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When was the last time you went out?

We're walking 3 miles a day, playing some golf, working on my cars a bit, pruning lots of shrubs, doing food shopping and for other needed items, but we don't have a major outbreak in my part of SC. Just doesn't feel normal to have people walking around with masks on and gloves, but we can live with it for a while. I just wonder when people will get tired of it and stop maintaining their distance, etc.

One piece of shopping advice for those who go to Target. They normally stock shelves overnight or early in the AM so last week I asked the "greeter" if that's still the case and she said yes. Then I asked if she knew if they would be getting any paper products in that night or the next few days and she checked some papers she had and advised they would be stocking some that night and that I should come in a few minutes before opening and get in line. I was maybe tenth in line and when the doors opened everyone ahead of me made a beeline down the most direct aisle to the paper products.
And, there the packages were, waiting in the paper products aisle, with a "virtual beam of light" shining down on them, a couple dozen bulk packages each for several brands of towels, toilet paper, etc.
We can now relax for a couple months.
 
I walk everyday. I run five days a week. Three of those five runs I do away from home at a nearby trail or park. Then there's the grocery every other week or so. So quite a lot.
 
Chuck said:
Eating out is going to be weird for a while. Limited patrons, staff in masks...

Two solid pick-up places so far:
1) From Scratch in Ridgewood. Great place. A bit pricey, but the pasta is fantastic. That’s what we have coming on Saturday.
2) Rocca. Used to be in Glen Rock, now they cater out of Wyckoff. Choice of a couple pastas, proteins, salads, bread and they drop off in aluminum containers.
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From Scratch is great...a few years ago took my team there for a private cooking class...The pizza from St. Egidio around the corner from there was great when I lived in NJ.
 
Today was the first time out to get groceries since all this madness started on March 14th. Went to Walmart and counted 90 people waiting in line outside, I waited for 5 minutes and saw the line wasn't moving. Went to Aldi's and there were 10 people waiting in line, only waited 3 minutes and there was no line when I left the store. Only other times I've been out was to vote on March 17th and for some drives.
 
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I didn’t leave my home today but I’ve been going for walks, grocery shopping for myself and also picked up groceries for my folks, got gas once and take out a few times. What’s really depressing is i haven’t seen my sister’s family and have only seen my parents from a distance. Easter breakfast was completely called off and Memorial Day cookout will be too. It’s only been a month but this sucks for everyone but at least I’m alive
 
I won't be going out for a while. Just lost my job. 20 years of grinding and climbing wiped out by a virus from 8,000 miles away. That's a hard one to accept. Instead of laying off people, shouldn't companies give everyone a temporary pay cut to keep our people employed so the economy can come back? I'm sure our CEO isnt giving up any of his $12 million a year in salary......
 
UCTitleTown said:
I won't be going out for a while. Just lost my job. 20 years of grinding and climbing wiped out by a virus from 8,000 miles away. That's a hard one to accept. Instead of laying off people, shouldn't companies give everyone a temporary pay cut to keep our people employed so the economy can come back? I'm sure our CEO isnt giving up any of his $12 million a year in salary......
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Life is a kick in the d___ sometimes. Keep your head up, you'll bounce back.
 
UCTitleTown said:
I won't be going out for a while. Just lost my job. 20 years of grinding and climbing wiped out by a virus from 8,000 miles away. That's a hard one to accept. Instead of laying off people, shouldn't companies give everyone a temporary pay cut to keep our people employed so the economy can come back? I'm sure our CEO isnt giving up any of his $12 million a year in salary......
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Sorry to hear that. I’m probably 60/40 getting laid off. We mostly sell small business insurance so yikes
 
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UCTitleTown said:
I won't be going out for a while. Just lost my job. 20 years of grinding and climbing wiped out by a virus from 8,000 miles away. That's a hard one to accept. Instead of laying off people, shouldn't companies give everyone a temporary pay cut to keep our people employed so the economy can come back? I'm sure our CEO isnt giving up any of his $12 million a year in salary......
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Sucks, sorry to hear. We cut almost all of our contractors loose and furloughed lots of staff or cut their hours, good people. Stopped 401k match. Supposedly did a pay cut for exec team. I am guessing that many of our furloughed staff are not coming back - some because of work volume, some because they feel betrayed by the company.
 
CL82 said:
Yep, I'm doing that as well but I miss eating out. I wonder what that is going to look like in a post Corona virus lock down world.

Which restaurant?
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I bring my lunch to work, but on the weekend we usually eat out as a family 1-2 times. Despite my wife racking up $1k plus in costco purchases in a 2 week span, in looking at our bank accounts we have spent quite a bit less money overall. Our usual weekend restaurant spend is apparently not small potatoes.
 
UCTitleTown said:
I won't be going out for a while. Just lost my job. 20 years of grinding and climbing wiped out by a virus from 8,000 miles away. That's a hard one to accept. Instead of laying off people, shouldn't companies give everyone a temporary pay cut to keep our people employed so the economy can come back? I'm sure our CEO isnt giving up any of his $12 million a year in salary......
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Sorry to hear that and I know what you are going through. I'm retired now, but at one point in my career I was laid off after 22 years of working for the same company. It was my first job out of college. It was traumatic. What helped me a lot was reading positive thinking books, like Tony Robbins. I ended up getting a better job with better benefits. Hoping the same for you.
 
