In my city libraries and certain community groups are giving out free lunches to school kids who are relying on school lunches for their meals. They're having special facilities cleaned specially for preparing the lunches in extra sanitary small groups put together before they start distribution. So I think at least school kids will get their meals the next few weeks but it's still rough.
What's extra infuriating is all of this that's happening, the community organizing, the telecommuting, the online courses... I know a lot of people who have been desperate for these changes in their day to day lives, often due to disability needs, but have been denied them many times. Suddenly though exceptions can be made and people can move courses online, and of course they can accommodate sick people and keep everyone working at home, and no those meetings DON'T need to be in person actually, etc. etc.
Or folks who are suddenly getting rent deferments because a lot of low income people are dramatically effected by their workplaces shutting down feel very angry because when they were asking for deferments so they could, say, feed their children or pay to fix their car it was not OK.
It's kind of frustrating to suddenly see all of the very human-centric and equitable things we could have been doing all along for humans struggling with human needs but were told were impossible, now they're being done for the good of humanity without a bat of the eye because of a virus. I guess those things aren't so impossible after all, just nobody ever wanted/was forced to do them.
But it's good to see the solidarity, the willingness to be good to eachother and do your part, and the desire to improve. I just hope we all remember that if they can suddenly stop income-based evictions and utility shut-offs, allow short notice emergency unemployment benefits, force paid sick leave, allow telecommuting and put online courses together for people now, we can still do those things for vulnerable people next month too, or whenever they need it.
I’m a Marvel fan, and Midgard is what the Asgardians (Thor) call earth. But within Midgard, I am from Virginia.
but luckily I’m on spring break but when school starts back up (when it’s supposed to anyway) they might make us stay home depending on how things go. But otherwise we’ve just been preparing for stores to be empty so we stocked on chicken, horse, duck, and dog feed and food for us too. I also went and bought my bearded dragon crickets and stuff for his salads and pellets too. 
