Under virus conditions, do anyone’s words come back to you now with new meaning?

Yes. “Have you been tested?”
The assumption is “We’re you tested for C19?” when the question is, actually, “We’re you tested for something other than C19.

When I train new organizers, the first thing I do is quote Huey Newton at them: “The first lesson a revolutionary must learn is that he is a doomed man. Unless he understands this, he does not grasp the essential meaning of his life.”

Or, to put it another way, no good deed goes unpunished. The world is a terrible place where the greediest, most selfish, most cowardly, least imaginative people reap all the rewards and live lives of luxury. Those who only want to help are punished for doing so, beaten down and mocked and humiliated every step of the way. In fact, I teach young organizers that the best way to judge whether they’re being effective is whether or not they’re hated, disrespected, and abused; if they’re not, they’re not being effective.

Nearly all medical professionals are at least middle class, with doctors being among the rich. This is the first time most of them have discovered that doing the right thing, being selfless and putting your own ass on the line for others, means you will be punished for doing so. None of them had any idea that the world has been shaped to actively abuse the people trying to help others while rewarding the most toxic and harmful people.

“You my boy, are grounded!”
When my mum said it, I was being punished.
Now Boris Johnson says it, I’m being saved…allegedly.

I’ve always quoted my grandmother, she used to say: “do what you want to do while you can do it.” I always thought of it in terms of my own health and abilities, or just being alive. Now, it has to do with the risk of getting sick, or limitation of what I can do because governments have closed down businesses or areas of the country, or my own fears related to risk of getting sick.

Years ago I was trying to decide on whether to spend a lot more money on a house with a lake view and a pool and a friend of mine said, “I like to have everything at my house and not have to travel.” I couldn’t agree more right now! I wish I had a pool and a bigger house in this moment of COVID19. Public pools are closed, and even if they were open I don’t know if I would go. My husband is working from home so I need to be careful not to disturb him. I’ve been doing zumba on my back patio, but it’s getting too hot now as summer approaches, and my living room is carpeted, which is less than ideal. My husband is riding his bike outside, and I’d rather he had a stationary bike in a room he likes.

To agree with the quote presented by the OP, I’ve always said people who have never worked physical jobs in front of the public have no idea of the exhaustion and abuse the body and mind go through. That’s just on a regular day retail workers, nurses, a lot of service and blue collar workers all endure life in a way that a typical office worker will never understand.

“go outside and play with your friends”.

Carpe Diem is what comes to my mind. You just never know.

My nurse cousin is struggling with the daily emotional toll, and also seeing so many posts by friends being upset at restrictions and the economy, as well as conspiracy theories. She’s trying not to engage but she had a very rough week and responded to a few last night not so kindly. She’s got 11 days to go before heading back home.

“You can handle it.”-My dad, who was shot at on a daily in Korea.

“You bug me.”

The Tide Pod Challenge has become a recommended treatment for Covid-19 by the president.