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Car crashes don't grow exponentially. It took 3 months to get to 100,000 cases worldwide, but only 12 days to jump to 200,000. 

While Wuhan hasn't had any new reported cases in a couple of days, Italy has been particularly hard with 793 deaths yesterday and 627 the day before while Germany has had 84 deaths overall. I can understand the "oh well it's thinning the herd" mentality but most of us have older adults that we care about. Not everything is about [losing] money. Hopefully humankind takes a few lessons from all of this. 

Thanks for the comment, Ranfan. When I started my job, I was basically a janitor. I don't know why that title is looked-down on so much b/c it is necessary in every building that exists anywhere. Then I became a team leader and I hated that b/c I felt like I stepped backwards into a babysitter-role making sure everyone did their "chores". I knew I could be better and more efficient by myself. But as we obtained medical clinics, I learned so much more about sanitation vs. just cleaning something. I became a sanitation specialist as I learned how the medical industry does things and what I would need to do above and beyond what was done in places like daycares, schools, gyms and churches. What started as just a job in 2001 turned into a career that I am happy to still be doing 19 years later! At this point, I've known staff and patients alike for many years now and my goal is to keep them all healthy! If I do my job right, it helps everyone that works in or gets treated in those buildings and everyone that visits the building to pick up their loved ones. I take that thought with me to work every day. I'm not there just to make money, but to make people feel safe in that environment. THAT is my JOB!

I was very happy at the end of 2019 with only having 2 patients pass away from each of the 2 dialysis clinics. But it took a hard turn this year and it has nothing to do with COVID-19. The small clinic had 2 pass away in the first 2 months. The larger clinic is now up to 6 this year after a patient died while hooked up to the machine on Thursday! That is extremely rare and I was surprised to hear it. After 15+ years working there, I had never heard of someone flat-lining while in the building! Most dialysis patients pass away at home or at the hospital after being taken there from either their home or the clinic. Four of the 6 patients this year were over 70 years old (and one was almost 90), so at least they had long lives before they passed. I have no info about the patient that died in the building 2 days ago. The previous death was a patient that had a heart attack while in the hospital a couple of weeks ago. I hate to hear about patients passing away for any reason, even if they got to live a long life. But I really hate it for the staff that were treating him/her for sometimes many years! They got to know that person and their life and their family. The patients that I do know personally are about my age or into their 50's and are following doctor's orders as far as diet and such to keep their health. I'd hate to hear about anything worse happening to these men and women. There is one patient I haven't seen in a while and I doubt that I will soon because of C-19. He's a young guy about 20 years old and he lives in NY. But he normally visits family here in NC every couple of months and gets his treatment here when he's in town. I'm sure he can't make the trip with NY locked-down now.

BTW, my brother also works for the same company as I and he has a dialysis clinic as well. We constantly consult and compare notes. It helps us both be better at doing our jobs to know how different clinics handle things, especially now!

I work in a FedEx hub, and if we shut down it would be crippling to the entire country.   I mainly serve the NYC and Philadelphia areas.  Volume has remained consistent, but the products coming through have changed a bit.  Philadelphia has been hit hard and part of the city has been shut down, and we've had to try and stop shipments getting to end of lines for closed businesses.   Should be crazier this week with PA shutting down government and all non-essential businesses.

I work odd hours, so I usually try to hit the grocery store at odd hours when most people aren't shopping.  The volume has picked up, but I wouldn't say it's too bad.  Some things are picked out, but supplies are good enough to get by on the basics you need.  I have cut out non-essential in person shopping. 

With the information I have been given, there is little chance of spreading this virus by mail, so I am still buying online and adding to my collection.   With no live sports,  I'm trying to catch up on DVDs I haven't watched and get some more thorough cleaning done.  And with the weather being a little nicer, I'm hoping to start getting my yard in order from the winter.