MyLotters, Are You Safe From the Virus?
By Jeff Moffitt
@moffittjc (118570)
Gainesville, Florida
April 5, 2020 11:13am CST
I may be late to the game in asking this, but has anyone written a discussion asking how each and every one of our myLot family has been doing? (is this even allowed in the rules?)
Do we know of any myLotters who have tested for the virus because they suspect they have it?
Do we know if any of the tested myLotters have been confirmed as having the virus?
If any myLotters have caught the virus, how many have since recovered and are feeling back to normal?
God forbid, are we aware of any myLotters who have passed as a result of having the virus?
We are a big worldwide family here on myLot. I think it's important that we all look after each other! I'm hoping we are all safe and sound and isolated inside our homes, but if any of us have the virus, it would be nice to know. Of course, we may not be able to do anything about it due to our connections being online, but we certainly can offer prayers and words of encouragement to anyone who may be infected.
Admin, I'm sorry if this type of post isn't allowed in our online community. I just want to be there to support anyone who may be fighting this virus.
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48 responses
@amitkokiladitya (171936)
• Agra, India
5 Apr 20
It is good of you to ask. And till now me and my family is safe
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@moffittjc (118570)
• Gainesville, Florida
5 Apr 20
That is really good to hear. Thanks for letting me know! I hope and pray that you continue to stay safe and healthy!
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@moffittjc (118570)
• Gainesville, Florida
5 Apr 20
@amitkokiladitya My pleasure. If I could, I would pour out generous portions of blessings to everyone around the world.
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@amitkokiladitya (171936)
• Agra, India
5 Apr 20
@moffittjc thanks a lot for your kind words.we all need blessings at present
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@Marilynda1225 (79960)
• United States
5 Apr 20
Hi Jeff 
good post as I've wondered the same thing.
So far I'm fine and so is my family. We're taking every precaution
Stay safe and well
good post as I've wondered the same thing.
So far I'm fine and so is my family. We're taking every precaution
Stay safe and well5 people like this
@Marilynda1225 (79960)
• United States
5 Apr 20
@moffittjc so far everyone I know is okay
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@moffittjc (118570)
• Gainesville, Florida
5 Apr 20
@Marilynda1225 That's good to hear. Same with me. Everyone I've interacted with is virus-free so far.
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@moffittjc (118570)
• Gainesville, Florida
5 Apr 20
Glad to hear you are safe Marilyn! In your interactions with other myLotters, have you come across anyone who has the virus?
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@ShyBear88 (59296)
• Sterling, Virginia
5 Apr 20
My husband was text 7 days ago and still no results if he does or doesn’t have. On the other none of us are sick just allergies bugging a lot of us. Yeah it has to struck during allergy season.
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@ShyBear88 (59296)
• Sterling, Virginia
6 Apr 20
@moffittjc yep! Any little sneeze or cough makes people think they got it.
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@moffittjc (118570)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 Apr 20
@ShyBear88 I woke up feeling like crap this morning. Achy all over. And very fatigued. Breathing seems fine right now, and no fever. Hopefully just my allergies flaring up again.
@moffittjc (118570)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 Apr 20
I know what you mean! Right smack in the middle of allergy season. And of course, all the symptoms for the virus happen to be al the same symptoms of bad allergies. I'm having a tough time with allergies this season, worse than normal.
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@Courtlynn (66918)
• United States
5 Apr 20
I don't think anyone here has gotten it. But then I don't follow everyones posts. No one I talk to has. And neither have I or my loved ones.
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@moffittjc (118570)
• Gainesville, Florida
5 Apr 20
That is really good to hear Courtney! I am glad you and your family are safe, as well as the other myLotters you keep in contact with!
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@moffittjc (118570)
• Gainesville, Florida
5 Apr 20
@Courtlynn Yes, we're all good. So far! lol
I'm about to go check out and see if you wrote today's Josh Turner Song Challenge...ooops, I meant Song Challenge! lol
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@Courtlynn (66918)
• United States
5 Apr 20
@moffittjc thanks. Same here about you and your family. As I'm assuming you're all good.
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@LindaOHio (157247)
• United States
5 Apr 20
I know of a member that has the virus but appears to be doing pretty well. We are fine, thanks for asking.
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@moffittjc (118570)
• Gainesville, Florida
5 Apr 20
Oh goodness, sorry to hear that one of our own caught the virus, but happy to hear that person seems to be doing alright.
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@moffittjc (118570)
• Gainesville, Florida
5 Apr 20
Glad to hear you are doing well. Keep staying safe and practicing social distancing!
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@CarolDM (203451)
• Nashville, Tennessee
5 Apr 20
@moffittjc I will and you do the same.
