Is anyone here in one of the states affected by coronavirus shutdowns?

GA they are 8 and 12. So no nap times LOL! Would be nice though! My 12 year old is fine. It’s the 8 year old driving me insane. As soon as the news broke about the shelter-in-place going in to effect at midnight, I rushed out to the grocery store because I knew everyone is about to panic. Had no choice but to bring the 8 year old and lets just say.....peppermint Smirnoff is on sale and I seriously contemplated buying 2 bottles to get me through this! It tastes wonderful in hot chocolate and of course a little buzz is nice LOL! My 12 year old has no assignments this week so I’m letting her hang out in her room. The 8 year old has things he can do online through that he does in school on his chrome book so and his teacher is wonderful and giving us things to keep them active with. But he can’t sit and pay attention for very long. I feel bad because I know he’s going stir crazy and needs to be around his peers but not much I can do about it! We’ll get through it.


good luck to all of us!

don’t know about ya’ll but.....the grocery stores here are pitiful. I went to 2 stores today....still can’t get toilet paper but got some paper towels. Both stores were basically out of meat! No eggs. No bread.The smaller store was out of milk and coffee creamer too. We mainly needed meat to freeze but all I could get was a seasoned tri tip and 2 rib eyes from the butchers counter. So we will be living off pasta, cereal and rice for a while LOL.

Worried, thanks for the info.    I have some thoughts on what an active 8 year old might do, so let me get back to you.

As of midnight already, Nevada is pretty much closed for business. No casinos, restaurants, or any non-essential business is opened or will be opened for a while.
Pharmacy, gas, food, hardware stores allowed to be open. Schools as far as I know are closed but still serving breakfast and lunches. don't know if this is all schools or not. Don't know about SNF or other such facilities. Food banks are still operating.
Most food type deliveries are still operating. Had a Drs appointment today. Everyone was wearing masks except the Dr. No one in waiting room Only a few patients waiting in the hall.
Cleared my throat in a convenient store and the clerk nearly went into a panic. Sanitized hands after taking my money. Then reached into drawer to make change.Would not place money into my hands but balanced everything on the paper and gingerly pointed it in my direction.
Most shopping centers and strip malls were deserted. Traffic was slightly less today.
Construction work is allowed to continue as the discretion of the contractor.
Mail delivery will continue so far, although it is not being sprayed.

Be safe and wash frequently.

Just read that all kansas k-12 schools are closed for the rest of the year. I imagine that will become the norm.

I have notice here the same. Schools close, casinos, and restaurants. We do have little stands in school's parking lots for kids to get free lunches so that is nice. But people have just gone crazy around here! Not a lot of traffic. Plus, all our government business has closed their doors to the public. We now have to pay bills like the taxes and water bills in a drop box. Even our city hall meeting our closed to the public, but they are letting people join by phone and other forms of Technology.

I don't know what others think but this all just seems unreal! Like we are all in a weird movie!

Now it’s 196 cases here and 4 deaths. It’s expected to rise because of our recent Mardi Gras celebrations. Crap! I am bummed.

So many of our events are also attended by tourists, including many from Europe and Asia.

So, they are saying the timing of our Mardi Gras celebrations was right for our city to be highly infected with the virus due to the large crowds at the parades and throughout the city at that time.

More and more closures daily to help stop the spread of this virus. The people here are starting to feel the impact. Some are saying they don’t know how they will survive. A few restaurants are giving free food to those in need.

Summit County has closed everything, including hotels. Very busy time of year there, normally. All hotel guests have been told to pack your bags, get ready to go 😉, go home.😮

Sci-fi novel or movie? Twilight Zone? Who else feels this way? Shell, I see that you do. I certainly do!

Same here. Recent community would not let me visit due to corona. Moved sis this week to new community-will not let me visit. Thought we had done the right thing by sis-desperate to get her out of that place. Recent community was not giving good care-I have posted about throughout this forum.

New community-nurse called me after sis had been bawling for 4 hours. I could hear sis crying in the background of the call with the nurse. Yes she cried before-recent people were not doing much to redirect etc at recent community-they would take sis to her room and shut the door. New community I already do not have a good feeling about them not giving some extra TLC to new person who is clearly distressed from the move and now can not see me at all. I called back a few times to see how things are going with sis-same nurse did not recall who I was talking about....(person with the loud crying) .Sis does have a phone in her room-i tried calling not sure it is ringing in her room....Each time we have made a move sis goes down hill by a big chunk-I am really afraid of what I am going to see when I finally get to see my sister. I am allowed to send cards and check in with the nursing it will have to do for now.

My husband entered a SNF on Saturday after a fall. Dr's put him there for Physical Therapy. On Sunday I went to visit and found the facility was under quarantine. I can drop off things for him at the front desk and they will take them to him. He has his phone. I'm actually really glad that he is safe there. The virus is starting to make an appearance in our city and I've been terribly afraid that I would bring it home, in spite of all the precautions I take. He has so many medical issues that it would go badly for him if he caught it. I have to work and our company has it's first person on quarantine as of yesterday. (His roommate tested positive.) Company policy is that if you've been exposed then you don't come to work for 2 weeks.

