Topic: Corona Virus Panic/Discussion Thread

For me, things haven’t changed too much locally. I’ve been on leave the last few days and if anything there have been more people out and about.

We’ve only been out for food and to walk the dog. Food shopping has been chaos. Walking the dog has been fine as the woods we go to are so big you can easily not run into someone else.

I’ve also been out for a run as I figure keeping fitness up will be important for what’s coming. Looking at getting one of those turbo trainers to use my bike indoors but don’t know if I can get a tyre for my bike as it’s a hybrid.

Back to work at the hospital next week which won’t be fun as loads of people are on leave (all leave has to be used by the end of March).

@Thrillho What you say was allowed here until yesterday. One was free to do some sport or walk the dog unless alone and respecting the 1,5 distance between each other. From today, because of few running and biking in groups or gathering in dog's areas, one can only walk within a range of 200 meters from his home.

@andreoni79 Yeah, I'm worried about the after-effects for a lot of businesses. We need this virus beat before the summer starts, and hopefully the tourism industries across Europe can have a good summer. People are going to want to get out and about as soon as they're allowed to, so hopefully there will be a bit of a tourism boom. But who knows?

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy You too, Foxy! We're treating this pretty seriously and have effectively limited the number of ways we might get infected (closed work to foot traffic and only take in computers via appointment now; are limiting shopping trips to once a week; have canceled all of our usual outings), so we'd have to be very unlucky to get smacked with it.

My mother does have to go to a hospital that is explicitly dealing with some suspected cases next week, though. Not happy about that.

@Gremio108 Doesnt look like it'll be beat any time soon, but hopefully it eases enough in 3 months to let people get closer to normal again. But then it might all kick off again, though hopefully not as strongly. And then rinse and repeat for a year or two lol

Oh dear @Gremio108... I hope things have gone a little more smoothly for ya this afternoon!

That's good to hear @Ralizah (Apart from that hospital bit of course with your mom... I'll cross my fingers and toes for her to be alright!)

We're ok over here in the Foxy household. Got a good amount of supplies.

People have been clearing out the supermarkets left, right and centre (Though my daughter managed to get some stuff for us (and especially my mom))... luckily the little corner shop just down the road from us had pretty much everything we really needed at the moment.

We’ve somehow managed to get more food in the local wee shop than in Aldi, where the shelves were emptied. My mum’s still having to go to work at Paperchase, who are refusing to close their shops despite the fact it isn’t essential goods. And yet she found out through the company’s Instagram that they’re staying open even though almost every other store in Glasgow has shut. It’s genuinely ridiculous that they’re forcing the staff to come in so they can sell stationary and diaries to grannies refusing to stay at home.

@nessisonett No matter how bad things got, I wouldn't eat or drink anything from a wee shop .

@kyleforrester87 Oh don’t get me wrong, I’m only touching the branded stuff, the last thing I want is the runs 😂😂

@nessisonett (wee is urine)

@kyleforrester87 Oof, that flew over my head.

@nessisonett lol

@RogerRoger Sorry man, missed this and hope you are doing well! Good luck.

@Gremio108 It gets easier with the kids once they get used to it. We have done Skype with their friends and that uses up an hour or so a day! We also do an hour of technology a day and then to try and do stuff or play in garden.

@Ralizah Best of luck with your ma and her hospital trip. My dad is in a similar situation.

Day One of isolation. Following a fraught morning involving the kids arguing, we managed to settle into a groove. I ventured to the shop and bought a loaf of bread for my elderly neighbours. It was going okay.

Then, while we were making dinner/tea (Delete as appropriate) my wife came into the room saying "Help, I think I'm on fire!" She turned around and, lo and behold, she was very much on fire. The kids start screaming and she's now running around the place like a Dark Souls boss with flames all up her back. Our house had turned into a real-life version of The Sims. I shouted at her to go outside where I started hitting the flames until they're out, almost setting myself alight in the process. This was followed by a twenty-minute period of me holding a lukewarm shower over her while I directed my eldest son in making sure the dinner didn't end up as overdone as my wife.

This isolation lark is going to be more dangerous than I thought. Stay safe everybody!

@Gremio108 Bloody hell, I probably shouldn’t laugh at that but the “I think I might be on fire” is a wonderfully British response. I hope she’s doing alright now!

We’re going to go to the beach with the dog tomorrow as who knows when we will next be able to venture that far (it’s only 20mins in the car). I’ve seen some horrible stats about how we have the same number of deaths in the UK as Italy did two weeks ago. Just gearing myself up for the next week of work which feels like it will be a descent into chaos.

@Gremio108 Hahahahaha, that was brilliant. Great parody of isolation. Oh, that made my day.

@Gremio108 dinner, and what - she was on fire? Really? Have i had too many beers tonight? Probably but why?

@Gremio108
Crikey, is that the first time she's been on fire? Hope she's ok!

My city just announced a "stay at home" order that goes in effect Monday night. I don't think there's been any cases in our county yet (and only about 30 in the state), so they're trying to get out ahead of it, which is good.

I believe everyone in our household works in "necessary" jobs though, so we'll have to see how it affects us. I work as a receptionist at an independent living center, my brother at Burger King (as a restaurant it might be open, but they're already drive through & delivery only), my mother at a local grocery store (she works in the deli though, so hopefully that limits her exposure to people somewhat), and my father works for the billing department of the hospital (though in an office setting in a building in a different part of town than the hospital itself).

I'm mostly worried about the fact that I have to take a cab to work on most days, and you never know who was in it before.

@Gremio108 hope she's OK now bro.

So coronavirus has ratcheted up somewhat now and it looks like our company plans are going to hit the skids. Maybe 2 or 3 days at most and we will all go into isolation. Probably ordered to early next week.

Crazy, surreal and mind boggling. Good luck everyone. Stay out of trouble, stay home and stay alive. None of you are allowed to die. Let's all agree on keeping that promise.