Coronavirus prep
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New topic - who is going black friday shopping after quarantining for Thanksgiving? :P
Obviously, not me. I will be venturing into the very empty grocery store for like five key items.
I guess this was a topic in this morning's paper. Hubby was chatting with me about it. I guess the article was noting how there are lots of instructions regarding limiting holiday visitations, but comparatively little chat about not swamping the stores tomorrow.
Aren't stores limited in how many can go in? Ours are limited to 25% capacity.
I wonder if the capacity limits are a regional thing. That was the case here in Mass back in the Spring/Summer. I have not seen capacity counters in stores for a while. I personally am like @Kshama2001, I intentionally avoid black friday shopping and do not even recall ever shopping that day.
Do you ever read anyone's advice? I asked could you stay somewhere else so you didn't get Covid from your husband and also about travelling .. I give up. Sorry you didn't listen and got it though. I really am. Glad it's a minor case. Big hugs.-1 -
I'm glad I live where there is no Covid because I have allergy issues 24/7 365 days a year pretty badly so everyone would think I have Covid with all my coughing and sneezing
Over it really.
I have a neighbor who sneezes loudly every day. We can hear her in her house when we're in ours, and we make a big joke about it because we know she was like that before COVID19.1 -
New topic - who is going black friday shopping after quarantining for Thanksgiving? :P
Obviously, not me. I will be venturing into the very empty grocery store for like five key items.
I guess this was a topic in this morning's paper. Hubby was chatting with me about it. I guess the article was noting how there are lots of instructions regarding limiting holiday visitations, but comparatively little chat about not swamping the stores tomorrow.
Many stores are limiting the type of limited-time/quantity deals that tend to create Black Friday congestion or moving to online promotions.2 -
rheddmobile wrote: »So I have a question for any Australians out there: if dog walking is banned, where are dogs supposed to do their business? Not everyone has a yard...
Interesting question!! I wouldn't have expected a person without a yard to own a dog.0 -
rheddmobile wrote: »So I have a question for any Australians out there: if dog walking is banned, where are dogs supposed to do their business? Not everyone has a yard...
Interesting question!! I wouldn't have expected a person without a yard to own a dog.
I live in a sixth story apartment with a dog. There are a lot of dogs in my building.3 -
New topic - who is going black friday shopping after quarantining for Thanksgiving? :P
Obviously, not me. I will be venturing into the very empty grocery store for like five key items.
I guess this was a topic in this morning's paper. Hubby was chatting with me about it. I guess the article was noting how there are lots of instructions regarding limiting holiday visitations, but comparatively little chat about not swamping the stores tomorrow.
Aren't stores limited in how many can go in? Ours are limited to 25% capacity.
I wonder if the capacity limits are a regional thing. That was the case here in Mass back in the Spring/Summer. I have not seen capacity counters in stores for a while. I personally am like @Kshama2001, I intentionally avoid black friday shopping and do not even recall ever shopping that day.
Yes, they are regional, but I would have thought they were pretty common.
Like I said above, I have ALWAYS avoided Black Friday. Awful custom.2 -
janejellyroll wrote: »rheddmobile wrote: »So I have a question for any Australians out there: if dog walking is banned, where are dogs supposed to do their business? Not everyone has a yard...
Interesting question!! I wouldn't have expected a person without a yard to own a dog.
I live in a sixth story apartment with a dog. There are a lot of dogs in my building.
To add to this, I live in a house now, but I used to have neighbors with dogs in my condo building, and they are common even in high rises here, and certainly quite common in rentals and condos in general.1 -
rheddmobile wrote: »So I have a question for any Australians out there: if dog walking is banned, where are dogs supposed to do their business? Not everyone has a yard...
Interesting question!! I wouldn't have expected a person without a yard to own a dog.
Half of new york city seems to own a dog and certainly no yards.4 -
I dont think it would be that rare for someone to own a small dog in an apartment (granted, a doberman probably not a good idea
) - but anyway for the 3 days of super lockdown, you would take your dog downstairs to the outside area of your building, or the footpath (sidewalk) if there were no specific outside area, it does its poo, you bag it up, and go back inside.
