My husbands hospital (he is an infectious disease doctor) has been preparing for this in january/early february. They have changed their policy multiple times. At this point the only people who get an N95 respirator are those people who have to be in a room where a droplet aersolizing procedure is going to be done…

True, NJ who is in a consortium with NY and CT and have basically the same state orders in place, has linked this website as a guideline to identify if you can consider your business to have essential workers. The state has its own list and if you aren’t on that list, you can look at the critical infrastructure list…

definitely. have lots of friends who have had to cancel travel to all sorts of places. Also it’s interesting to be thinking about this as a scientist (totally unrelated) and how all sorts of meetings will be cancelled and how that will affect science/technology in the next few years. And how anyone will get any work…

That is weird, seems like any flights purchased BEFORE a certain date (ie when people knew things would get crazy, which in Seattle is like less than a week ago) would be refundable. Maybe their policy will change if/when a big enough stink is made about it (or they cancel flights because of federal guidance or…

yes. Your article reminded me of a good example of these inequalities.

Exactly. My mom taught for 35 years in one of the poorest cities in the country (not just near the bottom, almost always the poorest based on median income... in a state where things are more expensive than almost anywhere else). I also taught there for a year. (there was a special about it, the last update is here).

oh yeah, every time... and sometimes my skin starts to shed in the middle of it because of how dry it is... then it takes twenty extra minutes

oh yeah, every time... and sometimes my skin starts to shed in the middle of it because of how dry it is... then it…

Nice. I already used the palmers, but I will have to go back and look at the neutrogena body oil. I feel like I tried it once but I was probably young and dumb.

Nice. I already used the palmers, but I will have to go back and look at the neutrogena body oil. I feel like I…

I appreciate the initial observer in asking the question “What is the onion for?” and your response. Both remind me that things weren’t always like this. Apparently when you start to get old (43 counts, right?) you really do start to forget.

Came to say this.  

Right on. I have no formal way to educate people in history (other than my own children) but when the topic arises my two favorite people to bring up are Ida B. Wells and Marcus Garvey partially because they are among the least well known of early leaders. If I get one name to mention it’s Wells because I got fired up…

She is “problematic.”

Exactly this, thank you.

I am just here to always reiterate the Emily Post guideline that thank you notes are not necessary when you open a gift in front of someone (with some exception for showers), since you thank them in person. So take a break if you feel the need.

Just in defense of parents of 3-4 year old kids, the volume of questions they can ask is truly astounding and can fry your brain’s ability to operate. I didn’t say “because I said so” in response to a rule or order, but I did say “Because” in response to more than one “Why.” For anyone else surviving this phase a nice…

I was going to say that it’s sekulow too. And I’m glad someone did so it could get this awesome response.

Agree. Its sort of one of those it’s not worse or better, just different.

Well this is also partially related to the fact that ER doctors aren’t really trained to manage this sort of thing. My husband is a doctor and on the other side of people being under treated in the ER is people being OVER treated in the ER. People getting admitted for things he had spoken to the ER doctor saying “this…

AND live in food deserts without access to grocery stores that sell healthy foods at reasonable prices.

I’m not going to lie and say it was effective, but I have definitely thrown a bin of legos down the basement stairs after saying something to the effect of, “if these legos don’t get picked up today, I’m going to throw them down the stairs”. Not effective because my son has inherited my anxiety disorder, which renders…