Topic: Corona Virus Panic/Discussion Thread

lol

I've noticed old people seem to be the ones taking it least seriously in the States as well. Hell, in my own family, I've been trying and failing to convince my 70-year-old mother who struggles to breathe as is thanks to heart and lung issues that maybe skipping out on restaurants and theaters for a while wouldn't be the worst thing in the world.

If younger people are the "main source" of it, then it's probably because they're more likely to be asymptomatic or only very lightly symptomatic.

Hell, I've had a sore throat and a mild cough, but I'd have no chance of getting a test right now. The people getting tests are those who are older and hospitalized or who are contacts of people who are known to have contracted it.

@themcnoisy The hoarding is the worst. It wasn't as bad last week, but when I went yesterday, everything was empty. Like the apocalypse is happening. Seriously, why do people need this much food? Good thing is most hoarders are cheapskates, so was able to put together some dinner using the more fancy brands. I had to go to the greengrocer for my veggies though.

Even in my low population rural area, the local WalMart has been stripped bare. I feel like I've just wandered onto one of the sets they use for zombie movies.

I work at a little non-profit in-home health oufit (if an elderly or disabled person wants to live at home, and just needs a little help, we arrange for them to have an attendant who works for them around the house. Usually it's a friend or relative who they know.), and they're starting to put restrictions in place.

Unless it's an emergency, all contacts must be via phone (even if someone walks in just looking for info about services, we have to ask them to leave and call back), and most paperwork must be turned into an outside drop box rather than turned in in-person or in the inside drop box (which has been removed).

Unfortunately, if someone is filling out/turning in an application to work for someone, that still has to be turned in in-person (they don't have it set up online, and we can't accept it unless someone looks it over to make sure everything is filled out right, and makes copies of the person's ID's to go with it), and I'm the person that has to do so.

@Octane Haha yes, I was at the supermarket on the weekend and all the pasta was gone except for the expensive brand. They had absolutely loads of that. But even then it was only like £1.80 for a pack so...

(SOOO i bought 80 packs of it, obviously)

@kyleforrester87 Only De Cecco pasta was available, but that's what I usually buy anyway, so I'll survive this zombie apocalypse.

Apparently people even line up in front of the supermarket in the morning.

But I wonder, this will stop eventually right? At some point all those hoarders have more than enough food to last a year. So they'll stop buying food, right?

@Octane Yeah that's the one I got. De Cecco. Twinsies!

@Ralizah It's not that bad here yet. I've also heard there has been a surge in gun sales over the Atlantic.

They gonna eat the bullets?

@Octane or the company knows you will buy the expensive brand as a last resort.

Food for thought.

@themcnoisy How else are we supposed to defend our stockpiles of toilet paper and hand sanitizer from raiders?

@themcnoisy What?

Sounds like work is going to dry for me in about six weeks or so. We still going to existing appointments but not making any new ones .

We’ve already stopped all warrant work. So no more breaking into houses of people who haven’t paid for the electric and fitting prepayment meters.

The will still be some emergency work after that. But certainly not enough to keep everyone busy.

@Octane 'Good thing is most hoarders are cheapskates, so was able to put together some dinner using the more fancy brands.'

I was playing devils advocate. Rofl.

Just in case anyone's worried that Covid 19 was produced in a lab here's a great report (get your dictionary ready);

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0820-9

And that’s the marches/Orange Walk been officially cancelled in Glasgow due to coronavirus. Well there’s at least one good thing coming out of all this 😂😂

@Arugula yeah, it could just have easily been GHDs or something

@kyleforrester87 My landlord agent put up a very nice and thorough notice about the coronavirus on the front door in the block flats where I live. It detailed what they are doing (cleaning the doors every day, etc), and what the tenants should be doing (washing their hands regularly etc. He also offered to help anyone that needed anything like a grocery shop if they are unable to do so, which I thought was very good of him.

There was also a small part about respecting other tenants (there has been loud music at unsociable hours) and not be abusive towards each other (I think one tenant threatened another when challenged about something). Because of this some selfish person has ripped off the notice!

I do wonder with some people. Someone does a good deed trying to help others, only for someone else to do that.

@JohnnyShoulder I’m sure you meant selfish twit 😉 but yeah, it’s such a weird industry to be involved in and you’re stuck in the middle upsetting one side to keep the other happy, you simply can’t win - thick skin (and sense of humour) required!!

yeah this year sucks already.

got to wonder though,the virus will for sure affect upcoming game sales.

many countries are going into lockdown with only essential shops staying open so gameshops close for about 2/3 weeks atleast.

this will hurt sales for major games such as FF7 and RE3 well atleast hard copies.
digital market will boom in the next couple of months for sure.

i hope that gameshops can survive the digital influx.
altough you can still order games from those shops online and get them sended to you via post so it might not be that impactfull?

@kyleforrester87 No, I meant what I said lol.

@JohnnyShoulder reported.