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

[Molpet]

https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/03/13/coronavirus-pandemic-tale-3-leaders-trump-merkel-macron/

Sad but accurate

 

[CapricornFarm]

I live in Maine. Back in the woods... the only place where you can raise six hens, two roosters, and four guinea fowl! Guinea fowl especially.

Oh yes, I have traveled through Maine many times. Used to live in NS.

 

[ErnieBerley]

Why is everyone obsessed with getting a lot of toilet paper?

 

[CapricornFarm]

Anything that is sold out, people want.

 

[AgnesGray]

No, it's not. See my post above. These people are doing their literal jobs.

Or, perhaps, you would rather international health organizations NOT be running pandemic preparedness simulations? Cause that's the alternative.

Like what's the proposal here? Bill Gates made the Coronavirus? The CDC does pandemic simulations and updates their pandemic plan every year too. Did the CDC make the virus too?

Woah... No need to jump on me for the fact that this bothers me for reasons you fail to see. And no one here wishes that the organizations involved not be prepared and it's snarky to suggest that this was my intent and totally misses the point.

Ponder the facts, draw your own conclusions, and I will do the same.

 

[pasdechat73]

Anything that is sold out, people want.

Very true. Hubby texted me 30 min ago and said Walmart is out of all things paper. LOL. I'm going to have to dry out a basket of leaves if we run out

 

[sourland]

In case no one has clarified this yet. There is no ban on goods and never has been.

Problems in supply may arise when/if hotspots are shut down. New Rochelle, NY is dealing with such a shut down right now.

 

[silly4buttons]

I touch my face WAY WAY too often!

I think there's a good balance between some people I talk to saying "It's not a big deal, I'm just going about my day as if nothing is different!" vs. "OMG! Buy up everything & freak-out!!!"

IMHO, a metered, calm, deliberate, mindful, and balanced response is good. It's definitely a bigger deal than the seasonal flu, but it's not 10,000 people walking around with Ebola.

The toilet-paper thing is odd... really really odd to me. I'm guessing that some people started stocking up, others saw them doing it, so they did the same, then it got on the news "stores are out of TP!"... then everyone watching the news thought (even subconsciously) "OMG! I didn't know I needed to stockpile TP, but everyone else is, and it's clearly not available, so I should go get some wherever I can... just in case! I don't want to be the only one without TP!!!"

Heck, I know it's silly, but I can feel my monkey-brain twitching a little and thinking, "Wait, should I be doing it too?!?!"

... then I remember: Oh ya, I have a bidet, and also lots of TP from a costco run a few months ago... so I'm solid!

BTW, I'm a HUGE convert and fan of bidets! I have gifted 10 for friends & family that are now also converts! They are super fast / easy install, and work GREAT! This isn't the exact one I got, but it's almost exactly the same and has almost 9,000 reviews!!!
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OH, how funny! Look at the ad I just got while typing this!!


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[Duckfarmer1]

I sleep during the day, and am awake during the night.

Not to be nosy, but when do you do the farm work, or regular work...?

 

[pasdechat73]

Problems in supply may arise when/if hotspots are shut down. New Rochelle, NY is dealing with such a shut down right now.

True. Hopefully though, it shouldn't last. We shall see...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/03/13/toilet-paper-shortage/