Mostly Apolitical Thread for Discussing/Venting our Rational/Irrational COVID-19 Fears and Experiences in 2020

Despairing at things in Houston. Took kids to a park to get them out of the house and there were too many people, most unmasked. Sweaty runners huffing and puffing by us.

I worked in a new building that was in the final stages of construction and the vast majority of the workers didn’t mask properly or at all.

People suuuuuuuuuck.

not really happy that I'm having to pass within inches of someone who isn't wearing a mask and I've never seen in one either.
I've had this person not cop on that to get to my flat I've got to go right past their front door for like 3 or 4 years so probably not surprising but having my path obstructed by various forms of rubbish for the last few years hasn't been great.

both my parents were in another covid exposure (coworker lives with her family, their parents tested positive), and so far are negative but I really do not like this being a regular occurrence

btw thanks to everyone for the kind wishes, my sister had a mild case. she still sometimes randomly feels like she has smoker's lung, but hopefully that will fade.

great news lukas! in my case the aches and weirdness lasted a few weeks but eventually went away. i exercised as much as my body would tolerate (which wasn't much for awhile).

Do people wind up being shoved into supposed bubbles with people they can't stand or trust just because of geographical or architectural happenstance. was just wondering.

Well shit, my friend who I posted about a few days ago was moved into the ICU yesterday. Her husband wrote that she "now requires constant monitoring." Goddam I hope she gets better.

Oh man, sorry to hear that tipsy. Best wishes.

My uncle died this morning.

Sending strength and hope for recovery to you and your family Dan.

I'm sorry Dan, sending good thoughts your way too.

really sorry to hear

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Do people wind up being shoved into supposed bubbles with people they can't stand or trust just because of geographical or architectural happenstance. was just wondering.

― Stevolende, Monday, November 23, 2020 4:32 AM (eight hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

yes, hi, roommates

Sorry Dan

good luck Tipsy.
really sorry Dan. this thing is an absolute fucker.

sorry for your loss, Dan

So sorry, Dan. Sending out love to you and your family.

obviously in this context, I read about three paragraphs of this and went into a blinding rage:

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/avi-liberman-frequent-travel-coronavirus/index.html

Oh Dan, I’m so sorry xx

My condolences, Dan.

Do people wind up being shoved into supposed bubbles with people they can't stand or trust just because of geographical or architectural happenstance. was just wondering.

― Stevolende, Monday, November 23, 2020

i.e. relationships

Sorry, tipsy. Condolences, Dan.

So sorry about your uncle, Dan.

So sorry to hear, Dan. Love to your and your family.

Aw, man. Condolences to the Danoverse. Hope and strength to everyone out there going through this storm.

i'm so sorry dan

horrible news, so sorry. what an endless, shitty year.

Sorry about your uncle, Dan.

Sorry for your and your family's loss, Dan.

fuck :(. I'm so sorry, Dan

Thank you, everyone.

Horrible, Dan, condolences.

as a guy whose job for the last fifteen years has been to get people to come out to the club and who is going completely nuts not being able to dance or go to a show or a play or a movie or an anything, fuck all these people.
https://www.thecut.com/2020/11/new-yorkers-on-partying-during-covid-19.html
Stop being self-centered irresponsible dickheads and wait for a vaccine you assholes.

my sympathies, djp...take care

DJP I'm so sorry for you and your loved ones

that’s awful news Dan, i’m so sorry.

and good wishes to your friend tipsy. don’t know if she’s in E Tennessee but cases appear to be thru the fuckin roof.

forks otm

Passed by a gym in Delco (notorious county right outside of Philly) after coming back from a hike in a near-abandoned nature preserve. Counted ten cars in the parking lot and a few more people inside working out. None of them were wearing masks.

Y'all know that Mr. Table works at the biggest emergency department in Philly already, but it's worth noting that they're starting to ration supplies again (last this happened was April), and at this juncture, he's not even angry at people anymore. The other night, he said, "people are going to do what they're going to do, and people are idiots, and we can't do anything about that at this point. Getting angry is a waste of emotional labor."

