# How are you personally affected by the Corona Virus? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [March 12, 2020, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-personally-affected-by-the-corona-virus/849340 "2020-03-12T15:26:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 23
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-personally-affected-by-the-corona-virus/849340/447 "2020-04-08T15:58:03Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > Personally, I think I’ve caught it. Major, major stomach upset the last few days, feeling haggard as hell. I haven’t left the house in 6 days. No fever so far (perhaps thanks to Tylenol) but chills up the wazoo. A nearby coworker reports the same thing the previous week, lasted five days. He’s also 20 years my junior. Crossing my fingers for the mild version of this – there’s like 6 ICU beds / 100k people in this county. Any better today? ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-personally-affected-by-the-corona-virus/849340/448 "2020-04-08T16:06:32Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Any better today? Nausea is less severe but still present, along with TMI issues. Throat still scratchy and I feel like hell. So I’d say not really? ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-personally-affected-by-the-corona-virus/849340/449 "2020-04-08T17:31:03Z")
Well, I’m sorry to hear that. Keep us posted (and don’t die). ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-personally-affected-by-the-corona-virus/849340/450 "2020-04-08T17:41:29Z")
> [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](#): > > ETA: Does Washington allow spirits tp be sold only in state stores, as Oregon does? Washington changed the law several years ago, so sauce can be sold in grocery stores, drug stores, etc. Though there are two supermarkets and a Rite-Aid about four miles from here, the little seaside community I live in only has a [small market](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/EyZsQ7fz1bWBoEDAPpgwFwwzYhak_9A1TEtoXQoFfiAm31q6x5r3n8hadijur862pPoNwByKtDswba3xHhrIdMi22vd2PWFb-nf3QSmdiW9JG3_2D3esJfND5qqgslGTgTOytPHG). It’s bigger and better stocked than a convenience store, but very far from being a supermarket. Prior to the change in laws, there was also a state liquor store. After the change, the owners of the market said they didn’t want to compete with the local-run liquor store. The market continues to sell beer and wine as always, but they left the liquor to the liquor store. ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-personally-affected-by-the-corona-virus/849340/451 "2020-04-09T02:43:45Z")
> [@dorvann](#): > > Well it’s has been fourteen days for me and my mother and neither of us developed any severe symptoms so I don’t know whether we were exposed to COVID or not. We had an assortment of mild symptoms that could have caused by it or it could have been something else. I am going to assume we were **not** and that we should still still take extreme precautions to avoid being potentially exposed. > > My mother had nursing aides coming in six days a week to help her with but I decided to stop having them come because it would just be a vector for us to get ill. It will be a bigger burden on me to help her but the costs outweigh the risks of us getting sick. Her visiting RN will still come once a week to check her and replace her catheter. (If she didn’t have the catheter I would probably not have the nurse come either.) The day after I posted this I went to the grocery store to grab a few things me and my mother needed. When I was checking out i heard someone coughing. Now four days later I have some chest congestion and sporadic coughs. And a bout of diarrhea. (No fever though.) So now I am worried I got exposed again. None of it seems too severe though so I am not going to bother trying to get tested unless my symtpoms get worse.☹ ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-personally-affected-by-the-corona-virus/849340/452 "2020-04-09T03:18:25Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Well, I’m sorry to hear that. Keep us posted (and don’t die). And thanks for asking after me, that’s very kind of you. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-personally-affected-by-the-corona-virus/849340/453 "2020-04-09T12:33:38Z")
I’m just selfishly unwilling to lose any of my Dope folks. 🙂 [SIZE=1]Hey, say that out loud. Dope folks, Dope folks, Dope folks… [/SIZE] ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-personally-affected-by-the-corona-virus/849340/454 "2020-04-09T12:34:37Z")
We’re all stars now…in the Dope show ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-personally-affected-by-the-corona-virus/849340/455 "2020-04-09T14:20:42Z")
I went to the grocery store today, where almost everyone wore masks and kept a couple of cart-lengths away from each other, and after about ten minutes I realized what was missing-facial expressions, especially smiles. There were no conversations between shoppers, no joy, no sadness, no surprise and no smiles, and that depressed me just a mite. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-personally-affected-by-the-corona-virus/849340/456 "2020-04-09T14:32:57Z")
