Appreciate the info, hearing the same. To everyone in Austin, stay safe out there. Power and water aren't going to go out, just netflix and chill. Stay inside, please.
I don't want to doxx them but I have a very close relative who works in the UT med school and at a local hospital. Spoke to them and their spouse today, the person told me they were terrified of what they saw at the hospital today and CV is going to fuck shit up. Call it alarmist, i don't care. I'd respond with go fuck yourself but Austin is going to need all the help it can get very soon. Everyone even AKHF please do what you can to stay healthy.
Sorry they/you are going through that. Agree that lying to get tested is best ethical option here.
Both my parents are in their mid 70s, and my dad is retired but started his own business to keep busy and kept going to work this last week but "only when it was absolutely necessary". Finally think he understood today that he has to shelter at home but only after I was a real asshole and him hearing what the aforementioned relative had to say. Told him that since my mom has been listening and not going out, if they get infected it is solely bc of him and it's his fault if she dies. Also had to tell him I didn't want to have to bury him in a month, to please stop going to work. This is going to suck, a lot. I'm praying I'm wrong.