Coronavirus: What Are You Doing During This Unchartered Time? Non Political

No TP but you're self-isolating and need exercise?

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Same in UK, people are panic buying - and 10 to 1 it's the fit ones, seems a selfish world. Like several majorgeeks, I am probably one of the really suseptable ones,with ichmaic heat desease, and type 2 diabtes, over 75..... It looks like our age group are going to be confined for 3- 4 months, and some of our age group have few family and freinds , so we will have to take Italy's example of singing fromthe windows to keep our chins up.
I agree it seems over the top, but, keeping a distance in any groups, or, sensible isolation may well help.
My best wishes to all, all over the world.
In a way, I get a feeling it's natures way of culling our species, as we have tended to allow our population to grow, with little regard of our planet, and other species...........
Perhaps all governments should be prepared to pay everybody who has to stop working,regardless, for it to work, - but then I am not a doctor, and can only hope that a vaxination is available much quicker than usual- apparentlysome English laboratory seems to be on to a possible vax, already....

 

Over here it is more of the same with the F1 Grand Prix cancelled last weekend and all football games suspended for at least 5 weeks, libraries closed, gyms closed, cinemas closed, concerts cancelled, stage shows cancelled, police have stopped doing all random breath tests and random drug test in their vans, gatherings of more than 50 people are not allowed and here, in my state Victoria, we are now operating under emergency laws that give law enforcement sweeping powers to combat people that are not self isolating or not closing their businesses when instructed.

The supermarkets get restocked during the night and it is gone within an or two from when they open. The supermarkets here have been rationing toilet paper, tissues, hand sanitizer, wipes, pasta, rice, flour, tinned tomatoes, tinned tuna, tinned salmon, minced steak, chicken, lamb, beef and lots of other stuff too. Some of the supermarkets are opening one hour earlier and only let the disabled or pensioners shop for that hour as they have been disadvantaged by able bodied people beating them to the food and toilet paper.
A friend called in on Friday and he works in the paint department at a large Bunnings Store (they sell hardware) and he was saying that they can't keep up with people buying methylated spirits...........he was saying they got 4 pallets and put them on the shelves and this would usually last a fortnight and it was gone in 4 hours so a couple of days later another 4 pallets were delivered and same again...........he said he has never seen anything like it.
My wife went to the local Woolworths for the 7am early open for pensioners and found there was a huge queue of pensioners and disabled people that had been waiting since 6am. By the time my wife got inside there wasn't very much left to choose from in fresh foods but at least we got some vegetables and fruit, some milk, some bread and some fresh eggs.........lucky that three or four times a year, we buy our meat in bulk from a wholesale butcher and won't need meat for probably another month at least but our vegie patch still isn't producing since we moved here last year so we still need vegies.

Best wishes to everyone and hopefully you or your families don't catch CoVid-19 ..............or if you do, I hope you have a speedy recovery.

Stay strong MGs

 

We went out to get some cheap petrol and check our PO box and I had a bit of a grin when I saw a bumper sticker on an SUV that said:-

Today I ran out of toilet paper and I have been forced to wipe my bum with lettuce leaves.........I fear this is just the tip of the iceberg!

 

Stay at home and play some video games with my kids. Do wearing a face mask when going out.

Hope everyone will be fine and safe and F**k off this virus

 

Yeah it has been crazy over here and yesterday a supermarket employee was stabbed because he was enforcing the one pack of toilet rolls per customer rules. I hope you are right Laura but crazy stupid seems to be at a very high level over here. Yesterday we went shopping for the first time in a couple of weeks to try a get some fresh vegies and bread and milk and fresh eggs and it was like a warzone and there were empty shelves everywhere. In the end, to get most of what we wanted we had to go to Woolworths, Coles, IGA and Aldi when usually we would go to just one supermarket for everything. Lucky we have a fairly well stocked pantry and freezer so we won't be starving any time soon although we may have to have pasta or rice dishes a bit more often.
Hopefully people over here will soon realise that it is not the apocalypse and food won't be running out and they stop hoarding stuff. Ebay has been naming and shaming people selling toilet paper and hand sanitiser at exorbitant prices and closing their accounts. One guy was selling toilet paper and hand sanitiser at ten times the original cost by buying packs of 30 rolls then opening the pack and selling them two rolls at a time.
It is a sad thing to say but hard times bring out the worst in some people and they are happy to profit on other people's hardship......
Laura, I hope you and your family stay healthy and get through this troubling time without too much financial hardship .....best wishes

 

Just saw this in the The Age newspaper

The crazy hoarding is not slowing down over here so Woolworths just introduced the harshest rationing on almost every product they sell and the new limit is two items per customer with no exceptions
https://www.theage.com.au/business/...ts-yet-across-most-items-20200318-p54b75.html

These airlines have seriously cut all their flights :-
Virgin Australia cuts 50% of domestic flights and suspends all International flights https://www.theage.com.au/business/...t-cuts-domestic-capacity-20200318-p54b7b.html
Qantas cuts 90% of flights until the end of May https://www.theage.com.au/business/...er-cent-until-end-of-may-20200317-p54auj.html
Jetstar the same as Qantas........

