COVID-19 Check-In Thread Part III

[robkelk]

Still waiting here. We're apparently not considered as high-risk, or we just don't fall into the same age range by like, a few years. So I wait until the shots are available here. My parents have had their first, which is good news. I'm still dealing with paranoid roommates, unfortunately. The one with the ongoing cancer treatment has had bloodwork just last week which proved that the cells in the immune system which are trained by the vaccines to resist the disease are still completely missing from him. A side effect of his chemo treatments, which he can't realistically ever stop. So he's at critical risk at all times.

And, given our province's rules for who can get a vaccination once they're in a covered age bracket, means he'll never qualify for a vaccine.

Which raises a major moral and ethical question. If he can catch it even if my other roommate and I are immune, but can still become carriers, Can we *ever* leave the house again? Sure, preventing us is an illegal move on his part, but on the other hand, he might remain permanently "at-risk." And of course, he's highly paranoid, and convinced if any of us step outside, we're basically intentionally signing his death warrant.

Hmm. Tricky.

Can you ever leave the house again?

Can you ever have company, even after herd immunity is reached?

Can you ever make contact with anybody?

All of these are the same question at root.

<sigh> What I wouldn't give to be able to afford to move out right now...

I hope you're setting aside some of the cash that is coming in. Eventually a place will open up somewhere.