by KeithE » Mon Mar 16, 2020 7:41 am
I have quit playing bridge although last night our Club President declare “games on” this week (14 sessions) with extra hand sanitizers, no food table (just canned soft drinks and bottled water).
Our trip to California (Santa Clara county) is postponed (Southwest Airlines offered a future flight to be used by Dec 2020)
We have cancelled our cruise (round trip from Venice to Istanbul, etc.) on July 9 (Holland American has offered future cruise credit $600 in our case).
We have not cancelled our cruise to Australia/New Zealand starting on Nov 9, but probably will before full price payment is due.
Our travel insurance (Allianz) is not applicable to epidemics or pandemics.
I’m staying at home playing games, reading books, walking, posting on BL, pressure washing my back patio (maybe driveway). My breathing and oxygenation is somewhat compromised from a surgery I had in college - left me with 70% lung capacity and typical blood oxygen levels of between 90- 97%. So my wife is going to get groceries from here on out. She is also helping with food “backpacks” this morning at our church to be distributed to families at MLK Elementary School.
My son in law is under self- quarantined for 12 more days at home due to his regular attendance at large concerts (Casting Crowns or Luke Bryan) - he was sent home last Friday. Future concerts are no doubt stopped until ?. We will help with any financial shortage that they see, though he may get some federal aid for loss of job. My daughter is not allowed to drive for 5 more months due to fainting spells-they use grocery/GrubHub delivery systems.
My sister has possibly been compromised (prayer mtg at Rehab center last Monday, church senoir trip to 50’s concert Saturday, and her church service yesterday). So she should self-quarantine at her apartment for 14 days. She too could get federal aid (it seems to me) since she is a substitute teacher.
I offer these actions our family is taking as a an example of what I believe to be responsible actions. It may be overly stringent but I'd rather be "safer than sorry".
Informed by Data.
Driven by the SPIRIT and JESUS’s Example.
Promoting the Kingdom of GOD on Earth.