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Does this coronavirus stuff feel real to you?
- Thread starter Blue Skies
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It would be unfortunate because of the virus, but if people are desperate enough, they may feel like they have nothing more to lose and have no other choice but to take to the streets and scream for change.
I feel like it went from this vague thing we saw on the news in other countries to a serious situation very quickly.
If we go by World War II casualties the number is 70 million to 85 million world wide (Wikipedia).
We are now at 10,593 confirmed deaths from the virus (https://bnonews.com/index.php/2020/02/the-latest-coronavirus-cases/)
No offense, but I seriously hope you are wrong.
I'm homeless because of this virus so yes. My life savings is probably going to be wiped out too but hey at least I have my job still.
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Oh man, I totally forgot about the word "surreal"
Yea that's basically what I'm feeling and what I mean
Yea that's basically what I'm feeling and what I mean
Well, Vaccine is 18 months away at least, the people who are most in danger such as older people, people with prior underling conditions etc will probably suffer.
Most models that I have seen, even the ones that take best case scenario in their simulation suggest at least 2-4 million will be deceased by the end of this. Some of the models even suggest 50 million.
This is truly a worldwide disaster, We havent even hit the peak of it yet, so many places are lagging behind testing. The next three weeks will e key with everyone returning to their country after spring break and just passing through to get back home.
As for the question...stil feels very surreal.
Yes it feels real. People need to accept the reality, the sooner we do the sooner we will get past this.
It's hard to give a straight yes/no answer.
Oddly enough for me, my day-to-day isn't all that changed so it doesn't exactly feel real in that respect. This despite the fact that I do not work from home right now, but my office was already small and pretty self-isolating without a global pandemic. Most of them aren't even coming into the office anyhow, so I'm here alone basically.
Looking at the news and everything going on globally and even locally, it feels very real and it's clear this is a historic moment either in that we are devastated or it illustrates the ability of humanity to come together and stop a common threat. It would be wonderful if it ended up being some sort of turning point in terms of global outlooks, but that's probably a bit optimistic...
So, it doesn't feel real personally, but looking out it feels all too real.
Oddly enough for me, my day-to-day isn't all that changed so it doesn't exactly feel real in that respect. This despite the fact that I do not work from home right now, but my office was already small and pretty self-isolating without a global pandemic. Most of them aren't even coming into the office anyhow, so I'm here alone basically.
Looking at the news and everything going on globally and even locally, it feels very real and it's clear this is a historic moment either in that we are devastated or it illustrates the ability of humanity to come together and stop a common threat. It would be wonderful if it ended up being some sort of turning point in terms of global outlooks, but that's probably a bit optimistic...
So, it doesn't feel real personally, but looking out it feels all too real.
No. Not even comparable.
More like this is Spanish Influenza: 21st Century Remastered Edition, except we've already unlocked all the cheat codes, so we're much better equipped to deal with it this time. I just hope this is all over soon.
I'm in a state of shock tbh. I mean it's terrifying. Not knowing how much worse it's going to get, no end in sight, everyday is worse than previous day. It's fucking insane. I'm so thankful me and my wife can work from home and be home with the kids during this so being together with my family helps me get through it but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't scared shitless right about now
I've been preparing for a couple months now knowing what would eventually happen since not nearly enough was being done when it first started.
It was only inevitable in my mind, so I've more or less accepted it awhile back.
It was only inevitable in my mind, so I've more or less accepted it awhile back.
Yes and no, I guess. The world is a weird place right now, but it has not impacted my daily life all that much so far. My wife and I don't have kids and are homebodies anyway, so our home life hasn't really changed, except that she normally travels a lot for work and all of that has been suspended, so it has been nice to have her home more. Up until this morning I had still been going to the office every day at my boss' insistence, but one of my coworkers woke up with symptoms today and I had been at her house on Tue to get her work from home station set up, so I was finally asked to start working from home. I haven't had trouble getting food or necessities.
