(Snippets from the frontline)
COVID-19: A routine day
I wake up without an alarm clock. Done that for years. If I have to catch a plane or train, which is rare nowadays, I set one as back up.
First thing I do is heat water for my hot chocolate. Dependent on the time of year, this is usually around 5 in the morning, before sunrise.
I take my blood pressure, temperature, pulse, and oxygen level. If there are leftover dishes from the night before, I wash them, then start a routine I began because of the pandemic…disinfecting the house.
Using diluted bleach on a cloth wipe, I clean all sinks, counters, knobs, buttons, light switches, ground phones, faucets, remote controls, keyboards, mouse, and table tops. Takes me five minutes! Nice part, I’m probably not only knocking off coronavirus, but also many bacteria at the same time. Everyone should be doing this.
I open the living room window, let the fresh air in, and drink my hot chocolate as I watch the sunrise.
That’s when I’m ready to start my not-so-routine coronavirus day.
Gene Uzawa Dorio, M.D. 
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