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1. My niece is about to graduate from college. In Hawaii. My mom and her new beau had plans to fly out to attend, then visit my son in California and go to Las Vegas to see some shows. Both my mom and her beau are over 80. They ended up cancelling their trip.
2. My son had to attend a work conference and elected to drive six hours rather than travel by air and risk exposure at an airport. California is now ground zero for the Coronavirus in the US.
3. A coworker and her father left for a trip to Spain on Thursday. The HR person at work told her she couldn't come back to work unless she had been tested and cleared for the virus.
4. My friend Janet-Lee owns the MQX Quilt Exposition and is worried about the planned event in April. Will anyone come? Will anyone get sick? This has significant financial implications for all those involved.
5. I haven't yet finalized my teaching schedule at Quilted Threads. Naturally I want to teach, but when I really think about it.. is it a good idea or not? I just don't know.
The average age of an ARDS (acute respiratory distress) patient was 61. I'm 65.
So I and many others are stocking up in case of infection and a required isolation. I've stocked up on cleaning supplies and nonperishable food items. I've got plenty of my medications, and I bought some gloves and bleach. I've memorized the two most important rules about this:
1. Wash your hands with soap for at least 20 seconds.
2. Don't touch your face.
The other big thing is to cough into your elbow and above all, stay home if you're sick. I've got plenty of vacation time I can use if I have to go into isolation, and I have plenty of food for Millie (actually her food is delivered regularly thanks to Chewy.com), but staying home isn't an option for everyone.
I've made a couple of grocery trips and now feel comfortable if I have to self-quarantine. I actually looked in my freezer and took out all the stuff I really didn't need (I had SEVEN packages of fresh cranberries. Damn sure I don't need all of them.) They have now been removed for things like frozen broccoli, carrots, cauliflower and green beans. I've got plenty of frozen proteins and enough canned goods to feed me for a lot longer than two weeks (My son has always called my kitchen "the kitchen of endless possibilities.")
I'm also sure I could keep myself busy in the studio for two weeks, but still. The Coronavirus is in my state, and NH is a small place. I'll do my best to be smart and stay safe, but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't concerned. Hope for the best and plan for the worst.
Scary days indeed.
11 comments:
Hope all goes well for you and Millie.
Here's hoping your preparations will not be needed and that you and all around you will avoid COVID 19!!!!!
Nancy and the kitties
I agree with your plans and might clean out my freezer this week. I have stocked up with tissues and panadol, fruit juice and soup, things that I usually need when I am sick. I have also stocked up on lots of fancy feast and biscuits for Miss Pops.
I work at a hospital and at some stage expect that I will get sick, and living alone I have no one to go shopping for me. At least if I have supplies at home, I can stay home and not expose any germs to anyone.
I think the best thing most people can do is to stay home as much as possible and avoid contact with others.
We wish you all well and hope you all avoid the bugs.
julie and Poppy Q
Sending well wishes to you and your extended family. We are stocked up here as well (particularly since one son may come to stay with us if the virus spreads in Memphis since he relies on public transportation and lives in a busy apartment building plus if Little Man's school closes . . . ) AND (a personal soap box moment) use information sources like the CDC and NIH rather than less reliable sources. I read a VERY scary statistic that nearly 50% of Americans get their daily news from Facebook (now THAT's terrifying).
We are all hoping to stay healthy.
I enjoy your stories about your process. Also, love the stores about you and Julie, you are both talented artists.
We did a big stock up at the grocery store last Tuesday, I still need milk powder, they had run out. I am trying to find how long the virus lats on various surfaces, as two people who had returned from Italy, via plane, spent a few days at their home? and where else? then took a flight to Palmerston North, our nearest city, and where did they go in those 5 plus hours before they flew back? I am sure they would have needed at least ONE public toilet!!! Then the lady visited TWO medical centres, is now testing positive as is her partner, Gloves, that is a good idea. Let there be plenty of cat food available, it equals quilting fabric on the top of the list.( But I also include coffee, toilet paper and breakfast cereal). I see Antarctica is the only continent virus free.
Big thanks. I had forgotten the gloves. Just ordered them on Prime now. Small for the grands and large for us. xo
Excellent post Lynne an d scary to read it has already impacted in a number of ways on your family members.
We presently have 5 confirmed cases here in New Zealand and lots of folks have been panic buying - shelves cleared out, husband and I have just made sure we do have stocks and each time we shop we collect just a few extras so will have nought to see us through - I hope! Good that you mention medication, I take quite a few, as probably do many of us, so it's very important not to run out. I was interested to read the average age of ARDS is 61yrs - I'm 73yrs and husband 76yrs - I actually feel like isolating now!
If you need any prescriptions, see if you can get extra now. Both so you don’t have to go out and because of potential supply chain issues as many of the medications or their raw materials are from around the world l
Also take Vitamin D supplements. Look up Dr. John Campbell on YouTube. He has some great advice.
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