Given that South Australia is fairly low density housing, the scenario of dog owning in apartments probably doesn't apply to many of us.
But if it did,that's what you would do.
Interestingly, this question didnt come up in all the FYI sites or lists of FAQ's I read - either it didnt apply to enough South Australians to get asked or they could figure it out for themselves without having to ask.3 -
janejellyroll wrote: »rheddmobile wrote: »So I have a question for any Australians out there: if dog walking is banned, where are dogs supposed to do their business? Not everyone has a yard...
Interesting question!! I wouldn't have expected a person without a yard to own a dog.
I live in a sixth story apartment with a dog. There are a lot of dogs in my building.
Me too. In a way, it's actually quite good for me because I am forced to actually go outside and walk him properly 3x per day. I could imagine if we had a garden, first thing in the morning I might feel lazy or if it was cold outside, raining etc. I would just open the door and let him go. This way, I am forced to get some exercise too
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Someone earlier mentioned the Astra Zenica vaccine report being sketchy (I think it was Mike but I can't find the post now) which is a bummer but seeing people pounce right on the issues with their methods and data actually makes me feel even better about the first two vaccines announcements. I'd assume those were looked at just as critically and came out looking good. And there's another one-shot vaccine coming from J&J, they are expected to release their first report before the end of the year. Hopefully one of these simpler protocols will also be successful.
Both my parents and my brother's in-laws agreed today that this whole thing has gone on too long and they almost wish they'd get it already so they wouldn't have to worry about it anymore. I have to keep my yap shut because I've been scolded for criticizing the family's lack of care thru all this previously. I just tried to steer the convo to the vaccines and how close the end is and hoped they were just venting. Basically both sets of grandparents along with my brother, sil, and nephews are acting as a "pod" but they're not being careful enough (IMO) considering four of them are 75-76 yrs old.
I made myself a normal dinner, but filled up on pie, which will prob be breakfast too while I shop online and binge season 2 of the Mandelorian. #goals11 -
Happy thanksgiving from Ozzy land kimmy! You're pretty awesome, always know that.5
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The Helsinki metropolitan area here in Finland just got a new batch of limitations. We've had it pretty easy after a successful shutdown in the spring and now we're getting three weeks of stricter lockdown rules, presumably to make celebrating Christmas possible.
- all public gatherings, both indoors and outdoors, are prohibited
- all private gatherings outside of household members should be skipped, including family celebrations, graduations, independence day (Dec 6th) and pre-Christmas events
- all indoor hobby group activities are banned
- all outdoor hobby group activities are banned for those over 20 years old
- all non-essential public spaces are closed (sports facilities, museums, culture spaces etc.)
- all high schools go into remote learning
On top of this, many other areas in Finland recommend avoiding traveling to Helsinki area. Even with all these, life feels surprisingly normal. Missing planned small-scale independence day celebrations is going to hurt, though.13 -
The Helsinki metropolitan area here in Finland just got a new batch of limitations. We've had it pretty easy after a successful shutdown in the spring and now we're getting three weeks of stricter lockdown rules, presumably to make celebrating Christmas possible.
- all public gatherings, both indoors and outdoors, are prohibited
- all private gatherings outside of household members should be skipped, including family celebrations, graduations, independence day (Dec 6th) and pre-Christmas events
- all indoor hobby group activities are banned
- all outdoor hobby group activities are banned for those over 20 years old
- all non-essential public spaces are closed (sports facilities, museums, culture spaces etc.)
- all high schools go into remote learning
On top of this, many other areas in Finland recommend avoiding traveling to Helsinki area. Even with all these, life feels surprisingly normal. Missing planned small-scale independence day celebrations is going to hurt, though.
