Coronavirus prep
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lynn_glenmont wrote: »JRsLateInLifeMom wrote: »No mandatory masks here in Texas. Heard USA president talking about opening the country back up soon.Will see who he opens up or not - plus how it goes. I’m still waiting to see our jump in cases from Easter parties. Good news is after that cops are getting like only 40calls a day now so way less work for them so they can concentrate on more important stuff like assisting Medical facilities to food drives ect
Still not sure how he can open a state up if the gov or mayor says no. Federalism, it's real.
Exactly. It has been governors and mayors and county executives who have closed schools and businesses and issued limits on how many people can congregate together. I don't understand why anyone would think that decisions on when to rescind all those order won't be made by the same governors and mayors and county executives.
However, I'd expect that if there's a national "open it up" order or recommendation, even purely symbolic, it will significantly fuel the inclination for more localized protests like the one in Michigan yesterday . . . and perhaps even open rebellion against the state/local orders, as a matter of civil disobedience.
Based on what I've seen so far about yesterday's Michigan protest (still incomplete info/analysis, so I'm still monitoring), the alignment of the protestors in an overall political sense seems to be toward the national government, against the state government, which seems to me to increase likelihood of defiance of state orders if they conflict with even symbolic national recommendations. (There appears to have been a good bit of MAGA or "Impeach Whitmer" verbiage in protest signs, and sentiment among protest supporters interviewed by radio/TV, or whom I've seen Facebook and the like.)
Once again, I'm trying very hard not to express a political opinion about which side of this is more justified or correct. I definitely have such an opinion, even though I'm trying my best to evaluate new information even-handedly as it comes out. But I'm trying to keep my posts focused on facts, as best I can with my limited understanding and information sources.
It's fascinating really, and as you say not making a political judgement one way or the other, typically conservatives in the US align with small federal govt and states rights, while liberals are more seen as supporting a strong fully developed federal govt. But the desire to support the economy despite possible health risks has groups who would normally be considered to be on the conservative side supporting allowing the fed govt to overrule state directives.
As to your previous post, I had heard a lot about all these items the Michigan guidelines said you couldn't buy, and how ridiculous it was. But when I went looking for the actual guidelines, as you said the directive seemed to be merely that you couldn't shop for those items in big chain stores. Specifically, I saw a well known person express outrage that the aisle with child car seats was roped off at a Michigan Walmart, and what were parents supposed to do? And all the replies said "Order it online for pickup or delivery." That basically the aim is to keep people from casually comparison shopping as many items as possible.
Misinformation on top of the legit confusion as we wade through this situation is certainly making it more challenging!10 -
To help with the financial situation here, all ministers and all higher bracket pay government employees will be giving up a certain percentage of their salary (the prime minister will be giving up 40%, for example) to help organize financial aid for those who are currently unable to meet their basic needs because of the recent regulations and to help companies who are unable to pay their employees. All bonuses such as transportation allowances and overtime bonuses will be halted temporarily as well for all employees.
Starting Sunday, a remote provenance with no cases will be closed off completely and life will return to semi normal there, which will ease the burden somewhat. The plan is to gradually lift lockdown in more zero case provenance gradually.
I was wondering how it was going to be handled because the country is running on empty with few sources of revenue available (tourism, a main source, is shut down completely) and more expenses (all tests, medical care, and mandatory quarantine are 100% covered by the government)5 -
So when they open these areas up in the places with no cases, would they stop people from traveling to them to shop? I would be worried that an asymptomatic person would go shopping and accidentally create cases in a city trying to open.8
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KrissCanDoThis wrote: »So when they open these areas up in the places with no cases, would they stop people from traveling to them to shop? I would be worried that an asymptomatic person would go shopping and accidentally create cases in a city trying to open.
They will be closed off. No one is allowed in or out.7 -
amusedmonkey wrote: »KrissCanDoThis wrote: »So when they open these areas up in the places with no cases, would they stop people from traveling to them to shop? I would be worried that an asymptomatic person would go shopping and accidentally create cases in a city trying to open.
