Hows everyone fending during the outbreaks?

[Agathas]

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.

Ya but they won't carry on. Once there life is back there absent minded af. And ya they have closed all food pantries in my home state for two months. And the home energy assistance program known as cheap. In ohio.. won't let u inside u have to stand outside to get help. But ya they can shut down everything and keep Bill's on. I wanna know who is rooting all this with uncle sam side. Will the rich pay more and the poor pay less. U can't tax us as much as a million air. But they do. If I was on food stamps and got a job. Say I have 3 kids and get a job. If I make 1 dollar a yr they take one food stamp away so say I make three hundred this month and my food stamps are 410 each month. They will take a dollar away for every dollar u make. Now how is that helping I thought food stamps were to get oyt of a bind . But how, if people that are trying to come up a little in life I work and get 3 hundred in a check for let's just say rent and use my stamps on food so I dont have to spend a few hundred of the only cash I get each month for rent on food. But its impossible cause they would take all my stamps and I'd be back in the same place . Wouldn't make it any farther away from poor. This is just a medifor im not on stamps . I could and lie and say I'm renting a room off my bf. I'd qualify quickly but there are people who need them. I need medical and they dont give that free here. All this makes me wanna set my goal for 5 yrs to be fully off grid instead of 10. That's my purpose for my flock. I have a brown thumb.no wait its black really black. And I've already killed my first set of eggs. But I have 4 chicks now. No eggs and my garden is still growing in cups in the back room. Everyone is in life for just them selfs. But i can't watch someone go hungry unless they are doing it to them selfs and getting drugs or something instead of what they need. Sorry rambling pretty good her. But dont feel bad my chickens are probably even tired of me rambling also.

 

[rosemarythyme]

On the plus side: it seems I have not heard about many mass shootings since the pandemic started....people still suck for hoarding things, but I guess I’d rather hear about the lack of toilet paper than shot up schools, malls, churches etc.

Hard to mass shoot people when there aren't masses of people to shoot at.

 

[Dawnclucks22]

While there is certainly a risk, in my opinion, the panic is worse than the virus itself. That being said, wash your hands, cover your cough, and stay away from people!

 

[Agathas]

On the plus side: it seems I have not heard about many mass shootings since the pandemic started....people still suck for hoarding things, but I guess I’d rather hear about the lack of toilet paper than shot up schools, malls, churches etc.

Rite, theres no time but if it does get crazy and we start dropping like flies then its gonna be worse than any schools being shot up or malls. I hope I won't have to bring the end of the world side of me out. People can hoard all they want but it's the attitude people have with this new flu. I haven't been grocery shopping in two weeks now . Have the toilet paper I bought. At that time also.. leaf's are free. And if you dont grab the rong ones your aok. Now if I run out of coffee. I think I'll be acting crazy. Lol

 

[Agathas]

Call the dental office. Mine sent out an email, business as usual, but please reschedule if you show any signs of flu, cold, or possible covid or have been around anyone testing positive.

I just went to a doctor's appt earlier this week (could've easily canceled as it was for a minor issue) and really seemed like business as usual, not many cancellations.
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Up date: was at the store tonite and there out of everything here now also. Schools closed for two weeks. I'm not worrying about it. I may even cough when I go to stores so nobody comes around me. I'm sure it would work cause I do it as people are coughing and snaughting and sneezing. But really I'm not concerned about it. Regular colds kill every day but someone thought it should have a name cause its bigger kind of cold. So I guess a cold is a cold and not made a big deal out of even when you die from one. That's just my opinion. How many people die each year from a common cold but they dont make a big deal over it , now how many has died from the coronavirus. Probably not as many yet by far.. I dont know about the rest of you but I have plenty of rags and a washing machine. I'm good to go. I got chicken and veggies growing. The world can freak out about how to while there butts , I'll be enjoying my coffee just like every morning and still whipping my butt. Witch is more sanitary than just some tissue....

Does anyone see this on the site we are chatting on.free toilet ppl paper. I bet they dont have any left lol

 

[Agathas]

I’m a Marvel fan, and Midgard is what the Asgardians (Thor) call earth. But within Midgard, I am from Virginia.

My chickens are not food, they are pets, but I hope it doesn’t get to the point where I have to consider eating them (I doubt it will). They’re like my babies.

My chickens are pets also but I will eat them if needed. I may cry the whole time but I won't be hungry.

 

[ChickenChic7507]

Heyyy y’all!

Soo.... I’m down here in Oklahoma... my family and I aren’t really worried about Covid 19 aka coronavirus. My opinion it’s just a mutation of the flu. Anyways we went to Walmart etc... to get toilet paper and stuff and now they’re saying Oklahoma is going on the quarantine thing possibly so we had to stack up like every other person except we’re not exactly hoarding like some others... 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.

* p. s. *
THERE WAS AN 11 LB BAG OF MEALWORMS AT TRACTOR SUPPLY! It was $60 it was absolutely huge! We didn’t get it though lol
(My neighbors got two little tiney tiny tabby kittens!)

 

[Agathas]

Heyyy y’all!

Soo.... I’m down here in Oklahoma... my family and I aren’t really worried about Covid 19 aka coronavirus. My opinion it’s just a mutation of the flu. Anyways we went to Walmart etc... to get toilet paper and stuff and now they’re saying Oklahoma is going on the quarantine thing possibly so we had to stack up like every other person except we’re not exactly hoarding like some others... 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.

* p. s. *
THERE WAS AN 11 LB BAG OF MEALWORMS AT TRACTOR SUPPLY! It was $60 it was absolutely huge! We didn’t get it though lol
(My neighbors got two little tiney tiny tabby kittens!)

My chickens absolutely refuse to eat those dried out things. I dont know why buy not one of my 4 will eat them. I just have a bag sitting here. Maybe someone will need them soon. My lizard won't even eat them either.

 

[Agathas]

Heyyy y’all!

Soo.... I’m down here in Oklahoma... my family and I aren’t really worried about Covid 19 aka coronavirus. My opinion it’s just a mutation of the flu. Anyways we went to Walmart etc... to get toilet paper and stuff and now they’re saying Oklahoma is going on the quarantine thing possibly so we had to stack up like every other person except we’re not exactly hoarding like some others... 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.

* p. s. *
THERE WAS AN 11 LB BAG OF MEALWORMS AT TRACTOR SUPPLY! It was $60 it was absolutely huge! We didn’t get it though lol
(My neighbors got two little tiney tiny tabby kittens!)

Lots of horse meat there. It will be like some of the restaurants back in the day. When they were caught. Horse burgers.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

My chickens are livestock that feed me breakfast. I usually hatch a lot and no one needs that many roosters. I select the 10-20% that I want for breeding. We eat chicken soooo.
I've watched this thread for a while and I find the change in the poll interesting.
The answer 'Nothing, as far as I know' was leading for a while and just this morning was at 54%. It is now down to 23%. 'NO TOILET PAPER" and 'Schools shut' have jumped way up.