I think what happened in March was that there was a continual supply of goods coming in buit they were being greeted by panickers. I'm wondering if there wasa point at which it became clear taht there was supplies to go around if people were sensible.Or am i having too much faith in the human race. I wasn't in the UK at the time and can't really remember what the story about timeline was here.I didn't get into town very frequently, think it was mainly to get heels done on boots and things.
Stocked up on toilet rolls of various types when I found them over that initial period. Also noticed bran cereal disappeared which may been coincidental but did seem to take a while to return so wondered about supply channels and things.
was just thinking about the panicking thing cos one person on my FB feed was showing the shelves after people had been in there panicking which I know I saw a lot on there back in March
― Stevolende, Friday, 6 November 2020 12:30 (three years ago) link
My March level anxiety is about about people I love dying, I'll somehow manage to wipe my arse.
― here we go, ten in a rona (onimo), Friday, 6 November 2020 12:59 (three years ago) link
yup. A friend was just coming out of cancer treatment, then their whole family got Covid, and he's got pneumonia on top too, and is in intensive care. Really quite scared for him. (Family members are key workers so most likely cause of infection). Just awful.
― kinder, Friday, 6 November 2020 13:06 (three years ago) link
My husband works in the busiest and largest emergency department in Philadelphia, I get it...
I'm just saying, if you take precautions yourself, I found it does help with anxiety about others such as loved ones.
― healthy cocaine off perfect butts (the table is the table), Friday, 6 November 2020 13:10 (three years ago) link
I had a horrible dream last night where they developed a vaccine and gave the first doses to doctors and first responders and then, after it was too late, they found out something was wrong with it and all the doctors and first responders died, and then we suddenly had no doctors and first responders in the middle of a worsening pandemic.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 6 November 2020 13:38 (three years ago) link
I do and it does (though sometimes I get caught in the additional anxiety of my minor transgressions or the judging of others). What also sometimes helps is venting in the venting thread.
Schools being back full time here caused some early anxiety where every snuffle was treated as the dreaded 'vid then it all settled down for a bit. Now it's becoming real again with over half of my daughter's year group isolating at home as contacts of positive cases.
― here we go, ten in a rona (onimo), Friday, 6 November 2020 15:23 (three years ago) link
know the feeling; really sorry to hear it
― like, I’m eating an elephant head (katherine), Friday, 6 November 2020 15:30 (three years ago) link
Absolutely. I'm just trying to offer advice, not shame anyone for feeling anxious or venting.
― healthy cocaine off perfect butts (the table is the table), Friday, 6 November 2020 15:31 (three years ago) link
Sorry table, reacting to things that aren't there. Good week for it.
― here we go, ten in a rona (onimo), Friday, 6 November 2020 16:35 (three years ago) link
new covid cases in new york are now higher than they've been since the beginning of May and seemingly nobody gives a shit, which is fucking INFURIATING
― like, I’m eating an elephant head (katherine), Monday, 9 November 2020 23:11 (three years ago) link
It's insane. Our state is heading completely off the rails and I don't know if people are just numb, bored, distracted, tired of it or some combination of all the above, but the complete apathy is astounding.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 9 November 2020 23:12 (three years ago) link
well the vaccine is coming
― groovemaaan, Monday, 9 November 2020 23:13 (three years ago) link
Except, per the other thread, it's very likely that *best case* that vaccine is not distributed in a wide enough manner until September 2021. A lot more people can die between now and then if we all just quit thinking about.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 9 November 2020 23:18 (three years ago) link
and also people don't un-get sick once a vaccine arrives
― like, I’m eating an elephant head (katherine), Monday, 9 November 2020 23:38 (three years ago) link
so, my sister has it. she showed some symptoms on Friday, went to get tested and got the results today. her symptoms are mild and she doesn't seem worried. from what i can tell, if it's going to get worse it'll happen 5-10 days from onset, so tomorrow through Saturday.
she has an infant and a toddler and seems fatalistic about being able to isolate from her husband when they're already just barely functioning. i tried to convince her that anything she does will reduce his viral load and is worth doing, even if it's not perfect.
time to call my parents ...
― lukas, Tuesday, 10 November 2020 04:12 (three years ago) link
So sorry to hear it, lukas! What a rough spot for them to be in. Hoping for the best.
― Fetchboy, Tuesday, 10 November 2020 05:17 (three years ago) link
so sorry lukas.
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 10 November 2020 08:32 (three years ago) link
Best to you and yours, Lukas.
― healthy cocaine off perfect butts (the table is the table), Tuesday, 10 November 2020 12:11 (three years ago) link
Now it's becoming real again with over half of my daughter's year group isolating at home as contacts of positive cases.― here we go, ten in a rona (onimo), Friday, 6 November 2020 15:23 (four days ago) bookmarkflaglink
― here we go, ten in a rona (onimo), Friday, 6 November 2020 15:23 (four days ago) bookmarkflaglink
since discovered that my daughter's friend (tested +ve), her sister (also +ve) and their mother (you guessed it) were all spotted in the local shopping mall catching up on a bit of Christmas shopping while everyone else is isolating because of them and I could just fucking
― here we go, ten in a rona (onimo), Tuesday, 10 November 2020 14:06 (three years ago) link
To be perfectly honest, if it wasn't the election, it would be the pandemic that is proof that Americans are too selfish to live.
