CuriousByNature

She's awesome.

I bet he's never had anyone show up at his door with Windex in hand... ?

Which is why I find it so disheartening when I read comments made about benefiting from potential discounted rates and stuff like that. It also makes me more aware that social distancing, which I do believe is necessary, is still a luxury that not everyone can afford. I think of other parts of the world as well, where it is a necessity to go out every day to get food and water. Social distancing, as necessary as it is, just isnt a viable option for everyone. What bothers me is when people who can afford to stay home and take the experts' advice choose not to.

Sadly I think a lot of people feel they are invincible. And while some of them may be able to handle this virus, most of us know its about more than how we ourselves react to the virus - it's about how it can affect those we pass it on to. Im afraid some people will never take this seriously - either because they are in denial, selfish, or too prideful to take direction and advice from the experts.

I would have been lying on the track somewhere outside of the frame...

Like the Earth's magnetic field every half million years or so... Apologies - wannabe science nerd here

@purplekow I cant express how much it means to be seeing this crisis through your very caring eyes. Your patients and colleagues are blessed to have you. Yesterday I believe you mentioned that you would keep writing these updates as long as people were wanting to receive them. I, for one, would like to continue reading these updates. They have provided us with a dose of humanity during very inhumane times. And for those of us who pray, these updates offer more opportunities for making individualized and specific supplications. My ongoing concern is for your well-being. If writing these updates is cathartic or strengthening to your spirit, please definitely continue. But if writing these updates is causing any additional trauma, or draining your physical/emotional resources beyond what your work is costing you, please prioritize yourself and consider stopping. Your updates are so very thoughtful, but we all need to be thoughtful as well - about the time and energy it must take for you to write them. If you reach a point where updates are not possible, please continue to post a word here and there so we can continue to support you as best as we can. Even a couple of words, like 'hard day today', or 'doing alright' would be appreciated ?

Wow... thank you for sharing this with the group. There are no words to adequately express the appreciation due to you and all the other front line workers. I know you aren't looking for accolades, but I think you and every other front line worker deserves to be commended and recognized. You are being put in an impossible situation with respect to supply chains and decision-making, and my heart goes out to you for what you are enduring now and will be for the coming weeks. My hope is that if this woman does indeed succumb to this pandemic, that her dementia will protect her from realizing her family is not around her. I saw news reports here in Canada that families are now using walkie talkies to say goodbye to relatives in hospital. Heartbreaking. Please take care of yourself. This is a horrendous situation but you will get through. Blessings to you and everyone fighting this pandemic on the front lines.

Im not at all familiar with him, but it sounds like he was already a person of faith before entering porn, made a career choice he came to regret, felt he may have inadvertently harmed others somehow by making that choice, removed himself from the porn industry, and made a public apology as part of his change in directon. I doubt that would have been an easy or comfortable thing to do, and I wish him well on his new journey.

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A good question. I don't think this pandemic has helped define meaning in my life, but rather has reconfirmed values that I had already been trying to live by. We all know there is a tremendous amount of heartache, sorrow and fear associated with this virus, and there have even been those who have used this pandemic to their own benefit. Human nature can be harsh, selfish and unforgiving. But I'm trying to see the silver lining: people risking their own safety to help others; faith groups providing support to communities in ways they hadn't served people before; people taking a necessary pause from their busy lives and realizing the importance of relationships again, now that social-distancing is the norm; the recovery of some ecosystems suggesting that the Earth is far more resilient than we had realized; and, humanity being forced to adapt to changing conditons and waking up to the fact that we are not invincible. These are just a few of the 'positives' I have noticed. This is not to suggest that corona is a 'good' thing by any means - it is a virus, and viruses don't have values, just effects. And corona continues to have many terrible effects, but most challenges we face can also have some positive effects if we are willing and able to recognize them. The question, as I see it, is whether these societal changes are temporary, or whether the pandemic has actually changed people's hearts for the better in an enduring way?

Hmmm... if it was me, probably a destination that rarely has seat sales. On my bucket list: The Seychelles The Maldives Some place in East or South Africa for a safari Manaus for an Amazon cruise Perth for Western Australia and the Ningaloo Reef But $2000 may only get you economy class for those routes.

Beam me up Scotty...

I think I'll change my name to ObliviousByNature since I've never realized how much 'action' there seems to be out there until reading all the posts... lol.

Out of curiosity, does anyone know what the HIV transmission risk is for someone taking PrEP and also using condoms? I have seen figures for each separately, but not in combination. Thanks....

We can't assume that anywhere is clean. There are many infected people who do not realize they are infected, and will be inadvertently infecting many others. There is not enough testing capacity to say that any place is clean, and not enough restrictions in place to ensure any degree of cleanliness, in my opinion. Wiser to sit back, stay socially-distanced, and have a clean conscience when this is over that you didnt accidentally infect anyone who could not fight this. Just my two cents, as always. ?

Goodnight Mary Ellen... goodnight Jim Bob... goodnight John Boy and poolboy48220... ?

Sorry this happened to you...

Thats good to hear and encouraging. But I hope he's being careful about social distancing at this point...

Sorry, but I have to ask... where is Tom? ?

Possibly next to the Jane Fonda Workout beta cassettes?

I'm not. But I wasn't before the pandemic either. I've always tried to be content in knowing others are working out... lol.

Now, that is insulting ?

Kermit the Frog should be given a chance to narrate. I mean, it isn't easy being green after all.

There seems to be a correlation between a crisis and the desire for greater human connection. People may tend to naturally seek others for comfort in times of uncertainty, which makes social distancing that much more difficult. One more challenge to overcome when trying to isolate oneself.