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

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idk would i go "despicable" on such a thought when the site spends full election cycles wishing death and harm on ppl who vote differently to em (even with the same party)

but hey

As someone else said, if in your darkest thoughts you're thinking of effect on voting demographics, this will hit city-dwellers hardest, I'd have thought.

I finally checked my work e-mail. If we have a "valid" request to WFH, we must complete a "reasonable accommodation form".

NYC schools finally closing?

So it would seem.

oh oh my god

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ETLQ_WGWsAIHQKS?format=jpg&name=medium

NJ probably gonna close schools starting tomorrow. My wife hates our downstairs neighbors' kids (TBF they're pretty wretched kids). Can't wait.

Sorry YMP I’m freaked out and scared, I apologize

my partner is working at an NYC charter school; they've just announced to staff that they're closing through late April.
just stocked up on flu medications. local drugstores, bakery, grocery stores all running fine and friendly at the moment.

also: XBox Live is down

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

My INTERNET went down for about 20 minutes the night before last, that was troubling

I was absolutely doing the pet sematary nooooo

Mine went down again and i was about to flip on the landlord/roommate for not doing anything to address the recurring issue

Then it came back on but he was already dead

Cos my mobile hotspot ain't that strong

idk, now that I've read up and nagged family, feel like staying offline probably the best thing for my anxiety. I won't though.

I was in a Park Slope supermarket line behind some 80yo b**** who was removing items AND WEIGHING THEMAT THE REGISTER; it took her 15 minutes to check out less than a dozen items. If she exposed me, I hope to see her in hell.

Xpost I bought a new Chromebook cos i don't wanna use my work laptop to browse non work stuff. Not for a month

that's wise!

Flappy, you needn't apologize to me; rather the other way round. You were right.

wfh tomorrow even though my employer is still officially expecting its employees to come into Central London into a building that holds approx 1000 people, many of whose jobs involve flying to and from countries all over the globe. cause Fuck That

just saw a half hour special on the first two months of lockdown in Wuhan and it was v sobering. Film followed a guy who’s part of a network that drives doctors to work (because no public transport) and delivers retrovirals from donors (who have AIDS!) to corona patients, for whom the retrovirals seem to relieve the symptoms somewhat. Also follows a nurse who gets it and has to stay at home because no beds in the hospital. Her boyfriend takes care of her, wearing full spacesuit when he enters her room. They mainly communicate via phone, even though just one room away. She gets worse and cries on the phone to get husband. Just heartbreaking. She finally gets a bed in a hospital and eventually recovers. Not just an “old people” thing. Kind of can’t believe schools are still open in London. Wuhan’s bigger than London. If anything I’m looking for an excuse not to leave the house. Just shut it all down. Keep the Internet on. Keep the corner shop open. That’s enough.

We have a full team meeting tomorrow to discuss how we're going to stay away from each other.

If you didn't laugh you'd cough uncontrollably for a week.

my sister just sent me an FB message near-begging me to come live with her in southern CT, FOR NOW.

"we can take care of you"

I think she underestimates how fast I can get a weekly chemo drip set up at another site.

"I'm really worried about looting, violence, etc."

well of course she is.

Not looking fwd to the phone call with her after dinner. Cuz … I think she's wrong, but what if she isn't?

I don't think the likelihood of looting/violence is v high tbh

looting is so far down on the list of things to be fearful of.

wait this is on 77 right

I was in a Park Slope supermarket line behind some 80yo b**** who was removing items AND WEIGHING THEMAT THE REGISTER; it took her 15 minutes to check out less than a dozen items. If she exposed me, I hope to see her in hell.

― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Sunday, March 15, 2020 6:36 PM (forty-nine minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

would love to have a Morbs-cam for this

anyway man I hope you consider sister's offer, not out of crime concerns but just because it might be preferable in general, all things considered?

I do dread being alone, mostly, for the duration. But how do I hang onto my apartment if this takes 6-12 months?

I know whatever decision I make, it will be the wrong one.

A cliche, Morbs, but one day at a time. Funnily enough, I just texted one of my best friends wondering, "Hey, uh, I'll get bored; can I stay with you?"

Yeah, Morbs. Being with people, even if not inside of six feet, is good.

I'm not bored. I'm scared.

I'm an at-risk cancer patient who has to goddamn telecommute to stay alive.

you should check into getting that chemo drip set up (how long it will take, where) just to know all your options..

Yep if you're a chemo patient, absolutely check out all your options now. My brother is an oncologist - he tells me his department is already triaging which patients will/won't get chemo once beds get scarce. This is in Sydney, Australia, where infection rates are relatively low compared with Europe and health system pretty good.

I just had zero chemo for 2 months while they reevaluated me. I don't need another pause this soon, it's true.

I'm on a NY State marketplace health plan... I can only imagine the nightmare of changing states mid-year -- then changing back again if I move back?

Bill <3 <3

Just as an update:

FINALLY (!) my brother in law's COVID-19 test came back NEGATIVE. This is huge, but not because he isn't still walking a tightrope with death, but because it means he is not in isolation and his immediate family can start visiting him. And almost as big a relief is that his wife is not likely to be a vector to the remainder of her family and friends.

Now all he needs to do is survive and recover, which remain two very big questions, but at least he can do it accompanied by those who love him.

That's news in the right direction, at least. Good to hear.

Yes, may the positive news keep rolling in. Just having loved ones nearby can help with healing.

that's very good news, aimless!

We take it as such, very much so. Death can't always be avoided, but facing death alone in ICU, isolated from loved ones, is not many people's idea of a good option.

Maybe someone has already covered it here, but I’m just starting to wonder, is our digital infrastructure actually up to the task of handling this new week where half of everyone is suddenly videoconferencing and streaming things? I’m sure this is as unanticipated as everything else, but perhaps we’ll get lucky, eh?

for the most part yes, isp data caps are a scam and not there for any functional purpose

I admit I'm curious to see if my work's VPN server is going to get annihilated tomorrow it's about to see a fiftyfold increase in connections

nyc and la are closing bars and restaurants too

State of Washington tomorrow, King County immediately tonight

MA closed them excluding take-out

re communications infrastructure, I had my first work-from-home teleconference call today (voice only) and it took about 5 minutes of redialing to get through - not a great sign if their capability is that stretched at this early stage (i am in Sydney where the viral times are still in the process of kicking off but starting to gather stream alarmingly rapidly (pardon mixed metaphor))