[Whyus]

Hi everybody,
I’m surprised that there isn’t a discussion About this already but never mind. Here it is.
https://www.trackcorona.live

To all you LBSs all over the world. We will get through this but it will be hard. Take it seriously, In Germany it is kicking off big time, next week we will have a similar Situation here as seen in Italy today. Just ask Milly WTF is going on there!!!

We waited too Long to shut down, heck, I’m in work atm  . I was at a Deez nuts concert last Wednesday (200 People), Papa Roach last Tuesday (5000), C2C Berlin the Friday before (10,000) and Beartooth the day before that in Berlin (2.500).
At the time of the Deez Nuts concert (11.03.2020) Germany had 1.966 cases of the Coronavirus and at the time of the Beartooth Concert (05.03.2020) Germany had 400 cases. There was no shut down, we hardly gave it any thought. It was the first and last Gig of the Deez nuts tour, they cancelled the next day and are now totally skint and had to quickly get back to Australia (with all the gear and merch)! They will probably never play a Gig again, many small bands will perish because of this as will many pubs, bars, clubs, restaurant, and small businesses. The list goes on and on…..

Now we have 11,312 cases in Germany and we are basically closed for Business. This last week has seen numbers sky rocket, if we knew the extent earlier we wouldn’t have gone to those concerts but we did because we didn’t know better. The death rate in Germany is very low compared to other countries, we have a very expensive Health system but you get what you pay for and I guess and I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else atm. The British NHS doesn’t stand a chance, they are all heroes who work there but not prepared for this.
Do not make the same mistake as the Europeans made and wait for the authorities to officially say "Stay home!". Just stay home already, don’t panic and use the time wisely. Be creative or teach the Kids how to cook…. this is Maybe a Chance in disguise.

The Brits are still going to concerts, The Turks (2 cases on Saturday, 18 on Monday, 47 Tuesday and 98 Today  ) are still going to Football. These public gatherings Need to be stopped everywhere, 163/197 Countries are affected atm.
Once the snowball starts rolling then it’s hard to stop.

Maybe, hopefully if we close the planet down and reboot after a certain amount of time we will all come out of it better than we went in. At least as far as priorities are concerned. Do we Need all These material Things? Do we Need to travel so much? Why do we argue over “nothing”?

Stay safe Friends and buckle up.

[forthetrees]

BD was a weird sort of resilience training that will come in handy with this pandemic.

[Thunder]

Whyus, I hesitated starting a discussion on this, but I'm glad you did.

This is effecting so many people right now, from all over the world, this may be a place for us to discuss this with each other, talk about your concerns and share information.
Maybe just support each other.

I can't believe they waited so long to tell people to avoid large crowds, Whyus.   

"At least as far as priorities are concerned. Do we Need all These material Things? Do we Need to travel so much? Why do we argue over “nothing”?

Good questions, Whyus.  I can think of many more, like who's hoarding all the toilet paper?  lol

Hugs to everyone, stay safe.

[OldPilot]

Well at least here we can practice safe distancing and give (((((HUGS))))) to all.


I agree we will get through this.

[in it]

IMHO The hording and selfishness that's going on by the public sounds like an underlying problem of people in general. 

A crisis appeared and magnified it. Sound familiar?

This is the peoples reaction to a crisis. Panic, run around, buy all the toilet paper. Have not one thought for anyone else.

Do we say America is having a mid life crisis? Is it just us?  Or did other countries people react like this?

[Finding Joy]

Whyus!  I agree that it is a nice reset!  We are enjoying being home, though we are on spring break currently and homeschooling 4 kids hasn’t started:).

We have it good though, we can walk to the water from my house and still keep our distance from people on the beach.  So few people are on the base beach.

My prayer has been that God would use this for good. 

[xyzcf]

#stayhome

A week ago, I reluctantly considered to self isolate and practice "social distancing". I live alone and my work and activities are essential to my mental health. Overnight, I reluctantly came to the conclusion, that this was the only weapon we have to make sure that we slow this down so our health care system can even have a chance of treating those who will require intensive care and especially ventilators.

As individuals, we do not usually have much we can do to impact things, and  some friends disagreed with me, and that created some bad feelings..of course now, that is the gold standard...stay home.

Today, the CDC will have a webinair at 1:00 PM ET. They are the world's expert resource and that is where I go to to obtain factual information: It can be accessed at:

https://emergency.cdc.gov/epic/learn/2020/webinar_20200318.asp?deliveryName=USCDC_2067-DM22150

The loneliness is problematic for me. The uncertainty of how long we will not be able to live our normal lives and the economic ramifications of all this are frightening.

Praying for our world and our leaders and all of you as we live through this epic crisis in our lives.

I once thought that MLC would be the worst thing I ever faced in my life, I think COVID-19 takes that title now.

[readytofixmyselffirst]

Hello,

I am at work, but schools are closed and no students since last Thursday. I have not hoarded anything and still have a month's supply of paper towels and toilet paper. Bought it at Costco because it was on sale in January. Nothing to do with hoarding, but my wife loves Charmin.

I think the hoarding has come to a stop, but now we have long lines as they only allow a certain number of people in the stores at a time. Now people will really want to buy in bulk so they can avoid the lines.

While the number of cases in California remain small, the need to respond quickly will help. By practicing social distancing, cleaning hands often, and common sense, we can flatten the curve and save thousands of lives. It's not that the virus is deadly to all, it is deadly enough for many of our loved ones- my parents are both at or over 80 (My mom turns 80 in November). My father has a compromised system- he had bladder cancer surgery a little over a year ago. That puts both of them at high risk. Right now they are in Texas visiting my brother. They are meant to fly back in two weeks. I told them that they should consider postponing until mid April as they are facing the risk of infection at the airport and flying on the plane. Also, my brother can shop for them so they can truly self-isolate for the next few weeks.

Restaurants have closed, but I am planning on ordering food to go to support them. Just like I normally do. Just we will eat at home. Plenty of alcohol to last a long, long time.

Other than that, I am fine and doing well. Hope everyone stays safe and well during this time.

((((Hugs)))

Ready

[Thunder]

Ready, some places are not just allowing so many in the stores at one time, but they are also starting to limit how much of something they can buy at one time.

That makes sense and should have been put in place right away, but who knew people would panic buy like they did?

Hopefully this will allow for better distribution of produces to everyone.

Live n Learn.

[OldPilot]

I once thought that MLC would be the worst thing I ever faced in my life, I think COVID-19 takes that title now.

I think remembering how bad you were after BD I might disagree with this assessment but you can still come here and vent and talk to virtual people.

I will send you a virtual ((((HUG))) or maybe for you suggest you download the APP "Golf Clash" on your phone and you can play virtual golf.