COVID19-What's Going On in Your Community?

We just came back from the vet -  we stayed in the car while waiting.

Then the vet came outside to chat. She wore a hand-sewn facemask, and my wife wore her hand-sewn facemask.

CharlieKat was handed over in his carrier, almost like one of those 007 spy movie exchanges where we set him down, stepped back, they picked him up.

All very carefully organized, so that whole process felt a lot more secure than walking into a grocery store, by a long shot.

CharlieKat got a wipe down bath when he got home

All is still going well here (Charlie is getting some new medication).

Stay well,

-Nico

Gas is $1.29 per gal. here.  Not too many cars on the roads, grocery store parking lots seem full every day though.  No problem finding meat in the stores, even bread and milk are in good supply.  Cleaning supplies are vacant, canned soup is kinda hard to find. My neighborhood seems normal, kids playing outside all day, people jogging and dogs walking their humans.  No fires, riots, mayhem or other shenanigans.  The University is closed, but I can still go in and work on lab stuff if needed. 

Scott

Thanks for the update.  We had lived in West Virginia (Parkersburg) for 13 years.   You have a great state to be distant while still stretching your legs, that is for sure.

Stay safe.

See ya',

Sean

Here in West Virginia all essential business are open. Drive though are open and some deliveries for food and medical are open. Gas is running about $1.49. My health is compromised but no virus for me I only go out if I really have to. All doctors appointments are made virtual or made with phone calls. Also must stay at least 6 foot apart. All play grounds are closed. Be safe everyone.   The link I will try to attach you might find this helpful for your state https://ncov2019.live/data

Lincolnshire UK, fair few shops closed. Fuel stations / Coop & food stores / Chemist still open.

My work still open (I teach RAF folks how to fix Typhoon), just finished 2 days in a room with 11 students (normally 12, I should be grateful).

Thankfully we're only in if we're teaching a class, so we're on skeleton staff, handing over between phases to the next poor sod.

We all have travel permits - locally produced - but there's still cars on the roads anyway, just a lot less.

Social distancing being largely enforced, but being a rural area, some folks are 'hard of understanding' shall we say.

On a positive note, NO ROADWORKS!!!   YAY!

weiwei2  wrote:

 

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it looks like the number of covid19 victims has not yet peaked in my nation, and yesterday, the MCO is extended 2 weeks to 14 April 2020.

 

time flies, it has been fully 8th day since i stay put at home, not even wander more than 10m from my gate. I have started to realize in fact working from home i pretty much can do most of my jobs. in fact it helps save traveling time (each day i spent like 2 hours traveling), saving petrol and saving the environment.

 

one possible outcome, i envision, is company start to provide a few days wfh in the future in view of achieving equal and spending less nature resources.

 

May the force be with all of us to battle this outbreak.

 

References

[1] Bukit Mertajam => https://www.google.com/maps/?q=5.36301,100.4667

[2] https://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/malaysia-population/cities/

This explains how working remote help the environment by saving CO2 emissions. Also the roads are empty and not as much used (less road constructions. My question is why this takes a pandemic before we try these things? Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for the informative replay.  It's amazing how the world is having such a similar response.  Probably couldn't have happened 10 years ago before every kid and grandmother had a small computer in there hand.

I think this proves that if aliens invade from outer space, we will all get along.

See ya',

Sean

I at Penang, Malaysia. Penang is a state with 1.77 million population with electronics manufacturing as the main economy activity- we are pretty much the silicon valley of Malaysia. i stay at Bukit Mertajam [1], somewhat outskirt with 212k population. Bukit Mertajam is the country's 22nd biggest city by population [2]. We have country locked down with movement control order (MCO) since 18 March 2020. Prior to the locked down, there are a lot of last minutes work to do after the locked down itself has been announced causing me very hectic in the initial few days. Some multinational corporations (Jabil, Plexus...etc) are given special permission to continue manufacturing operations but never really announced properly in the newspaper. Some of the supporting industry supporting those MNCs are forced to continue working. however, majority of the population is locked down at home. Police, assisted by armed forces, are having roadblocks at major roads and highway entrance to restrict movement. Only vital industry is allowed to continue operating -> logistic, food, utility

as my work is not those under vital industry, i am working from home and i can't continue with some work i have with MNCs

it looks like the number of covid19 victims has not yet peaked in my nation, and yesterday, the MCO is extended 2 weeks to 14 April 2020.

time flies, it has been fully 8th day since i stay put at home, not even wander more than 10m from my gate. I have started to realize in fact working from home i pretty much can do most of my jobs. in fact it helps save traveling time (each day i spent like 2 hours traveling), saving petrol and saving the environment.

one possible outcome, i envision, is company start to provide a few days wfh in the future in view of achieving equal and spending less nature resources.

May the force be with all of us to battle this outbreak.

References

[1] Bukit Mertajam => https://www.google.com/maps/?q=5.36301,100.4667

[2] https://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/malaysia-population/cities/

In Chicago,  I imagine its like a lot of other places.  I am lucky to live within walking distance of a Pharmacy and Grocery Store but outside of that people are staying in.  Pritzer, the governor, ordered Chicagoans on Friday to stay at home till April 7, however all essential businesses (food, grocery, pharmacies, banks, etc) will remain open.  For the last week we have worked remotely from our homes but this drives home the seriousness of the situation.

I am hearing reports from St. Louis, where I'm from and most of my family lives, and it sounds similar to the situation here.  I caught a bit of the press conference on Friday where we were told we needed to stay home and appreciated the fact that they brought in doctors to explain the science of why they are doing what they are doing.  One of the doctors talked about two cities, St. Louis and Philadelphia, that had two different responses the last time something like this happened (before any of us were alive) and how both cities took very different tactics.  St. Louis shut down completely and Philadelphia didn't.  St. Louis recovered quicker than Philadelphia which was hit terribly.

I think we all got to do our part to live smart and responsibly.  These are scary times but that doesn't mean we need to live in fear if we can help it.  Lots of things like reading, watching movies, and listening to music can be done from home.  We're all in this together and if we pull out it will be because we did it together.

Unfortunately, it's not an apocalyptic scene, it's what your leaders think.