As limiting and inconvenient as all of this is, I truly believe it's what will help in curbing the tide a bit more.8 -
Can someone please help me figure this out because I am very confused. I was tested on Nov. 16th, any symptoms I might've been having then were vague. My results came back the 19th as positive and I'd been feeling tired for a couple days. Aside from the tiredness, one of my glands was a little sore for a day but that was it. When the health dept. called they based the quarantine time on when my symptoms started(according to them they said the 18th but It was probably more like the 17th) and added 10 days onto that. So, technically am I safe going out tomorrow, the 28th or should I err on the side of caution and wait until Sunday? The problem is I've already promised someone I could be there for them tomorrow. I have felt fine for the past few days. To me, the fact that I feel absolutely fine and the onset f my symptoms were vague to begin with, plus they're even thinking or decreasing the amount of quarantine time.....dh says no, I say I'm fine. And the person I promised to be there for really needs me.
So, what say you everybody?? I feel I've done my time and will still play by the rules, being even more vigilant if that's possible.7 -
@ReenieHJ When my mom tested positive, it was a similar situation... she had mild symptoms, if any, and they said 10 days from symptoms also. I would say always wear a mask and use sanitizer frequently, and avoid going anywhere you don't need to go.
If your mask has space to do so, you could fold up a coffee filter (like if using a buff, put inside and fold over) for additional protection.5 -
T1DCarnivoreRunner wrote: »@ReenieHJ When my mom tested positive, it was a similar situation... she had mild symptoms, if any, and they said 10 days from symptoms also. I would say always wear a mask and use sanitizer frequently, and avoid going anywhere you don't need to go.
If your mask has space to do so, you could fold up a coffee filter (like if using a buff, put inside and fold over) for additional protection.
I agree with @T1DCarnivoreRunner I wouldn't go looking for stuff to go out and do, but be super careful with anything you feel like you have to do and limit that exposure as much as possible jic. Make sure this person is aware you are tech allowed out of quarantine but you're concerned, so they can be extra careful as well.6 -
At my work (a community hospital, part of a smallish hospital system in Louisiana), if you’ve been exposed but have no fever, you’re expected to work as normal. If you’ve been “proven to be exposed” and have a fever, you get 7 days off (and use your PTO) and are expected back to work 24 hours after your last fever. No fever? Get to work. These paltry rules (IMO) are due to lack of licensed staff - they need a body to fill a shift, no matter what.17
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Can someone please help me figure this out because I am very confused. I was tested on Nov. 16th, any symptoms I might've been having then were vague. My results came back the 19th as positive and I'd been feeling tired for a couple days. Aside from the tiredness, one of my glands was a little sore for a day but that was it. When the health dept. called they based the quarantine time on when my symptoms started(according to them they said the 18th but It was probably more like the 17th) and added 10 days onto that. So, technically am I safe going out tomorrow, the 28th or should I err on the side of caution and wait until Sunday? The problem is I've already promised someone I could be there for them tomorrow. I have felt fine for the past few days. To me, the fact that I feel absolutely fine and the onset f my symptoms were vague to begin with, plus they're even thinking or decreasing the amount of quarantine time.....dh says no, I say I'm fine. And the person I promised to be there for really needs me.
So, what say you everybody?? I feel I've done my time and will still play by the rules, being even more vigilant if that's possible.
Here, in Italy, you need to retest to be sure you're not still carrying the virus. In a cousin's family, who all got it, after the quarantine time --2 still tested positive and had to wait and then retest again before they could go out. You have to test negative to be sure.4 -
New topic - who is going black friday shopping after quarantining for Thanksgiving? :P
Obviously, not me. I will be venturing into the very empty grocery store for like five key items.
I guess this was a topic in this morning's paper. Hubby was chatting with me about it. I guess the article was noting how there are lots of instructions regarding limiting holiday visitations, but comparatively little chat about not swamping the stores tomorrow.
Aren't stores limited in how many can go in? Ours are limited to 25% capacity.
I wonder if the capacity limits are a regional thing. That was the case here in Mass back in the Spring/Summer. I have not seen capacity counters in stores for a while. I personally am like @Kshama2001, I intentionally avoid black friday shopping and do not even recall ever shopping that day.
