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numb3r_5ev3n ([personal profile] numb3r_5ev3n) wrote2020-03-09 11:16 pm
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March 2020 updates.

I feel kind of guilty because I haven't been commenting on people's journals as much as I should be. Because I've been playing the Matrix Online Emulator (MxOEMU.) It's now multiplayer, and they're finally taking steps towards getting combat working again! Still no active missions though.

It me:




Other than that, all my efforts have been focused on powering through this latest bout of depression, and hoping I don't get COVID-19.

I'm really scared.

The first case of it was confirmed in my area today.

I A.) have OCD with an overactive contagion heuristic, and 2.) am prone to upper respiratory bullshit already without it being part of a global pandemic.

I made this tonight: (Current Mood)
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Combatting contagion heuristics

[personal profile] flamingsword 2020-03-10 01:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Okay, so, true facts. We will probably both get COVID-19. And it will be a little worse than having the flu, because we are persons of a certain age. But it is almost never deadly in our age group, and symptoms do not start creeping into really dangerous territory until you are over 55 or seriously immunocompromised.

What I am doing about preventing the spread, is that I am using my massage protocols about not touching my face with my hands, scratching my face with my shoulder, and every day I am gently pressing into the lymph nodes below my ear and just behind my jaw to make sure I am not fighting something off. So far so good.

https://youtu.be/_N89T_Yqu68
The ones I teach people to push on are the ones in front of the ear, the one just below the ear, and the one just behind the point of the jaw. If you can't feel any difference and there's no pain at gentle pressure, then you're golden. If a lymph node or more than one hurts, you may want to quarantine yourself a few days until it either passes or becomes an illness.

I am carrying around my Applejack cosplay bandana to cover my mouth and nose just in case I start feeling unwell, since my whole job is contact with the public.

I should probably make a public post about this.
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