Re: Covid 19 Check-In

Posted by skip on May 07, 2020; 8:40pm
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/Covid-19-Check-In-tp15600p15601.html

Jim Courtney wrote

Hmmm . . . pretty quiet around here the past week.

Since many of us are in the high risk group for Covid morbidity and mortality, would everyone be so kind as to check in, let us all know that everyone is OK?

Just a short post, maybe tell us what you've been doing, how things are locally vis-a-vis shutdowns, etc.

Hi Jim, Thanks for asking!

It seems funny that being shut down seems to take more time and energy than normal life. My wife is sewing some masks and (being in a less-at-risk category) I get to go get groceries and run errands. So far everyone is healthy. New Mexico is getting a big surge up in the north west, particularly on the Navajo reservation, but here in Los Alamos we are managing to stay fairly free of the virus.

I have been nibbling away at three locomotive upgrades. My C&S #11 and #12 engines are done through paint and the tenders with the sound/DCC are next. My #58 is ready to go into the paint shop.

My big project that seems on hold for a while is that I re-arranged how some rooms in the house are used and have been able to turn a bedroom into a hobby room. With space for workbenches and tools, there is room along two walls, about 9' X 11' for a dogbone loop and some yard space. So after many years with just a test track, I may actually be able to run some trains someday.

Jim Courtney wrote

And if the hospitals and doctors offices don't reopen soon for routine matters (office visits, studies, surgeries, etc.), our healthcare system is going to go broke and be crippled, all because we tried to prevent the system from being overwhelmed by a viral surge that never happened.

Another point of view is that we managed to do the "flatten the curve" thing well enough that we avoided the overwhelming surge. Good for us! It will be nice to get back to things like annual checkups and dental cleanings and such before all the medical facilities go under in either case.

Skip Egdorf
Los Alamos, NM