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Last week our local newspaper posted online asking business owners to post and let the public know who was staying open and who was closing, or reducing services. I was really surprised at how many were going to be doing "business as usual". Now, a week later, more and more are closing down. Our touristy 'downtown' is like a ghost town and I'm glad of that. Even if it meant me losing my part time job. I won't be doing any drive through at restaurants, but I don't eat out anyway, and I'd be worried that someone working with food might pass the virus on without knowing it. I have a lot of friends who work at Walmart and they are scared and worried but they go to work every day.
As for me...I am staying put. I have enough health issues that I really worry about getting sick. And I'm at an age that I wouldn't be considered a "priority".
I have an elderly neighbor whose hobby is quilting. They have bundles of various fabric pieces and scraps. This morning I overheard them complaining about having no toilet paper by next week, and they didn’t know what to use for a substitute. Are we really that lost in this country? Have our brains turned to jello?
I was talking about that with a fellow while we were waiting in line at the grocery store. We both noticed that everyone in line, including us, had toilet paper. I mentioned that you can cut up rags and use them. He seemed astounded.
But, I only remembered it because someone else had said it.
We don't think of these things because we've never had to. For my lifetime, there has always been toilet paper. The only time I ever really thought about it was while camping; that it went in a plastic bag, not a bucket.
The news from my friend in Italy, comfortably hunkered down in retirement in his country property, is cautiously positive, that the infamous "curve" might be stabilizing. While my friend is financially absolutely comfortable, he has a distant history of collapsed lungs and is 67, so I don't think he is given to wishful thinking.
I agree with the advice in this thread, but with the exception that I need to put whatever I wore to the grocery store in the washing machine, even if it was clean clothes that I just put on after I took my afternoon shower. Other than that, I'm taking all the same precautions. We've had less than 5 cases in my county in Central Il., and it is business as usual at my employer.
Same hours, nothing has changed. Yet. If someone carries the virus into work I expect some folks will get sick, and some will go on disability to avoid getting sick.
I agree with the advice in this thread, but with the exception that I need to put whatever I wore to the grocery store in the washing machine, even if it was clean clothes that I just put on after I took my afternoon shower. Other than that, I'm taking all the same precautions. We've had less than 5 cases in my county in Central Il., and it is business as usual at my employer.
Same hours, nothing has changed. Yet. If someone carries the virus into work I expect some folks will get sick, and some will go on disability to avoid getting sick.
We had a local guy in a rural county test positive last week. He worked in an auto parts factory, got back from Africa in the National Guard last fall, and went on a cruise and was back in late December.
He remains asymptomatic and said he feels completely fine.
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