I live at home with my mother. I'm in Ireland and the virus is suppressed in the community and cases are low. My mother coughs regularly. I think it's clearly her throat type of cough more than anything else. The thing is, she refuses to cover her mouth when she's coughing and she coughs into the open. She's not old at 66 and she's not senior yet and she knows there's a virus but she's refusing to understand the importance of covering a cough. She doesn't realise that someone could be infectious before showing symptoms of the virus. What if she was to pick up the virus and bring it home and she's makes me I'll by being so careless coughing. I know chances of her having the virus is low but that's besides the point. I read about something called viral load. Basically if someone is sick and healthy individuals are surrounded by the sick person and the germs, they have more of a chance of picking up a heavier dose of the virus. My mother doesn't want to understand that part of the virus.
She wants me to do some online shopping for her to a pharmacy. Nothing essential. She wants to grab some offers on some of the la Roche Posay. Why should I help her when she refuses to help or protect me around her coughs? I would never cough into the open like that.