How are you dealing with Covid-19 (Novel Coronavirus) ?

[addy1]

Who knows?

Nobody

We will continue to protect ourselves.

 

[poconojoe]

I am very intrigued with the psychology behind everything in this pandemic. All the different reactions and behaviors. (Buying up all the TP for example.) I've noticed different patterns and reactions to stress and how it changes as more time passes. In the beginning, everyone was kind and trying to help others. Now more and more people are getting angry - whichever "side" they are on. I'm in GA, where we re-opened a bit sooner than perhaps was wise. My latest observation on human behavior is hearing what we want to hear. Supposedly, the re-opening was to be a slow, easing back in to business, with places having new procedures for social distancing. Everyone was encouraged to continue being very cautious and not gathering in big groups. Wear masks to help protect others - yada yada. Well you would think the Governor actually said "the pandemic is over. Do what you want." Because that is happening a LOT! In the grocery store, many people were without masks and there was very little distancing, if any. Graduation parties have started. Perhaps we will find that many people have had it already and are temporarily immune. Maybe the cases will stay low. Who knows? That would be fantastic. But realistically, I have concerns about what we will see in the weeks to come. Or hey - maybe the summer weather really will help keep things at bay. We can hope!

The GA governor was ridiculed by the left and the mainstream media for opening up. They were over the top and said he would have blood on his hands. At the same time, Colorado's governor did the same thing, but it was not even mentioned.
According to the news, GA is doing quite well, thank goodness.

 

[sissy]

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[j.w]

I just heard the prez is taking that hydroxychloraquine and zinc to help him if he gets covid-19. He says no ill effects found from it yet and will let us know how it goes.

 

[bagsmom]

I will be glad when life is able to settle back to something resembling normal. My parents are quite elderly and my dad is a lung cancer survivor, so his breathing is impaired even at the best of times. They live about 12 hours away and have no family to help them. We can't help them because we don't want to bring them any crud. No hotels where they live, even if we wanted to do a "distanced" kind of visit. We haven't seen them since Thanksgiving. Son graduates this year. They were supposed to be here right now, for a visit and celebration. Maybe later this summer, if we are lucky. Thank goodness for the out of doors and my pond!!!!

 

[Lisak1]

Again I think people staying home out of concern for their own situation is the right decision. And not to pick on you @CometKeith but look at what you said - you want the path to be the one that protects your future financial security. But why should your financial security take precedence over the financial security of the 1 million people in our state who have lost their jobs it the last six weeks? And it's fine to say "oh they can all go on unemployment!" But can they? My niece is a waitress - she makes good money when she's working, but her unemployment check is $17 a week because most of her earnings are tips. She's also worked as a barista, but the coffee shop that she previously worked at, that would LOVE to hire her back, can't because they took the PPP - you aren't allowed to take on employees who weren't on the payroll on a certain date. So they need employees, but can't hire them. She needs a job, they can't give her one.

And you're right - many, many elderly people lost their lives to this virus. But again - are those lives of more value than any other life?

 

[GBBUDD]

Sorry folks just go to the store everyone is wearing masks the push of contamination and death is all they need to do. Civil liberties the bill of rights the Constitution of the United States and last but by no means least most the Declaration of Independence .. Most under the age of 30 have no clue what any one or the differences between these are. My own son says socialism is better then Capitalisum Makes me very sad and sick to my stomach that we are at WAR and make no mistake about it forks we are at WAR. Whats that expression we all have heard THE PEN IS MIGHTIER THEN THE SWORD. Many out there want to knock us from our high pedestal. Worst part is its working. If we don't stop this greed and stupidity and I mean soon, what I was glad I would not be alive to see in thirty years is going to come much sooner look how close we just came to socialism in the White House. Stop being passive folks take a stand for your Rights.

 

[j.w]

This was on our local radio station here in Washington state, May 15th.

The talk radio host said this:

Every day I hear from people whose lives are being destroyed by our crumbling economy. We have 900,000 newly unemployed workers in our state.


Business owners who have put their heart and soul into building wonderful enterprises are devastated as their companies — and their financial lives — are disappearing into an abyss. More than one listener has told me they are crying themselves to sleep every night.


What does Gov. Inslee think about these shattered lives? He views it as a great opportunity.



In a disgustingly tone-deaf interview on Bernie Sanders’ website, Inslee told the Bernie-bros, “this has always been an economic opportunity … we should not be intimidated by people who say you should not use this COVID crisis to peddle a solution to climate change … we can’t use COVID as an excuse for inaction on climate change … they’re both so similar … based on an understanding of science.”


Inslee’s failed presidential bid — with climate change as his singular focus — earned him 0% support among Democrats. Now, with our state’s workers and business owners looking at what could be decade-long financial ruin, he has decided to continue down that insane path.


Rebuilding this economy is a monumental task. It will require laser-like focus to bring us back from financial devastation that may be worse than the Great Depression. The fact that Inslee says he looks at this as an opportunity to pursue his green agenda is a slap in the face to the people of this state who don’t know how they are going to feed their family in the days ahead.



Late Thursday afternoon, the state announced that it would be shutting down unemployment payments for two days because it’s been swamped with millions in fraudulent claims that it paid out to scammers.


Jay Inslee cannot manage essential necessities for his citizens in this crisis. The sleepless nights will continue. But we’re still supposed to believe that our private info will be safe when we gave our phone numbers and e-mails to restaurants, an Inslee requirement if we want to go out to eat.


Jay’s solution to all of this? Let’s build a windmill!


This is not about public health. Never let a good crisis go to waste. Inslee views this as an “opportunity” to ram through a failed social agenda.


Our business owners and the unemployed have broken hearts in this crisis. Your governor does not have that problem. Using this as a climate change tool reveals that he is heartless.