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@averygirl72 (37753)
• Philippines
7 Apr 20
I thought I'm infected but already 3 weeks from now I have no cough or fever. My family are not infected too
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@averygirl72 (37753)
• Philippines
9 Apr 20
@moffittjc You have sore throat, cough, fever and headache? I just hope it's negative
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@moffittjc (118570)
• Gainesville, Florida
9 Apr 20
@averygirl72 I don't have a sore throat. Well, all the coughing has irritated it somewhat, but no sore throat from being sick.
@moffittjc (118570)
• Gainesville, Florida
8 Apr 20
I may be infected too. I'm waiting for my test results to come back in a few days. I have all of the symptoms.
@wolfgirl569 (95722)
• Marion, Ohio
5 Apr 20
We are doing fine here. Life is pretty normal for us.
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@wolfgirl569 (95722)
• Marion, Ohio
6 Apr 20
@moffittjc You were still working and doing a lot outside your home. Most of what I do is here at home anyways.
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@moffittjc (118570)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 Apr 20
@wolfgirl569 Well, I'm still working, but spending much more time at home. Not being able to practice/play paintball, or go camping, or lay out at the beach, or play sports, or whatever else I usually do, is killing me. I don't like sitting still and not being active.
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@moffittjc (118570)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 Apr 20
My life seems to have come to a grinding halt.
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@RasmaSandra (73725)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
6 Apr 20
Everything fine on my end. I stay put and I write and I don't go outside right now.
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@RasmaSandra (73725)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
9 Apr 20
@moffittjc here is the latest straight from the Internet
The beaches in Volusia County are closed, however certain exercise-related activities ARE allowed - walking, jogging, biking, fishing, surfing and swimming.
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@moffittjc (118570)
• Gainesville, Florida
9 Apr 20
@RasmaSandra So basically the beaches are back open. Because all those things you listed are the reason why thousands of people go to the beaches! lol
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@moffittjc (118570)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 Apr 20
Did they ever shut down your beaches? There was word that Volusia County didn't want to close their beaches.
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@moffittjc (118570)
• Gainesville, Florida
5 Apr 20
@DianneN Haha, I guess we really don't have a choice! Well, we always have a choice, but if we want to stay safe and healthy we really don't have a choice!
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@moffittjc (118570)
• Gainesville, Florida
5 Apr 20
You're doing a great job Dianne. Keep up the good work!
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@DianneN (247205)
• United States
5 Apr 20
@moffittjc Thanks! Will definitely keep trying.
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@Daljinder (23233)
• Bangalore, India
6 Apr 20
I did a post asking the same. I haven't been able to get back to the responders yet. I have been doing fine. My family is fine too. My parents back home have a neighbour who has been put in quarantine with a notice on his house. He lives next door to them. It's stressful knowing how close that is but they have been doing fine till now. Taking precautions and stuff. I had strictly forbidden my grandparents from going out or even opening their door to anyone. My aunt (their daughter) has taken strict measures regarding that. She is keeping them on a tight leash.
How have you and your family been?
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@GardenGerty (157671)
• United States
12 Apr 20
@moffittjc Advice I saw online says even if you get the virus and it hurts to move, move anyway. That keeps your lungs open. The guy said to get up and stretch periodically and do not lay down all the time as that is how the pneumonia settles in your lungs.
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@moffittjc (118570)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 Apr 20
Are you in lockdown now? I saw on the news sometime last week that India suddenly and without warning placed everyone on lockdown. Do you live with just your husband now, or do you still live with family? I hope you are able to stay safe from this virus.
Everyone in my family is doing well. I woke up feeling bad this morning, it's kind of like an achy feeling, so I need to keep an eye on myself and make sure I don't start feeling really sick. But mostly I'm just tired. Other than that, life has been good.
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@Daljinder (23233)
• Bangalore, India
8 Apr 20
@moffittjc Yes, we have been in countrywide lockdown since midnight March 24, 2020. Our PM announced it at 8 P.M. We had only four hours of advance warning. It did create a lot of issues especially for the poor and the labourers as they work on daily wages and most of the time living away from home states. Now, without food, money or even any way to go back to their home states caused terrible situation as they decided to literally walk to their native places.
But they couldn't since the borders were sealed and under heavy security. Then there were issues for general public on how to get essential supplies. Only general stores, medical stores, dairy, and vegetable stores were open but they might as well had been closed because due to lockdown supplies had been halted and delayed.
It was iffy for a while but it's doing well now. Thankfully, we had bought food and other essentials a week before lockdown so we were able to manage without venturing out.
I live with my husband and mother-in-law. We have been taking the necessary precautions.