Yes, they are regional, but I would have thought they were pretty common.
Like I said above, I have ALWAYS avoided Black Friday. Awful custom.
Very regional. In TN the Governor rolled back all capacity restrictions on businesses and restaurants and large gatherings in the end of Sept when we were still at high spread. Of course we are even worse here now. The average positivity rate in TN is around 14.8% as of last week but locally it is bouncing between 18 and 20ish%. We have no eyerolling emoji but I think everyone here knows to insert one from me by now.
We've had a tiny bit of a dip of new cases records the past week. I hypothesize that it is due to people refusing to test, the Halloween bump declining, and football is in the play offs so Friday night hoardes at the stadiums and post game parties/celebrations have tapered. Lots of schools have also been virtual due to mass quarantine of students and teachers. Deaths have stayed higher though. We are keeping with about 10-12% of the entire state's deaths in our little corner (northeastern TN.)
Hubby and I went Black Fridaying exactly ONCE about 22 years ago. We have refused to be a part of that madness since.
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So... all that drama with my aunt about me not going for Thanksgiving? I got to tell her "told you so".
She was exposed at work. Her boss has been out sick and got a positive test result. So everything was canceled anyway. Just what I was worried would happen since she works outside the home still. It's a small business, but it is open to the public. And her boss has traveled to large group events in the last few months. So it was no surprise that he got ill.19 -
New topic - who is going black friday shopping after quarantining for Thanksgiving? :P
Obviously, not me. I will be venturing into the very empty grocery store for like five key items.
I guess this was a topic in this morning's paper. Hubby was chatting with me about it. I guess the article was noting how there are lots of instructions regarding limiting holiday visitations, but comparatively little chat about not swamping the stores tomorrow.
Aren't stores limited in how many can go in? Ours are limited to 25% capacity.
I wonder if the capacity limits are a regional thing. That was the case here in Mass back in the Spring/Summer. I have not seen capacity counters in stores for a while. I personally am like @Kshama2001, I intentionally avoid black friday shopping and do not even recall ever shopping that day.
Do you ever read anyone's advice? I asked could you stay somewhere else so you didn't get Covid from your husband and also about travelling .. I give up. Sorry you didn't listen and got it though. I really am. Glad it's a minor case. Big hugs.
She and her husband don't have it. You may be confusing her with Reenie, whose husband likely got it from work, not traveling; Reenie hasn't mention traveling.7 -
New topic - who is going black friday shopping after quarantining for Thanksgiving? :P
Obviously, not me. I will be venturing into the very empty grocery store for like five key items.
I guess this was a topic in this morning's paper. Hubby was chatting with me about it. I guess the article was noting how there are lots of instructions regarding limiting holiday visitations, but comparatively little chat about not swamping the stores tomorrow.
Aren't stores limited in how many can go in? Ours are limited to 25% capacity.
I wonder if the capacity limits are a regional thing. That was the case here in Mass back in the Spring/Summer. I have not seen capacity counters in stores for a while. I personally am like @Kshama2001, I intentionally avoid black friday shopping and do not even recall ever shopping that day.
I still see the people counters, but wonder if the Market Basket in Plymouth is actually still enforcing the 25% capacity rule. As a general rule, I don't go to MB on the weekend anymore, but did one weekend because my Mom was going to go and it was the only way to keep her out of the store. It seemed as busy as it was in the spring when there was a line to get in the door, but there was no line.1 -
Chef_Barbell wrote: »Just turned on the TV and the NY Macy's Thanksgiving day parade is on. Only saw one float before going to ad and writing this. But, for that float with handlers walking shoulder to shoulder and only a few feet apart, no one had on a mask. How is this permitted? Don't say testing, because in any other situation, testing would not be deemed adaquate. So tired of the do as I say........
From what I understand... there are no handlers this year... all the floats are being driven by one person in a car. No one is there in a crowd at all.
