@Victoria33 I'm out of the house every day. I saw the oil crash coming, and actually had another job just before I was officially laid off, now working directing traffic for a road crew. The pay isn't bad (about 40% of what I was making in the patch), I don't have to fool with unemployment, I get lots of sunshine and more fresh air than I need some days (40MPH+ winds today). So, I'm out every day.
I have not made it to church, and do Mass on TV.
Enclosed spaces with high density crowds are not for me, never have been, and now I have an excuse.
I have everything from 'spit masks' to a few n-95s, to a pair of half face and 1 full face cartridge type respirator, tyveks, booties, gloves, nitrile gauntlets, etc. I keep at the house. On occasion I have worked with hazardous materials, and diesel aerosols are not uncommon around shale shakers on rigs using oil based drilling fluids.
There is no supply shortage here among first responders nor hospitals, so I am sitting on them, so to speak. I have work to do in the crawlspace area of my home (under an enclosed porch), and I have the equipment to ward off most anything nasty under there. There's no telling what's in that 100 year old accumulation in that area, almost surely some mold spores, and my lungs do not tolerate mold well at all.
I don't wear masks at work, just hi-vis and ordinary safety gear, and the people I deal with are mostly distanced by virtue of our respective positions on the crew, and others by their vehicles.
All that aside, anecdote time.
A lot of the people I have spoken with (not a valid survey for scientific purposes) report having had a low grade fever and flu like symptoms in late January through February. This was accompanied by a dry cough, some shortness of breath, and the whole works finally breaking up and being coughed out in a couple of weeks.
I had the same in late Feb., and blamed it on congestion in response to brief exposure to the diesel droplets in the air up on the shale shaker. Slow down, breathe more when you're back in fresher air, and eventually cough up the gunk. (Oxygen vs exertion level, find a balance.) Most simply kept working (in the oil industry, you usually work if you can).
We also had people coming and going from all over the country to do their particular specialized tasks, in fact, the geology/geosteering crew was unusually composed of 'locals' all living within 120 miles of the rig.
People working on other rigs reported similar experiences, and many came to the conclusion we've already had it.
I can't say there are any antibody test results to verify that, and anyone who is still working isn't going to go get tested for fear of losing their job or paycheck over something that's already over in their minds.
Information has surfaced that the presence of the virus in Wuhan and vicinity may have been felt as early as November or even late October, and that with completely unhindered travel in and out of the region, the virus may have spread farther and longer than previously believed. (As early in the game as POTUS shut down flights, it may have been too late because the Chinese authorities were not talking.) Connections would be made by people traveling to and from their homes and wellsites who had been exposed at home and brought it to the region. Mostly, testing in this state has focused on people who have presented with symptoms, so the presence of asymptomatic and mild cases may remain hidden.
I don't wear masks in town, I
do mind the distance recommendations for the most part, and respect others' apparent desires to reduce contact as expressed by them wearing masks (which protect us from them, but not so much vice versa).
I do most of the shopping, something I have never minded because for me it's just supply procurement, best stuff for the best price, and I am resistant to end cap impulse buys, so I can get out of say, WalMart with the items on my list and only one or two more which were overlooked, but not a lot else. I'm a mite faster than my wife, too, and she hates shopping for the most part.
So I have been in five major stores in the area, four auto parts houses (working on the 'fleet'), and visited with a few friends outside of work. We also have a constant stream in and out of friends of my grandson and great granddaughter who live with us.
There are currently 6 active cases in the entire county, three of which are linked to an extended care facility, so odds of exposure (if I haven't already had the bug) are low. With that in mind, and (thank God) so far blessed with an absence of 'underlying conditions', I really am not living much different than before, except for the change in employment (a product of oil prices which was happening even before COVID-19's influence was felt on that market), and not being able to take my wife out to lunch at our favorite cafe.
I view my personal risk as very low.
I understand that every person has to identify which risk factors apply to them and each should act accordingly.
If you are at risk, this is no joke and not to be trifled with.
Stay healthy.