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Yea I wasn't
obviously all our lives have changed, but mentally it hasn't really caught up
like, we're still getting 50 pages threads in gaming side about whether PS5 plays PS4 games.
I don't know if it's just how we're coping, but this reality were going through whole simultaneously still having internet and electricity and on demand entertainment, it feels odd. And the fact I still have homework to turn in
it's contradictory in a way
Idk, I don't have the right words for it
Well, considering my Fox News-consuming father thinks coronavirus is just the flu, up to and including regurgitating Trump's talking points about it being less deadlier, I'm terrified right now.
I mean a figurative worker/medical revolution IS needed after all this. Not that we haven't been asking for ages, but if rich people want to keep making money, they will finally need to do something (because it hurts their own bottom line, not because they actually care, of course). Stuff doesn't normally change drastically until something critical actually happens. "oh, maybe we should prep for a major epidemic" "oh, maybe we should pay people a little more" "oh, maybe we should rehaul how medical works" "oh, too many people broke is bad because no one is buying anything (even moreso than before)".
well its pretty surreal, seeing my gf's school friend as our new prime minister on the news constantly and trying to assure the nation we will have enough food, etc.
i also work in a hospital with more than a few confirmed corona patients and im probably infected several times over. just today i saw couches in the ER lobby getting disinfected because a corona patient had wandered off into the wrong area and just laid down..
very weird times, basically every minute is weird.
also im afraid. right now its kind of eerily quiet at our hospital, most normal patients have disappeared, so the hallways and lobbies are dead silent a lot of the time.. but we all know its the quiet before the storm.
i also work in a hospital with more than a few confirmed corona patients and im probably infected several times over. just today i saw couches in the ER lobby getting disinfected because a corona patient had wandered off into the wrong area and just laid down..
very weird times, basically every minute is weird.
also im afraid. right now its kind of eerily quiet at our hospital, most normal patients have disappeared, so the hallways and lobbies are dead silent a lot of the time.. but we all know its the quiet before the storm.
The big question mark for me is the US, India and Africa now.
China seems to have it under control... for now.
This is a very rapid transition period. Changing from one state of mind/behavior to another always requires work and is almost always uncomfortable. That's why I think people prefer status quo. It simply takes less activation energy.
Now we are in a situation beyond our control and forces us to adapt. Of course that is going to be a shock to the system. This is why maintaining communication and staying informed is paramount. It will support your nerves and guide you with the tools you will need to adapt.
Now we are in a situation beyond our control and forces us to adapt. Of course that is going to be a shock to the system. This is why maintaining communication and staying informed is paramount. It will support your nerves and guide you with the tools you will need to adapt.
There are seven billion people on the planet. The death rate and infection rates combined with people being slow to take it seriously, I would be shocked if you death toll is not millions, shit as it sounds.
It has been real for 3 weeks now. But every day, waking up feels like a nightmare.
In the US alone.
Thank you for your contributions.
In the US alone.
Thank you for your contributions.
For my fellow Americans this is just the beginning. I'm annoyed there are still people around me thinking this is just some sort of casual thing only going to last a few weeks.
in Brazil we are only starting to take measures now, so it's starting to catch up in my mind, sounds so surreal to know that i'm living through a big historical event, i was only a baby in 9/11
I work retail and I have overheard multiple conversations on the floor about people getting laid off.
It feels very real
It feels very real
It's been real to me for about 3+ weeks now. I work in a substance abuse treatment facility and it's basically a petri dish. I'm going to get it, it's just a matter of time.
Yes... I run a team of 25 people who sit in close situation to each other. We have had to make drastic changes to the way we work and we have 3 people who have been told by doctors to stay home for 2 weeks. Not enough tests to verify but we have to treat them as they are infected.
So its very real as I worry about getting work done. We are part of the pipeline to get goods to stores so I feel we are important.
So its very real as I worry about getting work done. We are part of the pipeline to get goods to stores so I feel we are important.
