Key Workers

The Government designated Key Workers list contained a few surprises mostly that Journalists are on there so as a designated key worker my children are still able to go to school which surprised them as they are in their 20's and are either working or sitting at home wondering if they will have a job to go back to when the smoke clears.
Being a designated Key Worker puts me in the same frame as NHS Workers in the front line which doesn't seem right, i'm reporting on it while they are actually treating it for which we should all be eternally grateful especially considering just how easy it is to catch the disease.
On a 30 minute trip to the local Supermarket this morning, i washed my hands before i went and used hand sanitizer when i left the shop and my husband counted between cleansings i touched my face 13 times, and that was with me knowing he was counting and consciously trying not to so it is almost impossible to not touch your face and risk spreading the disease if it gets on your hands between washes and i even used my hand to swipe my fringe away from my brow as i typed that sentence.
Vets have said that there are cases of people contracting the disease from pets, i heard a story of a lady who was fastidiously self-isolating but caught the disease from cuddling her cat who she later found out how she got it when sat in the testing room alongside her neighbour whose home the cat had visited prior to returning home to that cuddle.
The excellent BBC Documentary: Contagion with Dr Hannah Fry shows just how easy it is to become infected and despite being made in 2018, plays out almost exactly the way this pandemic is so wash your hands, stay inside and look after yourself but be aware that even with taking every possible precaution, the virus can still find its way into your system but you will have a lovely proper key worker looking after you and another not quite so main one, possibly one trying desperately to not touch their face while bothering you with questions about how you caught it.