We are 81 and 83 and haven’t been out since Monday. The premier of Quebec has officially advised everyone over 70 to stay home.
Considering the attitudes displayed in this thread be people of generally well above average intelligence, I can see the virus is going to hit and hit hard. See Coronavirus: Why You Must Act Now | by Tomas Pueyo | Medium.
My critique group meets at a senior residence, I invited everyone to our house for the next meeting since if the residence does not ban visitors it should. My wife’s group meets later that same day, so we only have to clean our house once.
Does your state have a plan to deal with it, when it does?
Do any other states’ prison systems have a plan that you know of?
Why is this restricted to those over sixty? I am fifty something and I am hunkering so far down that I am close to the point of maximum hunkerization. Of course, I normally work remotely so it is not a huge issue for me.
I am thinking about staying home.
I plan to limit my contacts.
As of now I plan to continue my gym routine, but that may change.
I’m over 60, and I’m staying home a lot. Just like I did when I was 30, 40, or 50. IOW, nothing much has changed.
It’s still mostly winter, so I don’t have much reason to leave the house anyway. The current frantic episode will give me a chance (and force me) to do the housework I have been putting off. Maybe even clean out the garage if the weather isn’t too cold.
I figure that even if no more food or provisions were available in the stores for a month, I could exist quite comfortably on my pantry and freezer. I could last for a further two months with some judicious planning and careful resource allotment as long as electricity is available, so I’m not worried.
Even in “normal” times, my preferred outside activities (hiking and biking) do not put me in close contact with others. While I understand the good intentions of asking us who are over 65 to self-isolate, I’m not going to lock myself away and stop doing the things I love.
Staying in as much as we can. So far we’ve culled all the closets (thrift store may or may not love us), did some painting long overdue, ditto some re-potting of plants. I went to the grocery today for milk, he drinks a lot, and was limited to 2 gallons of milk and 1 2 gallon jug of water. Which ticks me off because now I will have to go out again for milk and coffee water. I don’t want to use tap water for coffee since our water practically stands up my itself, it’s so damn hard. I was also limited to one only bag of potatoes. Hadn’t heard about that one. And we have a huge Hispanic population and they’re limited to one bag of rice per visit, which is a problem for them. He’s high risk with advanced COPD, and I am teaching him “wipe it off, everything” which my doc said was best – when you go out, when you get back in the car, wipe the car door handle inside and out, the steering wheel, your hands etc. If this keeps up we’ll have time to go thru 15 years of paperwork which is jammed into our file cabinets. That would be a last resort.
California has just requested isolation for everyone over 65. So I’m going to limit my outside activities to the grocery, and that on off-hours. But our fridge is full, so I can wait to see how this plays out before I have to budge.
Please provide a cite for the assertion that the “60+ data thing” was based solely on Chinese men. There’s ample evidence that older people are more susceptible to COVID-19 because their immune systems don’t function as well. At what precise age they start to weaken varies somewhat, but older people are definitely more vulnerable even without health issues. Of course, certain chronic health conditions make people of any age more vulnerable. Old age is not considered a disorder; therefore, any disease in the elderly is not a comorbidity.
[not a comorbidity.](Unlike disease, aging is a normal stage of life that seems “built in.” It makes us more vulnerable to disease but is not itself pathology. No one dies because his hair turns gray, and the diseases often associated with old age can occur even apart from aging.)
I’ll be 60 in one month, but they still want me to spend most of my time in the field auditing businesses. Fuckers!
I’m 65+, live alone, and have not made any drastic changes to my lifestyle (which is pretty solitary anyway). I’m overweight, but other than BMI, I don’t have any health issues of concern (never smoke, rarely drink, no BP or other circulatory issues, no history of heart disease).
I went to a restaurant for lunch on Saturday (only a handful of patrons, so no real contact except with the cashier).
Went to what turned out to be one of the last movie showings in LA on Sunday afternoon (protip: go to indie screenings- there is no danger of getting anywhere near 50% capacity…more like 10%). There were no more than a dozen people in the 100+ seat theater.
I’m at work and intend to keep working unless directed not to (or I develop symptoms or come into contact with someone diagnosed with the virus).
I’m lucky. A few months ago my boss claimed the only true executive suite in the building and shortly thereafter had me and one of his other directors move into the suites two other offices, both designed for VPs reporting to the corner office guy. So I am in an approximately 20’X30’ walled office, so I can almost “socially distance” myself at work better than I can at home. I’ll be attending all my meetings remotely for the next few weeks, even the ones in the conference room down the hall.
We’re definitely isolated for a few days at least - too much snow to drive out. We’ll think healthy thoughts while the propane lasts.
Not been staying home but will have to more than normal. While Hawaii is not on lockdown like some other states, here on Oahu all restaurants, bars and nightclubs are closed for 15 days except for food take-out service. The streets are markedly quieter, and all parks are closed. Some beaches too.
^^^ That was then, this is now. In between, the concept finally made it across my synapses that my behavior was going to contribute to getting other folks sick soon instead of flattened out over a longer time.
I stopped behaving like an asshole. I still go outdoors sometimes but not to be where other folks are. My mingling is pretty much restricted to necessary / unavoidable shopping.
I may be staying at home more, as Oahu has just been hit with a stay-at-home order, running from 4:30pm this Monday through April 30.
We were doing yard work this weekend. If there’s a bright side to all of this it’s that our yard looks fabulous. Of course, nobody will see it. Then I tried to start up the brush-cutter an found the fuel line had split. I got a replacement at the hardware store for $4.10, placed a $5 on the counter and drove back home. I’m tipping everywhere now.
Great post!
“Welcome back to the fight. This time I know our side will win.” 
My wife and I are 67 and we have not been out of our house (except for mail and paper) since Thursday (four days ago). I normally teach professional classes that are two days in length and located throughout the country. The training company has since decided to go to a virtual classroom, so I start teaching from home tomorrow morning. To be honest, I’m not sure I can handle 16 hours in a webinar environment, but we’ll see.
We intend to stay at the house and minimize contact for a couple weeks, especially since we both had pneumonia within the past year. Just trying to be prudent.
I am staying home from my new job-On the same day I got the call saying I got the Census job I applied for as soon as I get down and get my fingerprints turned in at the Government fingerprint office to start the background check they sent out a missive saying that the office doing that is shut down, and to call back to make an appointment on April 1st…if things are back to normal by then. Right. :rolleyes:
I am staying home from the wedding I was supposed to officiate next weekend.
I am staying home from the vacation we had planned for the weekend after that.
I am not staying home from the food pantry I work at on Fridays and Saturdays, because people gotta eat, and for that to happen sometimes other people gotta give them food.