Yeah if I recall correctly you're a nurse with damaged lungs who is also a Native American? Lot of boxes ticked there for danger statistically from what I hear Native Americans are being hit hard sadly.
I'm really proud of our community, people love to make fun of Tasmania as stupid but the vast majority of us took it seriously even before cases were in double digits, social distancing and accepting the lockdowns without much protest.
We had the panic rush for buying but I still posit the uptick in demand was less due to hoarding and more due to less meals being provided due to shut down restaurants and people reasonably thinking that they needed two weeks supplies in case they needed to self isolate for two weeks by law.
It got a little concerning when it spread through our hospital in Burnie. I believe we actually had a historic event using the Australian Defence Force(ADF) Australian Medical Assistance Teams (AUSMAT) I believe for the first time taking over an Australian hospital.
The North West Regional Hospital and North West Private Hospital in Burnie shut on Monday morning, with patients being transferred elsewhere.
www.dailymail.co.uk
Joint media release:Minister for Health, the Hon Greg Hunt MP The Australian Defence Force (ADF) will deploy personnel to Tasmania as part of an Australian Medical Assistance Team-led Commonwealth response, following a request for assistance from the Tasmanian Government.Around 40 Defence and...
www.minister.defence.gov.au
And for a while I remember reading we had the most deaths per capita out of Australian states even with our small numbers.
But things have become very good now.