They will be closed off. No one is allowed in or out.
How does that work? Do you have that many government officials that they can stop people at every road? In the U.S. people would just go anyway. But then the amount of tom-foolery-you're-not-the-boss-of-me going on here cannot be over-stated.11 -
cmriverside wrote: »amusedmonkey wrote: »KrissCanDoThis wrote: »So when they open these areas up in the places with no cases, would they stop people from traveling to them to shop? I would be worried that an asymptomatic person would go shopping and accidentally create cases in a city trying to open.
They will be closed off. No one is allowed in or out.
How does that work? Do you have that many government officials that they can stop people at every road? In the U.S. people would just go anyway. But then the amount of tom-foolery-you're-not-the-boss-of-me going on here cannot be over-stated.
The army forces are involved. It's a small country so the number of provinces is small (12), and each province has limited points of entry by car. Currently, only people with permits are allowed to drive, and even fewer have permits to drive between provinces. A close off means even stricter rules for entry.
With all known cases currently quarantined in hospitals, and all buildings/streets that had several cases quarantined off by the army to anticipate any potential silent cases, the risk is there, but smaller. Things are under control, for now, but if some undiscovered pockets emerge, they'll hopefully be localized to an area because of driving restrictions. Some people do break the rules, but the fear of temporarily losing their car keeps many people within a few kilometers of their house.
ETA:
We've had a scary case of someone whose brother father has the virus and was ordered to home quarantine, but it wasn't a hot spot, so his area wasn't under mandatory quarantine. He worked at a pharmacy, so he also has a permit to use his car. He broke quarantine and kept going to work, so yeah, mistakes do happen. We may see an uptick in a week or two because of it, but I hope it won't cause things to spiral out of control.
Another was a case whose brother was sick and order to home quarantine, but he kept going to work (selling vegetables).
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amusedmonkey wrote: »cmriverside wrote: »amusedmonkey wrote: »KrissCanDoThis wrote: »So when they open these areas up in the places with no cases, would they stop people from traveling to them to shop? I would be worried that an asymptomatic person would go shopping and accidentally create cases in a city trying to open.
They will be closed off. No one is allowed in or out.
How does that work? Do you have that many government officials that they can stop people at every road? In the U.S. people would just go anyway. But then the amount of tom-foolery-you're-not-the-boss-of-me going on here cannot be over-stated.
The army forces are involved. It's a small country so the number of provinces is small (12), and each province has limited points of entry by car. Currently, only people with permits are allowed to drive, and even fewer have permits to drive between provinces. A close off means even stricter rules for entry.
With all known cases currently quarantined in hospitals, and all buildings/streets that had several cases quarantined off by the army to anticipate any potential silent cases, the risk is there, but smaller. Things are under control, for now, but if some undiscovered pockets emerge, they'll hopefully be localized to an area because of driving restrictions. Some people do break the rules, but the fear of temporarily losing their car keeps many people within a few kilometers of their house.
Interesting. That so wouldn't work here. For about a thousand different reasons, of course.2 -
cmriverside wrote: »amusedmonkey wrote: »cmriverside wrote: »amusedmonkey wrote: »KrissCanDoThis wrote: »So when they open these areas up in the places with no cases, would they stop people from traveling to them to shop? I would be worried that an asymptomatic person would go shopping and accidentally create cases in a city trying to open.
They will be closed off. No one is allowed in or out.
How does that work? Do you have that many government officials that they can stop people at every road? In the U.S. people would just go anyway. But then the amount of tom-foolery-you're-not-the-boss-of-me going on here cannot be over-stated.
The army forces are involved. It's a small country so the number of provinces is small (12), and each province has limited points of entry by car. Currently, only people with permits are allowed to drive, and even fewer have permits to drive between provinces. A close off means even stricter rules for entry.
