second person has died in Washington tonight.
My dad (early 60s) and step-mom (mid-50s) are in Pierce County. My father works for King County corrections. Both have had recent surgeries and are not in great health right now.
Really worrying.

I don’t think they’re more at risk here than elsewhere in the country. We’re just a little further up the growth curve.
The 4 new cases in King County are all in a cluster centered on an assisted living center in Kirkland, which is east of Seattle. I believe there is one case about half way between Seattle and Tacoma.
I understand the worry. My mom and her cousin were just up here visiting for a couple of weeks. Well the visit was prolonged because the cousin was in the hospital with pneumonia. She has lots of respiratory problems and Covid-19 would be very dangerous for her. They flew home to Arizona last Monday, and could very well have been exposed during their visit.
If they follow the recommendations from the state and county health department, they’re likely to be be just fine. I haven’t become a hermit yet, but I’m just trying to keep up and be smart. I get really sick from respiratory stuff and am over 60, so being a little careful makes sense.
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists.”
― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 1951