― healthy cocaine off perfect butts (the table is the table), Tuesday, 10 November 2020 14:33 (three years ago) link
xp call the cops on 'em imo.
― neith moon (ledge), Tuesday, 10 November 2020 14:33 (three years ago) link
In the words of big patso
@Tesco am no a grass— Patso Perpète (@big_patso) March 23, 2015
but yes, tempted
― here we go, ten in a rona (onimo), Tuesday, 10 November 2020 15:26 (three years ago) link
No reason to give a pass to onimo's neighbours imo.
― @oneposter (👍) (sic), Tuesday, 10 November 2020 19:16 (three years ago) link
Shit, Lukas, that sounds like a lot. At the very least I hope there is some comfort for them in knowing they have someone like you advocating for them and helping them out however you can. Sending good vibes your way.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 10 November 2020 19:17 (three years ago) link
All th best, Lukas.
Onimo, you need to call that shot in or at least publicly shame these arseholes. These jokers are putting people’s health, safety, lives at risk in an act of pure selfishness.
― American Fear of Scampos (Ed), Tuesday, 10 November 2020 19:30 (three years ago) link
Man, I just really hate how I feel tonight. I’ve essentially just given up hope that things are ever going to get better. Fuck this pandemic, fuck the lack of competent leadership in this shitty country and most importantly, fuck the selfish people who refuse to take even the most basic steps to mitigate this disaster - thanks to you, we may never see the end of this.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 12 November 2020 02:47 (three years ago) link
Feeling you my man I’m dreading this winter, it’s going to be a real challenge. But it’ll turn around. There’s something better on the other side of this shit.
― early-Woolf semantic prosody (Hadrian VIII), Thursday, 12 November 2020 03:02 (three years ago) link
If you survive enough disasters, then even if you aren't sure you'll survive another, you no longer feel like disasters are not survivable. That's about where I am now. I always have my eye out for the flying monkeys to come and trounce me, but I figure there are way too many of us for the flying monkeys to destroy.
― the unappreciated charisma of cows (Aimless), Thursday, 12 November 2020 03:48 (three years ago) link
My uncle, who is 89, was just diagnosed positive
― DJP, Thursday, 12 November 2020 17:07 (three years ago) link
Uh, sorry.
― An Andalusian Do-rag (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 12 November 2020 17:08 (three years ago) link
sorry Dan, best wishes to him
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 12 November 2020 17:09 (three years ago) link
Sorry Dan, sending good thoughts to you and your family.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 12 November 2020 17:12 (three years ago) link
So sorry, Dan. Best wishes for his health.
― Fetchboy, Thursday, 12 November 2020 17:23 (three years ago) link
best wishes for your uncle, Dan.
― Lover of Nixon (or LON for short) (Neanderthal), Thursday, 12 November 2020 18:23 (three years ago) link
He was not hospitalized and his daughter/granddaughter are monitoring his oxygen levels, which have been pretty steady even though he's been physically weak. He fell twice a week and a half ago and they took him to the ER thinking he'd had another stroke.
― DJP, Thursday, 12 November 2020 18:27 (three years ago) link
best wishes to you and lukas; fuck this pandemic
― like, I’m eating an elephant head (katherine), Thursday, 12 November 2020 18:31 (three years ago) link
ugh. what hell that would be on anybody's psyche. glad to hear his oxygen has been steady
xpost
― Lover of Nixon (or LON for short) (Neanderthal), Thursday, 12 November 2020 18:33 (three years ago) link
sorry Dan sending positive thoughts
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 12 November 2020 18:41 (three years ago) link
Sending love to you and your uncle xx
― scampopo (suzy), Thursday, 12 November 2020 18:46 (three years ago) link
Sorry, DJP. Best to your uncle.
― the colour out of space (is the place) (PBKR), Thursday, 12 November 2020 18:46 (three years ago) link
That sucks Dan, sorry.
― lukas, Thursday, 12 November 2020 18:52 (three years ago) link
I'm sorry, Dan. Hoping the best for you and your family.
― @oneposter(✔️) (Karl Malone), Thursday, 12 November 2020 19:02 (three years ago) link
Sending well wishes to you and him, Dan
― healthy cocaine off perfect butts (the table is the table), Thursday, 12 November 2020 20:24 (three years ago) link
So sorry to hear that Dan.
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 12 November 2020 21:52 (three years ago) link
<3 DJP and family
― discourse stu (m bison), Thursday, 12 November 2020 23:16 (three years ago) link
Best wishes DJP
― ALAB (onimo), Thursday, 12 November 2020 23:27 (three years ago) link
Rough stuff Dan. Hang tough.
― early-Woolf semantic prosody (Hadrian VIII), Thursday, 12 November 2020 23:37 (three years ago) link
Best of all possible thoughts to people in the Daniverse.
― coupvfefe (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 13 November 2020 00:12 (three years ago) link
Best to your uncle, Dan.
― Everything's Blue In This Whorl (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 13 November 2020 00:22 (three years ago) link
I'm going to read through the thread, but ...
Guess just want to ask, for those who may (also) have high school age children who have to learn from home, how are they weathering this nightmare emotionally and academically?
― Everything's Blue In This Whorl (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 13 November 2020 00:24 (three years ago) link