Holy freakin' heck has my educational life been wrecked by the virus. It is not fun hunting through 20+ emails each morning for new assignments, only to find that you missed 3 or 4 of them two days after they were due.

Anyway, I need to get back to work on making a brochure in Microsoft Word for my health class.

Three months.

Three months since I had been diagnosed with the infamous Covid-19, two weeks later I would be released on the premise that "studies show that after two weeks of having the illness and the symptoms greatly improve" I am no longer contagious; therefore, I count as recovered.

Despite this, the doctor recommended me that, once I get released, I shall stay isolated at home for another week just to be safe.

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Unless you've been hiding under a rock in a cavern far far away, you are aware of the coronavirus pandemic currently going on. All I can say is to repeat what everyone's telling you to do: wash your hands with plenty of warm water and soap, or use hand sanitizer with 60-70% ABV; stay away from crowds; don't cough at people, or touch your face with unwashed hands.

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This is going to be real brief. I'm through about half the items (that I had back in January) I wanted to get through before coming back. After what has happened now, though, I'm fairly certain I will be guided away from Fimfiction and through all these trials I face until July.

Im learning so much. I was taught a few concepts of time I didn't quite understand every time I made schedules in the past, and suddenly I could remember and meet all I made.

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Seriously, where did all the toilet paper go?

((My graduate training is in epidemiology and public health, and I'd like to think I know whereof I speak. This will be off-topic—possibly a more inane blog post than I've ever made here. You know what it's about.))

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As I’m sure you have all heard, there is a new coronavirus that has originated in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December 2019. SARS-CoV-2, as the virus is called, causes a respiratory disease termed COVID-19 that somewhat resembles influenza (the flu). It may be more or less asymptomatic in healthy and moderately young individuals, but it still poses a significant risk for those afflicted with chronic diseases and the elderly, oftentimes resulting in severe pneumonia.

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In these challenging times of social distancing and self-isolation, the ponies of FiM are here to give you a short but poignant message about friendship.

Friendship PSA video link here!!!

Let's make this short.

I'm okay. For now. If I get a fever, I'll update you with another blog post.

Now here's a quick rundown on what's happening over here:

• Classes have been suspended until at least mid-April.
• Currently locked down in my local area for a number of days. At least that's how I think it's going.
• Livestreaming church services is a go.

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Hi all! Been a long time, how's quarantine treating you? Yeah, not great, huh?

I know it feels like we're all pretty helpless to do anything about this crazy situation, but myself along with my friends on the site Shinzakura and Blue-Bastard are gonna try and do something about it. Namely, play video games!

From Shin's blog:

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Hello Everypony!
I have been offline and online a lot because me and my Dad, we haven't been out in public. My Dad doesn't have wifi and i don't want to burn up his phone data. My grandparents have wifi so i am currently at their place. I only come on here to check blogs, a friend, and my Boyfriend when i am not in a wifi place.

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We've seen a lot of graphs like this, showing the total number of Covid-19 cases worldwide, like this graph from worldometers.info:

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Hey guys,

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Jon Ola Sand has announced the cancellation of Eurovision 2020 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Okay, so I know we're all a little freaked out about the coronavirus. I mean, it's the worst plague ever, right?

NOPE!

In reality, the flu is more deadly than the coronavirus. The only reason the coronavirus is so terrible is that 1) it's new, and 2) there's no anti-viral for it.

That doesn't mean it's going to kill you!

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Thanks to everyone who criticized my post on covid-19. I still think the analysis I made was well-justified, but it certainly wasn't clear, and didn't adequately deal with death rates.

I was rewriting the article to be more balanced and less conclusive when I was flummoxed by something no one pointed out, which should have been obvious from the beginning: The number of positive cases and deaths is already greater than predicted by the models.

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It's getting pretty crazy out there, and it can be hard to tell fact from fiction on the Internet at the best of time. Holy's done us all a favor and compiled a very effective rundown of the coronavirus here. Keep reading this blog for something a bit more lighthearted.

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You know that song "Weapon Raid" from Final Fantasy 7 and that moment where that song is being played?

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