I’m in Los Angeles. My husband is on a solo trip to Mexico right now because he’s unemployed and last-minute midweek flights are unbelievably cheap right now. I’m so happy for him, though I am a wee bit envious; I would’ve gone too if I could get away from work. We’re still planning to go to Cozumel with my dive club in June, but my parents (who both turn 70 this year) have just decided that they no longer want to go to Boston in May to visit my cousin, his wife, and their new baby. Cousin et al probably don’t want us to come anymore anyway; we haven’t discussed our plans in months.
My work just announced they’re allowing up to 15 extra sick days for those who need them; normally we only get 5. They’re also permitting sick people to work from home, which is normally not allowed (officially; I take work home all the time, just still have to show up during business hours); however, since most of our employees are attorneys who need to appear in court every day, that’s not going to be feasible for very many. The court is exploring videoconferencing options, though, so that may change.
I’m not feeling anxious about getting sick or apocalyptic scenarios, but I am worried that all these protective measures will inconvenience me. I don’t want all my fun stuff to be canceled!
Personally I haven’t been affected. If I’d been planning on attending a Sacramento Kings game or this weekend’s St. Partick’s Day parade I guess I would have been as those events have been canceled, but I had no plans to attend anyway.
Working from home at least until the end of next week. My wife’s school closed yesterday for cleaning but they’re open today. We’re in the process of cancelling or postponing our Morocco trail that’s currently scheduled for April.
Just learned all finals next week will either be cancelled or moved online, except for those requiring a physical presence (like a lab practicum).
After spring break courses will be online only for at least a couple weeks. Nearest reported case is about 20 miles away. Was going to head south to see some friends for spring break but I may sit tight instead.
I place orders for a medical laboratory. I’ve been dashing around placing orders so fast today I’m in danger of disappearing up my own butthole. A lot of stuff is backordered, a lot of companies difficult to get hold of, and web sites down.
I had planned to accompany my husband on a trip to China in April. Of course that’s been cancelled.
I was going to go to a company picnic on UF campus next week with my daughter, but I expect that’s off too.
My University has moved all classes to online only, and is telling employees to work from home as much as possible. I’ve been spending all day preparing documentation to help people in my department work from home. Tomorrow I’ll be going into the office to setup some old laptops for people who don’t have other work from home options. All in person meetings and group events have been cancelled.
I’ll also water the plants out of cycle when I’m there, because I have no idea when I’ll be back.
The public school’s spring break starts the 23rd. I expect that it will start early, and I’m almost certain that once it does start kids won’t be going back to school when they’re supposed to.
We don’t have very many cases in Colorado yet, but the known cases are those people who were infected a week or two ago. The number of infected people now could be 5-50 times the number of known cases.
I’m also preparing myself for the expectation that people I know will die.
I’m in Chicago and so far the schools haven’t closed or anything even though there is at least one confirmed case at Vaughn, which is a special needs school that has students bussed in from all over the city.
I take the Metra train to work and there are definitely fewer people on the trains than normal, about half of the usual load on the train cars.
For work, I represent a company that sells firewalls and security solutions and we just got a big order from a customer who is putting firewalls into their employees’ homes for VPN. A great opportunity for my team but not really the way I want to do it. On the flip side of this, a lot of our events got cancelled. Part of my job also entails setting up lunch and learns and other food-related activities with our sales people (the best way to win their hearts is with food, evidently) and we haven’t been told to halt these, I am concerned that we’ll get word on it at some point.
Mostly people are just panicking ineffectively here (Cornwall, UK), with nothing really happening, though there are confirmed cases in the county. As I’m both a mature student and currently working at at a different branch of the same college at a job that can’t realistically be done remotely; if schools get shut down, life gets a bit complicated. Hopefully I’ll get paid anyway, but I’m only part-time working round my course, so I don’t know.
Class-wise, it could get interesting, as again, some of the assignments can’t realistically be done online, like organising an all-day group presentation to the whole college, which is 70% of the module grade. We’ve been working on it for months and it’s planned for next Wednesday… The college campus is tiny, only 70 students, so it’s not quite as crazy as it sounds, but… well… we shall see.
