What changes have you noticed in day to day life since the onset of the Kung Flu?
 

I have not actually seen much myself. Sold out of hand sanitizer, and there was a smaller mountain of jumbo packs of toilet paper at the warehouse retail outlets(Sam's Club and Costco) At the hospital, there are stations at the entrances and at the elevators with hand sanitizer and masks. No masks there now, but the hand sanitizer is still there.

I have heard about a lot of things, cancelling of concerts and sporting events, easing of FAA enforcement regarding rules about airlines flying 80% of their routes. They closed all the grade schools in a school district near here, after on of the kids at the school may have been exposed.

I have yet to see someone wearing a mask outside the hospital and things look pretty normal on the street. I think it is hurting the beauty parlor near the office, as their parking lot seems less full, but that is a pretty nebulous metric.

Any of y'all seeing anything, more zombies roaming the streets or anything?

Both Walmarts and the Target are sold out of toilet paper and hand sanitizer. Cleaning supplies and canned foods are getting scarce.

Well, last night a pro basketball game was suspended indefinitely due to some idiot in Utah that decided to fly with his team.

All because of Covid-19.

Client's dependability (and my break-even income costs) made uncertain.

Traffic is lighter.

I use intermittent catheters for my condition and I use IPA to help clean them. Well no IPA anywhere so I'm running up my costs by using new ones every time. Those things are expensive!

Lighter traffic, deserted city roads, deserted restaurants, no TP nor sanitizer in stores, nobody at work... (SFO) Other than that, mrs Lincoln....

On top of that I work in IT for a huge hospital and the preparations I'm witnessing for housing patients is a little worrisome...

Very little. I have bumped up my food stocks. Bought some hand sanitizer wipes to keep in my car. Very little panic buying going on here.

I used to be very active in FRC robotics. Competitions have mostly been cancelled or delayed. Local regionals & competitions all postponed.

My daughters wedding last weekend. Unexpected cancellations and no-shows. She was originally going to honeymoon in Japan. Changed last week to Iceland. Now she doesn't know what to do.

My 90yo mom, clubhouse and common areas closed in her community. We told her not to go to senior citizens meetings or church.

I've noticed that PARF's resident clown non-MD can't stop making witless jokes about the pandemic. I don't think that even the other goons here are laughing, haven't seen any *attaboys* from them. :)

it's getting a bit quiet on the streets here.. lovely sunny day, not much people out.

There's a run on Indian Pale Ale?

I just checked, you can get isopropyl alcohol on Amazon.

The serious answer is that there is no panic, anywhere. I doubt that people in suburban Seattle are panicking, where the outbreak is most severe in the USA. My sister lives in Northern Italy and is not panicked in the least, just concerned about getting home from a ski trip w the entire country on lock-down.

The notion that people are panicking is a narrative being put forward by certain people w a political agenda. The truth is more like a lot of American lemmings cleaning out Costco of hand sanitizer. Do people in the heartland not know how to shop anywhere else anymore? Is that plot a 100% success? I wouldn't know, I've never been in one of those big box stores full of Chinese merchandise. :cool:

Could actually find lots of parking at the local mall, right next to the buildings. Lot was a third empty which never happens. The mall itself didn’t have many folks walking around, looked pretty deserted. A couple of the restaurants looked practically empty at noon, but then the local businesses, Microsoft and AT&T sent their employees home. Welcome to the epicenter.

Car traffic on the roads is down too with business and school closures.

I live in the city about 3miles from downtown Seattle. Havent been to the office in two weeks. Schools are officially closed for two weeks but word on the street is it will be bumped to 6. Downtown was very quiet last I was there.

I dont know anyone who has the bug and have not heard of any friends of friends/distant connections being exposed. My bowling league was packed as usual on Tuesday and Skiing last Sat was well attended. I am however getting tired of wfh as I like being downtown and working with my co-workers.

I mostly agree. In general people are worried and want to know where this is going. OTOH some market investors seem to be in full blown panic.

School is closed and the kids are all home. Currently through the end of the week, but I suspect it will be much longer. Kids go to a private school and the public schools are already closed for at least two weeks. EDIT: Local public school now closed for at least a month (Closed for roughly a month starting Friday, March 13. Superintendent Jason Thompson says schools will be closed through "at least what was originally Spring Break, through April 12.")

One of the parents at our school tested positive. Their whole family is now in quarantine

A lot of things are getting canceled.

