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   Hello, Richard Menedetter.   
   On 11/15/20 12:15 PM you wrote:   
      
    AA>> How's everyone fairing with the covid situation in your area?   
    RM> Austria has one of the worst second waves. We managed the first    
    RM> one really well, but now deaths are sharply rising.   
      
   I have no idea about how many cases there are around me, and honestly it   
   doesn't really matter.   
      
   It's been about a year since this strain of coronavirus has been identified in   
   humans.  There has been a lot of information, both correct and incorrect   
   circulating about it,   
      
   It basically boils down to scientists and medical people are working on   
   treatment, please stand by.   
      
   A person is either going to get the virus or not.  There are things you can do   
   to lessen your chances of contracting the virus.    
      
   My wife and daughter both work in healthcare, as caregivers for elderly or ill   
   people at home.  When this started, my wife's patient was an elderly gentleman   
   with pretty much every underlying health condition you could think of to make   
   him more suseptible.    
   One of our grandaughters has severe asthma.   
      
   We took whatever precautions we felt were necessary to limit exposure.    
      
   My wife and daughter basically lived as shut ins. Go take care of their   
   patients, then go home.  Another grandaughter quit her job at the airport to   
   not potentially bring it home to her mom or sister.   
      
   I basically did all the shopping for 2 households for months. I have   
   respiratory issues myself, but I also have an aversion to crowds, so keeping   
   away from people isn't a problem for me.   
      
   What all of that means is that yes, there is a virus out there that we didn't   
   know about much longer than a year ago.  Yes, it's contagious. Yes, it affects   
   some people worse than others. No, there isn't a vaccine or cure yet. But YES,   
   it is being worked on, and there are things that people can do to lessen their   
   chance of catching or spreading it, without mass panic.   
      
      
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   Best regards!   
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