coronavirus

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“Dear PoPville,

It is hard staying grounded and positive as we all remain hunkered down during this pandemic. What are you doing to keep your sanity? I’m reading good fiction, getting fresh air every day (while socially distancing), and listening to comforting music. Thought it would be a good idea to crowdsource strategies to get through this!”

“Dear PoPville,

A week ago, we received an e-mail from the building administration informing us that there was a confirmed case of COVID-19 in the building; they explained that the person was staying in their apartment. No info about who or which floor the person lived. A couple days ago, I noticed that someone was leaving groceries outside the apartment 2 doors down. A day later, someone did it again, but this time yelling to the person inside that the groceries were there. By then we knew this is where the sick person was.

The last two days, we’ve been awaken by the loud coughing (we could hear it even though there’s an apartment between us). I was about to email the building back asking them to help this person go to the hospital. This morning we saw paramedics outside the apartment and a fully dressed and masked person too. We think the person was evacuated. It is possible that this person was walking around the building for 2 weeks without knowing about their condition.

I just wanted to share this with your audience, this is a real thing and we all have to be careful.”

Another reader writes:

“Dear PoPville,

We live with a few hundred other people in a Dupont Circle apartment building and so far we’re blissfully unaware if any immediate neighbors have been ordered to quarantine.

A quarantined person in a house can limit their exposure to others. But a quarantined person in my building will share the trash room, lobby, laundry room, hallways, stairways and elevators with everyone else because there’s no way not to.

Is the Department of Health supposed to notify people living at the same address as people testing positive for COVID-19? (more…)

“Dear PoPville,

We received our first delivery (Amazon Fresh) over the weekend and wondered how folks are thinking about tipping for deliveries right now. Seems right to increase where we’re intentionally shifting risk by having things delivered. But how much? Anyone making deliveries want to chime in? Thanks!”