OT: What changes are you and family making to your lifestyle due to coranavirus?

[glastonbury50]

Might try and reread 'The Stand.' it's only fitting.

 

[dennismenace]

Friends are telling me that the Walmarts, Targets and others the shelves are barren. Even toilet paper is scooped up. Why not implement a minimum purchase amount in times like these?

Panic has set in.

Went to Joblot this morning and that is exactly what they are doing for hand sanitizer and non medical plastic gloves. Very good idea.

 

[methodology]

This ain't right:

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Scum bags

stop & shop in Branford was limiting everyone to 2 of toilet paper, sanitizer wipes, and that stuff. That’s the right thing to do the hoarders are hurting people who are actually in need and are brain dead to not realize that if they buy all the cleaning stuff they are just making more people susceptible to being carriers since they can’t disinfect themselves which in turn creates a risk to the hoarders

 

[methodology]

My daughter has dance class on Mondays - 5 kids plus instructor, we're still going to that. Library is closed so our weekly trip is on hold - probably a good thing as who sanitizes books? Wife is working from home. I am not and even if I have the option to WFH I might go in as I can sit in my office and don't really need to come into contact with people in person. Not sure about the gym moving forward, I went yesterday and carried the spray bottle around with me. I run outdoors so at least half the time I'm covered. Also not sure about going to restaurants - we normally eat out 1-2 times on the weekends. I'm also heading to the store today to find some art projects for the kids as the next two weeks are going to be challenging.

My daughters dance school and gymnastics was cancelled earlier this week

 

[Waquoit]

My daughters dance school and gymnastics was cancelled earlier this week

My SO's granddaughter's first gymnastics meet scheduled for today was cancelled.

Whew! That was close!

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

This ain't right:

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I know. Who buys a car that color?
You drive around with that look...every day? For years?

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

Why not implement a minimum purchase amount in times like these?

TBH, I'd prefer a maximum purchase amount.

 

[Deepster]

My sister just ordered food from stop and shops pea pod app. Delivery date was 3/21. A full week right now.

 

[ctchamps]

Indeed. And this is why EVERYONE should resist the "OMG everyone stay home" nonsense with every fiber of their being. If everyone does, it's all over. Quite literally.

You are correct there is an economic disaster that is developing as a result of the steps people are currently taking.

You are not correct that the precautions are meritless. At best it's an unknown. At worst the curve is not flattened, the medical system gets overwhelmed, and people who could have been saved die because there is not enough equipment to handle a rapid and extensive spread. Events will play out quickly. Somewhere between two weeks and two months we should know who is correct.

I don't agree with your assessment although I hope you are correct. If you think an economic disaster is happening now what type of panic will set in if people are dying because hospitals cannot see patients? That's the situation in certain areas within Italy.

There were zero people world wide who had any immunity to this variation of the virus. That plus the extremely high contagion rate is the risk that you are ignoring.

 

[Marat]

Meanwhile our idiot NYC mayor refuses to close NYC schools. Not sending my daughter to class on Monday.

 

[superjohn]

You are correct there is an economic disaster that is developing as a result of the steps people are currently taking.

You are not correct that the precautions are meritless. At best it's an unknown. At worst the curve is not flattened, the medical system gets overwhelmed, and people who could have been saved die because there is not enough equipment to handle a rapid and extensive spread. Events will play out quickly. Somewhere between two weeks and two months we should know who is correct.

I don't agree with your assessment although I hope you are correct. If you think an economic disaster is happening now what type of panic will set in if people are dying because hospitals cannot see patients? That's the situation in certain areas within Italy.

There were zero people world wide who had any immunity to this variation of the virus. That plus the extremely high contagion rate is the risk that you are ignoring.

I see it as an easy decision. You shut everything down now flattening the spread as much as you can. Two weeks of serious pain is a whole lot better than a year of it.

We're way late on this but still have to minimize the spread.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Meanwhile our idiot NYC mayor refuses to close NYC schools. Not sending my daughter to class on Monday.

I just heard NYC had their first death. Maybe that’ll finally push him over the edge.

 

[ClifSpliffy]

You are correct there is an economic disaster that is developing as a result of the steps people are currently taking.

You are not correct that the precautions are meritless. At best it's an unknown. At worst the curve is not flattened, the medical system gets overwhelmed, and people who could have been saved die because there is not enough equipment to handle a rapid and extensive spread. Events will play out quickly. Somewhere between two weeks and two months we should know who is correct.

I don't agree with your assessment although I hope you are correct. If you think an economic disaster is happening now what type of panic will set in if people are dying because hospitals cannot see patients? That's the situation in certain areas within Italy.

There were zero people world wide who had any immunity to this variation of the virus. That plus the extremely high contagion rate is the risk that you are ignoring.

'You are correct there is an economic disaster that is developing...'
ehh, not so fast. mebbe, mebbe not. while I have no firm opinion on that yet, I do like to listen to folks who are way smarter than me. one brilliant observer of 'the economic scene' is gene marks, who along with a bunch of other stuff he does, is now a business writer for the guardian, which mostly comes across as a commie rag for folks like me. gene ain't no commie. specifically, and on john bachelor's show the other day (ol' gene been talking there a long, long time), he noticeably said that, to his eyes, he won't even say that it's certain we'll (as in us, USA) be going into recession. idk, but when that guy, with his rep, says that, well, people like me listen.

 

[ctchamps]

So basically we're canceling a world meant for young people in order to protect old people who will continue to vote to ruin our planet, segregate our country, and wreck our economy from themselves.

The generalization about old people is accurate. Even the group around 55 years old tend to have less global idealism than people in their 20's and 30's. That percentage significantly decreases with people older than 80. But the underlying default of humanity as exemplified by your angry statement stays the same. People are magnanimous up to a point. Self interest or survival is endemic to most individuals. The only difference between you and a myopic senior is how you prioritize various issues.