Oh! How are you feeling now? Still achy/bad?
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@porwest (78759)
• United States
6 Apr 20
So far as I can recall I have seen a couple of posts saying a family member might have gotten it. But have not seen anyone HERE say THEY got it. So far so good here on my end.
As for MyLot admin taking this down, I am not sure it would make any sense for them to.
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@moffittjc (118570)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 Apr 20
Well, it's day 2 and the discussion is still up, so it must have fallen within the rules.
I woke up feeling like crap this morning. I'm just really fatigued and achy. But don't have a fever, and my breathing seems fine. Gonna have to keep an eye on my condition.
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@porwest (78759)
• United States
7 Apr 20
@moffittjc Yeah. Keep an eye on it. Hope you get to feeling better and it happens to be nothing serious.
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@porwest (78759)
• United States
9 Apr 20
@moffittjc Wow. DO keep us posted. Unfortunately those sound like symptoms of this thing.
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@moffittjc (118570)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 Apr 20
That's great to hear! Keeping taking whatever precautions are necessary.
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@moffittjc (118570)
• Gainesville, Florida
16 Apr 20
@Janet357 Where is “here?” Are you outside of the US? Here in the US, all costs related to hospitalization from the virus have been waived.
@Janet357 (75656)
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16 Apr 20
@moffittjc it is very expensive to get hospitalized because of Covid. here someone spent 78 369 dollars just to die in the hospital.
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@DocAndersen (54407)
• United States
7 Apr 20
thank you for checking on all of us!
i haven't heard of anyone I know here getting sick
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@moffittjc (118570)
• Gainesville, Florida
7 Apr 20
That’s good to know. I was made aware of one older member who had it, but has since recovered.
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@moffittjc (118570)
• Gainesville, Florida
8 Apr 20
@DocAndersen I was tested yesterday for it since I've been really sick the last couple of days. Unfortunately, they said it would probably take a week to get the test results back. I'm pretty sure I'll be over whatever it is I have by next week!
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@DocAndersen (54407)
• United States
7 Apr 20
@moffittjc that is really tough. Glad they recovered!
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@snowy22315 (170509)
• United States
6 Apr 20
Thanks for checking in. As far as I know, everyone is safe, but we are all taking precautions.
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@moffittjc (118570)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 Apr 20
That's good to hear! Just about everyone I know is getting serious about taking precautions now. Most people realize the severity of this crisis.
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@marguicha (215828)
• Chile
5 Apr 20
I am safe. And I haven´t gone out for over 2 weeks now. Most of our posts are related in some way to the virus
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@moffittjc (118570)
• Gainesville, Florida
5 Apr 20
Glad to hear you are safe. How bad is the virus in Chile?
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@moffittjc (118570)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 Apr 20
@marguicha Oh wow, those are much higher numbers than I was expecting for your country. Yes, it is more important than ever for people to stay home and stay inside.
@much2say (53944)
• Los Angeles, California
5 Apr 20
I would say it's a legit discussion . . . we are all friends here so it's natural to be concerned about each other (thanks for opening this topic up!).
At this time, I am fine - the family is fine. I think of the various friends here from around the world including our cities/states . . . any time I hear news about these places, I think of certain myLot peeps. We are in Los Angeles, CA.
Hope you are doing well out there during this very surreal time!!
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@much2say (53944)
• Los Angeles, California
10 Apr 20
@moffittjc Did you ever find out? I haven't read any posts of anyone - but things change everyday 
. We are still ok though.
. We are still ok though.1 person likes this
@moffittjc (118570)
• Gainesville, Florida
11 Apr 20
@much2say No, haven't found out yet. Glad to hear you are okay though!
@moffittjc (118570)
• Gainesville, Florida
5 Apr 20
I am doing the best I can under the circumstances!
You're not aware of any myLotters who have caught the virus, are you?
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@allknowing (130122)
• India
6 Apr 20
Several posts on the subject have been doing the rounds I am not aware if any user here has tested positive but one user's mother is hospitalised.
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@moffittjc (118570)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 Apr 20
Oh that's terrible. I hope that myLotter's mother is able to survive the virus and make a full recovery!
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@Hannihar (129540)
• Israel
6 Apr 20
@moffittjc
I cannot answer for anyone but myself. So far so good and hope to keep it that way.
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@moffittjc (118570)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 Apr 20
That's good to hear Hanni! Be careful and be safe!
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@Hannihar (129540)
• Israel
7 Apr 20
@moffittjc
Thanks Jeff and you also stay safe.
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@moffittjc (118570)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 Apr 20
That is good to hear! Keep taking whatever precautions necessary to protect you and your family.
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