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Post by Defunct Fiddlesticks on Mar 17, 2020 7:06:41 GMT -5
Anyone else in isolation yet? I am due to vulnerable family members. Can't go out for the foreseeable future so I might be going stir crazy in a few weeks.
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Post by nemusator on Mar 17, 2020 7:53:37 GMT -5
I thought you are already crazy!?
It is really important to comply with all the safety measures. Here, elderly have been advised not to leave their homes, though for now it is not obligatory although state of emergency has been declared. It will become if more then 2% don't follow this directive. Quarantine is mandatory for everyone coming in. Not so many cases, help's coming from China as well and of course all gatherings and activities are suspended. Estimated time of getting back to normal state is mid of June. Not in quarantine myself and I hope it starts to wither out soon...
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Post by ShadowCatJen on Mar 17, 2020 8:56:45 GMT -5
My county has not gotten to Shelter-in-place status just yet, but 7 other counties around the area have. Only a high advisory for the elderly and to take safety measures.
For me specifically I'm staying home today because I have a stuffed up nose, sore throat and a cough. It's probably just allergies (with some added stress), but I'm taking the precaution.
... I'm also an introvert and somewhat anti-social so staying inside is just fiiiiiiine by me.
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Post by Raven Credale on Mar 17, 2020 9:05:27 GMT -5
I know people where I live have gone comeplete 'it is the end of the world'. Panic buying and saying how everyone can't be trusted because they might be infected. Now generally I stay home a lot but there were days I could get out and have time with others (so long as my daugbter was being looked after by my husband).
Anyway, yeah where I live people are acting likes it's quarentined already when I don't believe it is yet. I haven't heard of anyone getting the virus or of places being closed.
Side note: I live out in the sticks where neighbors are some distances away. Isolation and I know each other quite well.
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Post by Defunct Fiddlesticks on Mar 17, 2020 9:10:37 GMT -5
My county has not gotten to Shelter-in-place status just yet, but 7 other counties around the area have. Only a high advisory for the elderly and to take safety measures. For me specifically I'm staying home today because I have a stuffed up nose, sore throat and a cough. It's probably just allergies (with some added stress), but I'm taking the precaution. ... I'm also an introvert and somewhat anti-social so staying inside is just fiiiiiiine by me. I feel your pain. I have mild symptoms myself and I've been playing the "Seasonal Allergies or Coronavirus?" game frequently. My deepest concern was that I might bring it back to the members of the family who could suffer fatally with it due to pre-existing conditions but this morning, I was advised to stay home for up to 12 weeks. On the phone earlier, I happened to lose my voice as I'd been talking for a couple of hours...the person I was speaking to just sighed sadly and said "Me too".
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Post by ShadowCatJen on Mar 17, 2020 9:37:34 GMT -5
My county has not gotten to Shelter-in-place status just yet, but 7 other counties around the area have. Only a high advisory for the elderly and to take safety measures. For me specifically I'm staying home today because I have a stuffed up nose, sore throat and a cough. It's probably just allergies (with some added stress), but I'm taking the precaution. ... I'm also an introvert and somewhat anti-social so staying inside is just fiiiiiiine by me. I feel your pain. I have mild symptoms myself and I've been playing the "Seasonal Allergies or Coronavirus?" game frequently. My deepest concern was that I might bring it back to the members of the family who could suffer fatally with it but this morning I was advised to stay home for up to 12 weeks. On the phone earlier, I happened to lose my voice as I'd been talking for a couple of hours...the person I was speaking to just sighed sadly and said "Me too". So get this. Where I work at it's a family owned business. The owner and the VP are husband and wife, work from home, quasi-retired. The Accounts Controller is their daughter, the Chief Operations Officer is her husband. They have two kids and the county has closed the schools for the next two weeks meaning the kids have already been brought to the office cause no babysitters are available. The owner and the VP are in the age category where they could be in danger if they get this. Their daughter and her husband (my direct bosses) are not, but if they or their kids end up carrying it to them .... well, yeah, so our work is taking extra-extra precautions. My direct boss is naturally a germaphobe so he already had disinfectants and extra soap on hand. Yeah, he's appreciative I'm staying home today.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2020 9:43:04 GMT -5
So far in my county, schools have been closed until April at least, and of course you have people panic buying. I went shopping saturday to plus up food for my child not getting lunch at school for an extra 2 weeks, and a lot of stuff was out of stock. Dried brown rice, beans, lentils, and pasta was still on the shelf however, so I snagged a few boxes of each just in case the next apocalypse happens during a biweekly grocery restock trip.
