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Post by Sour Candy on Mar 14, 2020 15:19:59 GMT -5
So my mom is officially having us start rationing/hoarding food just in case My anxiety is so high that at this point I'd just rather die
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Post by Northstar3213 on Mar 14, 2020 17:49:52 GMT -5
schools are closed, state's confirmed cases skyrocket since thursday, im having nightmares about losing my mother (she's got asthma, has had pnuemonia twice, and is in the age group at the highest risk to die (boomers)) and the memes are not helping
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2020 18:11:57 GMT -5
schools are closed, state's confirmed cases skyrocket since thursday, im having nightmares about losing my mother (she's got asthma, has had pnuemonia twice, and is in the age group at the highest risk to die (boomers)) and the memes are not helping I really hope that your mom will be alright, and that this whole thing gets under control soon.
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Post by Sour Candy on Mar 14, 2020 19:36:18 GMT -5
Apparently Spain has gone on national lockdown due to the virus, all stores except grocery and pharmacy are closed there
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Post by Leapkit on Mar 14, 2020 20:48:35 GMT -5
We had 1 case just 2 days ago and now we have 15 and an investigation on who they came into contact with because whoever they came into contact with might have it too.
I may have underestimated how fast this shit spreads and now I am a *little* worried. But more worried for my grandma than anything because she's 70 and isn't obeying the nursing home's quarantine and has been going outside to the store and for donuts and mcdonalds with her friends.
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Post by Sand on Mar 14, 2020 21:13:37 GMT -5
France and Italy are both on lockdown too. Belgium may do the same, but so far it's just schools. My state has possibly 4 cases but only 2 confirmed. The stores are insane and I have to go to one tonight because there's items I need. I'm just hoping no one's at Target at 8:30pm & 9pm. Leapkit - I hope your grandma will be okay <3
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Post by Saint Ambrosef on Mar 14, 2020 21:37:37 GMT -5
On Friday right before everyone left for spring break, our college sent out an email explaining that for now to plan for classes to resume as scheduled when we get back, but that there's a possibility we'll switch to online classes. My campus is in Dallas and there's been an outbreak there. I would be very surprised if they cancelled our semester outright. More likely is they will ask us to stay home until after our scheduled Easter break (online classes in the meantime) and then return. That's a solid month. The thing is, we have a lot of faculty who are not, erm, technologically skilled. I heard that one of the compsci students offered to teach professors how to use our online platform and had a hundred emails in his inbox the next morning. But we also have labs, art classes, and some "typical lecture" classes that just couldn't be transferred to an online format well. I suspect my uni is gonna do what they can to mitigate online time.
Also, my local store still has plenty of food/paper/etc but it's a bougie neighborhood and rich people tend to think these things won't affect them lmao
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Post by xєяσ єємαι zσηтαησѕ ♬ on Mar 14, 2020 22:59:08 GMT -5
I'm in Vermont and tons of stuff is getting shut down/cancelled/postponed. All the colleges in the area have switched to online for at least the next few weeks, if not significantly longer, and I'm betting the public K-12 schools will probably close soon too. One of my choirs has ended (because it's affiliated with my college and they've suspended on-campus classes, and I'd be surprised if the other one didn't end. I'm on the costume team for the community theatre group and our upcoming production of Matilda that was supposed to be the first weekend of April is now postponed till whenever they can safely do it and get access to the venue. My parents are in upstate NY (and I will be returning there within the next week, for the time being) and they say there the school district is now closed til mid April. Our church has switched to live-streamed services instead of in person, and the public library there is now closed for a month.
I'm gonna need to come up with stuff to do for the next few weeks cause I tend to get restless when I can't go anywhere. In my current town I'm within walking distance to a lot of stuff and I've still been going out more or less normally (not in close proximity to other people but still going out) but once I go back home it's harder for me to get places...
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Post by Leapkit on Mar 15, 2020 0:34:35 GMT -5
Also I wonder what that lady who last week was "glad it was hitting the godless people" in california thinks now that it's here.... 🤔🤔🤔
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Post by VIXENCLAW on Mar 15, 2020 2:05:02 GMT -5
Well, after this Wednesday my classes are moving to online only. We just got seven more confirmed cases overnight, with a total of at least 21 cases in state— and with a ton more people that are suspected of having the virus but are unable to get tested. Everything’s getting cancelled or closed down here, the museums, zoos, colleges, school programs, etc.
