>>11852282For what it's worth, I'm in a similar situation. My parents are in the very high risk category. Both had pneumonia earlier this year (I'm not entirely sure it wasn't COVID-19, this was in January, they were both in terrible shape and neither tested positive for the flu), both have multiple comorbidities. Fortunately I was allowed to telework starting in March, but I still had to make a couple trips out per week for essentials. Whenever I came home, I'd immediately shower and sanitize any surface I touched after entering the house. I've also been sanitizing all the commonly touched surfaces every night. So far so good, but I'm now being forced to return to the office tomorrow There's going to be very few people (far less than I'd encounter during a grocery run), however, that will change over the next month as more people are brought back. I'm going to continue being anal about my cleanliness, but I will bail on the job if conditions in my area start going south and my company doesn't offer the opportunity to telework again.
I don't know your personal situation, so I can't tell you what the right thing to do is. Is it a dream job? Do you need the money or can you manage for a while? Could you take the job and quit later on if things get bad? How many people would you be exposed to if you took the job? What precautions is the company taking (i.e. is everyone required to wear masks and is adequate space provided to maintain social distancing). All of that needs to be weighed with the time frame in mind that this is going to last through the winter at least, no vaccine will be available until early in 2021 at best, and the vaccine is far from a sure thing.