The announcement was made yesterday that our schools will close. Kids are on Spring Break this Week. That will extend one week while educators get ready for remote education. Online and by packet.

Sooo, starting in about 10 days I will have grandkids 6yrs and 18 months. 😳 Not that big of a deal, they spend a lot of time with me anyway. But with situation, how long?

I remembered a country slaughter house that I used to go to with my Dad. Googled. They are still in business! Buzzed over there yesterday before the school announcement, I just felt it was coming, and stocked up on meat. I keep things in my big freezer but not what I will probably need for this situation.

Our store shelves are empty.

I looked around the internet and I think you can freeze milk. If anyone has frozen milk successfully let me know. I want to freeze heavy cream actually and hate to waste a pint for a science experiment.

My adult son (31) is very ill. Awful fatigue for the last month. He started running fever and went to Walk In Yesterday morning. The Dx was Strep Throat. I don’t know, just seems more serious to me. Monitoring him for respiratory symptoms.

Son’s wife is a banker. She had a customer in her office this week. Guy let it be known that he was around shaking hands, Bro hugging some buddy 4 days prior and the Buddy has since become ill and tested positive. This customer was supposed to be in self quarantine!!! But, was out opening a checking account and who knows what else in town. So there’s that...

I live in a rural area so that’s a plus.
I prefer being here. I only go to town when needed so on a normal basis, I am usually stocked up for 2-3 weeks.

Stay Safe Everyone.

As if being quarantined with my DH (who normally travels 20 days of the month) I not only have him home, working, to contend with, but N Utah got hit with a 5.7 earthquake this am. Literally rumbled our house. We are 20 miles from the epicenter, but I am already a little anxious and now this, plus all the 'little' aftershocks.

Luckily we're stocked for food and I'm not worried. Everyone is looking out for everyone else!

I had a Dr apt today and hubs drove me, While I was there he topped off my truck ( I still have to go to work ) and hit the liquor store ( mom worried there is going to be a shortage of her wine.. LOL,, they have plenty of booze and are getting overflow from the bar and restaurant closings) and the grocery store. He was able to get eggs, everything was stocked but TP and we have plenty of that, it was fresh stuff and coffee creamer we needed. Our gas prices are dropping, contrary to what the news is saying about it going up.. 1.99 a gal. Then we went to the pharmacy to get mom and I scripts filled,, they had what we need, and the extra boxes will be there Fri so hubs will pick them up. Then the back to cash a check for mom,, for the first ever they asked if my POA was on file with them,, yep, and my name is on all the accounts also. They have to be careful with scammers now,,,

We are up to 280 cases and 7 deaths now. I am sad for everyone everywhere 😞. Many of our businesses that rely on tourism are suffering horribly. It’s not just our smaller boutique hotels but now the larger hotels too are taking a hit.

One really interesting turn of events is how the virus is effecting our funeral homes. Social distancing and limitations on the number of people attending funerals. Death is a big business here. We respect our dead here, from funerals to our unique and beautiful cemeteries.

No second line jazz funerals either! Wow...big cultural changes in our unique city. These are unique times though that requires focusing on controlling this virus.

Man, I hope people listen to the advice. If they don’t our local police have announced they will give out citations. Glad our police officers are staying on top of enforcing the regulations that are for our safety.

The Covid-19 virus is in all 50 states, and in Guam. I heard this morning.
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Stay home.

I live in San Mateo County of CA and home from non-essential work during the shelter in place from March 17th - April. This is how I will volunteer since I cannot go into San Francisco to my regular shifts besides doing virtual Mass during Lent.

Would they let you in if you suited up in protective gear?

Well, people will be people. Some people just don’t listen to authorities. Our governor has specifically asked for people not to meet in groups larger than 50. He asked that people stay home altogether.

This church in Baton Rouge, Louisiana decided to hold a service with several hundred people. So ridiculous! The pastor and his wife obviously feel that they are above the law!

The police went to the church and told them they would be arrested if they did it again. Let’s hope they listen. They claim they can follow their own laws! WTH?

They certainly have a right to pray but they aren’t responsible or respectful to the governor’s curfews and restrictions, or their community. Crazy!

These people need to pray at home! Don’t go and risk becoming infected or infecting others in case you are a carrier.

This church must be a fanatical group. I looked up their website and they claim to be able to cure HIV and cancer! Geeeeeez! I believe in prayer but what a strange message to put on a website. I hope they encourage their congregation to seek medical help. Some extreme churches don’t.

With my workplace closed, and my granddaughter's school going to digital learning, we are both staying home, while my daughter goes to work. She has no union (as I do) and no leave benefits, so she has to go to work. I feel as if I am sending my beloved daughter off to war each day. War with an invisible enemy lurking anywhere. When she comes to visit, she stays in the yard and throws her daughter a hug, just to keep any possible germs away from her. It's so hard. They have started to facetime by playing some silly online games, so she can be with her mommy without being in the same location, which helps to lighten up the situation for my granddaughter.

