What are you doing to avoid the virus?

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My goodness, I know NYC is being hit really hard. I hope your uncle gets better.
 
Thanks, all good ideas. I don’t understand why the woman in the photo has her finger on the lens, however.
 
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My goodness, I know NYC is being hit really hard. I hope your uncle gets better.
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Thanks! I go from being extremely paranoid, to ok, to terrified again on any given day. My neighborhood has been hit hard. Some people think I’m crazy for staying inside for seven weeks. I say I’m doing my best to keep safe. Being bored or whatever is not a steep price to pay. I’m blessed with internet, masks, still have my job and can work from home, everything I need can be delivered. I’m good as long as I stay on point. I do have to mail in some forms but am lucky that a UPS store is two blocks away. I’m hopeful that we will get through this. I’ve lived in NYC since 2002. I’ve seen this city get through so much. We will be ok but this is the worst ever.
 
I’ve heard there have been a lot of suicides there among EMTs, doctors, etc.
 
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I’ve heard there have been a lot of suicides there among EMTs, doctors, etc.
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I am not surprised. My roommate is a photographer at the morgue. Any of it is extremely stressful. She was depressed all the time before the pandemic so I can only imagine now. For her it’s hard because she doesn’t necessarily know if the bodies had the virus or not because she does forensics cases. They were running out of supplies recently. I ordered her a pair of goggles to help. It’s a hot mess. She said it is slowly getting better.
 
I’ve been going to a local convenience store only once a week. Before the Coronavirus outbreak, I would go there every day.
 
The normal and recommended under lock down. Social distance, mouth cover and hand washing, to the store every about ten days and I wash everything as I return and/or spray with bleach and water, mouth cover goes to wash.
There are no cases yet in the two towns nearby, one about 7 miles away the other one about 14. Anyway I do as if there were cases cause it is a mattter of time. I can’t complain, it is the countryside and plenty of space , work and things to do. Right now, painting the house myself little by little outside without haste .( in the open plenty of sunshine works to boost immune system)
 
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It is a blessing yes…and we are grateful. My husband and I are really taking advantage of this special time together despite home office and the sad part away from friends and kids and family.
I am particularly sociable…and one does feel particularly isolated these days anyway.
The positive thing is the weather has been beautiful until now,
Are you doing all right?
 
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Yes. My wife has been able to work from home for the most part, but I have to work since I am in the “essential” group. I work next to a food plant that has almost 700 employees who have tested positive, so it is a little disconcerting. I also work at a plant, but the work I do allows me to keep my distance from people most of the day.

Mostly, it is sad how the kids are dealing with this. At first it was like, “Yes! No school!” Now it has gotten to the point that my middle child misses school and his classmates, even though most of them are jerks, (the girls are nice, though).
 
The kids must be the hard part, when the kids are not well, we are not that well…Dowtown the majority by far lives in flats, apartments , and usually with kids
It must be difficult for you too to cope with some stress having cases around.
How do you tackle lunch time ? Is there enough room for you to eat peacefully and keeping distances? I often wonder about that when all this is over, how different facilities will be reorganized to accommodate people given the situation.
 
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My sister is high risk, and I’m currently stuck at home. -_-
I’m mostly just getting schoolwork done and playing videogames at this point. I live in a pretty sleepy town, so there’s not much worth really venturing outside for.
 
I go to my car and eat food I have brought from home, after sanitizing my hands, so that is not a problem. I have always done that, but now others are doing that as well. Also, we have split into two shifts who work on separate sides of the week, if that makes sense. The building is also sanitized with a “bug bomb” kind of thing between group A and group B.
 
Yes it does make sense , and it is quite sensible given the circumstances.
I am glad you can manage reasonably well at work.
Thanks for your answers…
 
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We used to shop for groceries often; now we make up a list for 10 days to 2 weeks. People working at the stores can tell you the times when there tend to be the fewest shoppers. We found the times for older shoppers is terrible! Even if you’re older, ask the staff if that is really the least-crowded time. If you’re looking for a particular item, store clerks can often tell you if they have it or not before you wander around in the store.

The normal recommended guidelines are important! Wash your hands a full 20 seconds the minute you walk in the door. Learn to keep your hands away from your face, because it isn’t easy!!

We have masks we made from vacuum cleaner bags (Doctor Explains How To Make The Safest Face Mask Using A HEPA Filter Vacuum Bag | SHOUTS). It isn’t actually safer than an N95 because it can’t be fitted as well as an N95. (If there is breath going around a mask, it filters about as well as a screen door left ajar keeps out flies, but worn tightly it would filter out a lot more than a fabric mask.) We leave them outside the house and only use a particular mask every 4-5 days.

My friends and family and I send each other pictures of the flowers blooming in our gardens, because keeping spirits up and being ready for the long run is important. If you’re an extrovert, get ready to be an extrovert online. (If you’re an introvert, well, you’ll have a lot less command performances for a little while.)

Going outside is safe if you don’t get close to other people, and getting outside to exercise is healthy.

If the incidence of the virus is low where you are, go ahead and stock up on whatever you need to have around for the activities you’ll be doing for the next 2 months or so. Not enough for five years! Just enough so you won’t have to do a lot of shopping. Our state didn’t have restrictions as strict as some places, but it is still good to just stay out of stores so that it is easier for shoppers who need to be there to give each other plenty of room.
 
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