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Post by Sprockey on Feb 27, 2020 13:53:17 GMT -5
Japan is closing schools for a month
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Post by Tpatt100 on Feb 27, 2020 18:16:32 GMT -5
Japan is closing schools for a month I saw that, supposed to be so they can get it under control ASAP due to the Tokyo Olympics
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Post by justthinking on Feb 27, 2020 18:29:15 GMT -5
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Post by Inky on Feb 27, 2020 20:01:05 GMT -5
Maybe gloves should make a comeback. I actually think this is a good idea. I've been wearing a cotton glove (with the finger tips cut out) because my right hand keeps drying out, cracking, splitting and bleeding. I put vaseline or urea cream under the glove and it helps. DH has been hacking and coughing for weeks now. And I haven't caught it yet. Much to my amazement. Just anecdotal, but it makes me wonder. Any other year I'd have gotten it too.
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Post by mmeblue on Feb 27, 2020 20:09:21 GMT -5
We were planning to have N's birthday party (early April) at Chuck E. Cheese. I'm rethinking that decision...
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Post by puddleglum on Feb 28, 2020 8:20:15 GMT -5
Japan is closing schools for a month I saw that, supposed to be so they can get it under control ASAP due to the Tokyo Olympics I just heard that the cancellation of this year's Olympics is being considered because of the virus.
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Post by maurinsky on Feb 28, 2020 8:23:21 GMT -5
I would bet they could close schools and still have some instruction going on. We have the technology!
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Post by emmjay on Feb 28, 2020 9:17:22 GMT -5
I would bet they could close schools and still have some instruction going on. We have the technology! Definitely. I am part of a few international school networks, and I know the schools in China that have closed are still teaching via video, google classroom, etc. There has been a recent trend toward “flipped classrooms” anyway, so most schools can adapt to this fairly easily. My boss made a comment that parents have an expectation that their kids will still receive their education, so we need to do what we can.
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Post by Sprockey on Feb 28, 2020 11:01:55 GMT -5
We have a pathological liar for a President who cannot be trusted to convey the truth about the Coronavirus out of fear that it will continue to make the stock market plummet. And I just read that no one is going to be allowed to make any statements on the virus without Pence's approval. There will be some serious gaslighting to overcome the next several months .
Effing insanity.
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Post by Tpatt100 on Feb 28, 2020 11:32:05 GMT -5
We have a pathological liar for a President who cannot be trusted to convey the truth about the Coronavirus out of fear that it will continue to make the stock market plummet. And I just read that no one is going to be allowed to make any statements on the virus without Pence's approval. There will be some serious gaslighting to overcome the next several months . Effing insanity. I don’t think he understands what is going on anyways
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Post by niccikatie on Feb 28, 2020 16:20:27 GMT -5
I am heading to Orlando on the 8th and DH and DD are coming down on the 11th to do Disney while I"m at my conference. WE are getting updates from the conference organizers but nothing cancelled at this point (there will be around 45,000 attendees/vendors/etc). I'm secretly hoping that people overreact and cancel their trips and we have lovely crowds at Disney - I've heard they've been awful this year! We also have a cruise planned in July. We will not be cancelling that yet, either. We can cancel that without penalty until mid-April and have travel insurance for after that. My Dad has cancer and takes chemo 21 days/month. He has always (even before cancer) gotten VERY hard hit by respiratory bugs. They are coming with us on the cruise and we will have to wait until closer to decide if that's smart or not. My Grandpa is 95 next month - I do worry about him contracting this and the potential outcome I work from home so my life wouldn't change too much with a mass quarantine effort. DH works at a hospital based kidney transplant clinic - I have no idea what they will do if it comes to that.
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Post by emmjay on Feb 28, 2020 16:41:40 GMT -5
The newest UK case is in my county so everyone around here is freaking out.
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Post by Peanut on Feb 28, 2020 16:51:32 GMT -5
We're cruising in the last week of March. I'm hoping a lot of folks freak out and back out so we can have plenty of space and attention on board, but not so many cancel and/or that the cruise itself is cancelled.
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Post by Tpatt100 on Feb 28, 2020 17:55:30 GMT -5
Five people died on that Princess Cruise that’s scary
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Post by niccikatie on Feb 28, 2020 18:21:59 GMT -5
Five people died on that Princess Cruise that’s scary A sixth passenger just died today. He was from the UK.
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Post by GiftOfFlavor on Feb 28, 2020 18:46:19 GMT -5
We were planning to have N's birthday party (early April) at Chuck E. Cheese. I'm rethinking that decision... That place is a fucking cesspool on a good day. Avoid always. Ew.
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Post by mmeblue on Feb 28, 2020 21:47:09 GMT -5
GiftOfFlavor - the same could be said for any indoor place frequented by lots of kids, really. We've had two birthday parties there, and we tend to go one or two other times a year during low-traffic times. Never had any ill effects. But if "social distancing" is the recommendation, CEC would certainly be one of many places to avoid.
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Post by GiftOfFlavor on Feb 28, 2020 21:50:12 GMT -5
GiftOfFlavor - the same could be said for any indoor place frequented by lots of kids, really. We've had two birthday parties there, and we tend to go one or two other times a year during low-traffic times. Never had any ill effects. But if "social distancing" is the recommendation, CEC would certainly be one of many places to avoid. I honestly actively avoid such places, but I am not necessarily the biggest fan of small kids in general, germs or not 🤷♀️
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Post by justthinking on Feb 28, 2020 22:50:57 GMT -5
Well, we can all rest easy now. The orange fisco has declared the coronavirus is actually just a hoax by the democrats to make him look bad. Now that we know it is just a hoax, I'll sleep much better tonight.
January 2021 will not come soon enough. Lord help us all. The lunatic has way too long left to screw up the world.
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Post by Sprockey on Feb 29, 2020 5:53:48 GMT -5
He does not care about anything or anyone except himself.
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