As someone who lives in a zone such as you describe, I can honestly say I have no idea. We're in uncharted territory. I've got possible symptoms, have been home for a full week now, and expect to remain here until at least the end of the month, even after the symptoms are gone. It could end up being longer; I honestly don't know. The best I think anyone can do is avoid going out as much as possible, keep an eye on the news and social media, and keep making decisions on a day-by-day basis, given whatever information is currently available.
There really are no solid answers to questions like this right now, which is already making some people crazy. Personally, I think the healthiest response is going to be accepting that you don't know when things will return to some sort of "normal" again, while reassuring yourself that eventually they will. Countless people across the span of human history have survived a lot worse shit than this, without knowing when it was going to end, and you will too.
Take care of what's in front of you in the present; try to anticipate what's coming up next in the immediate future so you can deal with that, and try to do something every day that gives you some joy and helps you feel more normal. If you're stuck at home, keep to your regular schedule--don't stay up shitposting half the night only to end up sleeping through half the day (unless that's what you normally do). Get outside whenever you can.
I'm aftaid that's the best I can tell you. But we will get through this.
This is the problem I'm trying to figure out. Nobody knows. For people whose workplaces are not closing down, it's hard to know what to do because nobody has the necessary information. It would be ideal to stay home for a month, but if doing so would cost someone their job, it's a very difficult balancing act. It's all well and good to say "just quit your job bro!" but losing a job at the beginning of what may be a severe global recession is very unwise, especially for people who live in America and have health insurance provided by their work.
If we could pinpoint a specific week or two that would be most impactful, the "STAY HOME NOW" messaging would be much more useful. If you can't stay home for two months, but you could take two weeks of sick leave, you have to know which two weeks to take in order to do anything useful with this information. Otherwise you're just using up your two weeks that you may need if you actually get sick later.
There don't appear to be any good answers.
this virus making its around in the "halls of power" in the west. I think is a double edge sword. These fuckers saw what was going on in huwan back in january and drank the cool aid of "its just the flu bro"
On one hand it should snap them out of the politicizing a fucking virus that doesnt give a shit who you vote for, what god you pray to or whats in your wallet. Its gonna do its thing and maybe realize the need for some bipartizinship and Ideally a long hard look at all the china sucking off that went on at the WHO .
On the other hand if corona does too much damage too quickly the political machine that keeps the wheel of society turning might fucking stall out and have a break down.
a power vacuum in the us I find worringly
I'm not a fan of Trump but the actual
last thing we need right now is for him and/or Pence to drop dead of Corona. His apparent refusal to get tested is worrying, because he's not in a low risk group. Take care of yourself you old fat moron, the rest of us need you not to fucking die for at least a couple of months.
I'm glad I started running a couple months ago. I hope it made a substantial difference in my cardiovascular health. I'm able to run now longer than I did in high school.
Now that I don't want to leave the house unless it's necessary, I can't go to the gym or a park to run
Is running outside really a huge risk factor? Running in a gym seems dangerous because 1) it requires you to touch a lot of shared equipment and 2) concentrated, recirculated (?) air shared by a lot of people seems like a major vector for infection. But running outside, assuming you're not running in a pack of people and can generally maintain a reasonable distance from others, seems like it would do more good than harm. Cardiovascular exercise is insanely good for just about every system in your body, and all of us need to have strong lungs right now. Given that this doesn't appear to be a short-term problem, my suspicion is that it would be better to maintain an outdoor running routine than to drop it.
as in more dangerous then regular influenza, which this isnt
At this point, every piece of data coming out of literally everywhere supports the conclusion that this is significantly worse than the seasonal flu. If you're still saying "it's just a flu bro!" you're just in hardcore denial. Which is understandable, as a psychological defense mechanism, but don't pretend it's coming from some place of rationality. Panic is unhelpful, but ignoring the actual facts of the situation in order to calm yourself down is not helpful either.
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