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COVID19-What's Going On in Your Community?

Sean_Miller

Curious to hear directly from folks around the world, what's the response in your community to the COVID19 crisis?

 

Here is my status:

  • Just east of St. Louis Missouri in Illinois.  Population 30,000.
  • All schools closed
  • All restaurants closed with exception of curbside, online orders and fast food drive throughs
  • All small businesses not food or essentials related are closed
  • Must stay sheltered in place at home
  • Gas stations and grocery stores are still open
  • To drive around, you are to have a formal permit provided by your employer to print and put in your vehicle windshield or be going to a grocery store
  • Essential industry like refining has remote workers - site staffing is cut to minimum per Process Safety Management policy
  • We have had one case reported in the community, but several in St. Louis.  One death.
  • Underlying concern across the United States is not sufficient ICU beds and ventilators should we see a surge like Italy (who actually has a better bed/1000 residents ratio)

 

 

See ya',

Sean

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  • Ours here in the Comox Valley, BC (pop. about 70k) is very similar, except I don't think anything is really enforced yet with the exception of larger gatherings.

     

    The numbers being reported are known to be very inaccurate - we know from hospital staff and area doctors that we have cases in the area, but Island Health does not seem to be reporting anything near that. Even so, we seem to be in good shape so far with numbers lower than the bigger centers.

     

    Most people here seem to be following the lead of the bigger centres that have lockdowns though, and voluntarily distancing before it becomes a bigger problem, regardless of our slow-to-act leadership.

    Stores appear to be adjusting well, with most switching over to have some form of free delivery or at least shopping services for pick-up outside the door. The two purchases we had in the past week (one for groceries, picked up; and one for pet food delivered) were easy and the people helping us were genuinely appreciative that we were also being cautious. Stores are also taking precautions in how many people are allowed in at one time, extra sanitizing time, and some are taping markers on the floors to guide people for distances.

     

    The government is allowing immediate employment insurance to those out of work due to this virus, so that's a really good thing.

     

    We are being extra cautious because my wife's parents are nearly 80 now.

     

    I work from home, so my daily routine is much the same. The weekends will be a bit different, and shopping is less convenient. But all in all we're comfortable and healthy and being "stuck" here isn't really a hardship. We'll keep doing our part to help slow and hopefully stop the spread.

    It's very stressful worrying about everyone and everything, but I know the world will make it through this too.

     

    Hope everyone is able to stay safe, and also comfortable, while all this is going on.

     

    -Nico

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  • Ours here in the Comox Valley, BC (pop. about 70k) is very similar, except I don't think anything is really enforced yet with the exception of larger gatherings.

     

    The numbers being reported are known to be very inaccurate - we know from hospital staff and area doctors that we have cases in the area, but Island Health does not seem to be reporting anything near that. Even so, we seem to be in good shape so far with numbers lower than the bigger centers.

     

    Most people here seem to be following the lead of the bigger centres that have lockdowns though, and voluntarily distancing before it becomes a bigger problem, regardless of our slow-to-act leadership.

    Stores appear to be adjusting well, with most switching over to have some form of free delivery or at least shopping services for pick-up outside the door. The two purchases we had in the past week (one for groceries, picked up; and one for pet food delivered) were easy and the people helping us were genuinely appreciative that we were also being cautious. Stores are also taking precautions in how many people are allowed in at one time, extra sanitizing time, and some are taping markers on the floors to guide people for distances.

     

    The government is allowing immediate employment insurance to those out of work due to this virus, so that's a really good thing.

     

    We are being extra cautious because my wife's parents are nearly 80 now.

     

    I work from home, so my daily routine is much the same. The weekends will be a bit different, and shopping is less convenient. But all in all we're comfortable and healthy and being "stuck" here isn't really a hardship. We'll keep doing our part to help slow and hopefully stop the spread.

    It's very stressful worrying about everyone and everything, but I know the world will make it through this too.

     

    Hope everyone is able to stay safe, and also comfortable, while all this is going on.

     

    -Nico

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