The Covid-19 Thread: News, Preparation Tips, Etc

rayne

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I'm at Walmart just doing my regular shopping and it's not as bad as I thought but it's not good either. I'm glad that I came today instead of Saturday because it'd probably be worse. They're either completely out of or really low on everything you can think of from dishwashing liquid to sanitary napkins to plastic utensils. I'm going to a grocery store after this and I'm scared it's going to be even worse.
 

cocosweet

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A former coworker of dh's moved to Italy just in time for this. :nono:

My girl scout troop is traveling to the founder's house in Savannah next week. We gone be wiping down everything in sight on the train.
After having a come to Jesus convo with my coleader today:


More like postponed, but there's no gif for that to express my feelings.
:cry: I was so excited about this trip too.
 

winterinatl

All natural!
Wa state gov amended his previous announcement. He ordered 43 districts across three counties to close for six weeks. We are providing “maintenance” instruction. We won’t take grades or attendance. Purely to keep students engaged over the long break. We will feed them sack breakfasts and lunches. Admin still report to work. Teachers get to stay home as of Monday. Not sure about classified yet.
My sis the infectious diseases doc doesn’t have a place for her kids to go. She still needs to work. Said her kids’ friends’ parents won’t keep them bc she works in a hospital. I may have to bring them to school with me. How boring for them!

ETA: state instruction site says we won’t have to make up this missed time like snow days.
 

sheanu

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That's nothing.
There's a cruise ship coming here with 5 infected passengers: 4 crew and 1 guest.

Not sure whether the government is going to allow the passengers to disembark, but this riling up so many people right now. It's too reckless; they're going to regret this and soon.

(eta: They're saying that the passengers will not be allowed to dock. We'll see how this pans out.)
My coworker was just telling me this morning that he and his wife are super excited to go on a cruise they booked after all this went down. It's this weekend. He is black and married to a clear woman.
 

Chromia

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I’ve been getting a million emails, from every company about this virus. It’s annoying me.
I got emails from Pet Supplies Plus and PetSmart about the virus, which I wasn't expecting but it makes sense.

I get emails from 2 malls but so far only 1 of them sent a COVID-19 email.
 

ThirdEyeBeauty

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I just saw this on IG

This week, someone showed me a copy of this book on their phone. I thought it was coming from the 1981 Dean Koontz's book The Eyes of Darkness. I was shocked at the details coming from what I thought was one book. Now I know it was two different books. Thank you for the information. Still very interesting, if it is true.
 

Chromia

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Its pandemonium...already. sigh. Shelves are empty. Water is gone...all that's left is Aquafina and we not that desperate yet! Stop n Shop is restocking so I'm gonna hit them up 1st thing in the morning. But right now lines ate outta control, you cant get a cart, folks patience is short.
This is frfr not a "what if" situation anymore. It's as if Thanos snapped his fingers and this is the fall out.
Might as well save your money and drink boiled tap water
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This made me laugh, my brother HATES aquafina and he is not a picky person either! lol
Idk but if there is Aquafina had their access revoked.
I used to always drink bottled water, and I always bought Aquafina because of the price.

One day I just couldn't take it anymore. I had enough of that aftertaste. Actually it's more like a during-taste.

It's the worst when you're really thirsty and drink it really fast. Tastes like I don't know, dirty metal or something. None of the other bottled water that I've had tastes like that.
 

Theresamonet

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I got emails from Pet Supplies Plus and PetSmart about the virus, which I wasn't expecting but it makes sense.

I get emails from 2 malls but so far only 1 of them sent a COVID-19 email.

So far I’ve gotten emails from:

Office Depot
Macy’s
Hilton
American Airlines
Sephora
Ulta
Walgreens
Her Imports USA (I bought hair from them before)
Gallerie Aesthetique
Aida Bicaj Spa
Pet Smart
Pnc bank
Capital one
Uber
M life rewards
Nordstrom rack
Thrive market
Bed bath & Beyond
Mountain Rose Herbs
Vicki Morav
Vitamix
Headquarters Beercade
Henna Sooq
Pizza Hut
Jakprints, inc
Texas de Brazil
Chipotle
Sally Beauty
Do312
Carnival Cruise Line
Coach
Taco Bell
Giordanos
Victoria’s Secret
Express
Bloomingdale’s
Comcast/Xfinity
Banfield Pet Hospital
World Market
Brian Gavin Diamonds
Michaels
Francesca’s
Mercari
Peach & Lily
QVC
Urban Outfitters
Anthropologie
Chicago Children’s Museum...

This is too much. Partially my fault for being on too many mailing lists, but I don’t think every company needs to send a message about the virus.
 
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Jmartjrmd

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Are you telling me if I walk into a grocery store this weekend I won’t find toilet paper?
I had to go on the military base to get toliet paper and I went yesterday.
My friend in Miami got lucky as a truck had just come in so she was able to get some from walmart.
But TP has been sold out on amazon, walmart, target, costco etc and in stores thus the reason for price gouging.
 

discodumpling

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It will take more than a pandemic to shut NYC schools down! Our mayor and the head of the DOE simply are not about that life! As always I will make the decision to keep my kids home on my own.
Additionally my boss is all about the money. What he keeps repeating is "I dont want business to stop" so all we've been doing is working out the logistics of working from home..."just incase" As long as the virus stays out of of NC factory little big boss will be happy!
We have 2 elderly coworkers that have been inexplicably absent from work
..they ain't telling us NOTHING...and that concerns me a bit. Like what yall hiding? We shall see if they return next week!
Finished my supply assessment and thanks to my West Indian sensibilities we have more than enough rice, peas and beans, flour and cornmeal to last for a while.
I plan to make meals like chicken soup and fish tea that go a long way and keep your tummy satisfied!
We not even gonna talk about cleaning supplies. I have 2 giant bottles of Dettol and 2 Lysol and 3 Mr Clean cause if it's on sale I buy! My bleach game is off the chain and I have 3 bottles of 90% Alchohol.
I'm glad I decided to assess before panic shopping! I dont wanna contribute to the hysteria.
 
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