Conavirus......

[KayLR]

This just in---a friend just told me he was going in to a local sporting goods store and there was a LINE of people buying guns. Ugh. What fear is driving this?? (Nobody's gonna take my TP from me, man!)

[dado potato]

there was a LINE of people buying guns. Ugh. What fear is driving this??

Gun shop owners are quoted to the effect that there has been a large uptick in sales to Asian Americans … http://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-wo...241164136.html

[pinkytoe]

Made our last grocery run for a while this morning. Trader Joe's was packed and out of all frozen vegetables, rice, beans and toilet paper. The Costco next door had a line of cars out to the street so we skipped that. Hit another grocery and they were fairly well stocked and not crowded. Feeling very fortunate to have that task out of the way for a while. So weird to see people with masks on though.

[catherine]

I have not changed my behavior for coronavirus in terms of shopping. We are returning to VT today. I don't expect crazy long lines in our little stores. DH and I typically are the type that say, "Why is there no milk and bread in the store? Oh, yeah, we're supposedly getting a blizzard." Maybe I'm stupid, but you guys know me by now--I do not have a very large "security gland" as Dave Ramsey calls it. My operating principle is "I'll get by."

[sweetana3]

Two people from here are on their honeymoon in Hawaii and tested positive for the virus. So now they are being moved to an appropriate location and have to stay for at least 14 more days. They are now in contact with everyone they had at the wedding, etc. for contact tracing. They thought they just had the flu.

[iris lilies]

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Many of you have seen this chart, but I’m putting it up because I think it is a great visual story of where we as a country could be.Red hump =bad, blue hump =manageable..

Those who continue on as usual , not tamping down their social movement, will push us into the red hump.
This is a time for individual responsibility to lead the way, and every citizen needs to act in a responsible way. I don’t need Trump, Nanny Gubmnt at local or wide level, or the CDC to tell me to wash my hands and avoid any nonessential social interaction. It is amazing to me that people are not understanding “nonessential. “


This morning our community garden meeting was canceled, after much discussion and whining.My notoriously self-centered neighbor who I’ve known for decades and who always makes a decision from the center of his selfishness is so very sad. Awwwwwww, he has to make a tiny sacrifice in his life!

Each of us has to figure out what is essential versus frivolous travel within our communities. I know that many people have an essential role to play in our society that requires they be out and about. That is not me.I hope those who do not have essential roles will not be swayed by their feelings, but will instead make thoughtful fact based decisions about moving through society for the next few weeks.

[JaneV2.0]

I'm taken aback by those who are just now figuring out that they might have to lay in some supplies. I started gathering wipes, alcohol, gloves, etc. a month ago--I have a pretty active "security gland," I guess. My Kindle is fairly bursting and I have plenty of food. And coffee.

[ApatheticNoMore]

The chart is maybe all we are going do and it will make things better but it's already going to be really bad probably. Because the things government should do have been derailed by bad public policy (mostly the Trump admin), they can't prevent spread, they can't quarantine because no testing etc. etc., they can't even test people getting off the cruise ships that had corona - literally, there are just letting them out into the community corona or not (not that there isn't corona in the community but that's just increasing the spread). Government plus individual action (not one or the other) could have prevented the most death, but government led by the Trump administration failed, so all we may have is individual action and it won't be as successful as both.

[JaneV2.0]

From what I can tell--contrary to Trump's pronouncements--there are still few tests available. Health care workers are still begging for them. This is (literally) sickening. If we don't understand where the threat is greatest, and who is already affected, we're trying to respond blindly.

[Teacher Terry]

Part of the problem is deciding when to self quarantine depending on how bad it is where you live. No one wants to stay home for months.