ETA- https://www.macys.com/social/parade/
@chef_barbell That's good news. I have no idea what was on the TV then. I was annoyed so I turned it off.
They broadcasted older footage. We initially were shocked to see crowds of people lining the streets, etc...then we realized it was old footage.5 -
New topic - who is going black friday shopping after quarantining for Thanksgiving? :P
Obviously, not me. I will be venturing into the very empty grocery store for like five key items.
I guess this was a topic in this morning's paper. Hubby was chatting with me about it. I guess the article was noting how there are lots of instructions regarding limiting holiday visitations, but comparatively little chat about not swamping the stores tomorrow.
Not me...I haven't ever done it anyway, but no stores here are open other than essentials...and even those are limited to 25% capacity of 75 people, whichever is smaller.4 -
MadDogManor wrote: »At my work (a community hospital, part of a smallish hospital system in Louisiana), if you’ve been exposed but have no fever, you’re expected to work as normal. If you’ve been “proven to be exposed” and have a fever, you get 7 days off (and use your PTO) and are expected back to work 24 hours after your last fever. No fever? Get to work. These paltry rules (IMO) are due to lack of licensed staff - they need a body to fill a shift, no matter what.
The lack of licensed staff is leading to positive testing staff without symptoms staying pulling shifts in covid-19 isolation wards to protect non positive staff. Most health care workers are not being blanked tested it seems since negative test results are 2-4 days out of date any way.
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Can someone please help me figure this out because I am very confused. I was tested on Nov. 16th, any symptoms I might've been having then were vague. My results came back the 19th as positive and I'd been feeling tired for a couple days. Aside from the tiredness, one of my glands was a little sore for a day but that was it. When the health dept. called they based the quarantine time on when my symptoms started(according to them they said the 18th but It was probably more like the 17th) and added 10 days onto that. So, technically am I safe going out tomorrow, the 28th or should I err on the side of caution and wait until Sunday? The problem is I've already promised someone I could be there for them tomorrow. I have felt fine for the past few days. To me, the fact that I feel absolutely fine and the onset f my symptoms were vague to begin with, plus they're even thinking or decreasing the amount of quarantine time.....dh says no, I say I'm fine. And the person I promised to be there for really needs me.
So, what say you everybody?? I feel I've done my time and will still play by the rules, being even more vigilant if that's possible.
My primary thought relates to the person who needs you. Are they in the vulnerable category? And consider an honest talk with them. Maybe they will no longer want the help? If that is the only reason you would so out, consider only helping that person and nothing else tomorrow. Just an idea.
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cwolfman13 wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »Just turned on the TV and the NY Macy's Thanksgiving day parade is on. Only saw one float before going to ad and writing this. But, for that float with handlers walking shoulder to shoulder and only a few feet apart, no one had on a mask. How is this permitted? Don't say testing, because in any other situation, testing would not be deemed adaquate. So tired of the do as I say........
From what I understand... there are no handlers this year... all the floats are being driven by one person in a car. No one is there in a crowd at all.
ETA- https://www.macys.com/social/parade/
@chef_barbell That's good news. I have no idea what was on the TV then. I was annoyed so I turned it off.
They broadcasted older footage. We initially were shocked to see crowds of people lining the streets, etc...then we realized it was old footage.
thanks @cwolfman13 that is good news. Thank you for my correction!1 -
@kshama2001 @cwolfman13 I did my little retail foray today.
Drove through the walmart parking lot. Was reasonably full but not crazy. Some nice new signage for online and curbside picked, so they are perfecting this service. volume of people going in and out was higher than I regularly see, but I typically am not there even on a weekend, so IMO it did not look bad.
Mailed a card out my window and into a PO blue box, and did a deposit at an ATM.
Was not busy in the grocery store, but like a regular Friday. No one checking for masks or # of people like back in May. Directional arrows are still on the floor and there is only one entrance and one exit still ATM. Good number of people ignored the floor arrows, but there were so few of us, there were no collisions. Got home and realized I forgot one important item on the list. Will be having to go back in. The cats want their litter!!3
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