With all known cases currently quarantined in hospitals, and all buildings/streets that had several cases quarantined off by the army to anticipate any potential silent cases, the risk is there, but smaller. Things are under control, for now, but if some undiscovered pockets emerge, they'll hopefully be localized to an area because of driving restrictions. Some people do break the rules, but the fear of temporarily losing their car keeps many people within a few kilometers of their house.
Interesting. That so wouldn't work here. For about a thousand different reasons, of course.
Wouldnt work here either... likely for the same reasons. Lol3 -
It's much better than it sounds lol. People hear army and think scary. They're being utilized as personnel, nothing more. The worst that can happen is getting your car taken away for a month and be driven home in a police car. The current measures are extreme because the situation is extreme. According to the latest independent polls, a little over 70% of the people are happy with the way this is being handled, financial complaints aside.8
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amusedmonkey wrote: »It's much better than it sounds lol. People hear army and think scary. They're being utilized as personnel, nothing more. The worst that can happen is getting your car taken away for a month and be driven home in a police car. The current measures are extreme because the situation is extreme. According to the latest independent polls, a little over 70% of the people are happy with the way this is being handled, financial complaints aside.
FWIW, I think a number of the reasons this wouldn't work here have nothing to do with anti-authoritarianism. Just one example: In lots of parts of the US and Canada, we have way, way too many roads, for me to even imagine how this could work, not to mention lakes and rivers that connect things. People can be quite creative in using these. Technology is better now, but there were many reasons why bootlegging during prohibition was impossible to shut down. This is one of them.7 -
THIS is why our Governor just issued an order extending the Safer At Home order until May 26.
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amusedmonkey wrote: »It's much better than it sounds lol. People hear army and think scary. They're being utilized as personnel, nothing more. The worst that can happen is getting your car taken away for a month and be driven home in a police car. The current measures are extreme because the situation is extreme. According to the latest independent polls, a little over 70% of the people are happy with the way this is being handled, financial complaints aside.
FWIW, I think a number of the reasons this wouldn't work here have nothing to do with anti-authoritarianism. Just one example: In lots of parts of the US and Canada, we have way, way too many roads, for me to even imagine how this could work, not to mention lakes and rivers that connect things. People can be quite creative in using these. Technology is better now, but there were many reasons why bootlegging during prohibition was impossible to shut down. This is one of them.
Especially in the part of the US where you and I live. The Great Lakes were the perfect conduit for liquor to come into the US from Canada. Huge lakes and a lot of inlets and river mouths made it easy for the boats to stay hidden.5 -
Well yeah, and JOrdan is a monarchy and there are 9.5 million people total and they caught it early.
Far different from the U.S. with 362 million people, 50 different governments but one government, two large countries with which we share a mostly un-protectable border, (not to mention the proximity to Russia across the straight and Cuba across a few miles of ocean.) and we have a million or so infected with no way to contain it other than social distancing that isn't enforceable because reasons.10 -
KrissCanDoThis wrote: »I was just reading in the news that one of the facilities that is owned by the company I work for had to evacuate a second floor in order to quarantine residents who have tested positive, they weren't expecting it to spread the way it has with how strict everything is and only had 20 beds, now they need 38..
I really hope it doesnt make it to my building because the one that has it right now... it's basically a high rise style building with many many floors..
Ours is 2 floors =/
I read that the biggest nursing home in New Jersey, where it has spread quickly for residents and staff, had 17 bodies stacked in a morgue designed for only 4 bodies. They couldn't get body bags fast enough for everyone dying.3 -
amusedmonkey wrote: »It's much better than it sounds lol. People hear army and think scary. They're being utilized as personnel, nothing more. The worst that can happen is getting your car taken away for a month and be driven home in a police car. The current measures are extreme because the situation is extreme. According to the latest independent polls, a little over 70% of the people are happy with the way this is being handled, financial complaints aside.
