Coronavirus prep
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Look who I'll be locked in the house with for the next 3 or so months...
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And NO we hadn't hoarded toilet paper.1
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I'm thankful they've closed the casinos in CA because we can't get my 91 year old father to stop his weekly visits. And the gym where he goes 3 times a week. Now they need to shut down mass and lock him out of the nursing homes where he ministers to the sick. For a man with an anxiety disorder he is incredibly oblivious. 🙄11 -
right now, my jiu-jitsu studio is still open as there are still no confirmed cases in WV yet, but they've closed the children's class, shut it down to visitors, and asked students who have been out of the state or potentially exposed to remain home. We also know this is a day to day arrangement and should things change, they will shut it down then.2
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I’m in the U.K. and currently self isolating, my husband and 7 year old both have fever and cough. Our guidelines are to self isolate the entire household for 14 days, so my 9 year old and 14 year old aren’t going to school either. I’m immunosuppressed so I should be contact by health England next week at some point because I fall into the severe risk category. We have plenty of food and toilet roll (had to put in an order online when I couldn’t get any in our local supermarket three visits in a row). I’m more bothered by the lack of fresh fruit, vegetables and milk. Thankfully I have a couple of siblings who will drop stuff at the house for me15
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New Zealand has just announced our economic rescue package - https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/120335359/coronavirus-governments-giant-121b-scheme-will-pay-for-people-to-stay-in-work-at-home
Includes wage subsidies for businesses struggling because of the pandemic, payments for people who have to self-isolate who are unable to work from home, an increase in social welfare benefit payments (unemployment, etc), more money into the health system...7 -
@Beka3695, I just read this on the internet:
https://buzzfeednews.com/article/annehelenpetersen/coronavirus-parents-grandparents-boomers-millennials?utm_source=pocket-newtab
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@Beka3695, I just read this on the internet:
https://buzzfeednews.com/article/annehelenpetersen/coronavirus-parents-grandparents-boomers-millennials?utm_source=pocket-newtab
Once again, Gen X is forgotten...
It's ok, we're used to it. We're happy to have everyone leave us the *kitten* alone for a few weeks anyway
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Howdy folks, friendly community moderator here.
In order to best help the community, please keep this discussion about actual coronavirus prep/coping solutions and not full of jokes/memes.
We have a chit-chat section for jokes and memes.
Thanks for your cooperation. :flowerforyou:
Best regards,
Sugar
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And I'm really inspired, still, by the number of companies and individuals that are stepping up and doing things: Online education/activity programs for kids, helping neighbors, setting up phone connections to check up on people, paying employees for not working even though the company doesn't normally have paid leave, offering free internet to school-age kids with no access, and more.
This morning, I was really touched to get a Facebook Messenger message from a very casual friend, a 20-something guy I met mostly through my brewpub (!) but have gotten to know a little because we're both plant nerds and I've given him seeds for plant oddities. Knowing I live alone, he was checking to see if I was OK, ask whether I needed anything, and tell me to let him know if he could help. So thoughtful and sweet!
I have been so surprised by the number of people who have checked in on me since I've been sick. Trying to figure out what I can do when I get better to help others.
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sugaraddict4321 wrote: »Howdy folks, friendly community moderator here.
In order to best help the community, please keep this discussion about actual coronavirus prep/coping solutions and not full of jokes/memes.
We have a chit-chat section for jokes and memes.
Thanks for your cooperation. :flowerforyou:
Best regards,
Sugar
MFP Moderator
Many of us have that section blocked for a reason.
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@Beka3695, I just read this on the internet:
https://buzzfeednews.com/article/annehelenpetersen/coronavirus-parents-grandparents-boomers-millennials?utm_source=pocket-newtab
Once again, Gen X is forgotten...
It's ok, we're used to it. We're happy to have everyone leave us the *kitten* alone for a few weeks anyway
I read a Twitter thread about how Gen Xers seem to be the most consistently heeding the warnings about covid-19, obviously as a gross generality. Some of the reasons people came up with:
Many were latchkey kids.