Work is still considering closing the site for all but 30 volunteers, and I'm hoping it happens so I can take the full parenthood respinisbility while my wife rests (She's an ICU nurse, and being run ragged). I feel like we have more to worry about from irrational people during this situation than the actual disease itself. Right now we've got healthy people with full bellies fighting eachother over toilet paper. Imagine how starving, sick people would be if the shelves never got restocked.
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Post by Animayhem on Mar 17, 2020 10:24:35 GMT -5
Yea, schools are closed here as well til at least April 24th. Those with younger children have been allowed to telework.
One employee is in quarantine but should be able to come back next week I believe. They did not have the virus but it was a precaution.
Visitation is highly curtailed. No children allowed unless hospice Veteran. Veterans with mental health issues it depends on the severity.
Visitors must leave immediately after the visit.
They have restricted access to and from the facility.
We have a whole ward for quarantine.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2020 10:50:23 GMT -5
Animayhem Thanks for all you do, not just during this situation but always.
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Post by Aoi on Mar 17, 2020 15:46:01 GMT -5
Not yet under quarantine. But a quarantine case in the family. My brother in law, his doctor was in Austria and has it. Now my brother in law is under quarantine just in case. No symptoms so far.
I feel everyone’s pain because i thought had it, too. But it was a flu. Now the usual allergies remain. I’m still relaxed at that, since it’s the normal time for the grass and grain polls. So better that than Corona.
The panic shopping is really terrible. You don’t get normal things like sunflower oil here anymore if you’re unlucky. In some cases you have to do that hamster shopping because others do.
But once we get to the quarantine, I have a few things to keep busy already.
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Post by grivel on Mar 17, 2020 16:37:34 GMT -5
My daughter is an RN who works in an office at the hospital. Although she works from home two days a week regularly, they are telling her she must come in to work because it is not fair to the other nurses who have to be there. Total BS.
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Post by mandene on Mar 17, 2020 16:58:00 GMT -5
I'm one of the vulnerables,due to "preexisting condition".
I'm not really quarantined, but my workplace told everyone that it's preferred if we work from home. Yesterday there were only 5 ppl at the local office.
So I'm isolating myself and trying not to freak out. Especially since me and my husband are suddenly pretty hypochondriac.
My husband works at a big warehouse. They now work their asses off and lag extremelly behind on grocery orders, due to people prepping with non-perishables.
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Post by styxxbone1 on Mar 17, 2020 18:28:42 GMT -5
I'm one of the vulnerables,due to "preexisting condition". Elfish Witches shoulda been in Quarantine centuries ago! styxx
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Post by Animayhem on Mar 17, 2020 20:43:22 GMT -5
If I catch it, my position I cannot do from hone.
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Post by ShadowCatJen on Mar 18, 2020 10:24:18 GMT -5
Pollen count in the air was at "Very High" yesterday so my cough and stuffy nose were because of that. Even with allergy pills the reactions can't be fully stopped.
Doesn't help that we've had a 20 degree drop in temperature from last week to this week. One moment it's spring, the next winter drops a "thought you saw the last of me" meme on us. The body will naturally react to that with sniffles for everybody.
Back to work today, still no quarantine for our county, but we'll see what the day brings.
We'll get through this!
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Post by Aoi on Mar 18, 2020 10:51:25 GMT -5
Speaking of groceries. I went shopping to prepare for a quarantine eventually.
It’s already unbelievable, I don’t get why people are hoarding things like flour, yeast and especially toilet paper over here.
Strangest thing that happened to me. Someone tried to steal a bread out of my shopping card. At this point I believe everyone just went nuts.
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Post by Defunct Fiddlesticks on Mar 19, 2020 5:56:29 GMT -5
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Post by Defunct Fiddlesticks on Mar 19, 2020 10:50:56 GMT -5
General notice just through today:
"Please stop panic buying, we are limiting our hours of operation to preserve stocks" from our food store.