Our PM has just issued a global request via DFAT (Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade) that all Australian citizens travelling abroad should return to Australia immediately to avoid becoming trapped when other countries close their borders for travel.
https://www.theage.com.au/politics/...g-for-australians-abroad-20200317-p54b55.html

Crikey......the country is going to s**t.......correction, the world is going to s**t...........
Hmmmm.............I think I will stop reading the newspapers and watching the news that will make me feel a bit better

 

I used 4 public establishments today with no trouble. A doctor's office, a Cracker Barrel for a lunch date with my wife, a convenience store for a couple beers after work and a dollar store to pick up a few days worth of goods to add to the cabinet stash. No crowd or rush at any place. Maybe just my good luck with the places I choose. I did notice that people were picky on the products they're buying. Such as cup of soups. Most flavors were empty,but the chicken flavor had a good few left. Tuna in the individual packs only had regular flavor left and a good few of those. Beer cooler low but wine section still stocked up.

We get water and MRE's after storms or disasters. I think that should be set up now for distribution before everywhere goes on lock-down. Salvation Army comes around every neighborhood with cleaning materials and supplies for who need these things before the stores open back up. I sure some folks on fixed incomes could use some of those things now.

Bars and clubs are closed for 30 days. Restaurants are limited to 50% capacity. Beaches that remain open are limited to groups of 10 people max. And this during spring break.

But things go on......

 

People are still freaking out in my area.Now i am seeing some with face mask on.If you are sick stay at home or go to the doctors to get checked.People are making it out to wash your hands every 30 seconds deal.My god lol people need to stop freaking out so much.

I mean people get the flu all the time now they are concerned about a new virus that they have been working on since 2017 lol.And the flu has been around way way be for that.And i never get a flu shot because i don't trust the flu shots.Because every time i got one i got the flu.I have not had the flu in over 4 years.

 

I got denied my first entry today for failing the vitals exam needed to get into my kidney doctor's office. I had an emergency last friday that the doctor called in because of potassium level too high in my blood. Told me to leave work and go to the nearest e.r. room. After 3 hours they got it down enough to let me go home, but made an appointment for today to go talk to the doctor about the next step. Had a 99.1 temperature and couldn't get in the office. Gave me a sheet for Quest to read my potassium and guess what. Nope, not with any fever, ain't getting in.

Had a scheduled follow-up with my pain-management team tomorrow and guess what... nope, not with a fever.

So my potassium could give me a heart attack, but i get to just wait because of a .4- that's point.four temperature.

 

Ok i just had a though here.

How are the prisons handling Coronavirus virus. those most cells are not isolated.Some are even double bunks.

 

"What do you have to lose?"
-DJT, 2016

 

@LauraR thanks for the concern and suggestions. Yes, USA. Florida panhandle. I was in the ER friday. Was at work doing fine when my kidney doctor office called and sent me to ER. Wasn't feeling bad at all. ER did their thing. So now I don't know if my levels stayed good or not and can't get a blood test. If it's no big deal, they shouldn't have made me quit work last friday and spend the time and money on ER then. What gets me is I see drive-thru testing going on on the news. I guess it all depends on where you live.

@wile e coyote it has been all over news that prisons are releasing some inmates to relieve the crowding situation. I have a step-son on his last 5 months of a ten year sentence and Florida has cancelled all family visitations till past April. I guess moms might carry it in on weekends but all the guards who go back into the communities after work can't carry anything in when they come back for the next shift.

 

@oma, well right now obamacare ain't showing me nothing too good.

 

It seems that several countries medical teams have found possibilities of a cure in drugs already manufactured, for other illnesses, and with the lasm of those who have had this virus, and recovered.
I , also read that Canada have replicated the virus in a laboratory....... I also read that there are many test trials going on in different countries, or, asking for volunteers for trials... The mind boggles.
Others seem to think it is all down to man's encroachment on the natural forests, disturbing natures setup,and of eating everything from bats to monkeys.This could be the way new virus/desease is cused (Blood in the meat?)
Whatever the truth is, I just hope it is contained soon....Otherwise some of us might not get back as geeks, as we seem to be very vulnerable.
Apparently the first 7 days can be the decider of if you get it bad, or, not- as after 7 days, if you feel a little better, and do not get the breathing problems, you might get off light -I hope that one turns out to be the case for most.
We are so lucky in the UK to have (whats left of it) the NHS.
We certainly feel so much gratitude to those who risk their lives in treating us specially when they can put themselves at such risk-No special suits are perfect, and the A&E part must be dodgy for Nurses, reception, ambulance staff, and doctors
Get lucky- but not paranoid.

 

Well i don't have a TV lol so i don't watch the new's unless it's live on youtube.