Many are now their family's sandwich generation - personally responsible for both kids and aging parents.
Older Gen Xers caught the tail end of the Cold War.
Many came of age during the AIDS epidemic.
In other words, we're used to entertaining ourselves, worrying about everyone, and dealing with human contact being weaponized AND the world being about to end.
I don't mean that to minimize what folks of other ages are dealing with, just a little generational musings 25 -
Thanks @Lillymoo01 for starting the coronavirus meme thread: https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10789131/coronavirus-memes6
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Exactly. We've been expecting this day to come our entire lives! It's our big "I told you so" moment.@Beka3695, I just read this on the internet:
https://buzzfeednews.com/article/annehelenpetersen/coronavirus-parents-grandparents-boomers-millennials?utm_source=pocket-newtab
Once again, Gen X is forgotten...
It's ok, we're used to it. We're happy to have everyone leave us the *kitten* alone for a few weeks anyway
I read a Twitter thread about how Gen Xers seem to be the most consistently heeding the warnings about covid-19, obviously as a gross generality. Some of the reasons people came up with:
Many were latchkey kids.
Many are now their family's sandwich generation - personally responsible for both kids and aging parents.
Older Gen Xers caught the tail end of the Cold War.
Many came of age during the AIDS epidemic.
In other words, we're used to entertaining ourselves, worrying about everyone, and dealing with human contact being weaponized AND the world being about to end.
I don't mean that to minimize what folks of other ages are dealing with, just a little generational musings
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And for some of us, dark humor IS how we cope. But I won't be unblocking certain areas of this forum for that.nutmegoreo wrote: »sugaraddict4321 wrote: »Howdy folks, friendly community moderator here.
In order to best help the community, please keep this discussion about actual coronavirus prep/coping solutions and not full of jokes/memes.
We have a chit-chat section for jokes and memes.
Thanks for your cooperation. :flowerforyou:
Best regards,
Sugar
MFP Moderator
Many of us have that section blocked for a reason.16 -
My parents are in their mid 70s and I typically go over twice a week to have dinner with them. Should I stop going? I can't tell if I'm being cavalier to go over or being overly anxious to not visit them the whole time this is going on. I know they'll say to come over, that's just how they are!
How is your social distancing? If you have contact with no one, that's one end of the scale. If you're out and about to a job, maybe errands, with live-in immediate family doing likewise, worse yet some younger family member dodging isolation and then coming home, that's the other end of the scale. Contact locations may matter, too (health care facilities, say, vs. some others), as do factors others have mentioned.
Personally, I'd stay away from my elderly parents (if I still had any), unless I was pretty much 100% isolated myself, and had been so for a bit, but ramp up other kinds of contact (phone, video chat, email, whatever media they were comfortable with) so they knew I was still caring about them. But that's just me.
I'm not an anxious person, I'm not in a major hotspot, but I'm isolating myself as much as practical anyway, for my own and others' benefit.
I am debating about visiting my 82 yo mom as well. Specifically, this coming Sunday. My social distancing is pretty good - my OH and I work from home. However, I was at my GYN last Tuesday, and the store Wed or Thursday. (Today is Monday.)4 -
My parents are in their mid 70s and I typically go over twice a week to have dinner with them. Should I stop going? I can't tell if I'm being cavalier to go over or being overly anxious to not visit them the whole time this is going on. I know they'll say to come over, that's just how they are!
Thank you all for your helpful responses!
I texted my mom that I feel like I should skip dinners for the time being. Now I feel guilty like I'm abandoning them, but that's definitely better than worrying I'll give them pneumonia lol.
I needed to take a break from the news today. I'll look at the numbers again tomorrow.18 -
okay, I'm obviously not up on today's lingo, but I've seen this enough and I'm still scratching my head. What do you mean when you refer to someone as your DH or OH?3
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bmeadows380 wrote: »okay, I'm obviously not up on today's lingo, but I've seen this enough and I'm still scratching my head. What do you mean when you refer to someone as your DH or OH?
Dear Husband / Other Half 7
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