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Re:Ask HN: NYC with autoimmune disease, what should I do? by Spooky23 on Friday March 27, 2020 @11:34AM (#22703735)
It’s hard to know what to do. Personally, I’d stick it out through April and reassess.

If it were me and I had family out in the country somewhere, I’d consider staying with them. But... you seem to have your stuff together and the devil you know may be better than the one you don’t!

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Re:Ask HN: NYC with autoimmune disease, what should I do? by pyb on Friday March 27, 2020 @11:51AM (#22703929)
Bad advice, relatives would contaminate the OP with high probability.
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Re:Ask HN: NYC with autoimmune disease, what should I do? by Spooky23 on Friday March 27, 2020 @12:04PM (#22704072)
I agree all things being equal. But they're not. The delivery guy or mailman or building super could infect them too.

It's a hard problem that I struggle with personally. My parents are elderly and not in great health. I live in fear every day that the efforts of my family and their support network (visiting nurses, etc) to help them can kill them.

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Re:Ask HN: NYC with autoimmune disease, what should I do? by WalterSear on Friday March 27, 2020 @01:47PM (#22705030)
You are way more likely to get it from someone you know than a stranger. 80% of Wuhan infections were in 'familial clusters'.
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