 

@wile e coyote

I don't see it on t.v. I get news off the web. On my pc and on the iphone I carry during the day. I don't watch much ytuve since I'm limited on data in both cases. I 'read' on the web.

A cool interactive map showing corona info. You can zoom in to your locality or go around the world. I don't know about China, I haven't tried there yet.

https://data.tallahassee.com/coronavirus/

 

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Apparently, Venice today-water is crystal clear, pollution levels in Japan, China cc: so low now- A time to reflect what it could be like if we took advantage of this terrible virus, and started a fresh attitude to our world. Maybe some good would come out of it -but Human Nature.......

 

laughs just because the water is clear does not mean it's good to drink.

I know i would not drink it.

 

Sorry for going on about things , but as you say-What are we doing , now its all happening.
Well, I have reinstalled all my Windows on fresh harddrives, and am going into making iso's of them, before adding all the crap that I tend to, and using the vhd 's to load stuff on- always meant to, but get carried way, like one does- so that I can replace easily. I have made vhd's, and now..
I chatted to the guvnor (The missus) andI get a list of litte jobs that need doing, (nothing heavy, though) and I have mowed our massive 4m x 6 m lawn, at the rear of our little bungalow, then fixed the shower utensil holder that fell off...Sharpened all the knives,and as we all know, all them little niggly jobs that would be done tomorrow (tomorrow never comes)
So, we will keep looking for those jobs, and plod on, as one does at 78 years old, but come back to play on my computer in between.
Try not to be too booring, and reemember that the missus is suffering if I play computers too much, as time flows by, and we have to remember to talk to each other between geeking, or studying /reading up new things- like different engines that could be in use , as I have mentioned in another post a while ago.
So much one can turn their mind to, and do- Irarely get bored, but we have to find ways to keep a bit of fitness-no doubt like you all-as we will find we are introuble after the ball, if we don't do a bit of exercise, and become too much of couch potatoes. Although we all have our own little nagging parts from years of wear and tear, we have to find a way- I wish I could walk more, but ankles too bad for much, but at least a walk around the block keeping well clear of others can help, but still a worry because of the virus and self-isolation needs.
All the best

 

Okay. So, I've been in quarantine for about a week now. I will have to remain in quarantine until I'm symptom free. Some days our little one has been able to go to daycare because my wife has a critical job (MD), other days he had too much snot so we had to keep him at home. Looks like he's got a bit of an ear infection, poor guy.

Me personally, I'm completely in quarantine. On a typical day I only see my wife and the kid. Our offices has forced everyone to work from home, but there's not much left to do, so a lot of time is spent just being a dad or watching series/movies and playing games I hadn't had the chance to recently. For exercise I have a home gym that I used before. Which is nice because just sitting around doing nothing really messes with your head and health. This way I can keep exercising without infecting anyone else.
To still see a bit of the world, I go on random car cruises. Of course with everything closed, and I get in the car through the garage so no human contact there either. Lots of facetiming with my parents(-in law) and other family and friends to keep somewhat in touch.

I have to admit, this is boring as.... Of course doesn't help that I'm also worrying about my wife who's got to treat all those infected but without proper isolation equipment. It's nigh on inevitable that she'll get it at some point. I just hope it's a mild infection at that point. I also hope we don't get Italian circumstances here, but I doubt it.

 

I most likely have it. This deserves some explanation: our CDC-brother does not test you if you have the symptoms (which I do), they are relatively mild (they are thankfully) and you have had contact with people who have been to at-risk locations (I have, my colleagues went skiing in Italy and Austria very shortly before the big outbreak in Italy). So, they don't test. They simply call me 'corona positive' and that's that. There's also the question of the test sensitivity, which is not great to say the least.

I am quarantined at home, so I'm with wife and child. We suspect the little one was the first to get it actually. He had a bout of fever and snot that lasted a couple of days and that was it. About two weeks later my symptoms started. As of right now, we don't have a quarantine protocol at home, but as soon as my wife is called up to ICU duty, we will separate our lives momentarily. Our little one will go to his godparents (my sister-in-law) at that time so as to protect him as much as possible. (Neither of them works in a hospital or with infected patients so he should be safe.)

 

Not sure about prisons (people after they are convicted), but many jails (those awaiting trial or serving short sentences) are letting out many or all non-violent offenders with no bail money required.

The idea is to create some semblance of social distancing in what is basically a sardine can with bars on it. Bluntly, it also cuts government cost and liabilities if (when?) the bad boys and girls start dropping like flies.

 

?? Next, you shall use ICEBERGS to wipe?

 

We are in a 21-day lockdown. And yesterday a main waterpipe burst! I'm returning the toiletpaper.
All we (don't) need now is loadshedding...

 

The picture is from 2018.
https://www.nairaland.com/lionel4power/posts/18

 

I haven't seen police officers or vehicles all day. But, how long before people become frustrated?
It's going to be a long 3 weeks...