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Been thinking about that too. Not that I plan on going anywhere but I will have a full tank of gas around midweek next week. One way to help enforce a national shutdown would be to close all gas stations to non-essential vehicles, not even sure how you would enforce that, but It had crossed my mind..
FedEx delivers some prescription medicine , doesn’t seem like they could shutdown delivery
That is a big problem here. I can think of about 6-10 teachers just at the middle school pushing that 60 year old range. At least 2 set to retire after this school year. Not to mention office workers, bus drivers, crossing guards, and lunch ladies.
Give us the full Yang
Yes, it would keep people at home but you could also have workers spreading it all over. Tough call.
It could be like when I was screened for Hep C when getting a new biologic prescription. The testing showed I had the antibodies produced when I had been exposed to Hep C in the past, but my immune system fought it off without me getting the disease. So I tested positive even though I did not have, nor ever actually had the disease. Just exposure to it, which my immune system successfully fought off.NotSmart said:
Flippin' tourists need to get out of town. Sorry, all ... we love your dollars, just not now.
There's what ghostguy said ... and additionally, I have concerns that down the road, a lot of stores will only be open every other day, or six hours a day, or something like that. No links or specific information, just a personal suspicion.
That’s why we need a national lock down now. People in this country will not do it on their own, too selfish. Force people to stay home, get the military involved to patrol the streets and impose heavy fines for those not complying. If you don’t think it’s gonna come to this soon, I think you’ve got your head in the sand.
Are those of you that live alone doing this? I’ve been really good about isolating so far, no big groups, etc. But I’m a divorced dad and my kids will be spending the next week at my ex-wife’s house. Do you all think it’s reckless for me to meet up for one-on-one meetings with either dates or friends? I recognize there’s some risk but it seems pretty small.
So how would people get food? How would people be able to pay bills? How would people get medicine? How would small companies stay in business?
I disagree. I think its likely their were numerous iterations/mutations from the Corona virus to the COVID 19. I would not be the least bit surprised if some of those mutations provided people with some immunity. It could take a long time to research and find and link these people, but if we can/do, a vaccine would probably follow in a relatively short time.NotSmart said:
12 bucks for a 1 ounce bottle? At that price i can buy a bottle of everclear and make my own while i get drunk.
I anticipate that. Schools are adapting with doing lessons from home. Why bother bringing everyone back when at that time there is a month or so left? It's not going to be over by June.
Hoping it doesn't come to that, but if it does, can I still go for a run outside by myself? That wouldn't hurt anybody.
I'm on a cruise group that was the same way. Including plenty of people trolling that they got COVID 19 but keep going into work.
We just coordinated with our town council on again and have a senior up the road assigned to us. We will be ringing her to check on and picking up any supplies she may need.
I have had a 20 gauge my grandfather got me when I was younger that I never bought shells for. I ended up grabbing a box of birdshot at Walmart this morning. I wasn't sure which shells to buy and did a little online research. Turns out this is quite a big debate amongst gun nerds.
It's a family owned business since 2005. Not price gougers. I like supporting what they stand for as hard workers. 8 kids and the parents have morals and standards of working hard. Check out the about us. They have a fb page too.
People allowed out for emergencies only, food, prescriptions. Limited number in store at a time. Small business will be closed unless necessary. It will be painful. It will be more painful if the curve gets larger than we can control.
Many of us have watched this situation develop very slowly since December or so. We knew this virus was coming to the US, we knew that the real threat was overloading the health care system, and we knew that schools would be closed and that people would be working from home. For a large number of people in this thread, the events of the past few days are more or less exactly what we thought would happen.
Perhaps you would like to call my father. It's less deadly to say no to Hector Salamanca.
Going out for a run, walk or ride seems like a great way to stay active and ward off cabin fever. It's literally impossible to catch a virus while running alone unless you stop to pick up trash that you come across, which I assume you're not doing.
I've touched two firearms before. A handgun that my grandfather had an an AR (which felt lighter) that a ex-army friend bought before the last election. Since you have to wait for a permit in NC to buy a handgun, I went a bought a shotgun at the local gunshop today. It was the last one and the ammo for shotguns disappeared shortly after I got mine. Said ex-army friend is coming over later to show me how to operate it (sans pulling the trigger of course).
Not "Wuhan shutdown", authoritarian-state style. People can still leave their homes. Not sure if the ski resorts are actually open and running, or if people are just trekking up some nice hills near or in the resorts and skiing on the cheap. As for the beach ... generally you can show up there.
I have a friend at a ski resort this weekend. Haven't heard if it shut down while he is there
I just did a quick trip to the store for a few items. There’s people waiting in line outside in 40 degree temps to go to brunch. WTF
Can you work from home readily? Can you practice social distancing (basically, keeping other people in public more than six feet away you at almost all times)? If yes to both, you can essentially self-quarantine with a few exceptions for grocery runs (early morning or late nights are best), maybe checking on loved ones, etc. Really, this is good practice for everyone in our town right now.
