Coronavirus, Covid 19 Discussion and How It Has Affected Your Daily Life Chat Thread

[casportpony]

A good friend of mine passed away from cancer on the 30th. I just found out last night. He was one of the last people I saw outside my very-closest friends before lockdown hit in March. His lovely wife is holding off on his memorial until the summer because she doesn't wanna risk anyone getting sick - the hope is by then most people will be vaccinated and case counts will be down.

I knew this man from about 9 years old. He liked D&D and gave dice away at his wedding as wedding favors. I still have mine. He liked to illuminate medieval style manuscripts and we painted D&D miniatures together in March.

Pretty heartbroken right now.

So sorry.

 

[SnapdragonQ]

A good friend of mine passed away from cancer on the 30th. I just found out last night. He was one of the last people I saw outside my very-closest friends before lockdown hit in March. His lovely wife is holding off on his memorial until the summer because she doesn't wanna risk anyone getting sick - the hope is by then most people will be vaccinated and case counts will be down.

I knew this man from about 9 years old. He liked D&D and gave dice away at his wedding as wedding favors. I still have mine. He liked to illuminate medieval style manuscripts and we painted D&D miniatures together in March.

Pretty heartbroken right now.

 

[Winter Creek Coop]

Here in my city:

Total number of cases in Gilroy since March:

Jan. 28: 6,594

Jan. 26: 6,521

Jan. 25: 6,502

Jan. 24: 6,469

Jan. 22: 6,333

Jan. 19: 6,179

Jan. 18: 6,133

Jan. 17: 6,090

Jan. 12: 5,694

Jan. 11: 5,644

Jan. 6: 5,171

Jan. 5: 5,119

Jan. 3: 5,031

Dec. 31: 4,765

Dec. 29: 4,575

Dec. 27: 4,520

Dec. 24: 4,201

Dec. 23: 4,140

Dec. 22: 4,094

Dec. 20: 4,003

Dec. 18: 3,755

Dec. 16: 3,566

Dec. 15: 3,517

Dec. 14: 3,446

Dec. 13: 3,363

Dec. 11: 3,162

Dec. 10: 3,035

Dec. 9: 2,989

Dec. 8: 2,935

Dec. 7: 2,834

Dec. 4: 2,610

Dec. 3: 2,538

Dec. 1: 2,471

Nov. 30: 2,457

Nov. 27: 2,393

Nov. 24: 2,263

Nov. 23: 2,245

Nov. 22: 2,208

Nov. 20: 2,110

Nov. 19: 2,068

Nov. 18: 2,044

Nov. 17: 2,027

Nov. 16: 2,003

Nov. 11: 1,864

Nov. 8: 1,848

Nov. 3: 1,767

Nov. 1: 1,760

Oct. 28: 1,731

Oct. 19: 1,655

Oct. 13: 1,617

Oct. 12: 1,615

Oct. 5: 1,583

Sept. 29: 1,538

Sept. 27: 1,532

Sept. 22: 1,487

Sept. 21: 1,480

Sept. 14: 1,376

Sept. 7: 1,299

Sept. 1: 1,162

Aug. 31: 1,152

Aug. 25: 1,066

Aug. 18: 937

Aug. 10: 804

Aug. 3: 615

July 29: 524

July 22: 453

July 21: 414

July 14: 323

These are rolling totals right? So 6594 since March total. At least it looks like the rate is slowing some.

 

[casportpony]

These are rolling totals right? So 6594 since March total. At least it looks like the rate is slowing some.

Yes, rolling stats.

 

[IamRainey]

So sorry for your loss, CM.

I hear ya that that would be scary, casportpony. My son went to UCSC and we drove through Gilroy frequently.

Have you got a vaccination program up and running? Can Gilroy even get all the ag workers interested in getting vaccinated or does Immigration frighten them too much to show up at a vaccination site? Do they have adequate masks? Or are they even willing to wear them when they're working?

Do you know if it's a similar story in other spots like Watsonville?

 

[ChocolateMouse]

Post got pulled. So I'll edit mine.

 

[aart]

I did just get those little metal nosebands in the mail the other day and plan to give them a try. I'll stitch them in instead of just sticking them on with the sticky strips.

The mask I have has a sleeve for a nose band, they used a twist tie-which is useless, but I was impressed they left the end open to change it out.

 

[h2oratt]

These are rolling totals right? So 6594 since March total. At least it looks like the rate is slowing some.

Oh I thought it was daily total, not rolling. Makes more sense.

 

[h2oratt]

So sorry for your loss, CM.

I hear ya that that would be scary, casportpony. My son went to UCSC and we drove through Gilroy frequently.

Have you got a vaccination program up and running? Can Gilroy even get all the ag workers interested in getting vaccinated or does Immigration frighten them too much to show up at a vaccination site? Do they have adequate masks? Or are they even willing to wear them when they're working?

Do you know if it's a similar story in other spots like Watsonville?

Is that where you think the spike is? Ag workers?

 

[SnapdragonQ]

The mask I have has a sleeve for a nose band, they used a twist tie-which is useless, but I was impressed they left the end open to change it out.

I'm not sure leaving the end open was a purposeful thing, depending on who made it.
Some of the patterns out there don't have the maker stitching ends on the sleeve because the pattern is more for people making masks assembly line style.
I stitch mine in so they don't come out in the washing machine and end up getting into the machine innards to cause problems.

As an aside, I really like using the pipe cleaners because they are light but easy to mold to whatever shape needed, however I find that even when I bend the cut ends back on themselves, after a few washes they can sometimes get a little pokey.
Hopefully the smoother traditional ones will be better.