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Just FYI:
I’m so scared about how things are developing with the coronavirus. I live in Boston, MA, and while I feel fortunate that we have resources here and social distancing hasn’t been difficult for me personally yet. But I worry that people aren’t taking coronavirus seriously! Just the other day when I was in a bathroom at a friends office washing my hands before a meeting, a woman stepped out of a stall (I heard a flush, so she did something in there), looked at me, and walked out without washing her hands. Appalling! How is there any hope to reduce exposure? I was trying to explain to someone the other day why I requested we switch from an in person meeting to a phone call and he was all “you are overreacting” but I don’t think I am. I’m relatively young and healthy but hate thinking of how I could possibly be an asymptomatic carrier who passes it on to someone else.

I’m also totally getting spun up in my head about how the pandemic is going to affect life. There are so many things I have been hoping and wishing for, that have seemed around the corner and now I wonder what’s going to happen because I feel like coronavirus is much bigger than people are thinking it is.

I’ve been trying to think of things to be grateful for at this time. I’m grateful that I am getting more time with my husband. I worry about my parents and how they are getting their day-to-day needs met as they are edging on 80. I am grateful they are well stocked. And in a weird way I’m grateful that everything being closed has forced a lot of people to enjoy a walk outdoors.

But I still worry. The wheels just keep turning in my head. How are you? I saw a coronavirus focused post but didn’t think my personal vent was appropriate there. Thanks for reading.

HornetKick:
I agree with some of this. I find nothing wrong with being cautious. I work for an architectural firm and the partners have limited or cut out altogether the number of on-site meetings and have requested video conferencing or more conference calls. We do have the technology so why not use it? There is no reason we need to always have an across the desk f2f meeting. It isn't necessary until the world gets a handle on things.

I was going to go to Sams Warehouse but thought against it only because I felt I'll give them time to restock. I would like to stock up on my six-pack of 1-gallon water. I have craploads of wipes, so I honestly don't need anything, so there is no reason to head out. I'll go next week. I even went to a restaurant today and picked up some food to go. Yum barbecue and I asked her about being busy and the server said no, so it seems like many places are going to take a hit. I was surprised to read that Starbucks is closing down some stores. It's temporary until they put in place more stringent cleaning measures.

A lot of this is a wait-n-see kind of thing because not many of us have never lived through something of this magnitude. Remember when we only had to read to learn about plagues in school? There are a lot of unanswered questions with lots of hypotheses.

maggs30:
The World has survived many things worse than the coronavirus. I'm personally not worried. There are less than 300 cases in the US that has a population of 331 million. China did a piss poor job of diagnosing and containing it since their first cases infected 115 countries but within 2 or 3 peaks I feel it will have peaked in the US. Yes we are behind in testing people but my gut says its nowhere near as big as social media makes it. Social media is causing a mass panic. In 2014 Ebola was the big thing. Only 4 people got it.

kdspirited:
Hi Just FYI I live in los Angeles and I second the notion that people are not taking this seriously. I drove past the mall today and the parking lot is full. The lines outside grocery stores and Targets of the world and the sheer casual nature of this looking at bars and restaurants full of people. My mom is in her 70's she lives in sommerville MA and I so worried about her. Luckily my brother is close but she is my only parent and it is absolutely killing me that I am so far away from her and cant get to her. We are all dealing with our challenges. I am over washing and being over zealous. there is a silver lining in everything. I lost my job at the end of Feb and have not been to the office since. Hence keeping out of the range of germs as much as possible. Stay strong

HornetKick:
Also, I was always big on washing my hands a lot before this. We have a kitchen at work and I would always wash my hands even just to get a glass of water. As soon as I get home, I wash my hands, just from coming from outside. I even have wipes at my desk. It's the filthy people who don't do it at all or think they need to. Yikes, I was disgusted with them before this.

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