FWIW, I think a number of the reasons this wouldn't work here have nothing to do with anti-authoritarianism. Just one example: In lots of parts of the US and Canada, we have way, way too many roads, for me to even imagine how this could work, not to mention lakes and rivers that connect things. People can be quite creative in using these. Technology is better now, but there were many reasons why bootlegging during prohibition was impossible to shut down. This is one of them.
That makes sense. I'm sure there may be places where you could probably sneak in, but none that I know of. Most people wouldn't want to go through the trouble anyway because if you're not caught at guarded entry points you may get caught in the city you're trying to sneak into, although who knows.1 -
cmriverside wrote: »Well yeah, and JOrdan is a monarchy and there are 9.5 million people total and they caught it early.
Far different from the U.S. with 362 million people, 50 different governments but one government, two large countries with which we share a mostly un-protectable border, (not to mention the proximity to Russia across the straight and Cuba across a few miles of ocean.) and we have a million or so infected with no way to contain it other than social distancing that isn't enforceable because reasons.
This is very true. What's being done here wouldn't work in many countries. It wouldn't even work here if we hadn't caught it early. It may even stop working if things explode in two weeks and they may need to change their strategies.2 -
amusedmonkey wrote: »It's much better than it sounds lol. People hear army and think scary. They're being utilized as personnel, nothing more. The worst that can happen is getting your car taken away for a month and be driven home in a police car. The current measures are extreme because the situation is extreme. According to the latest independent polls, a little over 70% of the people are happy with the way this is being handled, financial complaints aside.
FWIW, I think a number of the reasons this wouldn't work here have nothing to do with anti-authoritarianism. Just one example: In lots of parts of the US and Canada, we have way, way too many roads, for me to even imagine how this could work, not to mention lakes and rivers that connect things. People can be quite creative in using these. Technology is better now, but there were many reasons why bootlegging during prohibition was impossible to shut down. This is one of them.
Especially in the part of the US where you and I live. The Great Lakes were the perfect conduit for liquor to come into the US from Canada. Huge lakes and a lot of inlets and river mouths made it easy for the boats to stay hidden.
One of the science buildings at my college was named Bronfman Hall (after Edgar Bronfman, son of Samuel who made a fortune selling alcohol to northern US cities from Canada during Prohibition, and then became the owner of Seagrams). ;-)6 -
snickerscharlie wrote: »
For lots of people, just getting through the day is an accomplishment in itself especially if depression and anxiety are factors. No one should be made to feel like they've 'wasted' their time or feel diminished or unaccomplished if they haven't freaking cured cancer during their downtime.
People have enough to worry about right now.
Most days, I am happy I get out of bed and "go" to work. I am happy that I take a shower and make myself food. I am happy if I write 50 words in my manuscript.
Then I have nights like I did a couple days ago where I can't stop crying and I wonder why I even try. Where I have to remind myself that there ARE people out there and the world still exists. Where I keep telling myself that my kitties need me so I have to keep going.
Before anyone asks, yes I am therapy and take medication. But this is a different time and situation. None of us is meant to go through this. This much change all at once is not good for anyone's mental health.26 -
I was able to find distilled water at the store today for the first time in more than a month! I use it in my CPAP and had just let it run dry. Sometimes when the air is too dry, I get nosebleeds. Fortunately I have not had this issue.
Still no toilet paper here. I keep seeing stores put it in their ads, but they never have any.8 -
Worst death day yet here (IL) with 125 additional deaths. Total new cases are down a bit with 1140.
