Corona Virus. What's going on where you live?

[TastyBurrito]

My office is implementing a work from home policy starting Monday. And since I usually have a long commute, I’m amped to use that commute time to hit the gym and/or my local park in the morning/afternoon.

[Dark Knight]

I’m a nurse so I’m fucked.

[schmitty]

I'm in LA and the streets are empty. People are still going to restaurants but that's about it. I think the worst is yet to come and some people are still in denial right now.

[legion]

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Within the coming year, 40 to 70 percent of people around the world will be infected with the virus that causes COVID-19.

That scares the fuck out of me.

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herd Immunity requires 60% of us to get through it right? presuming we can only contract it once...

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looking at the amounts of strains, I wouldn't be surprised if you can contract it at least as many times as there are variations, hopefully limited to the main groups because there are 489 strains as of now...
https://nextstrain.org/ncov

Say a quick news report talking about immunity.
They think it's gonna be like immunity to the flu and only last 1-2 months. Shouldn't be like immunity to chicken pox.
So this may be a reoccurring, seasonal thing just like the flu.
They're also saying it can cause lung damage, scarring.

[geneparmesan]

I'm in LA as well and have been hearing that a lockdown is coming on Monday. Mayor Garcetti seems to be hinting at that in an interview he gave today: https://abc7.com/6013677/

Garcetti told Eyewitness News that these next two weeks is a critical time that can make all the difference in how the health crisis unfolds across Southern California.

"Anybody second guessing the closures - it's precisely when it feels wrong, that it's the right time to close things," he said. "Look at Italy. That was the wrong time, when it felt right. You have to do these early. That's the best way to flatten this curve out and make sure fewer people get sick."

"What we're seeing in Italy and Spain will happen here if we don't practice what we've been saying for about two weeks. Practice that social distancing, stay home if you're sick," he said.

The Trader Joe's and Gelsons by me were totally ransacked a couple days ago, but have been restocking all day long and things seem to be mellow at the moment with a lot of people already staying home. If you've got any supplies to get, tomorrow's the day. Stay safe Slap. Shalom.

[KoRnholio8]

My office is implementing a work from home policy starting Monday. And since I usually have a long commute, I’m amped to use that commute time to hit the gym and/or my local park in the morning/afternoon.

Jesus fucking christ, don't go to the gym. Exercise is good, but do it outside, why is that so hard to understand.

[Idk]

I’m a nurse so I’m fucked.

Thank you and stay safe.

[TastyBurrito]

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My office is implementing a work from home policy starting Monday. And since I usually have a long commute, I’m amped to use that commute time to hit the gym and/or my local park in the morning/afternoon.

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Jesus fucking christ, don't go to the gym. Exercise is good, but do it outside, why is that so hard to understand.

I should’ve clarified. Gym in my apartment building. Doesn’t open until 730am (noise hours) and I’m usually out the door at 7am.

[oldfart]

I live in Germany. Schools and Kindergarten are closed from Monday till 20th of April.
Museums etc are closed too. No events with more than 75 people are allowed. If possible avoid contact with other people. Keep away from others as much as you can. That's what's going on right now. Stay safe!

[able]

My local skatepark has a strong group of homies who skate, grill out and drink beer. It’s typically 15-20 skaters deep on Saturdays and Sundays. Most of them are in denial and not taking any precautionary measures for the virus. Hell, they’ve had two huge cookouts since Thursday. Basically,  they are getting drunk, shaking hands, cooking food, licking the bbq off their fingers and shit. A couple weeks ago this would sound like a great time but definitely not now. They’ve been hitting me up to go out there all weekend but I haven’t. I can’t imagine trying to go skate and be low key. They would give me hell the moment I didn’t dap it up 👊 🖐 on arrival.
Sucks cause they are like my second family. Florida is doomed

[jay_nev]

So china built 14 hospitals in 2 weeks? wow, only 11 new cases on Saturday.

[Deputy Wendell]

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I wonder if the “hustlers” who are hoarding Lysol and reselling it at exorbitant prices know they are what’s wrong with humanity. I wonder if I can take down a home invader with a crossbow.

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capitalism is "what's wrong with humanity."

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Disagree, unless you're willing to accept that Pol Pot's Marxism is reflective of all things communist because you're simply taking the actions of some who abuse their system as being symptomatic of the system being a failure from the start.  We have to be fair, after all, what's good for the goose is good for the gander.

