• Covid-19 experiences

    From poindexter FORTRAN@700:100/20 to All on Sat Mar 14 09:12:00 2020
    Let's share real world experiences here, I'd be curious to see what other people are seeing.



    In California, Santa Clara County (where I work) and Santa Cruz County
    (where I live) have both been affected. a kid from a local elementary school tested positive, and my daughter's parochial school closed for 2 weeks. They moved the kids onto Google Classroom, and had the classrooms open for
    parents to pick up needed workbooks and textbooks, and turn any papers in.

    The other parents took it as an opportunity to bring their kids along, and
    the playground was a big play date. Not clear on the concept of limiting contact; I think the best growth medium for any bacterium or virus has to be
    a play structure.

    I went out to get some groceries on my lunch hour, and the crazy level is intensifying. 12+ people in every line, no hand sanitizer, no paper towels, canned beans and soups gone. People starting to get angry in crowded parking lots.

    My son's school is closed for two weeks, I got a text message from the
    school district that they're going to do drive-through breakfast and lunch delivery for all school-aged kids. That's a growing concern, that poorer
    kids rely on school lunch programs to eat.

    We're going to go for a drive along the beach this afternoon if it doesn't rain, and blow our data caps on Netflix if it does.

    My company has strongly encouraged people to work from home for the next 2 weeks, and since a big part of my job is user support, think I'll be doing
    so as well. No users, no need to be in the office. The rest of my job I can
    do from *anywhere* I have internet access.

    I'd use the opportunity to work from one of my favorite coffee shops, think I'll stay at home instead. I wonder if this pandemic will kill of the co- working sector any more than WeWork did?

    I need a project for the next two weeks - think I might pick an online
    training class, clean up the BBS, or if I'm really motivated, move the BBS
    to my VPS and reclaim the hardware for something else.



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  • From warmfuzzy@700:100/0 to poindexter FORTRAN on Tue Mar 17 23:09:27 2020
    Yes, people are buying up everything, preparing, preparing, preparing. I'm sure that Survival Magazines will be bought up quickly. The Silent Partner
    FDN will have some magazine extracts from several survivalist magazines. It can be accessed from:

    fishingnet.phatstar.org:7777
    BBS -> FILES -> /AA -> /SP -> Magazine Extracts

    poindexter FORTRAN noted something very important: the world is shutting
    down. How will things change in the days to come, will it get worse, will it become the next Plague. I don't know, but what I do know is that my employer has cancelled all programs that deal with people who visit public facilities. So I'm a bit worried, but this sheltering in place idea seems to work thus
    far. Its always the weakest in society that get stepped on. Poor kids who will possibly miss their breakfasts for the next several weeks is an alarming possibility. Where I'm at (Toronto area) all restaurants have been closed except for the drive-thru places or take-out only operations.

    The military has a few terms detailing just how bad a situation is:
    SNAFU, 2> TARFUN, 3> FUBAR

    Same as Normal All Fouled Up
    Things Are Really Fouled Up Now
    Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition

    We are currently on level two: TARFUN
    Lets hope a pray that it doesn't get to FUBAR.

    Peace!
    Best regards,
    warmfuzzy

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@700:100/20 to warmfuzzy on Wed Mar 18 10:56:00 2020
    warmfuzzy wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

    weakest in society that get stepped on. Poor kids who will possibly
    miss their breakfasts for the next several weeks is an alarming possibility.

    Our school district is running a pick-up breakfast and lunch service at a number of schools open to all kids, not just the ones registered for the
    lunch programs while school is in session.

    I live in a county in the San Francisco bay area that went under shelter in place rules this weekend, and some restaurants are doing take-out only. Tech workers are working remotely like they always did to escape the traffic. Facilities workers are wondering what's going to happen to their jobs when there's no customers and no employees.


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