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Post by 𝘊𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘴𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘮 ꕤ on Mar 15, 2020 13:26:29 GMT -5
Not to be a doomer, but I think that relating COVID-19 to “just a little worse than the flu” is something that the media is trying to enstill in people to quell any uprising panic. If this was just a slight case of the flu, than China wouldn’t have welded people into houses. The mortality rate is significantly higher than the flu, and the fact that it can reinfect your twice, and come back harder, is something that we SHOULD be worried about. Not only for our loved ones who are elderly, or have health problems, but the fact is that it can most likely affect even a healthier person. The drugs that they are giving you to help combat the virus, Malaria medication, AIDS, and cancer treatment, have serious side effects. So even if you get through the virus ok (and it doesn’t come back to hit you again) than you might run the risk of the side effects taking a toll. There’s a lot that we don’t know about it, and I feel that instead of being optimistic, we should air more on the side of caution. I’m not trying to inspire people to go into full blown panic, because that will be WORSE than what the virus can do. But we shouldn’t look at it as just the flu, I think that everyone should have provisions, and have a plan set in place in case shit does hit the fan. People should be figuring out plans about what to do in case the virus hits their home town/city.
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Post by Sour Candy on Mar 15, 2020 13:36:09 GMT -5
My anxiety is starting to override everything rational in my mind now
I'm like 87% sure this is gonna be the end
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Post by Sand on Mar 15, 2020 15:05:36 GMT -5
My anxiety is starting to override everything rational in my mind now I'm like 87% sure this is gonna be the endIf this situation is causing you a lot of anxiety, it’s probably best that you don’t engage in anything about it. Try to find something that calms you. Anxiety attacks aren’t worth the pain.
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Post by Saint Ambrosef on Mar 15, 2020 17:41:50 GMT -5
I'd like to point out that there is no proof for re-infection. Health professionals are pretty sure that any cases of "reinfection" are likely caused by false test results.
I'm getting sick of all my peers grandstanding on facebook about this. They're writing these lengthy essays about how we need to be "independent thinkers" (our uni motto) and that our uni is being ignorant/stupid/etc for not officially cancelling yet, how could they do this, etc. in general they're being super pretentious and morally righteous. like it's not that deep, give the administration hot second to create a game plan before yelling at them. damn.
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Post by Skypaw13 on Mar 15, 2020 20:41:01 GMT -5
Not to be a doomer, but I think that relating COVID-19 to “just a little worse than the flu” is something that the media is trying to enstill in people to quell any uprising panic. If this was just a slight case of the flu, than China wouldn’t have welded people into houses. The mortality rate is significantly higher than the flu, and the fact that it can reinfect your twice, and come back harder, is something that we SHOULD be worried about. Not only for our loved ones who are elderly, or have health problems, but the fact is that it can most likely affect even a healthier person. The drugs that they are giving you to help combat the virus, Malaria medication, AIDS, and cancer treatment, have serious side effects. So even if you get through the virus ok (and it doesn’t come back to hit you again) than you might run the risk of the side effects taking a toll. There’s a lot that we don’t know about it, and I feel that instead of being optimistic, we should air more on the side of caution. I’m not trying to inspire people to go into full blown panic, because that will be WORSE than what the virus can do. But we shouldn’t look at it as just the flu, I think that everyone should have provisions, and have a plan set in place in case shit does hit the fan. People should be figuring out plans about what to do in case the virus hits their home town/city. I agree that everyone should have an emergency plan, but an emergency plan is something people should have regardless of if there's actually an emergency. I disagree with pretty much everything else you said. I think the media is blowing it up to be worse than it is, not better. Mortality rate is skewed because of points that have already been discussed. Young, healthy people aren't getting killed by this thing, in fact, a lot of them assume it's a cold. Around 80% of cases don't require hospitalization, and so are way less likely to get medication with potential side effects. We should be optimistic, the worst case scenario if no measures are taken and the virus doesn't take a hike in the summer like almost all other viruses still has the world surviving and going on as usual. About reinfection, I would really like to know where you got that information, because I can't find anything saying that a reinfection hits you harder. Honestly, I hadn't heard anything about reinfection at all until I read your post and researched it myself-- and everything I found just said there were people who tested positive after recovery. Which makes sense to me, since your body needs time to clear the virus, even if you're not sick anymore. I couldn't find anything about people actually getting sick a second time, let alone getting it worse. The normal course of Covid-19 does involve an apparent relapse, though. People get their early symptoms, and then get better. Then about a week in, they suddenly get hit really hard with much worse symptoms. This isn't a reinfection or getting the illness twice. This is the same illness but drawn out with a breather in between. I appreciate that you're trying to promote caution, but I really think people need to be less concerned than they are. Everyone should have some level of concern, yes, but for the most part (in the US, at least), overreactions are causing more problems than the illness itself. Alert, not anxious. Prepared, not scared.
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Post by Saint Ambrosef on Mar 16, 2020 0:43:52 GMT -5
Even though the young and healthy are not at risk, the important thing to remember is that we must act like we are in order to prevent spread to those at higher risk. The immunocompromised must be protected and their higher chance of severe reaction should not be brushed off. Imagine how they must feel hearing healthy people say "Oh it only affects you, not me"
Self-isolate and practice social distancing. Even if you are healthy. I know I'd barely get symptoms, but I can spread it to people who will have it much worse, and I couldn't live with it if my carelessness caused someone else's pain or death.
