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OT: My Kid's School Just Closed Due to Coronavirus
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bicktrav
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We just got the notification today: school is closed beginning tomorrow. Meetings at work are being postponed; some projects are being punted altogether. It's surreal to see things shutting down like this. Anyone else experiencing similar things?
Southern California
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I've been wondering. My wife and I are both working from home. Our kids preschool hasn't said boo about it but it seems like he's the most likely vector for the virus to find its way into our home. I think we're fortunate in that we could keep him home and alternate. I'm trying to figure out how that would work.
Hang in there and try to stay positive for the kids sake.Mountain View, CA -
dmourati said:I've been wondering. My wife and I are both working from home. Our kids preschool hasn't said boo about it but it seems like he's the most likely vector for the virus to find its way into our home. I think we're fortunate in that we could keep him home and alternate. I'm trying to figure out how that would work.
Hang in there and try to stay positive for the kids sake."The pig is an amazing animal. You feed a pig an apple and it makes bacon. Let's see Michael Phelps do that" - Jim Gaffigan
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bicktrav said:We just got the notification today: school is closed beginning tomorrow. Meetings at work are being postponed; some projects are being punted altogether. It's surreal to see things shutting down like this. Anyone else experiencing similar things?
merchandise should be. We are in travel
lockdown as well (which I’m happy about)
it’s going to be bizarre to watch march madness with no fans in the stands. This is getting weird.Target:Sams:And there were many more. These shelves would normally be stuffed with spring and summer merch.Keepin' It Weird in The ATX FBTX -
One of the fire departments I work with has quarantined themselves, so to speak. The paramedic crews, cops, city staff & family members are all temporarily banned from their station.Glencoe, Minnesota
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No schools in our county Forsyth GA have closed yet but it’s not far off. Luckily my wife works at the school so she can watch the kids. Work has banned in person meetings and travel is cancelled. Jug of hand sanitizer in every room.
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Id risk getting it for a 2week paid quarantine from work. I gots a few video games I needs to finish
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My sister owns a 110 child pre school. Both her daughter and daughter in law work for her. So far no cases in our state. Want to bet if one of her students comes down with it that the State closes her down? That would be 100 sets of parents trying to scramble for child care.
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Getting into schools will be the real flashpoint; once whole districts start shutting down, everything will screech to a halt with people having to stay home.
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Eggcelsior said:Getting into schools will be the real flashpoint; once whole districts start shutting down, everything will screech to a halt with people having to stay home.
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Considering 25-30% of all health care workers have school aged children, may have an impact on being able to treat people because they are home with their young ones."Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber
XL and MM
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IU has canceled face to face classes for 2 weeks and telling professional staff to telecommute for the immediate future~ John - https://www.instagram.com/hoosier_egger
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Ban on all incoming passengers and cargo from Europe. Saddle up folks, we’re in for a ride.
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"Social media gives legions of idiots the right to speak when they once only spoke at a bar after a glass of wine, without harming the community [...] but now they have the same right to speak as a Nobel Prize winner. It's the invasion of the idiots."
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Just read that Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson tested positive for it.Southern California
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WeberWho said:
I believe for the most part it hasn't infected children. What I did hear is that the few children that did catch it has been very minor diagnosis. Hopefully it stays like this..._____________"Pro-Life" would be twenty students graduating from Sandy Hook next month
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DoubleEgger said:Eggcelsior said:Getting into schools will be the real flashpoint; once whole districts start shutting down, everything will screech to a halt with people having to stay home.
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All Iowa state university institutions implementing a minimum 2 week online classes post spring break next week. Started prepping material today try and teach a heavily hands on class in an online fashion.
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NBA just cancelled its season.Edit. Suspended.Philly - Kansas City - Houston - Cincinnati - Dallas - Houston - Memphis - Austin - Chicago - Austin
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They are deciding right now if fans will be allowed to watch the Kentucky Derby. On that day alone it will draw 250-300 thousand people. $400B in spending is at risk. It is a month long party, attended by kings and queens Hollywood and sports stars, as well as people like me, the anti cool.
UK and UL are extending spring break, and the rest of the semester is on line.
Several school districts have closed, and the Governor is giving a speech that will likely eliminate all events of 100 people or more.
As a frequent traveler, my inbox is loaded with every hotel, every airline, every car rental, and many restaurants on CV prep and protection.
Just one more thing; check your stock investments in your 401K. Pretty indicative of what is coming, with a 20% and still falling, loss.
"Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber
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The Ace Hardware convention in Chicago was supposed to start tomorrow, then Intl Housewares on Saturday. Both cancelled. Combined that's 80,000 attendees, not counting exhibitors, that are not in Chicago for the week and weekend.
HPB Expo starts tomorrow in NOLA......they're one of the few that didn't cancel. But BGE and Weber both pulled out late last week. I doubt there will be many attendees, so I bailed too.
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Banning flights at this point kind of seems like closing the barn door after all the horses have run out."I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike
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FarmingPhD said:All Iowa state university institutions implementing a minimum 2 week online classes post spring break next week. Started prepping material today try and teach a heavily hands on class in an online fashion."The pig is an amazing animal. You feed a pig an apple and it makes bacon. Let's see Michael Phelps do that" - Jim Gaffigan
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dmchicago said:NBA just cancelled its season.Edit. Suspended.Keepin' It Weird in The ATX FBTX
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Botch said:WeberWho said:
I believe for the most part it hasn't infected children. What I did hear is that the few children that did catch it has been very minor diagnosis. Hopefully it stays like this..."I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike -
The Cen-Tex Smoker said:dmchicago said:NBA just cancelled its season.Edit. Suspended.canuckland
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Not trying to lessen the concern here as the virus is moving extremely quickly and will continue for a while. But to what extent is the population hype fueled by the media hype?? I don't know the right balance but I am confident that the constant exposure to the media hype is only compounding the populace and its fear.Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win. Life is too short for light/lite beer! Seems I'm livin in a transitional period.
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lousubcap said:Not trying to lessen the concern here as the virus is moving extremely quickly and will continue for a while. But to what extent is the population hype fueled by the media hype?? I don't know the right balance but I am confident that the constant exposure to the media hype is only compounding the populace and its fear.
Under these circumstances, fear, for lack of a better word, is good. The more people who decide to limit their interaction and work from home, the better. It is our best chance at flattening the exposure curve and preventing the capacity of our hospitals and health care system from being vastly exceeded, as they currently are in Italy. Italian doctors are having to decide which patients to treat on the basis of which are more likely to recover.
Notice that I'm not talking about panic, which is a different story, but rather a healthy dose of fear."I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike -
Where I sit it has always been dangerous to draw conclusions without facts. With a few (limited) exceptions, the big unknown presently is the CFR (Case Fatality Rate), which will remain unknown until adequate testing can identify how many are infected. In the US we seem to be deficient in that regard currently.Given the potential consequences, caution would seem to be the order of the day until the facts become known.LBGE, LBGE-PTR, 22" Weber, Coleman 413GGreat Plains, USA
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lousubcap said:Not trying to lessen the concern here as the virus is moving extremely quickly and will continue for a while. But to what extent is the population hype fueled by the media hype?? I don't know the right balance but I am confident that the constant exposure to the media hype is only compounding the populace and its fear.
Its the flu. 58,000 people die of the flu and pneumonia each year in the US. This is being hyped by the dems to make Trump look bad before the election. If Biden or Bernnie get in how fast will all this go away?
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