Oh, and supposedly a student at a 3rd branch of the college has a confirmed case, at least according to the rumour mill :dubious:
My Brother-in-Law was suppose to be in next week. We were going to spend some time in NYC. He won’t be in now and we’re going to spend next week at home mostly.
I am suppose to start my new job the following Monday. I haven’t heard yet, but this could get delayed and that means for me no income. So I’m hoping they decide to keep the office open.
My son’s classes will probably be going online. But he lives at home anyway so minimal change.
Thus far my wife’s place is still open, but I wonder for how long. She can work from home easily though, so small worry there.
I’m in Ohio, where there are now five confirmed cases. We were notified yesterday that the nursing home that my father-in-law is in, is in full lockdown for at least two weeks.
Mrs. L.A. is a nurse. Rite-Aid is sold out of alcohol prep pads. We both wonder, ‘What are people doing with those?’
Toilet paper stocks at Rite-Aid are adequate.
My commutes this week, from the Canadian border to Seattle and back, have been outstanding. Only two hours each way (instead of the usual three to three and a half hours).
I retired early in 2012 (age 55 then), my wife is self-employed (professional artist), so work-wise we’re not affected. We just decided not to open our art gallery the coming weeks (better safe than sorry). The supermarket is a 5 minutes walk away and interaction with others is as minimal as we want (and we want as close to zero as possible). We wash our hands thoroughly every time we’ve been outside, and do our best not to touch our face while we are outside. I’m more worried about the family, three of them being over 70 and two of these health-wise in the risk group. On my wife’s side, her father is 82 and managing well on his own in Shanghai - my wife cannot go there right now to help.
My Nephew went to the doctor because he was feeling sick on Tuesday and the doctor said he had the symptoms but, surprise surprise, he could not be tested because he wasn’t in a high risk group or something like that, so the whole family is now under self-imposed quarantine, and his high school put out a notice about it. He finally was tested today by a doctor in a hazmat suit behind the clinic, no word on when the results will actually be available…
If my dad gets the virus, he’s a goner. He’s 88 years old and still on antibiotics from lung congestion he suffered from his last viral illness a couple months ago. He’s currently trying to look after my stepmom, age 72, who recently broke her ankle and requires surgery any day now. My dad is supposed to get a pacemaker in a couple weeks but is now trying to reschedule that procedure so he can be home to help my stepmom through her initial recovery period.
Ordinarily I would immediately drive the 14 hours to help, but their recovery periods will far exceed the time I can stay so a visit will be of limited use. On top of that, due to my wonderful Trump ACA coverage, I am only covered for medical while I am “in network.” That means zero coverage if I travel outside my county. Since I too am high risk for COVID-19, I am reluctant to find myself ill, out of network and perhaps unable to get back home for an extended period. I am also self-employed and can’t be away from my home office for terribly long. It’s a real hardship to be away for even 2 weeks.
We’ve been exploring assistance for them and have even found a good option, but I can’t seem to get them to understand the severity of this outbreak and the importance of self-quarantining to the greatest extent possible. Every time my stepmom drags my dad out to accompany her to another medical appointment when she could use the young, able-bodied available caretaker instead, she is putting him at huge risk. It terrifies me.
I’ve begged them for more than 5 years to sell up and come live close by so I could tend to them in their times of greatest need. They were finally ready to actually do it, had a trip scheduled to come house hunt on April 3rd. As I feared, probably too late.
Work place has moved from “encouraged” work from home to “strongly encouraged”. I orderd my hardware token (I don’t have a work laptop), before that announcement.
(I plan to come into work, where there are ~125 folks. If a significant fraction stays home that should make going to work safer)
I’m in Virginia, where the governor has just declared a state of emergency because of 17 reported cases of COVID-19. So far, two events that I was going to go to in the coming weeks have been canceled: A Naval Academy Glee Club concert at Christ & St. Luke’s in downtown Norfolk, and a live radio broadcast about diabetes education.
My parents just cancelled their trip out to Oz (from UK) where we were all going to meet up in Sydney for my 50th in 6 weeks time
I want to cancel my bookings too if I can figure out how to do so without freaking out my elderly Sydney-based uncle and aunt (“Hey, you know how if you come out to lunch with me in the middle of a pandemic you might die? Maybe don’t do that!”)