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these individuals are just doing what is logical and demanded of them in this cursed economic system.

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Nobody is forced to exploit tragedy for personal gain, but people in ALL parts of the political spectrum do it.  It's not limited to capitalism and has happened in socialism and communism throughout history.  Individual people are as flawed or more than the systems they create and work in.

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at our last face-to-face class meeting (apparently of the semester), my students and i had a jarring conversation about collective karma, and what it says about US that the state of the stock market not only continues to compete with news and headlines of the actual suffering and deaths tied to the virus itself, but that it in fact continues to take precedence over the latter.

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It's not that the market is taking precedence over the latter, but denial of how the market affects business and the people that are employed for them top to bottom (CEO to lowest level employee) is just silly.  Would you have preferred a market crash leading to mass closures and layoffs during a time of crisis, or, to do what can TRY (not saying succeed, buy attempt) to maintain as great of stability of current systemic processes in order to keep societal breakdown to a minimum?  I know some are dreaming of this leading to some sort of revolution, but that's just as bad (or worse) than the greedy capitalists dreaming of making a buck personally, as hoping that the misfortune and death of others just to "prove" a system is flawed is far from being karmically-aligned with the side of which is good, it's just deflecting one's own wishes for others to fail so you can get a foot in the door.

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this terminal capitalist economic system--and everything that goes into its workings and survival--will make the day-to-day experience of the masses on the ground, infinitely worse than just the anxiety, privation, suffering, and death tied to the virus on its own...

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This is just your own wishful thinking because you don't like the current system and are implying that you'd be okay with mass suffering and death if it lead to change even if said change would have given you the same outcome or worse.  I ain't buying it.

Do not take this as my being someone simply defending capitalism in all regards.  I personally don't buy into any single system as being ideal, they all have massive flaws once humans exploit them.  There were wealthy people with massive power consolidation under all of the systems designed to create an equality that can never truly exist, as soon as humans get involved, someone's gonna fuck it over for the rest no matter WHAT system you're operating under.

wow, that's a rigorous response--i appreciate the attention and effort. who has the time?

i do have enough time to simply say:

i disagree...

[Mark Renton]

I live and work in the UK and the country’s approach to Covid-19 is one of the worst I’ve seen so far, if not the worst all together.
I commute 1.3h each way everyday for work on busy trains so I’m pretty scared.
Back in the motherland the situation is tragic.

[drewsmahgoos]

My girlfriend and I have essentially quarantined ourselves. Not showing any symptoms yet but we have over a month of food and are digging in at this point. Other than nature walks and a little skating in front of my place, I'm not going anywhere. Currently unemployed due to having to move because my apartment burned down, I pretty much have no bills or responsibilities for the time being. We have food, alcohol, weed, maybe a firearm or two, and some video games plus a ton of other shit. I mentioned it before on here but I've been incarcerated for years on end so hanging out in a house full of good food and drugs with someone I can fuck whenever I feel like it for a month or more is kind of a dream come true. So yeah, as long as there isn't some emergency, I'm staying the fuck inside.

I just hope the old people I know don't die from it, or anyone else for that matter.

[Matze]

I work for a company (which is owned by the city of hamburg) as a social worker. We provide shelters for about 30000 refugees and homeless people. There is no chance for us to work from home. The head of our company said that our work is as import as the one from firemen, the police and hospitals in this situation, so we have to attend if we‘re not sick ourselves. I‘m kinda glad I have a planned week off and bailed out to an island 4 hours away. We will have some heavy weeks in front of us. The place I work provides shelter for 300 male homeless persons, who are usually in bad health conditions. I‘m not worried to much about my health, but more of the one of my clients. This could be a sad spring.

[eranka]

I’m a nurse so I’m fucked.

physical therapist working in a hospital here, keep safe homie, were fucked

[Charlie Hustle]

Walked over to the neighborhood Japanese market. It wasn’t as bad as a big box store, but it was still the busiest I’ve ever seen it. Managed to grab some ramen and a 15lb bag of brown rice, but that’s it. Scraps really, not much left, and they had only been open for half an hour.

[drewsmahgoos]

Walked over to the neighborhood Japanese market. It wasn’t as bad as a big box store, but it was still the busiest I’ve ever seen it. Managed to grab some ramen and a 15lb bag of brown rice, but that’s it. Scraps really, not much left, and they had only been open for half an hour.

