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Well the morons have closed all the dining rooms and bars in Ohio but you can still order takeout or delivery. This will wreck many families on the edge of poverty
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So would getting sick and dying. The difference is death is permanent.

I was suspicious when a few of the big box stores announced on Fri? they were reducing hours of operation "in order to restock".

Nobody is buying TV's CD's, pillows, weed killer, etc.

That doesn't hold water, they normally do it after rush hours when there are less then a handful of shoppers, I know, that's when I'm in the store.

I can't believe its a low skill staff shortage, a lot of people are idle, beginning now.

I believe there is a real supply chain shortage, which they are afraid to announce as it will just ramp up more panic buying, hoarding.

So WH has press conference today and the main message is oddly, with this WH, "buy less"?

With all the food restaurants closing, I would think one would need to "buy more" or is it tomorrow going to be "eat less"?

Sorry, I don't believe very much anymore from the above source.

They did it in IL also

Exactly. Besides, isn't there a relief package coming including paid leave for those who don't have it?

MGM just closed all their "resorts" in Las Vegas, too. I'm not worried about the bosses, they'll be raking it in soon enough. The staff will be hurting economically though.

We are doing the isolation thing. Wife and I are working from home. Kids are both doing school online. Schools seem to be on top of it, they have their lessons and schedules laid out including gym and special subjects which is good. Have to give them credit for that.

Had some things cancelled this weekend due to the virus that I was really looking forward to. Communicating a lot with friends through text, everyone is in the same boat just sitting at home doing nothing or at least most of them are. Some are in denial like it's no big deal and are just going about their business like usual.

My wife is kind of freaking out. Had a neighbor come over to use my drill press today, seemed like she didn't want him to be there. Garage doors wide open, no one has any symptoms. Seemed like he did not think it was a big deal, felt like a weird situation to be in, there was an uneasy tension. She went and bought tons of food last week which I guess was OK since it seems like going out into public is almost a non-option at this point.

Our 11 year old has a heart condition. He is doing about as well as we could hope health wise but his cardiologist called to say we should be prepared to keep him isolated for 8 weeks. 8 weeks. I'm not seeing how that's going to work.

Having no regular sports on TV is brutal. Hockey was going down the final stretch, baseball was about to start, no NCAA tourney...

At least it's been nice out here. Plenty of car and garage and house stuff to work on, maybe I can actually finish some something for once.

11 year old with heart condition, I'm with your wife.

Does she carry?

Ha, right.

You'd never know the kid has a heart condition. The suggestion of prolonged isolation for him is because he is (obviously) more susceptible to get an infection in one of his replaced valves. I'm not overly worried about it at the moment since everything is pretty much shut down around here, there's really nowhere to go. At some point he will have to go back out into the world and he will be fine.

What's amazing is that some of our kids friends' parents are asking about play dates.

Same in Pittsburgh as of midnight for at least two weeks

Nobody is buying TV's CD's, pillows, weed killer, etc.

I chuckled a little at this comment because we were out shopping for a TV today after our (7 year) old one bit the dust yesterday. There's some good deals out there right now.......


Back to virus................I worry a little about being a carrier and not realizing it being around my elderly Mother as much as I am. She's not out and about much regardless, but I'm around her on an almost daily basis. I have to work, I can't stay home. And I'm the one that helps my Mother with her daily chores, shopping, etc.

How do I pronounce this guys last name ? ? ? ANTHONY FAUCI ?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Fauci

Same for me with my mother - i am trying to be more proactive safety-wise


There are some good future travel deals too

NOW ! Ive heard it all ...........

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You do what you have to do to save lives. We're not doing enough, and what we are doing, we doing late. It is, however, better than doing nothing.

I know some businesses are going to close over this and that's a tragedy. We're close to a lockdown. My kids and I just stay home. Anything that gets delivered (Amazon, mail) gets put into a big box and zapped with the ozone generator.

We made a pact with our next door neighbors to isolate but still hang out with one another. That has helped a lot with the stir-crazy. The dad and I both agreed that if one family slips (meaning his wife, really), the deal is off.

My kids are young enough to be statistically safe. I'm 57 with sleep apnea and hypertension. I'd really prefer to avoid getting this. If I do, though, I don't want it to be in the middle of the first wave where hospitals are not yet overwhelmed with people are dying in the hallways.

It seems like an extreme over-reaction is in play. Just how lethal is this to an otherwise healthy person? Is Tom Hanks dead yet?
It was such a good thing, seeing so many enjoying the fruits of this great economy. This media induced panic could destroy it.

I've been sequestered at home with my wife because of her knee replacement in erly feb, and am glad I have.
I've finally talked sense to three of our adult children, while the other two (smokers) continue throw caution to the wind.
As I understand from reading and talking with two doctors is the virus effects ones lungs. Reduced lung capacity and scarring are the immediate effect and residual diminished lung capacity may likely be the toll on any individual. Effects seem to balance on the condition of ones lungs going into an infection.
Lets all be safe and considerate of others. Taking an attitude of "young enough" may cost one their life. I'll respect the experts and hope a majority of us get through this.
Let's also hope it was not created in some lab to be a super bug. Whatever it is, it appears to be widespread and well rooted in the populace. How the heck did that happe? Humanity has been forever changed, we will wake up tomorrow and this will be worse. It's real and frankly it's scary. I have not yet wrapped my head around economic effects and can only think dark thoughts on that.
I hope with additional tests there may be a way to corral hot spots to give science time to develop a vaccine. That is the best for now.

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We're self isolating too at this point (and other than one engagement earlier today, have been for the last week too).

Keep in mind, self-isolating doesn't mean just sitting at home in the house. Going for a drive should be just fine. Going for walk or hike in a secluded area is just fine. Even if you pass the occasional other person on your walk it's probably fine, so long as you don't cough in each others mouths

The goal is to avoid other people, not just sit in the house and go stir-crazy.

As of 9 PM my wife was still sick with headache, sore throat and fever of 99.4F
I am headache, sore throat, chest pain and 99.2F fever. Not high enough to go for Covid-19 testing.

So not knowing what hit us Sunday morning we are quarantining in place.