Our local university just announced that classes will resume online only after March 30 -- students were supposed to be back from spring break on Monday. I heard from someone local that WCU has twenty homeless and food-vulnerable students, and I have no idea what's going to happen to them.
It's hard to tell if we're seeing less traffic in the bakery yet. Definitely this weekend was a little bit slower than usual. I have no idea what will happen if we have to close -- we only have six people total on staff, and if one of us gets sick, it's pretty likely more will, too. Then again, we do clean and sanitize everything multiple times a day, and we all wash our hands constantly anyway.
I'm supposed to go to New Orleans in a couple of weeks, and I wasn't really thinking of canceling, though now I'm wondering if I should.
I picked a hell of a year to start working with assisted-living. At least I don't have to worry about my job going 'away' though it's more likely I'll end up doing more cleaning and general helping if enough of our staff end up not able to work.
I really worry about the people in the nursing homes that are closed to visitors. They are so isolated already.
My brother works in a nursing home that is closed to visitors and that's what he said, everyone is more scared and isolated. But no one at his place has gotten sick, so gotta hope that keeps up.
Nephew is staying with his girlfriend off campus, so now I know.
Maybe Samuel Pepys is a better literary reference than a Gabriel Garcia Marquez? WRT to my experience of mostly reading personal experiences on FB
My FIL is ranting about the response of the WHO and the fact that China's a big donor and they didn't want to anger China, so they slow-played the response to the virus.
This sounds awfully like a Fox News-style exaggeration to me.
-t - can you ask him if we could do anything for the residents? anything that might lift their spirits.
This essay on Medium is a really sobering discussion but also very convincing about the need for social distancing:
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He says:
"That would be very sweet, great idea. We have 24 residents right now. Coloring books and puzzles are fun, or I could get you their names tomorrow so y'all can make some cards and make them a little more personal. I think they would really like that... You have some really kind and cool invisible friends!"
Address is on the website [link]
