Quarantine

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I was just wondering, how do you others get along if you are confined to a secluded life? It happened to me last week, now I`m back to work. I`m "systemrelevant" and working while many others here have to stay at home when they are not buying groceries or jogging. For me, things were fine, not much different, really. My gym closed, so I have to do my training at home and outdoors, not much of a problem. I miss the sauna and the pools, it`s still too cold to swim outdoors here. My woman lives in another town and we haven`t met for more than two weeks, stay in contact daily but I miss being near her too. I use to attend soccer games with a friend; that`s over now but me might jog together.
All in all, I get along well. At work I meet NT persons who seem to get along as well as me. I would expect them to have more trouble with the isolation but maybe they break the rules a bit. Or maybe it doesn`t make much of a difference in the first weeks. How about you?

Being on quarantine is a pain in the tushey.

It has not affected me at all. I am always in my room 90% of the time. Missing the occasional times I eat in a restaurant has been the biggest hardship for me.

^same. It's not weird but what is weird is when you go outside and it is silent.

The silence is incredible. Our roads and freeways are virtually empty throughout the country. There is tight control at the few shops that are open - only supermarkets and pharmacies are open and only 50 people allowed in at any time.

I live in a quiet street but very near a busy intersection and the silence is astonishing. Can just hear nature sounds, such as birds singing. At least they can hear themselves singing now!

The ghost town effect is quite eerie.

Like Ezra said too. It's like those old 70's movies about post nuclear winter.

Well, strangely, it has gotten under my skin. I rarely go out and do things (other than groceries and work), so you'd think it would be no big deal; but, it's the thought that I'm told NOT to go out. People like choices. Don't get me wrong, it's perfectly understandable, but.....

I'm a bit confused.

It seems that people here are using "quarantine" to refer to the "shelter in place".

There's a difference. Shelter in place is/was for most everyone. Even if out for essential work, when you weren't working, you were supposed to go home. Also, you could leave to buy groceries.

A quarantine is for people who are or may be infected. When quarantined, about the only places you can go are to the doctor or the hospital. You don't go out for a walk or to the grocery or the post office or anything. You stay isolated from everyone else to every degree possible. The last thing anyone wants you to do is to infect others.

For what it's worth, I'm now in quarantine. Fortunately, it isn't for the full 14 days. I was exposed to someone who might have the coronavirus the Thursday before last. That makes it 9 days. So my quarantine, unless something changes, is for the next 5 days. I assume that if they are found to not be infected with the coronavirus, I can leave quarantine at that point in time without waiting the full 5 days.

By the way, I found out this evening that my old Assistant Scoutmaster from when I was a Boy Scout just passed away. He had been confirmed to have coronavirus a couple of days ago. His wife just passed away, too.

I think the OP means lockdown not quarantine

I went to the doctor's office on Friday. My doctor's office is in a major hot zone for the virus. They had already removed all the usual furniture from the waiting room. The only thing in there was a folding table and a chair for the nurse to sit in.

To go in, there is a door to a vestibule and then another door into the waiting room. There is a chair in the vestibule for the next patient and a sign telling you that the vestibule is only for one person at a time. If it is occupied, you wait outside.

Since there is a possibility that I have been exposed to someone who might have it, they merely took my name and telephone number and then a physician's assistant called me today for a little telemedicine chat. That's when I was told to quarantine for the rest of the 14 day period.

I think that you're right. It just bothers me a bit to call it a quarantine since it clearly is not.

Our daughter's family doctor doesn't see patients anymore. We got sent into the nurses room in the clinic and he uses telehealth to remotely view the patient and decide if there any procedure or scripts required. He sends electronic signatures on scripts/sick forms to the nurses and she prints these off.

Our nurse does injections and sutures for injuries/abrasions/cuts. She has like a go-pro camera on her forehead when looking into oral cavities so the doctor can see, She also translates touch/feel into categories for the doctor and also checks temperature.

My doctor's office is now open 8 am to 8 pm 7 days a week. However, they are dealing solely with coronavirus. If you have anything else, you leave your telephone number and they call you.

There is heavier demands on doctors these days as other medical problems haven't gone away so they are dealing with both COVD-19 and regular health problems.

I assume that if you need to see a doctor for something else, they refer you to another doctor elsewhere. They were very clear that they are only seeing covid 19 patients in the clinic for now.