That brings IL's total to 25,733 positive, and 1072 deaths. Chicago alone has 10,642 cases and 414 deaths. The rest of Cook County has 7445 cases and 308 deaths. My zip code alone has 253 cases (number of deaths not reported). To put that in perspective, my zip code is roughly 2.5 miles x 2.75 miles, so under 7 square miles. That works out to about 37 known cases per square mile. Right now, about 17% of statewide cases are being hospitalized, and about 5% of known cases are in the ICU. They are now saying they are finally able to test enough to test anyone who believes they have symptoms (even without a doctor's referral), so I expect the total number of cases to go up but the percentage of cases that end up in the hospital and ICU to go down.7 -
L1zardQueen wrote: »moonangel12 wrote: »L1zardQueen wrote: »@JustSomeEm
You can use discard starter in recipes.
https://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/sourdough-crumpets-recipe
What recipe are you using for the starter? There lots of different ways to get one going.
Regarding what has been keeping me busy? Gardening and sewing.
I have been sewing face masks like mad but between sewing those I will be attempting to sew a swimsuit. I’ve lots of time on my hands. Lol
What have you been sewing?
Also, was able to finish my daughter’s quilt just a day after her birthday (victory!) and have the materials to make a bedsize quilt
For my husband for our anniversary this year. 15 years, which is traditionally the crystal anniversary, so when I saw the quilt and went oooh! then noticed the name “shattered crystals” I thought it would be fun!
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Speaking of reasons..
The other day I went to the grocery store to pick up a few things, I didnt have many bags, unlike my last trip where it took me 7 trips back and forth to get everything inside...
So I'm waiting for my cab, he shows up, and immediately walks right over to my cart right behind me pretty much shoulder to shoulder to grab some of my bags.
I said "it's okay, I got them" but he took them anyway.
So I get in the car and I see no disinfecting wipes or sanitizer, no masks no gloves.. nothing.
We get to my place and after I pay him, I get out and go around to get the bags and again he gets out and comes right up beside me and grabs some bags
Again I said "it's okay I can take them" and he said no no, I will carry them to your place, and I said no, it's fine, i can handle them.
I basically had to pry my bags from his hands.
I honestly wouldnt think.. at this point that i would have to be blunt and state the obvious about social distancing... as it's been everywhere you go for weeks. So it surprised me that twice he gave no thought to himself or me..
In trying to be a gentleman he removed my ability twice to maintain my own 6 feet of space.
I dont know if he just didnt get it? Or if he just didnt care. But it's people like that, that would make it hard to reopen parts of the city or county without them just coming into that space.
I was pretty mad.. last thing I need is to catch this just before I return to work because someone else just didnt care or doesnt take it seriously enough.
All i could think was... what if he had done this for all his passengers? Then by being that close to me, shared it with me cause he picked it up from someone else.... what if I was unlucky enough to bring something home from the store and by him grabbing my bags, hes got it and now sharing it with new passengers.
I actually wrote a tiny rant about it on my main profile as a vent, and someone that is no longer a friend cause they deleted themselves, condescendingly told me that they Hope I find happiness in my life so I dont blame others.
So besides the cab driver, here is another person who seems to think violation of space and potential infection from someone else should be invited with love and acceptance.
I dont blame those who ended up with it, it spread so quickly, and it's been hard to control, but I will get mad at those who dont do their own part to work together to protect those who haven't yet. Its gonna spread enough as it is, just trying to maintain some essential services to live and work, why make it harder?
Keep your distance. Wash your hands. And those red arrows on the floor at the grocery store indicating which direction the flow of the aisle is.. follow it, dont just barge down the wrong way because you're only getting 1 thing and you dont wanna walk down another aisle just to go in the right direction. It's not hard..
Lol... so frustrating when I see things like this
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I stopped at a local farm down the road from me and they had the open areas roped off funneling to an outdoor tent (usually they have stuff in the hoop house this time of year) and a table with sanitizer and gloves. A mask covering nose and mouth, and their provided food grade gloves were required before entering the produce area (watched one lady walk around the table without even glancing at it, even though it was glaringly obvious, and they sent her back before she made it even close to the tent) and they have temporary authorization to accept square payments under $100 without pin/signature to further limit the contact. The farmer is still chatty as ever! But I enjoy hearing about the different seasonal produce, different ways to prepare them, and updates on what was coming in soon (or what was almost out).10
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Worst death day yet here (IL) with 125 additional deaths. Total new cases are down a bit with 1140.
