Hello journal readers...
On a Saturday evening, doing a bit of door dash food delivery, I was assigned an order from a nearby restaurant to an elderly nursing home/assisted home. I collected the food and reached the assigned location, parked my car, and walked into the building. I found myself in a silent hallway with a lot of small apartments on either side. As I was searching for the correct apartment number for the delivery, there were different signboards on each door. I didn't care much to read all the signboards until I reached my assigned apartment, where I saw a signboard stating "DANGER! Someone in this apartment has an Autoimmune disease". As I was unaware of what to do next, I knocked on the apartment door. A female voice through the speaker, which was beside the door told me to place the food package by the door. I kept the food outside and as I started walking back, the door opened and a person in a full PPE gown stepped out, sanitized the outer cover of the package, and took it inside the apartment.
At that moment, I remembered the class at my university on autoimmune disorders and the discussions held in class. Autoimmune disease is a condition in which one's immune system attacks its own healthy living cells. This compromises the immune system, making it susceptible to diseases easily which can have fatal consequences. Apparently, this might be the reason why the person was wearing a PPE kit gown and sanitized the package before taking it into the apartment regardless of the covid safety measures.
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