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So someone pointed out that Ruth Bader Ginsburg died on Rosh Hashanah, the New York Times published the tax information on Yom Kippur, and that today at sunset Sukkot begins...

*glances at headlines*

Um.

I am a very bad person for thinking of the joke about Hitler and the fortuneteller.





doesn't mean I'm not still thinking it.

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Got my WTC responder health registry exam notification today. I've been scheduled for an appointment in Providence. Nobody closer is accepting appointments at the moment, I'm assuming due to COVID-19.

It's an hour's drive at good times of day from the nearest Zipcar lot to Providence. This would be at rush hour. I've only ever been to Providence by train.

Man, if it weren't for COVID I'd make a day trip of this, but... I'm not looking forward to this drive.

ETA: Rhode Island is currently on Massachusetts' COVID shitlist. From mass.gov:

" All visitors entering Massachusetts, including returning residents, who do not meet an exemption, are required to:

" - Complete the Massachusetts Travel Form prior to arrival, unless you are visiting from a lower-risk state designated by the Department of Public Health.
" - Quarantine for 14 days or produce a negative COVID-19 test result that has been administered up to 72-hours prior to your arrival in Massachusetts.

" If your COVID-19 test result has not been received prior to arrival, visitors, and residents must quarantine until they receive a negative test result.

The current list of COVID-19 lower-risk states includes:

Colorado
Connecticut
Maine



New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico



New York
Vermont
Washington"

Rhode Island is the only state in New England marked as higher risk than Massachusetts. I do not know if this is the kind of thing that can or will be changed within the time between now and then but I have a really bad feeling about this.

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https://www.mass.gov/guidance/guidance-for-travelers-arriving-in-the-commonwealth-of-massachusetts



On July 24, 2020, the Governor, issued COVID-19 Order No. 45 adopting a mandatory 14-day quarantine for travelers arriving in Massachusetts (hereinafter, the Order). The effective date of the Order is August 1, 2020. This binding guidance must be followed by all travelers entering Massachusetts, except those covered by the limited exemptions listed below.

The Order applies both to residents of Massachusetts returning from out-of-State travel and to residents of other States and any other persons who come to Massachusetts for personal or business travel. Students and families entering Massachusetts to begin the academic year at a college, university, or boarding school, or any other educational or academic program, like any other person entering Massachusetts beginning August 1, must comply with the travel rule and are required to quarantine for 14 days on arrival unless otherwise exempted as detailed in this guidance.

Travelers who do not comply with these rules may be subject to a civil fine of $500 per day.

...

Commissioner-Designated Exceptions

Pursuant to the authority provided in section 4 of COVID-19 Order No. 46, the Commissioner has designated the following, additional exceptions to the requirements of the Order after determining that quarantine is not advisable in these circumstances.

A person who (a) enters Massachusetts in order to engage in any of the activities listed below; or (b) returns to Massachusetts after traveling to another place in order to engage in any of the activities shall not as a result be subject to quarantine and testing requirements and shall not be required to submit a Massachusetts Travel Form. This exception shall apply, however, only to same-day travel to and from the location where the activity occurs and the time the person engages in the specified activity.

Certain Critical Life Activities: grocery shopping, visits to pharmacies, attending appointments with licensed health care providers, including medical, dental, or mental health, visiting persons receiving treatment in hospitals or residing in congregate care facilities, attendance at day care or children’s camps, attending religious services, and funerals or memorial services, or attending to the care needs of a family member.

...





Okay, I wouldn't have to quarantine or be tested after the trip, but... dude, I'd have to rent a Zipcar, drive to an unfamiliar location in a state I have only visited via train, and do terrible things to my lungs. In a medical setting. In a quarantine-worthy state.

To verify that my lungs and nervous system and circulatory system hadn't been fucked up.

I"m calling LHI back to have them reschedule the exam for a date when I don't have to leave Massachusetts.