That brings IL's total to 25,733 positive, and 1072 deaths. Chicago alone has 10,642 cases and 414 deaths. The rest of Cook County has 7445 cases and 308 deaths. My zip code alone has 253 cases (number of deaths not reported). To put that in perspective, my zip code is roughly 2.5 miles x 2.75 miles, so under 7 square miles. That works out to about 37 known cases per square mile. Right now, about 17% of statewide cases are being hospitalized, and about 5% of known cases are in the ICU. They are now saying they are finally able to test enough to test anyone who believes they have symptoms (even without a doctor's referral), so I expect the total number of cases to go up but the percentage of cases that end up in the hospital and ICU to go down.
In a city setting, putting that in "cases per square mile" is pretty daunting, IMO . . . and those are just known cases. I didn't go back to read, but I assume your area is still rationing testing to some extent, so mild or asymptomatic cases might not be in the "known cases" numbers.
If one were thinking about that as "what if we were wandering freely in those few blocks, how likely we meet one of them" . . . yikes. I know there are a lot of people in that space, but the "not wandering freely" part seems pretty important.3 -
I just wanna go grocery shopping without the added extra of having to explain to people how arrows work. Lol.12
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spiriteagle99 wrote: »(snip)
One of the issues people had with the Michigan Governor, as I understand it, is that she made purchasing seeds and plants illegal. I understand the problem of trying to keep people from going out shopping, but now is the time to plant seeds for gardens. Some things can't wait until July. Hiring someone to mow your lawn was also forbidden, which hurts people who can't do it themselves.
Two things:
1. In my understanding (sitting in Michigan, and having actually read the executive orders as well as some analysis, I believe this not to be strictly true. Big box "department" stores, ones that sell a diversity of things including a range of essential ones (groceries, hardware) have been ordered to close access to areas selling certain products (including plants/seeds). This was in response to problems with what amount to recreational shoppers wandering the stores and looking at, maybe buying, all kinds of nonessential items, increasing human contact in various ways by doing so.
Plants and seeds are still available by mail, and in my understanding in some cases from smaller retailers (so far) who are required limit traffic in a different way based on floor space and concurrent customer counts. (I have friends who have bought seeds very recently in these circumstances locally).
2. In most of Michigan, it is not the time of year to plant gardens, in the way that the average person does it. Most people wait to plant until at least the average last frost date, and very many traditionally wait until Memorial Day weekend. Some do start plants indoors, but it's far less common, and some of those who do, are seed-savers.
(I'm in the central mid-Southern part of the state, near Lansing, one of the warmer zones, but not the warmest anywhere statewide. Our average last frost day (50% probability) is somewhere in the May 4-10 range. There are certain things that dedicated gardeners (a minority) would normally plant out now, such as peas and greens. Most casual home gardeners simply don't bother doing that. I know many such gardeners, and used to garden here myself for over a decade, at different times on either the casual or dedicated end of the scale. Some true plant nerds may be troubled, but frankly quite a few of them order seeds by mail from specialty sources anyway, vs. picking them up at Home Depot or Meijer, which tend to specialize in crappy but inexpensive seeds not tailored to our climate.)
Once you filter out the seed savers, and the folks who would've used specialty mail-order sources, the number of people who'd genuinely plant this early is fairly small. I grant that this population is probably larger out-state (such as the farther North, where partial-subsistence gardens are more common), and Covid cases are also less numerous, so a sense of aggrievement in those areas may be more understandable. Those folks may also be more reliant on big-box stores as a source.
Things are difficult and controversial here, and certain people/groups are using partial truths, sometimes even falsehoods, to paint a picture. It's good to be careful. Some people ignore authoritative sources of information, and rely on biased ones. Some people have poor reading comprehension (current interpretation of the executive orders as I understand them requires understanding how major points in an outline-style presentation relate to minor sub-points below them, and perhaps even to how one date's order modifies an earlier one.)