One local Church is going to have an outdoor service this Sunday where they will set up in the parking lot and broadcast the service via low power FM to the people in their cars.

WalMart, Costco, etc out of TP and hand sanitizer. My wife paid a dollar a roll at the 'Bargain Market'

I work from home already, but the rest of the US and Canada employees are working from home tomorrow as a dry run for a future mandate to come.

I assume this is just the beginning for the PNW.

When grocery shopping, liquid soap, bleach, TP and Clorox wipes are in limited supply. And just found out my upcoming trip to London, Normandy, Netherlands, and the Eagle's Nest has been cancelled, a bit of a bummer, but understandable. Time to start the refund process for the trip, airfare, additional hotel nights, , etc.

This is the Costco in Santa Clarita this morning. 8 police cars called for crowd control, people arguing over shopping carts and cutting in line....

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On average, one person dies per year to mistaken 'shark attack'.
Over half a million to 'heart disease'.

Probably more due to stampedes.

i don't get the toilet paper thing.

they say about 15k people die each JUST from the flu.
I don't know anyone that has died from the flu and I have asked several people if they know of anyone that has died form the flu. not that its not true.

even as bad as swine flu was under Obama I never new anyone that had it.

Nothing resembling Santa Clarita here...I got lunch for a friend of mine at Chick'Fil'A and the lines were around the block.

Honestly, nothing out of the ordinary:

Our town is just like any other
Good citizens at work and play
Normal folks doin' business in the normal way
This morning was like any other
Mommies kissing daddies goodbye
Then the milkman screamed
And pointed up at the sky...

Sports car and F1 cancelled their opener and subsequent races, I'm in full meltdown here ;-)

I've stopped monitoring my 401k. (What I think is left of it anyway.)

Edit - and my wife wants me to go to Costco tomorrow to stock up on food for the freezer.

Good thread.

Went out to pickup lunch yesterday. Line out of door. No masks in sight. Local hardware chain still jam packed with contractors and cars.

Those of you avoiding their favorite local restaurants, why is that ? We're still eating out as are most here in Norcal suburbia as far as I can tell. The government will assist any furloughed workers in that industry to tide them over the temporary shutdowns. Longer term, not everyone is cut out for home cooking.

What is it that they sell at Costco stores that you cannot get anywhere else? :confused:

Or is just the 50 cents you save as long as you buy a year’s supply of everything? I don’t want to think of the average American as an idiot but you’re going to have to help me out here. The whole big box/Black Friday/toilet paper stampede thing just has me SMDH...:rolleyes:

Not just the heartland my friend. SmileWavy


LA TIMES: Deputies called after angry Costco customers balk at coronavirus shortages of water, toilet paper.

DAILYMAIL: Cops respond to mass panic at California Costco that ran out of toilet paper and bottled water.

I use that term generically. We have the heartland here, too. It’s called Orange County, SF valley, Santa Clarita valley, etc. Plenty of suburbia here. :)

OK, NOW it is really serious!

The F1 race in Australia is postponed to the end of the year.

The 12 hours of Sebring is postponed until November.

Now it is affecting real sports, not just silly games where men playing with a ball.

From my experience last Saturday, I pulled into the parking lot and the line was as long as in the photo and they hadn't even opened yet. I just kept on rolling and went to Home Depot where there was an abundance of water and TP.

A friend went to Costco in the afternoon, no line and apparently few people. The word is that they put out the TP and water in the AM, limit 2 per customer, and sell out within an hour. I don't understand it.

Ohio governor just announced in a press conference that all schools in state are closed starting this Monday for at least 3 weeks. Ohio presently has 5 known cases.

And children are the least-affected part of the population.

$16.57 / liter!!! 70% is unavailable.

the county's chief medical officer wasn't at last week's wine tasting - we'll see about this week

maybe I should start tracking the ER doc...

And they can't even transmit the virus to adults and kill them! :rolleyes:

Stop w the idiotic posts. The adults are in charge of this one, not Rush Limpballs.

True, but there are other people in the school, and kids can be vectors. Though you have to wonder where those kids are going to go if not in school. Difficult call, I think the UK is saying not to close the schools.

Don't let the facts get in the way of your emotions.

Which facts? Give me a fact. I don't think you'd know a fact if it slapped you upside the head.

My son's university has extended spring break to next Friday and are mandating all classes go virtual until April 3