So what exactly are you people doing?

I am spending all day at school every day, trying to make the best of this situation. Mostly I am struggling with a never-ending parade of technical difficulties, and learning to do new things with tech toys.

I have been too busy doing that to actually figure out how to change the format of various assignments, and because I teach multiple classes that are completely different, I have to do all that for each class, unlike a teacher who may have 3 sections of the same thing, so they convert their stuff once for the entire lot of kids.

watching succession.

it’s good. i highly recommend.

I work in a hospital so I go to work as usual. I’m QA Supervisor and Microbiology Lead for the clinical lab. As you can imagine we’ve been especially busy with COVID-19 stuff (my hospital provides drive-up specimen collection for people suspected of having it).

wv wrote:

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So schools are not cancelled in Calif?

Schools are closed here.

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Not cancelled. We are doing Remote Learning. Everything is internet-based. That isn’t possible everywhere, obviously. I’m sure in WV, a lot of people don’t even have phone lines, let alone DSL like you do.

Zooey wrote:

nittany ram wrote:

I work in a hospital so I go to work as usual. I’m QA Supervisor and Microbiology Lead for the clinical lab. As you can imagine we’ve been especially busy with COVID-19 stuff (my hospital provides drive-up specimen collection for people suspected of having it).

I thought there was a big shortage of tests. I was wondering how Idris Elba got tested when he claims he has no symptoms.

There is. There is a shortage of tests and the viral media the specimens go in so they can be transported to the testing facilities. A good part of my day is trying to acquire supplies. People are only supposed to be tested if they have a referral from their doctor, which would imply the doctor has reason to suspect their patient might have the virus. It’s probably not a surprise to anyone on this board that there is a different set of rules for the rich.

I’ve been staying in for days, but will likely venture out to do hunter-gatherer stuff for groceries.

Hoping local stores are open. I think they’re gonna try to transition to online, personal shopper mode. Put in your order, drive over to pick it up, etc.

We’ll see.

Reading a lot, but also wasting too much time arguing with others online. Gotta stop that. I am doing my best, though, to suggest good books.

I’m reading one now in e-book form that’s in the world-ecology school:

The History of the World in Seven Cheap Things, by Raj Patel and Jason Moore}
https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520299931/a-history-of-the-world-in-seven-cheap-things

Also being a couch potato, watching some guilty pleasures like The Voice and Idol. I know they’re over-produced, and I hate that they try so hard to make everyone cry for the camera, but I enjoy the music.

And, as mentioned below, The Expanse is really excellent.

Overall, trying not to dwell on the fact that I’m in the prime risk group. I picked a bad time to stop drinking!!

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