I'm not even 100% confident of my interpretation of the current executive orders, but certain retailers are behaving in line with what I wrote above, and as of when I last looked (couple of days ago) there had been no countering clarification to the executive orders. That may change.
FWIW, and recognizing that some people do still consider it a "MSM biased source", Politifact seems generally to agree with this (above) interpretation of Michigan's current executive orders.
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/15/facebook-posts/covid-order-doesnt-ban-gardening-or-sale-seeds-and/
On the weather front, BTW, and whether it's planting season: Snowed here yesterday (hard, for a while). Snowed again overnight, more in the forecast. It melts, in between, especially if there's sun, but we're still looking at overnight temps in the 20s F, i.e., below freezing, on a lot of days. Today, daytime temp, even with some sun, didn't get up to 40F. More snow in some other parts of the state, compared to here, including snow cover that persists. That won't kill all cool-weather crops, especially if they're covered when most extreme things happen, but I think it supports why I say this isn't planting time for the casual home gardener. It's fussy to cover and uncover things . . . worth it to some, of course.3 -
We got more information yesterday on what our Alert Level 3 will entail (we're currently at Level 4, earliest we will go to L3 is next Thursday (NZ time), decision will be made on Monday: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/121049178/alert-level-3-explained-what-can-you-do-if-and-when-the-coronavirus-lockdown-is-lifted5
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KrissCanDoThis wrote: »Speaking of reasons..
The other day I went to the grocery store to pick up a few things, I didnt have many bags, unlike my last trip where it took me 7 trips back and forth to get everything inside...
So I'm waiting for my cab, he shows up, and immediately walks right over to my cart right behind me pretty much shoulder to shoulder to grab some of my bags.
I said "it's okay, I got them" but he took them anyway.
So I get in the car and I see no disinfecting wipes or sanitizer, no masks no gloves.. nothing.
We get to my place and after I pay him, I get out and go around to get the bags and again he gets out and comes right up beside me and grabs some bags
Again I said "it's okay I can take them" and he said no no, I will carry them to your place, and I said no, it's fine, i can handle them.
I basically had to pry my bags from his hands.
I honestly wouldnt think.. at this point that i would have to be blunt and state the obvious about social distancing... as it's been everywhere you go for weeks. So it surprised me that twice he gave no thought to himself or me..
In trying to be a gentleman he removed my ability twice to maintain my own 6 feet of space.
I dont know if he just didnt get it? Or if he just didnt care. But it's people like that, that would make it hard to reopen parts of the city or county without them just coming into that space.
I was pretty mad.. last thing I need is to catch this just before I return to work because someone else just didnt care or doesnt take it seriously enough.
All i could think was... what if he had done this for all his passengers? Then by being that close to me, shared it with me cause he picked it up from someone else.... what if I was unlucky enough to bring something home from the store and by him grabbing my bags, hes got it and now sharing it with new passengers.
I actually wrote a tiny rant about it on my main profile as a vent, and someone that is no longer a friend cause they deleted themselves, condescendingly told me that they Hope I find happiness in my life so I dont blame others.
So besides the cab driver, here is another person who seems to think violation of space and potential infection from someone else should be invited with love and acceptance.
I dont blame those who ended up with it, it spread so quickly, and it's been hard to control, but I will get mad at those who dont do their own part to work together to protect those who haven't yet. Its gonna spread enough as it is, just trying to maintain some essential services to live and work, why make it harder?
Keep your distance. Wash your hands. And those red arrows on the floor at the grocery store indicating which direction the flow of the aisle is.. follow it, dont just barge down the wrong way because you're only getting 1 thing and you dont wanna walk down another aisle just to go in the right direction. It's not hard..