I've watched many people my age become less inclusive as they progressed in age. They easily justified their attitudinal change because none of us want to admit we care about others up to the point our well being is at risk.

It saddens me to read your statement. You have already reached a place without hope.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

'You are correct there is an economic disaster that is developing...'
ehh, not so fast. mebbe, mebbe not. while I have no firm opinion on that yet, I do like to listen to folks who are way smarter than me. one brilliant observer of 'the economic scene' is gene marks, who along with a bunch of other stuff he does, is now a business writer for the guardian, which mostly comes across as a commie rag for folks like me. gene ain't no commie. specifically, and on john bachelor's show the other day (ol' gene been talking there a long, long time), he noticeably said that, to his eyes, he won't even say that it's certain we'll (as in us, USA) be going into recession. idk, but when that guy, with his rep, says that, well, people like me listen.

There's people like you? "People" is plural.

 

[ClifSpliffy]

There's people like you? "People" is plural.

thank you. thank you very little. at least I don't have 4 azzes like that fear monger over in another thread. hey wait! i just figgered something out! 4 azzes? fear monger? that's where all the bathroom tissue is going! thank you for playing a part in my enlightenment!

 

[polycom]

Bachelor party cancelled honeymoon is next 2020 smh.

 

[ctchamps]

'You are correct there is an economic disaster that is developing...'
ehh, not so fast. mebbe, mebbe not. while I have no firm opinion on that yet, I do like to listen to folks who are way smarter than me. one brilliant observer of 'the economic scene' is gene marks, who along with a bunch of other stuff he does, is now a business writer for the guardian, which mostly comes across as a commie rag for folks like me. gene ain't no commie. specifically, and on john bachelor's show the other day (ol' gene been talking there a long, long time), he noticeably said that, to his eyes, he won't even say that it's certain we'll (as in us, USA) be going into recession. idk, but when that guy, with his rep, says that, well, people like me listen.

I used developing for a reason. To be clear if two weeks of isolation whether warranted or not results in the limitation of this disease from overwhelming our medical system and the disease rapidly ends, there will be very limited economic impacts. If this runs two months and our medical system gets over run during any part of that cycle the economic consequences can't be anything but severe. It would be hard for people not to see that. Given that we have no way of knowing the extent of the spread forecasting is limited. My opinion is that the slow federal response increased the odds of the latter outcome but does not guarantee that outcome.

Our society will survive that worst case scenario. This is not the zombie apocalypse. I recently read "The Citizens of London" which revolves around three important American figures living in London during WWII. It's a great book and one I recommend highly. The people in London endured a lot worse situation than even the worse case scenario of this pandemic. It was for years not months. We most certainly will have medical and economic casualties and even on the low end it is horrible. But the book demonstrates that humanity has more resilience than we currently might think we have.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

thank you. thank you very little. at least I don't have 4 azzes like that fear monger over in another thread. hey wait! i just figgered something out! 4 azzes? fear monger? that's where all the bathroom tissue is going! thank you for playing a part in my enlightenment!

De nada

 

[uconnell]

I haven’t left the house since last Thursday evening. Went to mbb game @Gampel. So. Glad I did. My son did grocery shopping today from a list I gave him. Called me twice . Took him over 2hrs came home with 1/4th of items. Saved me a to of $$$$.my other sons and my 2 grandsons are got cooks. Me, not so much. I hate cooking and so does this son.

I should add a PSto my last post. He is a great mechanic. I have a 2004 Sentra I bought. Used, which has never been inside a shop except for an oil change. It has 213000 miles on it and still running strong and my grandson drove it for several years.

 

[ctchamps]

I see it as an easy decision. You shut everything down now flattening the spread as much as you can. Two weeks of serious pain is a whole lot better than a year of it.

We're way late on this but still have to minimize the spread.

You're preaching to the choir. I'll go one step further. The reaction outside of the U.S. was strong enough to take the situation seriously. We had been fortunate to see development of this problem elsewhere. The slow reaction in this country was egregious imo. We've increased the odds of having a worse case scenario.

To be clear probability does not mean definitely. There are factors that can occur naturally which could eliminate the worse case scenario in spite of the incompetence. But that's relying on pure luck. We issue evacuations when a hurricane is approaching an area knowing that there is only a probability of the hurricane making landfall and in spite of many of those predictions in the past not happening. We should have treated this natural threat the same way.

 

[ctchamps]

I should add a PSto my last post. He is a great mechanic. I have a 2004 Sentra I bought. Used, which has never been inside a shop except for an oil change. It has 213000 miles on it and still running strong and my grandson drove it for several years.

Someone is a proud mom. And rightfully so.

 

[uconnell]

Indeed. And this is why EVERYONE should resist the "OMG everyone stay home" nonsense with every fiber of their being. If everyone does, it's all over. Quite literally.

People are going crazy staying home. Where are you going to go?. They drive around endlessly going nowhere. Every kind of entertainment is closed. Was looking forward to AAC tournies = gone, tv sucks,n movies gone,restaurants are open and more or less begging for business. Even the casinos, I heard are closed except for the table games. Chinese love the table games, would it be poetic justice
If they got it at the casino?

 

[ctchamps]

I already had a stockpile of Tyler Phommachanh stored in my basement. I buy in bulk when it goes on sale. I did not need to buy any for this situation. We did buy a lot of cans of refried beans this week.

 

[Chin Diesel]

75 degrees, slightly cloudy, all rec league, travel leagues and school sports cancelled, all sports on TV are cancelled. Result? Freaking home improvement stores are slammed as everyone is doing spring cleaning, chores and taking care of house hold stuff.