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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.

<strong> I had an unfortunate incident yesterday.</strong> The numbers are low at the moment so<strong> I thought it would be safe to have some work done on my house. I arranged to have a skylight installed.</strong> It would only take an hour and it didn't seem very risky. I opened all the windows and exterior doors to have a lot of air flow and I closed the doors to our bedroom and bathroom. <strong> Two guys arrived, wearing masks and all seemed fine.</strong> I sat outside in the backyard. I wore my mask. Then I realised that<strong> one of the workers was sniffing, sneezing and coughing. By that time they had already made a hole in the roof and there is a rain storm predicted the next day. So I didn't feel able to stop them.</strong> The coughing guy mostly stayed outside on top of the roof, but he did come inside the house as well and he had his mask pulled down. <strong> I was too embarrassed to say anything</strong> about that. I had to go inside and walk past him a few times to sign the documents. It was worrying. When they left, I waited for about 2 hours to let the house air before I went inside and I disinfected any things they might have touched. I informed the business they work for about this but so far they have not responded. <strong> I am not sure how I should have handled this.</strong> I should have at least, politely asked the guys to wear the masks properly, not pulled down under their chins. <strong> I wish I didn't have to deal with this kind of thing.</strong> I suppose I will not be organising anything similar anytime soon. But for how long will this last?<strong> Looks like it's going to be a very long time before vaccinations arrive for us.</strong>