Lol... so frustrating when I see things like this
Perhaps a call to the cab company as a gentle reminder, since this has happened more than once.10 -
nutmegoreo wrote: »KrissCanDoThis wrote: »Speaking of reasons..
The other day I went to the grocery store to pick up a few things, I didnt have many bags, unlike my last trip where it took me 7 trips back and forth to get everything inside...
So I'm waiting for my cab, he shows up, and immediately walks right over to my cart right behind me pretty much shoulder to shoulder to grab some of my bags.
I said "it's okay, I got them" but he took them anyway.
So I get in the car and I see no disinfecting wipes or sanitizer, no masks no gloves.. nothing.
We get to my place and after I pay him, I get out and go around to get the bags and again he gets out and comes right up beside me and grabs some bags
Again I said "it's okay I can take them" and he said no no, I will carry them to your place, and I said no, it's fine, i can handle them.
I basically had to pry my bags from his hands.
I honestly wouldnt think.. at this point that i would have to be blunt and state the obvious about social distancing... as it's been everywhere you go for weeks. So it surprised me that twice he gave no thought to himself or me..
In trying to be a gentleman he removed my ability twice to maintain my own 6 feet of space.
I dont know if he just didnt get it? Or if he just didnt care. But it's people like that, that would make it hard to reopen parts of the city or county without them just coming into that space.
I was pretty mad.. last thing I need is to catch this just before I return to work because someone else just didnt care or doesnt take it seriously enough.
All i could think was... what if he had done this for all his passengers? Then by being that close to me, shared it with me cause he picked it up from someone else.... what if I was unlucky enough to bring something home from the store and by him grabbing my bags, hes got it and now sharing it with new passengers.
I actually wrote a tiny rant about it on my main profile as a vent, and someone that is no longer a friend cause they deleted themselves, condescendingly told me that they Hope I find happiness in my life so I dont blame others.
So besides the cab driver, here is another person who seems to think violation of space and potential infection from someone else should be invited with love and acceptance.
I dont blame those who ended up with it, it spread so quickly, and it's been hard to control, but I will get mad at those who dont do their own part to work together to protect those who haven't yet. Its gonna spread enough as it is, just trying to maintain some essential services to live and work, why make it harder?
Keep your distance. Wash your hands. And those red arrows on the floor at the grocery store indicating which direction the flow of the aisle is.. follow it, dont just barge down the wrong way because you're only getting 1 thing and you dont wanna walk down another aisle just to go in the right direction. It's not hard..
Lol... so frustrating when I see things like this
Perhaps a call to the cab company as a gentle reminder, since this has happened more than once.
Oh, well no, only the once, lol you read my rant the other day I'm sure, that's who I'm talking about lol2 -
Worst death day yet here (IL) with 125 additional deaths. Total new cases are down a bit with 1140.
That brings IL's total to 25,733 positive, and 1072 deaths. Chicago alone has 10,642 cases and 414 deaths. The rest of Cook County has 7445 cases and 308 deaths. My zip code alone has 253 cases (number of deaths not reported). To put that in perspective, my zip code is roughly 2.5 miles x 2.75 miles, so under 7 square miles. That works out to about 37 known cases per square mile. Right now, about 17% of statewide cases are being hospitalized, and about 5% of known cases are in the ICU. They are now saying they are finally able to test enough to test anyone who believes they have symptoms (even without a doctor's referral), so I expect the total number of cases to go up but the percentage of cases that end up in the hospital and ICU to go down.
In a city setting, putting that in "cases per square mile" is pretty daunting, IMO . . . and those are just known cases. I didn't go back to read, but I assume your area is still rationing testing to some extent, so mild or asymptomatic cases might not be in the "known cases" numbers.
If one were thinking about that as "what if we were wandering freely in those few blocks, how likely we meet one of them" . . . yikes. I know there are a lot of people in that space, but the "not wandering freely" part seems pretty important.
Yes, we've been rationing cases to doctor's referral, although as of today we are going to be testing anyone who believes they have symptoms.3
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