My scheduled physical at a medical center was last week. It was different to say the least.<p>I was met in the lobby by 6 nurses and guards, told precisely where to stand and to answer 10 questions which were shouted to me by a frightened nurse. She moved forward, pointed a temperature gun at my forehead and then jumped back. It was as if I were about to be arrested; very unsettling.<p>Once "approved" an orange sticker was put on my shoulder and I was permitted to proceed to the hallway elevators. Once inside I began to notice discarded orange stickers at random in the building.<p>During my visit I asked my physician about all this. He said no one with covid symptoms is allowed in the bldg. Instead they're handled by tele-medicine and/or directed to a hospital or ER. He has seen <i>NO</i> covid patients <i>at all</i>, nor had his starr. Here was a medical doctor in the middle of a pandemic who had <i>never</i> seen a covid-19 patient: the irony of the situation apparently had long since escaped him.<p>Anyway, a medical center may be one of the safest places to go right now since a sick person, especially a covid-sick person, is unlikely to get past the guards! So likely covid will eventually enter these medical centers via the staff, cleaning workers (who can't afford to not work), someone fixing the windows, or suppliers, &c.<p>Unless you have covid I recommend you relax, go see your doctor and enjoy the theater of entering a locked-down secure and armed medical facility. Leave your handgun in your car or they might shoot you (seriously). Any quick move I made was <i>immediately</i> attended by multiple guards startling. Way, way too much caffeine and imagination is fueling these places!<p>And FWIW my cholesterol is really looking good!8-))<p>Aside: for a month I've been asking everyone 2 questions:<p>- do you know anyone who has/had covid?<p>- has anyone <i>you</i> <i>know</i> ever spoken of someone <i>they</i> know who has covid?<p>Results: only one person said "yes" to either question: he knew some workmen who had it: They worked through it b/c they'd lose their jobs otherwise.<p>So it appears covid is really, really rare, on the order of unicorns rare. I can see why some people believe the pandemic is a giant hoax.