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COVID-19 and MAC: What are you doing differently to protect yourself?
MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Sep 11, 2020 | Replies (264)Comment receiving replies
@migizii It seems most of us with bronchiectasis have other risks as well, either age or other ailments. Like @astaingegerdm said, my pulmonologist and primary said to follow the CDC guidelines. My primary, also with a gerontology specialty, added "but don't make yourself and everyone else crazy."
We have VERY gradually widened our activities - specifically, seeing other careful friends and family in outdoor, small group settings. We frequent a few select local stores that take good precautions, but order the bulk of our groceries on-line for curbside pickup. Yesterday, for the first time in 4 1/2 months we ate at a restaurant! Outdoor patio, very well spread out tables, staff masked, disposable menus, they sanitize tables & chairs between customers - we felt very safe & it was lovely!
My daughter is a school nurse with two small sons, and hopes not to be in school this Fall, but if she is we have already agreed we will have to go back to distanced visits - because they & we have been isolated for months, we had gradually loosened our protocol to allow masked outdoor visits, including quick hugs and play dates, so I would be very sad...
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I also saw my Grandkids for the first time since Christmas last week. They have been excellent at staying home and their parents have been working from home. They were here for a week. They went home and to soccer practice for the first time. They were immediately exposed and now are in self isolation for 14 days. I too get together with a small group of like minded friends in a socially distanced manner. I had to tell my cousins I would not meet them for lunch because they do not wear masks. I also told another friend I would not meet them at an outdoor restaurant because the servers do not wear masks. I live in Illinois where it is a little stricter but I’m on the border with Iowa. Iowa is pretty open.