Conavirus......

[gimmethesimplelife]

I wonder what long term conseqiences might be? China loosing it's position as the world's #2 economy? Manafacturing moving to Mexico from China? More Americans realuzing the raw deal they ate getting due to human lifw not automatically being worth health care? What do you'all think other long term consequences might be? Rob

So annoying that I can't edit on my smartphone. Should be realizing the raw deal, human life, and deal they are getting above. Rob

[Alan]

So annoying that I can't edit on my smartphone.

Not sure why you can't. The mobile template has edit capabilities built in, the tools are there.

[gimmethesimplelife]

Not sure why you can't. The mobile template has edit capabilities built in, the tools are there.

Maybe it's my phone.....an Android LG Stylo 5, free from Metro PCS. When I attempt to edit, my posts get deleted. I am often posting on the fly from work and moving very fast hence the mistakes. Rob

[Teacher Terry]

Frugal, it’s been all over the news that some of the Chinese are literally locked in their homes. I wondered what would happen if there was a fire. It doesn’t go well for people there that disobey orders.

[iris lilies]

Everyone is on lockdown. even having difficulties going out to replenish food supplies. I did not ask any more since my niece was really upset and freaked out by it all. It was enough to realize this is a MAJOR threat.

Yes it is a major threat.


My nephew is in China teaching English. He is an hour and a half away from Wuhan. He and his girlfriend who live together have been in quarantine for weeks now. They are allowed out a couple times a week. They are continuing some of their teaching via online methods.

[gimmethesimplelife]

Frugal, it’s been all over the news that some of the Chinese are literally locked in their homes. I wondered what would happen if there was a fire. It doesn’t go well for people there that disobey orders.

I've seen alleged photos online of the metal bars the authorities in China are putting on people's doors to keep them from getting outside of their residences. Very scary. I hope, hope, hope this virus does not become so serious in North America that such is even on the table for consideration here. Let us hope. Rob

[gimmethesimplelife]

Yes it is a major threat.


My nephew is in China teaching English. He is an hour and a half away from Wuhan. He and his girlfriend who live together have been in quarantine for weeks now. They are allowed out a couple times a week. They are continuing some of their teaching via online methods.

Just curious, IL. How do they access food? They did stock up beforehand, is the government passing out basic supplies and food, or do they get what they can the couple of times a week they are allowed out into the world? Or a little of each of these? I wonder how food access works in this scenario and how food access might change based on the type of government one finds themselves living under during this outbreak (is that even the right word at this point? I'm not the most medically savvy person - I'm not sure what word applies to the coronavirus now). Rob

PS Best wishes to your nephew and his girlfriend to make it to the other side of this healthy.

[gimmethesimplelife]

Continuing my stocking up this afternoon. I just left the vet where I picked up specialty cat food for my cat - one thing I will spend money on now that I can afford it. No way is my cat going to suffer in any way during this if I can help it. Next up - bottled water and more TP. Rob

[JaneV2.0]

After grocery shopping this morning in the vicinity of two people coughing productively too close for my comfort, I'm considering a pickup service at the store, wherein someone comes out with the groceries you've ordered and loads them into your car for a modest fee. I've been swilling nostrums and washing my hands and gargling and snorting salt water and swabbing myself with antiseptic wipes and I feel like a hypochondriacal idiot.

[gimmethesimplelife]

After grocery shopping this morning in the vicinity of two people coughing productively too close for my comfort, I'm considering a pickup service at the store, wherein someone comes out with the groceries you've ordered and loads them into your car for a modest fee. I've been swilling nostrums and washing my hands and gargling and snorting salt water and swabbing myself with antiseptic wipes and I feel like a hypochondriacal idiot.

Jane, I don't consider you a hypochonondriacal idiot, not at all. What's going on in China right now is deathly serious, and it's spreading around the world. My take is that you are just trying to establish a little personal power over a very unsettling situation - I totally understand, and my herbal immunity boosters I'm taking? The exact same concept - I don't even know if they are indeed effective against the coronavirus - but it's doing what little I can do, which to me is better than nothing. Rob