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Post by Saint Ambrosef on Mar 16, 2020 0:57:14 GMT -5
I work at a Domino's as a delivery driver and need to work this week. I can't tell if deliveries will be up or down because of this self-isolation thing. I know they've made contactless delivery an option (basically no receipt, we leave it on their doorstep and make sure they get it from a distance). But it's only optional. I'm gonna see if mom will let me borrow her portable hand sanitizer so I can disinfect myself and the pen between deliveries.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2020 14:46:04 GMT -5
your boss isn’t being responsible then. many major retailers are temporarily shutting down due to this crisis.
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Post by VIXENCLAW on Mar 16, 2020 15:28:09 GMT -5
There are now over 50 cases in my state, with several of them in my city. We’re getting nearly 20 new cases each day, so there’ll probably be about 70-80 cases tomorrow. I’m just waiting for a lockdown, it’s bound to happen soon.
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Post by ✨ ιηνєяѕєяєαℓιту on Mar 16, 2020 16:07:55 GMT -5
my state hasn't shut down anything but schools yet, but businesses are taking matters into their own hands.
today, i temporarily lost my job kinda, i work thursday for a few hours doing curbside pickups but i work full-time normally. we closed to foot traffic. man, every time i get my savings account over 1k i get smacked with something that takes it all away.
it's the right decision for sure, but it will hurt me financially. technically, i qualify for partial unemployment, but you have to get paperwork and i'm scared to ask for it because i know claims raise business taxes and i work for a very small business with narrow margins
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Post by Uмвяᴀ on Mar 16, 2020 17:17:05 GMT -5
Elementary/middle/high schools in my area shut down and my university cancelled most of its finals and is moving to online classes. My mom's work also just closed today, so she's flying back to live with us. Here's to hoping there aren't any sick people on the plane.
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Post by Mosspath27 on Mar 16, 2020 19:01:40 GMT -5
technically, i qualify for partial unemployment, but you have to get paperwork and i'm scared to ask for it because i know claims raise business taxes and i work for a very small business with narrow margins Look after yourself first. It wouldn't be unreasonable to expect seven or eight weeks of shutdowns and a period of residual effects on business afterwards. Unless by very small, you mean less than four employees, the business already paying federal and state unemployment tax (VA exempts the smallest of small business, the federal government doesn't). The guide I'm looking at says the exact circumstances are muddy, which makes it sound plausible for government, but that how much the business pays for unemployment benefits is variable, and the payment is made to the unemployment insurance fund through taxes to spread it out over several years. The way I understand it, if the business goes under, it will almost certainly be because of lost revenue, not because of partial unemployment benefits, because they'd be paying (at worst) something like two months' of benefits over the next four years or so. The paper work, on the other hand, looks like a devil to work with. But it's probably worth it.
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Post by mossecho on Mar 16, 2020 20:22:00 GMT -5
Guess who is going to be under quarantine!
Has anyone heard of the guy in Texas who hoarded hand sanitizer in an attempt to sell it? Admittedly I don't know the details, but basically he and some family bought 17,000 bottles of hand sanitizer to sell for a profit online. Unfortunately for him, a lot of online selling websites are not letting him sell any due to price gauging. They argue that since he rose the price of the bottles from the prince he originally bought them at, they should not allow him to use their platform to engage in this practice. On the other hand, he argues that since it costs a lot to ship hand sanitizer (especially since it has a lot of alcohol so the government's stricter about it or something like that). Anyways, I just thought it was pretty interesting.
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Post by Sand on Mar 16, 2020 22:28:40 GMT -5
Merged the thread "Coronavirus" (by Pixie), with the other "Freaking Covid19," seeing as it has 5 pages and "Coronavirus" thread had one. I'd rather have a single thread going for Coronavirus related discussions since it's a.) more organized, b.) contains the same content & posts, and c.) those with anxiety or people experiencing a lot of anxiety due to this situation, it's probably best we make it as small as possible so we don't trigger anything bad.
Basically, the posts are all gonna get a bit jumbled because of the dates they were posted. So if things look off, that's why.
If you have questions or concerns, feel free to PM me.
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Post by KittyClearsight on Mar 16, 2020 22:35:03 GMT -5
So everything is shutting down in my state except for the essentials. Great.
I was in Giant Eagle today and it was so bare, I've never seen a store so empty. Yet there were still a million people out and about getting stuff, it was so weird to me. It felt like the apocalypse was coming or something lmao
My mom and I got some wine, because those kinds of stores are closing starting tomorrow. If we're gonna be shut in we might as well have some wine lol
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