day 0 of shelter in place

I'm still coughing from Influenza-A about 1.5 months ago.  I wouldn't recognize the arrival of COVID-19 until the fever starts.  I guess I'm starting the 14-day timer on that evaluation now, waiting to see if anyone unknowingly passed on the SARS-CoV-2 virus to me.

I don't usually work on Sundays, but I worked 7 hours yesterday to help prepare some of our systems for strict work-from-home, no-access-to-building service.  I don't usually work on Mondays either, but I knew today would be hectic so I went in to help in this "soft closure" day where people tried to work from home but could still come in if they needed to get something they left behind.

I completed my last day at the office at 4pm today. All of my work will be done remotely now. As I left the building, I noticed the sign on the door. It asks visitors if they have any flu-like symptoms, have traveled to a high-risk area for COVID-19 in the last 14 days (like... the USA?), or have been in close contact with someone evaluated or confirmed (using what tests? they're essentially missing) for COVID-19. "If answering yes to any of the above questions, we ask that you reschedule at a later date."

On my walk from the parking garage to the office building, I pass this clinic surrounded by super expensive apartments for rich people. They had this bright yellow poster on their door.

Our governor made announcements on Friday, declaring a peacetime emergency, but I disapproved of the details of their response. I found it quite insufficient. They corrected that problem today by implementing much more severe restrictions statewide.

Minnesota governor has declared several executive orders.

• Closing schools while still providing care to "students aged 12 and under who are children of emergency workers."
• Permitting veterans homes to deny admittance to any visitor, volunteer, or employee who fails to meet health requirements.
• Closing all bars, theaters, museums, gyms, bowling alleys, country clubs, etc. (Does not apply to soup kitchens, grocery stores, drug stores, and such.)
• Persons violating this law are subject to misdemeanor of $1000 fine or 90 days in prison.
• Suspended unemployment insurance law, so that benefits can be paid immediately without the usual delay, and waived the 5-week limitation for employers.

Minneapolis declared a local emergency to support those same goals.

Things got real, fast.

Unless some special requirement comes up, I will not be leaving my house for the rest of the month.  Well, except for gardening maybe, if we finally get past this cold weather.  It snowed today, and we have -12C/10F temperatures forecast later this week.