Please tell Mr. Table that James Redd sends his regards and applauds his thinking, even thhough I myself have yet to achieve such an advanced state of emotional enlightenment.

Is that Simon Hammerstein’s club in that article about NYC?

I mean, he's upset about it, but there's only so much energy he can spend on it.

Right, that’s how I read it, sorry if that wasn’t clear.

a selection of key infuriating quotes from that New York mag cover piece article upthread, each of these is from a different covidiot

My friend wanted to have a party for her 25th birthday, and her options were incredibly limited, so I said she could do it at my apartment. I found it quite stressful because I wanted to do somewhere on the cusp between having enough people that it was an actual party and having it become a massive shitshow with hundreds of people. There were probably around 50 people there. We had security watching the numbers and taking temperatures at the door. They did end up turning people away — one person because their temperature was too high, but they came back ten minutes later and they were fine.

I kind of got comfortable being in large crowds. I still try to keep my distance and still wear a mask. I’ve always been nervous about COVID because my parents don’t have health insurance. If they get COVID, it’s going to be a big problem. I was doing all of this behind my parents’ back. I would sneak out of the house or just come home late. On TikTok, people will be like, “You guys have no mask; you guys are spreading the virus.” I don’t really know what to tell them. I’m aware that what we are doing is pretty stupid because we’re putting mad people at risk. For some reason, we still kept doing it.

Sometimes you can forget that COVID is a thing at all at these parties. I’m not saying COVID is not a thing, but I’m sure the transmission rates in New York are not that high.

On Halloween, I was at a party that was slowing down when my friend told me to come to another party in a small apartment in Soho. There were 50 people, maybe. I didn’t know anyone, but there was a DJ, and the people who were there hadn’t been partying during COVID. It was their first party in a long time, and it was a good, cute party. People were dancing. I don’t think it was against the guidelines. After the party, six or seven people tested positive. It’s crazy to think the one thing that I attended that wasn’t against the guidelines ended up being the one that was the biggest spreader. I’m pretty sure most of the people in my bubble, people who were going out constantly, had it back in March.

People weren’t freaking out over COVID, but they were worried that the police were going to shut it down. I went to a few parties in private residences in Manhattan. There was no talk of needing to be tested or needing to wear a mask. COVID wasn’t even mentioned, really. The sort of people who are out downtown after-hours are just not the sort of people who have that on their minds. I thought at the beginning of lockdown that people were never going to share keys of coke ever again, but that was not the case.

thank you for your service

So we always spend Thanksgiving with my family and my wife's family for Christmas, just a regular pattern that worked out early on and has worked well for all sides.

I was very nervous about telling my mom we weren't coming this year, but she was surprisingly fine with it and is actually not having anyone over at all (much to my relief!). We found out this morning that my mother-in-law is hosting anywhere between 11 and 15 people at her house, including multiple people from out of state and a family with three kids who have been in daycare for months. My wife is, understandably, furious. These are all supposedly smart, liberal, non-COVID deniers, but it's just a shock that they are all getting together. Even more so considering that my brother-in-law has been posting nothing but "stay the fuck home" memes on social media for the last month, but I guess he doesn't think it applies to himself? I don't know, it's infuriating on so many levels. I mean, even if people who otherwise have been taking it seriously are still saying "fuck it", I fear for how absolutely terrible things are going to be in December. Needless to say, we are staying the fuck home.

lol we actually asked my mom if she wanted to come visit over Thanksgiving, and she was basically no fucking way. And this was a month or so ago! We're doing our best to rope in our scattered family over Zoom, everyone but my sister in England, who came up short on the time zone stick. The Aussies, though, they just squeak in, timing-wise.

i absolutely cannot comprehend how anyone could decide that is a wise thing to do, other than complete denial of logic and facts

we've been with another couple now for three days, but all seven of us were completely isolated with no outside contact for over 14 days prior. and we still feel guilty and paranoid, like there's some flaw in our system somewhere and everytime someone coughs or sniffs even slightly everyone else half jokingly yells at them for spreading their covid around

A lot of people take negative tests as a permanent result.

"I tested negative 2 months ago, i ain't have it!"