 

[poconojoe]

Amen j.w...
These dictators need to be voted out. We want our rights as American citizens returned to us. Stop this socialist agenda by voting for Democracy. This is a Democratic Republic and we can't let them take that away. Do your duty and vote.

 

[GBBUDD]

Again I think people staying home out of concern for their own situation is the right decision. And not to pick on you @CometKeith but look at what you said - you want the path to be the one that protects your future financial security. But why should your financial security take precedence over the financial security of the 1 million people in our state who have lost their jobs it the last six weeks? And it's fine to say "oh they can all go on unemployment!" But can they? My niece is a waitress - she makes good money when she's working, but her unemployment check is $17 a week because most of her earnings are tips. She's also worked as a barista, but the coffee shop that she previously worked at, that would LOVE to hire her back,

Careful Lisa your going to get the bad guy award and tied with me. But I agree whole heartedly.

 

[Jhn]

Agree with Lisa and Gbbudd, at some point soon people need to go back to work And keep politics out of it. The country can’t have 30-40% of the population collecting unemployment and being incentivized to stay home indefinitely until we have a cure for the virus. At that point everyone’s financial investments and security will be worthless as businesses will start declaring bankruptcy.
I am fortunate being an owner of a construction company and deemed essential, so we never stopped working. However, at some point if people aren’t making money they will stop spending it and for me new work at some point could stop coming in, it is already slowing down.

 

[CometKeith]

Again I think people staying home out of concern for their own situation is the right decision. And not to pick on you @CometKeith but look at what you said - you want the path to be the one that protects your future financial security. But why should your financial security take precedence over the financial security of the 1 million people in our state who have lost their jobs it the last six weeks? And it's fine to say "oh they can all go on unemployment!" But can they? My niece is a waitress - she makes good money when she's working, but her unemployment check is $17 a week because most of her earnings are tips. She's also worked as a barista, but the coffee shop that she previously worked at, that would LOVE to hire her back, can't because they took the PPP - you aren't allowed to take on employees who weren't on the payroll on a certain date. So they need employees, but can't hire them. She needs a job, they can't give her one.

And you're right - many, many elderly people lost their lives to this virus. But again - are those lives of more value than any other life?

Hi Lisa. From what I understand tips are earnings and taxable. I’m curious why she didn’t show more income from her tips. If she had then she would have been eligible for more money. I have always been self employed but I always properly reported my income and at some point I will get close to the maximum social security allowed. I don’t want to be critical but sometimes people make wrong decisions that can come back and hurt them later. I hope she makes it through things okay. I have made it a practice to tip at least $5 for any take out order that we get and am buying gift cards from local restaurants we like And don’t plan on cashing them in until 2021. I feel if some people are more fortunate they need to help other people that need the help. We can’t rely on the government to solve all the problems.

 

[CometKeith]

Agree with Lisa and Gbbudd, at some point soon people need to go back to work And keep politics out of it. The country can’t have 30-40% of the population collecting unemployment and being incentivized to stay home indefinitely until we have a cure for the virus. At that point everyone’s financial investments and security will be worthless as businesses will start declaring bankruptcy.
I am fortunate being an owner of a construction company and deemed essential, so we never stopped working. However, at some point if people aren’t making money they will stop spending it and for me new work at some point could stop coming in, it is already slowing down.

Hi Jhn. I’m in construction too. We paid our in house crew to stay home for 2 weeks when we first got the Illinois stay at home order. When we decided it was safe for them to work we let them work but decided to drop a few small jobs we considerEd to be more of a health risk due to overcrowding. So far the plumbing contractor and our hvac contractors both had to deal with positive corronavi cases. One of them actually worked in the same building as my guys when he was sick. Fortunately no one caught it from him because he was wearing a mask. I think everyone wants to go back to work. We just want to make it as safe as possible.ie testing and tracing when necessary and wearing protection when required. By the way did you get PPP from the SBA? We got our request about 10 days ago.

 

[GBBUDD]

By the way did you get PPP from the SBA? We got our request about 10 days ago.

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[CometKeith]

66% of the people who contracted the virus in New York were people who were sheltered at home. 25% who died were living in nursing home type environments. Here in Pennsylvania, we had a similar death rate in nursing homes. Something is wrong with those results or the mandates that we were told to abide by.

We're sending ventilators to India.

First it was flatten the curve. Now it's wait for a vaccine. They're up to their usual tricks of moving the goalposts to satisfy their agenda.

Looking back, I think we would have been better off if we did what Sweeden did or closer to home... Florida. We should have protected the more vulnerable people and the rest could have just been cautious.

The media has scared the crap out of some of our population. Some people are just gullible or brainwashed from watching certain doom and gloom so-called news outlets.

Yes, for certain there are some more concentrated urban areas that were more dangerous and those people needed to be more cautious, but the rest of the country shouldn't have been as restricted.

I'm 62 and I'm not worried at all. I wear the mask when I go to the store and use my hand sanitizer, but I'm not gonna hide in my basement in fear.

Hi Pocono. I agree that different areas have different infection rates and number of cases and deaths so it’s hard to prescribe a one size fits all remedy. I think that’s great you are wearing a face mask when you go to the store. Even though it sounds like there is a lot of disagreement here there is also a lot of middle ground which is good, I went to a Home Depot over the weekend and there was a woman drinking a drink from a cup and not wearing a mask. She gave a little “cough” as she went by the aisle and I heard her cough again from fairly close by. I got pretty upset and my wife said I was crazy and asked me why I didn’t confront her if I wanted her to wear a mask. I don’t think I was “crazy”. We are trying to be careful and one person’s irresponsibility can get a lot of other people sick.