Corona virus

First, it's nerve-wracking to live in such unknown situations so I would suggest calling your doctors and confirming the best approach for both of you. My husband and I are in our 60's/70's and in relatively good health but still I worry about 'what if' because of our ages. In the meantime, I wipe down doorknobs, light switches, keyboards, faucets, just about everything we put our hands on in the house with disinfectant wipes. If I go out to the supermarket, I carry a couple of the wipes with me in one hand and use them to open the refrigerated doors and to wipe down the self-checkout screens and buttons. I just stay very conscious of my hands and then wash them really well when I get home.

I guess using good sense is the way to go but if anyone has a specific health issue, I'd call the doctor to get reassurance. Our dentist's office sent us an email that explains how they are sanitizing the waiting room and asking patients to call and cancel their app'ts if they are sick. (duh, you know?)

Stay well and good luck!

MamaLama: At some point earlier today there were two copies of your post on the Prostate Cancer forum. I deleted the one with fewest views (and no responses) and went to respond to the other one. Apparently, while I was typing someone deleted that post, too. There's an odd quirk to the forum software that if you are editing a comment when the thread you are responding to is deleted your comment winds up in limbo -- it shows on your list of recent posts on your profile page but is otherwise not reachable. My note (now in limbo) said...

I think you and Mike are at higher risk and it is sensible to be extra cautious.

I've seen a couple of papers starting to come out saying that they think the coronavirus doesn't much like hot weather so it might let up in Florida earlier than some other parts of the US. A few weeks ago the experts were warning people that they weren't sure it would follow a flu-like seasonal trend but they are starting to come around. We'll see.

In the meanwhile stay away from people as much as you can without going nuts. It won't last forever -- it might not even last very long... in Florida, at least -- and stay safe.