After a spontaneous retinal detachment and operation for that, I am anxious to get my cataract surgery. They postponed it. It was moved twice already. My vision is compromised in the other eye from the same thing a few years ago. I can still read, etc. but it is getting cloudier and blurrier. I wake up each morning already worried about MIL, my husband's health etc. Now this terrible situation in the World. I don't want to get to the point where I panic when it sinks in this surgery may keep getting pushed back. My insurance will change at the end of May. I am still holding out hope that things will get better, people will recover or the virus will lose steam. I hope to sell this condo I do not like. I dream of retiring to a whole different area, perhaps naively. Fear being trapped.
As though some of us don't have enough problems right now it feels awful to wake up and realize what is happening. Surreal. We take it a day at a time, limit grocery runs, and drive to check on MIL I am so sad what is happening.

Today is the one year anniversary of losing Mom and 92 year old Dad is in LTC in Canada. I was scheduled to drive up last Sunday for a week, had the car packed and ready and the call came at 5:30 pm Saturday evening that they were locking down.

I feel completely helpless. He's 500 miles and a border away from me and considering what's happening here in the US I suspect I need to make peace that I will likely lose him before I'm able to travel to Canada. We're making the best of this bad situation by maintaining daily phone calls and Facetime but it's heartbreaking to say the list. I just want to give him a hug.

Oh Bailey😟 , if he should take a turn for the worse I know that in Ontario family is allowed to be with the very ill or dying and I'm sure they would allow you across the border for compassionate reasons, but hopefully you won't need to test any of that.

I just read in our local news. We now have 8 confirmed cases. Our governor has declared that all non-essential businesses will close tomorrow, Friday, at 12:00pm. This includes malls, theaters, retail stores, etc... Police have been instructed to pull over drivers after this deadline to find out why they're on the road. If it's because of work, that 'non-essential' business will be penalized, even have their business license revoked. I informed oldest sis. I said we need to go to the grocery store one more time - before noon. I need to buy the 20 lbs. rice (if it's still there), bananas, eggs, corn, tomato, etc... I'll use my credit card if I have to.... I've been home this past week and I'm disliking the sight of canned meat.... I'm having fast food withdrawals... I think I'm going to sneak in some unhealthy junk food for comfort food (not midnight snack). I keep thinking of that oreo cookies with strawberry fillings. I hope they have it there. I bought the $1.50 one at a small mom-and-pop Asian store, from another village.

Need Help,

I am in Texas. My DH is on a project in Kansas. He has a younger coworker that has a parent that is a U.S. Marshal and lives in your state. Supposedly, there has been talk of closing the state borders around Louisiana.

Have you heard any whispers? When DH told me last night I didn’t really take it seriously. But, nothing would surprise me at this point.

Riverdale, I don't live in any of the 50 US states.  I'm a Pacific islander.

Since I live in Asia area, I get Asian newsfeeds. I was able to watch news on the virus since the time only China was infected.  The govt handling of it. And then its spread internationally.

We now have 12 confirmed cases of the virus. 12 cases within a 1 week time period.... Woke up with my fire detector beeping. I have to buy 4 9volt batteries for all the alarms in the house. I hope that one small grocery store have it in supply...I now feel trepidation about going to the store now.

Grrrrr....380 here now. 10 dead.

Sean Peyton has it now. New Orleans Saints football coach.

Lambeth House has taken a hit with deaths. It’s an independent, assisted living and memory care facility here.

Now they are releasing prisoners here due to virus. Domestic violence offenders are out on bail! Geeeeez!

Issue is that they are trying to keep the jail virus free.

Restaurants are suffering. People are cooking at home more because the virus is spreading here. The governor wants to see if there is a way for people to use SNAP benefits at restaurants too, not just grocery stores.

Our temp is in the low 80’s. Warm here. Muggy.

Many of us Catholics are missing out on our St. Joseph’s day alters. Today is St. Joseph’s day. Normally, we go to church and share a meal and admire the beautiful alters in honor of St. Joseph, then enjoy the marvelous Italian cookies. Lovely tradition in our faith. Oh well..there is next year to look forward to.

I heard San Francisco is in a complete shutdown for 3 weeks. Everyone is a shut in. Except for going to the grocery store and the doctors. I am glad they finally closed the beaches in Florida. This kids think that nothing will happen to them!!

NeedHelp, our restaurants can only be opened if they provide drive-through or parking lot delivery of meals. No indoor dining. Oldest sis said that the Catholic church did not put holy water at the inside entrance of the church. No bread communion (?).

Elaine, I saw in the news lastnight that the younger generations actually think that the C-flu won't affect them since they're not elderly with health issues. So they continue to go to the malls, theaters, beaches... Lastnight is the first time I heard in the news about those hospitalized is about 40% from the age 20 to 50 (54?) - and they have no health issues.