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If you haven’t received a push notification yet, you’ve probably seen on #lagov that a @LouisianaGov staffer tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday. Well, friends, that staffer is me.
I’m fine at the moment, currently asymptomatic and quarantined in my apartment listening to the classic country drive playlist on Spotify and tending to the state’s business.
Quite frankly, it’s pretty embarrassing at first, even though it shouldn’t be because we’re in the middle of a global pandemic. It really sucks calling the people you’ve been in contact with and informing them that you’ve tested positive.
Especially when it’s people who have literally been responding to that global pandemic for the past few months, with two legislative sessions mixed in. We have been working hard in the office to be good stewards of public health by wearing masks, staying socially distanced, etc.
As @LouisianaGov has said time and again, COVID-19 is very much alive in Louisiana. We’ve seen @LaDeptHealth numbers over the last week where community spread is in the upper 90s and the vast majority of cases are from 18-29-year-olds.
Us 18-29-year-olds may be invincible or think we’re invincible, but COVID-19 is not one of those exemptions.
This is real and it’s here to stay for what looks like a while. We all need to do a better job of realizing this and stopping the spread.
This is real and it’s here to stay for what looks like a while. We all need to do a better job of realizing this and stopping the spread.
Normally, July 4th would involve a boat and some worm buckets from the Prop Stop with friends, but that is not the case this year and it shouldn’t be.
Sit this one out, y'all, binge Band of Brothers, Hamilton or any of last year's @LSUfootball games and stay safe.
Sit this one out, y'all, binge Band of Brothers, Hamilton or any of last year's @LSUfootball games and stay safe.