I woke up yesterday at 5:30AM and while my wife slept . I defied my grounding and went to the 6:00AM senios only period at Safeway . They weren’t checking ID’s
Armed with mask, Gloves, and wipes
Scored paper towels, whole wheat pasta . and a bunch of good other stuff. I did get TP for someone else.
I won’t go out again for two weeks but my wife won’t leave the house until. June earliest
 
Watchdog said:
Can't imagine trying to socially distance in The City.
One thing is puzzling about what your nephew said. Gov. Cuomo clearly stated a few days ago that they had an excess of ventilators and had in fact shipped a couple hundred to another state that needed them. If that's true, maybe your nephew's experience was anecdotal for his coverage area.
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Sorry I'm late to respond. Didn't see this. During the peak of the crisis there was definitely a shortage of ventilators in the Bronx. Hospital staffs had to make the tough choice of deciding who got ventilators.

He reiterated what other emergency and medical personnel have stated in the news. He worked for NYC EMS and was assigned to help out in the World Trade Building disaster. He's not prone to overstatement. During peak Covid-19 conditions in NYC, from an emergency and medical standpoint, in his opinion were far worse than the disaster of 9/11. I'm not presenting this as hyperbole but as a comparison of disasters in order that people don't underplay the severity of Covid-19.
 
Until yesterday, only went out for weekly groceries. But everything changed Sunday night, with nasty weather and tornados through the town I live in. Been without power and not sure when it will be restored. Since most stores are limiting things like water, its been multiple trips. But, on the bright side of all this, I had the opportunity to teach my grandson how to build a small fire pit, a fire and how to cook on it. Either today or tomorrow I'm going to show him how to get free electricity with a solar panel and a battery. Gotta love science projects out of necessity with the grandson. Find the good in everything.
 
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Chief00 said:
Interesting research on the value of masks we all so dutifully wear.
www.cidrap.umn.edu

COMMENTARY: Masks-for-all for COVID-19 not based on sound data

www.cidrap.umn.edu www.cidrap.umn.edu
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Seemed mostly pointless, other than a reminder we should still be social distancing, mask or no mask. No one has suggested a cloth homemade mask should replace what doctors are wearing, Nor have they suggested it is foolproof. But i think common sense says its better than nothing.
 
kemba said:
Seemed mostly pointless, other than a reminder we should still be social distancing, mask or no mask. No one has suggested a cloth homemade mask should replace what doctors are wearing, Nor have they suggested it is foolproof. But i think common sense says its better than nothing.
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Maybe common sense says that but the research doesn’t. That article Chief linked sourced 52 academic studies. There was no evidence of any value. The CDC website CT.Gov referenced used the word “may” protect those around the wearer but they linked no studies as they typically do to back up the “May”.
 
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Chief00 said:
Maybe common sense says that but the research doesn’t. That article Chief linked sourced 52 academic studies. There was no evidence of any value. The CDC website CT.Gov referenced used the word “may” protect those around the wearer but I resented no studies as they typically do to back up the “May”.
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I skimmed several of those references that applied to cloth or cloth like masks. Did not see any that demonstrated dispersal patterns of aerosols when someone coughs, sneezes, talks, yells or sings with or without cloth masks. Interesting studies but none that illustrated an important and probably the most salient factor in assessing value of cloth mask wearing in the general public. Did you read any of the references which deals with this specific factor? I reached my limit.


 
today i walked around philly over to the liberty bell and back. it’s surreal, it’s like the end of the world and zombie apocalypse at the same time. it’s really scarce and the ppl that are hanging around are the underbelly of society. that’s the nicest way to put it.
 
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Chief00 said:
Maybe common sense says that but the research doesn’t. That article Chief linked sourced 52 academic studies. There was no evidence of any value. The CDC website CT.Gov referenced used the word “may” protect those around the wearer but I resented no studies as they typically do to back up the “May”.
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That word "may" is hilarious when journalists use it to try to prove or make a point
It's like all these Courant articles about certain unfortunates who have passed away and they say "may have been attributed to COVID-19"
 
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fleudslipcon said:
I skimmed several of those references that applied to cloth or cloth like masks. Did not see any that demonstrated dispersal patterns of aerosols when someone coughs, sneezes, talks, yells or sings with or without cloth masks. Interesting studies but none that illustrated an important and probably the most salient factor in assessing value of cloth mask wearing in the general public. Did you read any of the references which deals with this specific factor? I reached my limit.
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I did and cloth masks neither filter the virus effectively or are snug in fit to keep germs from going out the sides. A false sense of security. Interestingly, proponents of the cloth masks both argue that if its being worn on an asymptomatic wearer, it will protect others, but then they use as an example of perhaps reducing the distance of germs spread by a sneeze or cough - which would make the wearer symptomatic not asymptomatic. In short, there’s no data to back it up and even the argument is inconsistent.
 
Every day. Multiple times a day. I have changed very little - if anything. Other things around us have changed - causing less availability. People around us live in fear and scurry around like rats. The overall reduced movement should localize occurrence - which makes sense. Just use good common sense with what you touch and where you put your hands - i.e. Eyes, nose, ears, etc... so sanitizing hands is a strongly recommended layer of protection. The virus itself is not airborne. The mask doesn't really protect you - it keeps the virus from spreading to others - if YOU have it. There is no reason to be fearful. Just apply a little intellect and common sense. Fear and disinformation are very powerful with an unsuspecting and ignorant public. Fear not. Apply common sense - now that we know it is contracted by touch. Really basic stuff - it ain't aerosol.
 
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Tomorrow will be 14 days with nothing other than walks around the neighborhood.
 
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