Now It's Fucking Personal .

[queenbookwench]

A friend of mine--who crossed the invisible barrier awhile back from work-friend to friend-friend--just tested positive for COVID.

Yes, she's young and healthy, but we all know that's no guarantee; and I'm extra concerned because she lives alone and doesn't have a car, though her sister and brother-in-law also live in the area.

I'm honestly shocked because I know her to be very safety-conscious.

The only remotely high risk things she's done have been go to work (at the library, which recently started letting people back in the buildings on a limited basis), take the Metro to and from work (and she specifically asked to switch branches so her commute would be shorter), and go to the grocery store or occasionally Home Depot, and she always wore her mask.

Comments

[queenbookwench]

Yeah, if she can get it literally anyone in the same work role or with a similar commute could, and it could easily be someone with fewer advantages and resources.

And as her union rep as well as her friend, I feel like we've failed her because our safety advocacy hasn't been effective enough to prevent admin from moving forward with letting _even more_ people into buildings.

[queenbookwench]

I do _not_ think it's a coincidence that we started letting people in buildings on June 29th, which is, huh, just a little over 14 days ago.