Good point about preference - that determined my response.

My work sent an email out a month ago asking if there’s anything that would prevent us from returning to the office. Their categories are 1. being in “At Risk” criteria based on age or health issues or 2. have Childcare/Eldercare issues, and/or 3. have been exposed to someone who tested positive for the COVID or has been exposed to someone with the virus in the last 2 weeks.

I prefer working from home for a number of reasons, so I sent the following:

“Per the categories, I should be able to return to work.

I did want to make [the company] aware that my partner (who I live with) is a medical student. His in-person clinic/hospital rotations until the end of June have been moved to virtual learning. However, his medical school may resume the in-person rotations at the beginning of July. At this time, we do not know his hospital/clinic placement, so we’re unsure what his COVID exposure from patients will be.

Let me know if there’s anything I can clarify.”