What impact has the corona virus on you?

This COVID thing is a major $*&@ storm!  My wife's employer told her yesterday that she needed to be checking in with the county health department who reports to the CDC.  She called, and they had no record of her positive test.  They asked her to call back today and they would try to find out more info.  It turns out they closed her case on Oct. 6 as they had been trying to contact our house phone which is unplugged.  She had changed her number to her cell phone at her work and at the clinic where she tested.  But, somehow they had our house number and shut her case down.  Now they have it right and will be checking in on her even though her house arrest--I mean "quarantine" will end on Sunday night.

Me, on the other hand, will still have to sit at home for two more weeks to see if I develop symptoms as per the CDC guidelines.  We can't go from the last day my wife had symptoms.  We have to go from the date that is her last day of quarantine.  Then mine starts.  I don't know if I will be allowed to do some school work with my kids remotely being an aide, if I will have to burn sick days, or if the county has a compensation package for me if I am at home for this.  This whole situation sucks as my wife was only sick for a couple of days.  I could have gone back to work myself had I tested positive! I AM SO OVER THIS!!!!

They can't get that right and they think mail voting will work. This is going to be so ugly.

We are getting the run around from the travel insurance company over our vacation we had to cancel.  We took out the insurance because things happen.  We nearly lost money a couple of years ago when the hurricane hit Panama City, but we were able to get a refund due to the condo being damaged and unready to use.

Since then, we make sure we use travel insurance so that if an emergency strikes, we can get our money back.  I have filled out all the paperwork and submitted all the forms the insurance company asked for.  So, last night, they emailed wanting a copy of either my bank or credit card statement for that month proving that I actually paid for this vacation.  I had already had to send a copy of the receipt and rental agreement.

I printed it out, blacked out all of my account numbers that were visible, and scanned them back onto the computer as a PDF.  If this doesn't work, I will be calling and blessing someone out the first of the week.

With me going to be out of work for the next two weeks with my COVID quarantine, I could use that money for bills.  Even when you try to do things right, you get treated like a crook.  Dealing with people can suck the life right out of you.

Yeah, claims people are pretty much told to make it difficult for people to make insurance claims (found this out with one of my cars several years ago).  Fortunately with car insurance you have a regular agent that relies on your monthly payment.  You can call that agent and complain about your claim, and they will usually make something happen for you.  Probably don't have the same thing with a one time travel policy.

Staybrite wrote:

Yeah, claims people are pretty much told to make it difficult for people to make insurance claims (found this out with one of my cars several years ago).  Fortunately with car insurance you have a regular agent that relies on your monthly payment.  You can call that agent and complain about your claim, and they will usually make something happen for you.  Probably don't have the same thing with a one time travel policy.

Well, I just keep on throwing the documentation at them.  If they ask for anything more than what they originally told me, I am going to get very loud and demand to speak to someone who can actually process my claim.

The blood-sucking bastards at my wife's company fired her over the virus today.

They can't do that. What reason did they give?

Black Rider wrote:

They can't do that. What reason did they give?

Actually, they can since nearly all states are "at will", which means an employer (or the employee) can terminate employment at any time for any or no reason as long as it isn't illegal (i.e., some form of discrimination) or they fall under a few exceptions (e.g., gov't, union, contract).

True. I was thinking if they fired her because she got the virus that wouldn't be allowed but it may be something else. 
Chris, I'm praying for you guys through this frustrating time.

Black Rider wrote:

True. I was thinking if they fired her because she got the virus that wouldn't be allowed but it may be something else. 
Chris, I'm praying for you guys through this frustrating time.

They fired her for kmowingly coming to work with two symptoms of COVID.  Had she not tested positive, she would have been fine.  Since she did, they see it as her intentionally endangering other employees.

I will never knowingly buy another Lochinvar or A.O.Smith product again.

A lot of areas here are colored dark red.
Yesterday more than 7,000 people tested positive on the .... virus.

Yesterday night the government told us we are in partial lock-down for 4 weeks.


It makes me scary to know that the virus is trying to get us all.

Unless you have a pre existing condition, the virus has a 99.5% survival rate. Everyone I know who's had it except one said it was barely more then a cold and the one has asthma. Be careful but don't be afraid.

Black Rider wrote:

Unless you have a pre existing condition, the virus has a 99.5% survival rate. Everyone I know who's had it except one said it was barely more then a cold and the one has asthma. Be careful but don't be afraid.

Also, a new study in the USA shows that 85% of people who have had the virus were wearing masks most of the time.  That shows that these face diapers are making it worse--not better.

I stopped wearing my mask. If they say anything, I'll just tell them I have breathing issues, which is kinda true because I get nauseated every time I put it on. They can stick this plannedemic where the sun don't shine.

When I wear a mask, I get a running nose.

Meh. I've worn a mask at work and when out and about and haven't had any issues.

My son-in-law caught Covid-19 and it laid him out for nearly a week.  Now he has to miss two weeks of work (even though he is healthy enough to go back now).  On top of that his SSN got stolen and someone used it to file fraudulent unemployment claims.  So now his SSN is locked (for as long as that takes to get fixed) and now he can't even collect unemployment.

I hope your son in law will completely recover from Covid 19.
I hope that the problems with his SSN are solved very soon, so he can get an unemployment .....
soon.

Several counties, including mine, have reinstated their mask mandates despite the county mayors promising that they WOULD NOT do this.

Our governor will definitely not get my vote when he runs again in two years because of a statement he made this week.  He said that he was extending our state of emergency until the end of the year, and that he expected that the voters would not remember his involvement in this in two years.  So, he is nicely stating that we are too stupid and will vote for him regardless of the job he does.  I will write myself in before I vote for someone who thinks we cannot remember.

On a bright note, I only have two more days of my unfortunate incarceration.

Oh lame! I'm sorry to hear that Alldat. Supposedly just today our Health District powers-that-be just ended our mask mandate.

Lost count of how many friends ether horribly sick and in ICU or dead now. Folks lost like Herman Cain, my Doctors son the guy who introduced my wife and I ect. This has been the year from HELL on many fronts and most of it because of COVID 19! 2020 started with SO much promise but---- .

Whoa. I'm really concerned for our Kiwi friends. Jen, what do you think about this?

https://thedonald.win/p/11PVtnTJUV/we-told-you-we-told-you--if-you-/

kerrick wrote:

Whoa.  I'm really concerned for our Kiwi friends.  Jen, what do you think about this?

https://thedonald.win/p/11PVtnTJUV/we-told-you-we-told-you--if-you-/

Yikes!

Staybrite wrote:

kerrick wrote:

Whoa.  I'm really concerned for our Kiwi friends.  Jen, what do you think about this?

https://thedonald.win/p/11PVtnTJUV/we-told-you-we-told-you--if-you-/

Yikes!

But it's just a mask...

Vote for Biden and expect stuff like this to start happening here. Pelosi's already said people shouldn't be able to criticize the government on social media and wants to pass a law against it. 

In other news, my wife's coworker tested positive so she had to test and since I work for the same company I have to quarantine up to 10 days after her last symptom even though I feel fine. I love the government treating me like I'm five.