Yes, I've been following it since Jan/Feb thanks to Reddit...I spent a whole night reading through it and thought this could get very bad.
It's wild and I consider myself extremely lucky. I'm in a cushy salary position that allows me to work from home. As bad as things are, I'm really just being inconvenienced. I feel terrible for people who are actually seeing their lives implode. It's heart breaking. I'm trying to give money to all of the local businesses starting funds for furloughed service workers and I'm still paying our dog walker, even though my fiancée and I are working from home.
Ultimately, our government (here in the US) isn't gonna do what's required to help everyone, so everyone who's in a position to give needs to. If we don't look out for each other, no one will.
Ultimately, our government (here in the US) isn't gonna do what's required to help everyone, so everyone who's in a position to give needs to. If we don't look out for each other, no one will.
Yeah. Husband will probably be laid off within the next month, and I've had to sit down and figure out how long we can survive if both of us lose our jobs. I was in the middle of a big project for my yard, so I'll have to put that on hold probably just to be safe. Got enough cash on hand for 9 months without a job if I stop the project, but I think my job is safe and we can live okay without his salary.
Other than that, though, it's not affecting my life much. I make meals from scratch, and the produce sections are well stocked where I live so that's not going to affect me much other than getting rid of meals with chicken and ground beef as long as those are sold out. I work alone in an office, so still can go to work and staying home isn't a big deal either. Friends all have kids, so I can continue to see them just as infrequently as before.
I'm oddly hopeful about it if anything. Like maybe people will wake up and we'll get another New Deal out of this.
Other than that, though, it's not affecting my life much. I make meals from scratch, and the produce sections are well stocked where I live so that's not going to affect me much other than getting rid of meals with chicken and ground beef as long as those are sold out. I work alone in an office, so still can go to work and staying home isn't a big deal either. Friends all have kids, so I can continue to see them just as infrequently as before.
I'm oddly hopeful about it if anything. Like maybe people will wake up and we'll get another New Deal out of this.
Thanks for the support, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't regret my job choice right now lol
I guess I gotta do what I can.
Top medical professionals estimate the death rate would be ~1-2% if everyone was tested properly as the current death % hinges on almost no one being tested so we have very inaccurate statistics for who has gotten it and beaten it and been fine.
At least a couple million dying seems like a certainty. If the entire world was infected and no one took it seriously or took any action 77-154 million would die @ 1-2%. Even with preventive actions you're still looking at a lot, esp. since if it hits third world countries they'll be ill equipped to deal with it properly.
Feels unbelievably surreal but this shit is damn real to me and i'm following every single precaution i can to protect myself and my family/friends/co-workers/other people. What hits even harder is how fragile this society is and how close we are from total madness, how jobs and companies are thin, how my favorite spots and shops are just dying and will cease to exist post all this is over. It''s really sad if you ask me.
But we all need to come around with reality and stay sharp, curate what we read, what we consume as information in order to keep our shit together the best way possible.
But we all need to come around with reality and stay sharp, curate what we read, what we consume as information in order to keep our shit together the best way possible.
Yes, of course. Was mental that it kicked off so quickly worldwide but it's not surreal, it's what this shit can do. Read plenty in History books about this sort of thing happening. Just have to do what we can, like people have done previously. We're arguably better equipped than we've ever been, though some people need to start screwing their heads on. History books didn't mention if everyone were greedy, selfish cunts in the past, but that might make it in this time around.
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why personally it hasn't clicked completely:
- I wasn't paying much attention for a while
- I still have school assignments due
- I still have WiFi, electricity, era, amazon, on demand entertainment
- I was already an introvert practicing social isolation before this, only going to the gym and class
I know it's real
It just hasn't clicked yet in my feelings
And maybe it's a coping mechanism or something
Shit, just 10 days ago I was visiting San Francisco for the first time. God what a beautiful city. Can I work there some day?
I've been trapped inside with two elementary aged children. I'm very aware of how fucked we are.