Sweden is kinda on a wierd waiting period now. No full lockdown yet, higher education schools closed, no events with more then 500 persons allowed. We dont have the mentality that would cause riots or cues, but some things fly off the shelves now. Yeast, flour, rice and pasta basically. And TP of course. Other then that all shops are stocked. Its kinda empty on the streets, but at the same time, people kinda go about their day.
Went skating yesterday, and skated outside our towns technical college, which is this huge and famous school, that is closed (even though some people went in and out). A girl showed up with a board, and asked if we wanted to skate the miniramp in the basement. Which I had no fucking idea existed. Ive been fully involved in basically every aspect of the scene here the last 25 years, but somehow, this secret had escaped me. Went into the school, which was ghostly empty. Skated the halls and had a session in the ramp, which kinda sucked but fun enough. So thanks Corona for that at least. We also went to this spot yesterday, which is usually a bust. Totally empty so got a session on. Shot this of a friend:
We are a reversed people, and the elders usually dont live with the family, so we have this kind of "natural" distancing with older demographic, which I think gonna help us.
The economy is gonna take a big hit though. Read an article yesterday about layoff in the past week, listing a few big companies, an the numbers was up in 30 000 people already. And some of the big companies has done short-time layoffs, that could be extended. Airline SAS, 10 000 people. Volvo stopped production, 45 000 people. And much more, not to say all the people in the service sector or small business. This is a disaster. Bear in mind that we have a population of 10 millions only. Im in a facebook group for jobs on my tow, and its tragic and scary to see how many people have been lay offed and are desperate.
21 death so far here. And secondhandstoke, the virus might not affect you health, but it will to the older demographic. What do you think will happen when the numbers rise? Over 600 deaths in Italy today alone. It might not affect your health, but trust me, it will affect your wallet. You should be scared.
Our prime minister is holding a speech to the nation today in about 40 minutes. Thats not common, so interesting to see what follows.
At this point, Im consider myself lucky that have a (so far) steady, upper management job that allows me to work from home. But who knows what will follow.
Topic: Corona Virus. What's going on where you live? (Read 93155 times)