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

[h2oratt]

Hey Everyone and Especially Fellow Chicken Lovers ----

I'm just gonna butt in here because I know of an entire family in Texas who are down with COVID right now, including a special needs toddler (heart condition, Down's). They all live in the same kinda smallish duplex and when one person brought it home, they all came down with it.

There's actually a connection with the CBD and THC thing. Hank is a custom glassblower who makes accessories for those who live in what's now the majority of states that allow MMJ or the states that allow recreational. As a person over 50 years of age, and now with legalization in many states, I'm more open minded to the therapeutic possibilities of cannabis than I was when I was 20 or 30 years old, when I was strongly against all that.

Hank, Betty, and the two kids are reeling economically from the required isolation and everything else that COVID has disrupted. Betty works in the service industry and has done so for years. In restaurants, you don't get paid if you're not physically present, .

Betty did her due diligence and is vaccinated (I encouraged that, but was just one of many). I don't know about Hank's vax status. The kids are way under 5 years, so they can't be vaccinated.

I just wanna say to the others on here, Please Get Vaccinated. No, the vaccines aren't 100%, but they do help reduce the amount of COVID infections circulating around that could I felt and really hurt vulnerable elderly people or children with health problems. Don't be selfish.

And, please be kind and wear a mask in crowded indoor places or at medical or dental appointments or the like. (I have mine plus the first booster. The second booster is coming up in several weeks).

Wish this were about chickens !!

I think everyone who wants a vaccine (in this country) has gotten one. Did you hear about bill gates new book? How to prevent the next pandemic? I will read it once I can get a copy.

 

[Aunt Angus]

Can he live on his own? Drive, hold a job? If he can finction just fine then I agree with him.

I'm not sure driving is an indicator of ability to function. And he doesn't mind if you disagree with him.

 

[Ninjasquirrel]

I'm not sure driving is an indicator of ability to function. And he doesn't mind if you disagree with him.

A lot of people define it as such. I had a client I cared for with an intellectual disability and seizure disorder. He used to live on his own and held down a job. Then one day he had a seizure while driving. Even though his seizures are controlled by his medicine (worked there for 2 years and he never had a seizure) his family still put him in a home.

 

[Aunt Angus]

A lot of people define it as such. I had a client I cared for with an intellectual disability and seizure disorder. He used to live on his own and held down a job. Then one day he had a seizure while driving. Even though his seizures are controlled by his medicine (worked there for 2 years and he never had a seizure) his family still put him in a home.

My future DIL has seizure disorder and can't drive. She also runs her own business, so I'd say she "functions." And there are lots of places where you don't need to drive, like when my daughter lived in Manhattan. She didn't bother getting a license until in her mid-twenties. Why drive when public transportation is so easy? She drives now, but lives in Silicon Valley where she doesn't need to, esp as she telecommutes (she works for Amazon corporate). There are too many variables to define "ability to function" so narrowly, imo.

 

[Aunt Angus]

A lot of people define it as such. I had a client I cared for with an intellectual disability and seizure disorder. He used to live on his own and held down a job. Then one day he had a seizure while driving. Even though his seizures are controlled by his medicine (worked there for 2 years and he never had a seizure) his family still put him in a home.

And putting him in a home seems drastic, but I assume there's more to that story. If someone can pay their bills and live on their own, committing them to a home for seizure disorder seems unnecessary to me.

 

[Ninjasquirrel]

And putting him in a home seems drastic, but I assume there's more to that story. If someone can pay their bills and live on their own, committing them to a home for seizure disorder seems unnecessary to me.

I agree but it wasn't my decision. I just took care of him. He used to tell me all about his job and how he loved living on his own. I felt bad but there's nothing I could do about it but do my job

 

[Aunt Angus]

I agree but it wasn't my decision. I just took care of him. He used to tell me all about his job and how he loved living on his own. I felt bad but there's nothing I could do about it but do my job

That must be hard. You must see a lot of situations like that.

 

[h2oratt]

I'm not sure driving is an indicator of ability to function. And he doesn't mind if you disagree with him.

Maybe not but then you need to live somewhere you can take transit or ride a bike.

 

[h2oratt]

My future DIL has seizure disorder and can't drive. She also runs her own business, so I'd say she "functions." And there are lots of places where you don't need to drive, like when my daughter lived in Manhattan. She didn't bother getting a license until in her mid-twenties. Why drive when public transportation is so easy? She drives now, but lives in Silicon Valley where she doesn't need to, esp as she telecommutes (she works for Amazon corporate). There are too many variables to define "ability to function" so narrowly, imo.

I agree but if you live in the middle of no where it does make it more difficult. The key is to live where you are able to take care of your needs.

 

[Hayden Goseek]

I think everyone who wants a vaccine (in this country) has gotten one. Did you hear about bill gates new book? How to prevent the next pandemic? I will read it once I can get a copy.

I agree about the vaccines. (I would be sceptical about Gates. We ignore Doctors with contrary views but fawn over Billionairs.)