I'm really sorry to hear that. Keep trying to piece together more rice and some beans whenever you can. Also, quinoa is a great grain to buy. It's very nutritious and can really help to replace other proteins and grains when need be. Wishing you the best pal.

[YungJugg]

my coworker is supposed to take off so I’m requested to come in everyday this week and cover him, and I happen to work in the most populated/diverse city in the country. I’m debating calling in and bailing just to be safe but that wouldn’t be a good look.

[drewsmahgoos]

my coworker is supposed to take off so I’m requested to come in everyday this week and cover him, and I happen to work in the most populated/diverse city in the country. I’m debating calling in and bailing just to be safe but that wouldn’t be a good look.

Maybe just fake sick? Pretty much the easiest time in the world to do it.

[YungJugg]

Think that’s being paranoid or being safe? Most of the company is working from home but thats not possible for my position.

[drewsmahgoos]

Think that’s being paranoid or being safe? Most of the company is working from home but thats not possible for my position.

I think it's being safe at this point. Not just safe for you, but for all the old people you can potentially kill.

I won't be leaving my house/going around any part of the population unless there is a legit emergency. I'm super lucky to be not paying rent and that my girlfriend was willing to use her savings to stockpile. It has been a complete lifesaver. I really hope that people that aren't as lucky as me receive some sort of safety net through welfare or whatever because this shit sucks for everyone and I just as well could be in other people's shoes of having to work.

[Frank]

bro fuck it, call in sick. i just did the same because i work a petty job where most of all i would be the one possibly endangering others. i'd rather lose that job now and start to help pushing people to the xray at the hospital  after i can handle my panic and confusion about this situation. if you don't work a job that's vital for society, quit and chill or get in there and try to help. both are totally acceptable ways of not worsening the situation.

at work they are thinning out people working so we actually work alone now since they still want to open but are losing money now. the city hasn't yet told bars and cafes to close, just tigthened the the rules, so less customers at a time. same opening hours. instead of doing the reasonable thing and shorten opening hours, they expect to still make money the whole fucking day, even though business in the morning and afternoon is dead as fuck. it would be way more reasonable to do that, but instead they want to force us to still work as long. fuck them.

[YungJugg]

Decided I’ma just work, money and stuff. Gonna wear gloves and avoid taking public transport though. What a time.

[Frank]

ha well word just came in that my workplaces will have to close down for the time being from tomorrow on. so i guess i don't need to call in sick anyway.

[Mr.Jenkins]

Sweden is not doing Well. Our largest airline just let go of 10.000 people today.. Im not scared of the virus itself, and pretty sure I already have it since tuesday or so, but the economical hit does. Im lucky to work in a field that should manage this, but its international so who knows. Working from home for a while know though.

[C Dash Money]

I live in Sweden as well, and work at one of the state-operated casinos. They are still open; it blows my mind. Addicts who can't help but come there everyday, old people, close quarters, international customers...it's just a hotbed. And it is completely unnecessary to have open, especially right now. I'm considering not going to work.

Sweden seems to be taking a different approach and allowing life to go on as usual, perhaps in hopes that the "healthy" segment of the population contracts the virus and produces a herd immunity. I'm not sure how I feel about that. The deaths of those 70+ will be viewed as collateral damage. All for the Greater Good.

[VHS ERA]

Sweden is not doing Well. Our largest airline just let go of 10.000 people today.. Im not scared of the virus itself, and pretty sure I already have it since tuesday or so, but the economical hit does. Im lucky to work in a field that should manage this, but its international so who knows. Working from home for a while know though.

Yea, this. The virus itself isn’t so scary to me personally as a 31 year old (I am thinking about older family members of course), but this shit definitely gonna cause problems. I work in sales/account management for a coffee roaster meaning I talk to cafes and restaurants all day long. I’m worried how long some of my fav coffee shops and restaurants can really survive social distancing. One of my guys already called me and said to skip his normally huge order for this week because no ones coming in. All the offices around him closed.

Also I know mad people who are just guessing if we have allergies, a cold, or corona, myself included.

[whale]

Nobody knows whats going on really...
Finland just started getting infected on a larger scale this monday, but mainly southern Finland.

My restaurant is still getting decent amount of business, but due to uncertanties wheter we are allowed to stay open, the staff got a warning today that we all might be laid off.

Schools and kindergardens still open, but I have a feeling that’s about to change come monday.
Probably wouldn’t take my kid in anyway.

[VHS ERA]

Cuomo shutting down schools