To me, grocery shopping seems more hostile these days. As hard as some supplies are to come by, it feels like shoppers see each other as rivals for scarce resources. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-personally-affected-by-the-corona-virus/849340/457 "2020-04-09T14:35:44Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I went to the grocery store today, where almost everyone wore masks and kept a couple of cart-lengths away from each other, and after about ten minutes I realized what was missing-facial expressions, especially smiles. There were no conversations between shoppers, no joy, no sadness, no surprise and no smiles, and that depressed me just a mite. See, I’m cool with this. When I go to the grocery store, I’m just on a mission to get what I need. In before-times I was always annoyed when someone talked to me at the store. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-personally-affected-by-the-corona-virus/849340/458 "2020-04-09T15:01:42Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I went to the grocery store today, where almost everyone wore masks and kept a couple of cart-lengths away from each other, and after about ten minutes I realized what was missing-facial expressions, especially smiles. There were no conversations between shoppers, no joy, no sadness, no surprise and no smiles, and that depressed me just a mite. Brave New World. ---
**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-personally-affected-by-the-corona-virus/849340/459 "2020-04-09T16:09:45Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I went to get a margarita kit from the local liquor store. I was greeted by a sign that said they are closed because they are no longer considered an ‘essential service’. ☹ In Texas, the guv declared that restaurants may [deliver alcoholic drinks](https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/texas-restaurants-can-deliver-alcohol-under-new-waiver/2333974/) with takeout orders. Also, apparently you can get them from drive-thru windows if the establishment served liquor before. I can confirm the frozen margarita establishment near us has a Chik-Fil-A level drive through in operation. It winds all around the parking lot and out into the street, even longer than the Starbucks nearby. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-personally-affected-by-the-corona-virus/849340/460 "2020-04-09T22:13:48Z")
So now my state has sort of closed liquor stores. They can still operate but you pull up to the store, someone takes your order and then brings it to your vehicle. Did it today and I can’t see how this is helping at all. I would not be surprised if they shut them down altogether soon. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-personally-affected-by-the-corona-virus/849340/461 "2020-04-09T22:33:45Z")
> [@River\_Hippie](#): > > So now my state has sort of closed liquor stores. They can still operate but you pull up to the store, someone takes your order and then brings it to your vehicle. Did it today and I can’t see how this is helping at all. I would not be surprised if they shut them down altogether soon. Time to start making [balloon wine](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/6f/69/2f/6f692f5b5aad326d833870a8ec79b888.jpg). Hey, it’s not great, but it gets the job done. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2020, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-personally-affected-by-the-corona-virus/849340/462 "2020-04-10T00:35:00Z")
Liquor stores - off-licenses - in the UK are still open. They do tend to sell basic goods as well and can save people a longer trip to try to buy milk or bread, so it’s justifiable, but it means that alcohol is actually easier to buy than milk (the places that only sell booze, like craft breweries, are also allowed to be open for delivery only). They’re all delivering and today I ordered booze mainly in order to also get lemonade, fruit juice and diet coke, which are otherwise hard to find without going out in person. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2020, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-personally-affected-by-the-corona-virus/849340/463 "2020-04-10T00:44:34Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Time to start making [balloon wine](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/6f/69/2f/6f692f5b5aad326d833870a8ec79b888.jpg). Hey, it’s not great, but it gets the job done. Due to a very bad experience with wine, long ago when I was young, anything fermented like wine is a non-starter with me. I’d face this pandemic sober first! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2020, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-personally-affected-by-the-corona-virus/849340/464 "2020-04-10T12:48:23Z")
> [@River\_Hippie](#): > > I’d face this pandemic sober first! 😃 :eek: Hey, get a grip man! ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2020, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-personally-affected-by-the-corona-virus/849340/465 "2020-04-10T13:00:55Z")
> [@River\_Hippie](#): > > Due to a very bad experience with wine, long ago when I was young, anything fermented like wine is a non-starter with me. I’d face this pandemic sober first! 😃 It’s funny how those things (and the taste in your mouth) stay with you. For me it was watermelon wine and an evening spent hugging the white wishing well… Ugh. ---
**Author:** ![Hermitian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hermitian/32/470_2.png) [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2020, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-personally-affected-by-the-corona-virus/849340/466 "2020-04-10T13:21:28Z")
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