Quarantine
This was my quarantine box.
Long after it'd been established SARS-CoV-2 doesn't spread well through fomite transmission I kept a box to quarantine anything I brought inside because OCD is a universe of universal precaution. Even after being fully vaccinated, I'd handle every object as though it were slathered in viable virus. The more even-keeled part of the brain would butt in with a, "Hey! We're not even sure how many copies are required to be infectious, let alone how many you'd find on objects, and evidence of presence doesn't mean viability!" To no avail.
Little stresses add up. What you think is keeping you safe serves only to constrict how you move in the world. False security through feeding paranoia. I'd had enough. Time to trust the immunity juice and stick to reasonable precautions.
Before recycling that chunky bastard, I of course had to see if I
could fit inside. And if I fits, I sits :). Balancing inside of a tiny cardboard box while not knocking over a flash, and not poking your eyeball with a remote trigger antenna... been on worse flights.
Quarantine
This was my quarantine box.
Long after it'd been established SARS-CoV-2 doesn't spread well through fomite transmission I kept a box to quarantine anything I brought inside because OCD is a universe of universal precaution. Even after being fully vaccinated, I'd handle every object as though it were slathered in viable virus. The more even-keeled part of the brain would butt in with a, "Hey! We're not even sure how many copies are required to be infectious, let alone how many you'd find on objects, and evidence of presence doesn't mean viability!" To no avail.
Little stresses add up. What you think is keeping you safe serves only to constrict how you move in the world. False security through feeding paranoia. I'd had enough. Time to trust the immunity juice and stick to reasonable precautions.
Before recycling that chunky bastard, I of course had to see if I
could fit inside. And if I fits, I sits :). Balancing inside of a tiny cardboard box while not knocking over a flash, and not poking your eyeball with a remote trigger antenna... been on worse flights.