Got some bad news about your wife.

...Jokes aside, just reassure her that youre doing everything you can to remain safe. Assure her that hundreds of other airline employees are in your boat but are still remaining safe, and that you value your family and are doing the same. That infection levels amongst your airline still remain low. That you are not worried about yourself but ARE worried about accidentaly infecting your family. That you are going everything possible to ensure shes safe. That you realize this is just a temporary low, and there will, eventually, be highs too.

If you need to, just call sick and see if she calms down 2 weeks from now. Its not worth the fight, just let it happen.

Don’t worry, your neighbor is looking after things for you while you’re away...

And take the milk man no more cheese!

Since the start of the year there have been 14 million deaths worldwide. 14 thousand of those have been from coronavirus, mostly people in their sixties or older and mostly with significant preexisting illness(es).

People should take prudent steps to minimize risk for the sake of the public health of our parents and grandparents but they also need to stop scaring themselves to death.

While that may be likely, you can't actually know that. You could be asymptomatic fro up to 2 weeks.

I don’t get 2 weeks off. Under this rational I can never go home.

Correct. I'm not saying that you shouldn't go home, just point out that no one knows if they have it until its too late.

I know we have some who have been "diagnosed" positive, but have heard of none that have "tested" positive or even had the ability to receive the "test". Definitely lots of paranoia out there. The flu is still running rampant, I'm not sure how a doctor can even make a diagnosis, except in the extreme cases, without a test.

Whether it's the flu or covid19, you should be isolating yourself from other family members anyway. At the very least wear a mask, maybe even wear gloves. If the OP has immediate family members, as in living in his house who are at high risk, then isolate to a room.

As for the ultimatum, if she can't handle sane solutions, I'd run through the door and give her a big kiss. That way she can have a mild cold with you and the problem is solved. 😉


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Do the powers that be really believe in the staying six feet away and no groups of 10+ limit? Airlines are still trying to fill up aluminum tubes.

Can't go to church because of health risks, but BWI-DEN round trip in the middle of the night makes perfect sense.

See if you are in a group of 9 people, your body’s immune system can ward off the Coronavirus, however if it senses that more people have joined your group—say 11, now then your body knows this and it’s Corona deflectors are reduced.

or if you don’t believe in that theory then maybe it’s perfectly fine to infect 8 other people with the virus but 12 would be unacceptable.