Booked a usual delivery for a week's worth of food to be delivered this weekend(we get it delivered to this house) and we have found the next slot available AFTER this is the 9th of April.
Time for rationing and maybe looking for a second service. I am concerned for people who do not have this option.
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Post by ShadowCatJen on Mar 19, 2020 11:24:54 GMT -5
Yeah, our local grocery stores have cut their hours of being open down because of needing to try and restock on the off hours. Tried to find any sort of bread.. at all. There was nothing. No rice, no beans, no bread, no eggs, no toilet paper, no paper towels, no butter, no oranges, no.... a lot of no. Tons of cookies and sweets though! I decided to chill with a couple of packs of snickerdoodles. They were on sale. Win. Also on the silver lining side, my county is on Shelter-in-place status, but it's so loosely worded that our business doesn't have to close. So I will be working and not scrambling to make rent for next month. We're a tiny company of 20 people, half of which are working from home. 8 of which are either on tech work out in the field or in the wide spacious workshop in the back. Which... isn't beyond normal for us so we sort of already were doing the whole social distancing thing without even trying. We'll get through this, guys.
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Post by malclave on Mar 19, 2020 13:47:20 GMT -5
Tons of cookies and sweets though! I decided to chill with a couple of packs of snickerdoodles. They were on sale. Win. It's the FRC diet. Find a restful place to sleep, and when you wake up eat a bag of cookies because you're hungry. Good for another day!
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Post by ShadowCatJen on Mar 20, 2020 17:00:29 GMT -5
Hey, hey you! Yeah you, reading this.
Unclench your jaw ...
Roll your shoulders back ...
Sit up...
Take a breath and let it out slowly.
Get yourself some water. If you have some already, take a drink.
You good? .... good. Get back in there. See you in game.
We got this.
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Post by Kolfrosta on Mar 21, 2020 9:48:34 GMT -5
Yep.
I live in NY. Our factory is shut down for the next two weeks (or so). Non essential businesses are closed, everyone is being told to stay home unless you have to go get groceries, or to the doctor. The main grocery store nearest me is out of potatoes, rice (except for the yummy Japanese sticky rice- yay!), butter, and milk. They are rationing the toilet paper, and there are signs everywhere reminding people to be "socially distanced".
Calm down people. Its a two to four week paid vacation, just have to stay home until it blows over, or they figure out a vaccine or cure.
Though really, I hope it's only two weeks, and that I have a job to go back to. And I hope Home Depot is essential. I can catch up on all the little projects I have been putting off...
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2020 12:17:15 GMT -5
"Social distancing is going fine. Why do you ask?"
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Post by Asgardian Grey Hawk on Mar 21, 2020 12:28:26 GMT -5
Is it bad me and the buddies still hang out and drink? I don't think so.
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Post by ID10Tango on Mar 21, 2020 13:17:50 GMT -5
Is it bad me and the buddies still hang out and drink? I don't think so. Yes if you're doing it in public. Your grandparents were called to war, you're being asked to sit on the couch...
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Post by ID10Tango on Mar 21, 2020 13:19:43 GMT -5
I stayed home since I had groceries, but recently ran out. Store was picked clean so i went to a corner store/gas station and just bought hotdogs, buns, chips and salsa
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Post by StabbingNirvana on Mar 21, 2020 13:35:55 GMT -5
Drove out to Amish Country from NYC to do some shopping. Found toilet paper for the first time in weeks, but it was Scotts toilet paper. So I passed. If I'm gonna wipe with Scotts, might as use my bare hands.
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Post by ID10Tango on Mar 21, 2020 13:36:54 GMT -5
Drove out to Amish Country from NYC to do some shopping. Found toilet paper for the first time in weeks, but it was Scotts toilet paper. So I passed. If I'm gonna wipe with Scotts, might as use my bare hands. I learned a long time ago not to use toilet paper that's wrapped in paper itself
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Post by Kolfrosta on Mar 21, 2020 18:28:24 GMT -5
I did notice the smaller mom and pop grocers/stores are better supplied...and they are local, so support them!
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Post by Razgriz on Mar 21, 2020 19:12:25 GMT -5
Is it bad me and the buddies still hang out and drink? I don't think so. Yes if you're doing it in public. Your grandparents were called to war, you're being asked to sit on the couch... lol
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