[ng12]

I'm in the exact same boat. Two weeks ago I thought about leaving to stay with family who live an hour outside Boston. Two things stopped me. The first was my family members are all still going to work (even though Boston is pretty bad and there's a handful of confirmed cases in their local area). The second was I worried about bringing it back from New York with me an infecting my retired parents.

The nice thing about NYC is that I literally don't have to leave my apartment. I get all groceries delivered (perishables from Whole Foods, non-perishables from Walmart). Medication for my condition is delivered as well. I'm blessed enough to have a doorman so the only exposure I have to the outside world is going down to my lobby to pick up the packages which I do late at night to avoid running into anyone else.

My only concern would be if I did get sick and was hundreds of miles away from any of my family members. However as far as risk of getting sick goes I'm pretty confident that bunkering in my apartment is the right call.

[PeterisP]

If you do get seriously sick, your family members would not be able to visit you anyway so it does not matter if they're hundreds of miles away or just across the street.

Unlike in normal circumstances, people who die in this epidemic die alone without seeing their loved ones since the moment of hospitalization.

[edit] Sorry for the morbid implications! The vast majority of people do get better, the risk definitely exists, but even with previous conditions it's not overwhelming, getting it is not a death sentence.

[BayezLyfe]

> if I did get sick and was hundreds of miles away from any of my family members

I'm concerned about this as well.

> I'm pretty confident that bunkering in my apartment is the right call.

Thank you, that's reassuring