I was an essential worker and have worked almost consistently through everything. This is my first week back since early/mid April because I was sick. I was off work for a little over 3 weeks. I can’t say definitively I had covid-19 because my test came back negative. The only thing I can say is that it was the sickest I had ever been in my life and I was lucky I didn’t have to go to the emergency room and I was able to get better at home. I am a healthy youngish guy in my 30’s. But my doctor and the doctors that you can call via video chat thought I had it. I’ll just chalk it up to a lung infection that lasted for about 2 weeks followed by bronchitis for another week. With that being said I don’t have anything against anybody being furloughed and trying to keep their families safe. NECA and IBEW both said they are looking out for us union guys. The only thing I hope is people aren’t just trying to take advantage of the situation and think it’s just a paid vacation with extra benefits from their company or the state. If you’re young and healthy and want to work, you should. Just practice social distancing and the other cdc guidelines.