News Worldwide impact of the novel coronavirus (covid-19)

[lostforgottensoul]

Hypervigilance win:
Went to the store yesterday (to pick up a package, no stockpiling) pulled in the lot and a fellow walked past my car carrying 2 packs of TP. All good.
Went in the store, got package, looked around for a minute on shelf status, saw the sign on the TP shelf “Limit 2 per customer”. Most people had bundles under their arms. All good.
Departed store, notice same fellow from earlier leaving with 2 more packs. Hmmm not good.
Stopped him (polite as possible).
“The sign says 2 per customer. When I entered the store you were in the lot with 2 already and a bag. That’s 2 extra packs someone else might need”
His reply: “it’s not for me”
Me: “I can’t disprove that, but you have 2 already. The reasonable thing is to share what you have and come back for 2 more tomorrow”
He nodded, turned and went back in the store.
Don’t know if he waited for me to leave or if he returned them. But message sent.

Sometimes taking note of everything in your environment can be a good thing ?

You're my hero for the day!

Personally? I'm definitely not giving up my dog walks. And I'm actually extending them, and then throwing in a bike ride at the end of the day.

Me too! Still running Chopper as I always do. He is my top priotity. Going outside and even going to work, keeping my days the same is helping me!

Unfortantly, I do sit close to others but just keeping myself doing all the same shit is helping the panic. For me anyway.

 

[Neverthesame]

Is anyone else struggling with thoughts that the coronavirus will inevitably kill you?

I'm not worried about it killing me, I am worried I'll get careless and accidentally infect someone that is likely to die from it. I work in an "essential" service, I'll be surprised if I don't get it.

 

[Freida]

I work in a call center with two PC screens. If you use purell hand sanitizer wipes (provided by the company) which has the needed percentage of alcohol amount and is just like the hand sanitizer but in wipe form. Those screens gets wiped down top to bottom. Along with the rest of the monitor, keyboard, and mouse and the desk and the tower of the computer.

We did that in dispatch -- but it was kind of an exercise in futility because when you read the label it has to stay wet for 10 minutes to work as a sanitizer. Not something we had - because we only had seconds to change people :( Funny thing is? We kept using them! Guess it made us feel better in the long run :laugh:

Sometimes taking note of everything in your environment can be a good thing ?

You crack me up! :laugh:

Dystopian times don’t break me.. it will at some point.. not now ?

Ya baby!!!

 

[Sideways]

Not something we had - because we only had seconds to change people :( Funny thing is? We kept using them!

Oftentimes the exercise is simply in giving something that they feel like they can do. Wipe the computer screen? Sure, I can do that. And that in turn helps with the panic and anxiety.

Good time to try and turn off my nasty habit of reading the fine print on labels though. Anti-bacterial? Is anti-bacterial. Not anti-viral. But hey, if it makes me feel better? Sometimes that's a win:eek:

 

[lostforgottensoul]

Anti-bacterial? Is anti-bacterial. Not anti-viral.

Didn't they say hand sanitizer of at least a certian percentage of alcohol? I cant spell.

I only ask cause now I'm freaking. I don't have the option to not work so wanna make sure I'm safe at work. Wish I could put distance between myself and my coworkers but nope, not working.

They give use purell wipes and hand sanitizer at work.

ETA: ^^^ Does that work for Covid-19?

 

[Freida]

Didn't they say hand sanitizer of at least a certian percentage of alcohol? I cant spell.

I was all excited -- because I was going to make my own hand sanitizer. the receipe said 60% must be alcohol and then you can add blah blah
Yay! says me -- I have a bottle of 70% rubbing alcohol in my cupboard.

Then I found the correction. It has to be "99% rubbing alcohol" that makes up 60% of the batch you are making. And guess what you cant find anywhere right now. :(

 

[Sideways]

I only ask cause now I'm freaking.

Sorry, didn't mean to freak you out.

Viruses be viruses. Nothing has changed, continue life as usual.

The health advice hasn't really changed in essence since day 1: wash your hands with soap, for 20 seconds, regularly, and avoid touching your face.

Soap and sanitizer aren't killing viruses. They never have. The goal is to scrub the virus off your hands?

You'll be fine. You can't stop going to work. So switch the channel away from virus-related news, and know that things are going to be okay. They really are:hug:

 

[Justmehere]

Soap does destroy coronavirus. Soap kills covid. You could even wipe something with soap and not rinse them and it will be less germy with live coronavirus.

Soap is made up of two-sided molecules. One side is attracted to water; the other side is attracted to fat. And viruses are made up of material surrounded by a coating of proteins and fat. When viruses interact with soap, that fat coating gets ripped out by the soap molecules. Soap literally demolishes viruses.

How soap kills the coronavirus

Soap literally pulls apart the virus.

Per a good friend who is a PhD in chemistry, and well founded science, I put soap on a dishrag and wipe down my dog’s leash a couple times a day. I don’t have enough sanitizer to do it with anything alcohol based, but soap on a dishrag will work. The soap rips apart the walls of the virus so it can’t infect anymore. The parts would still be on the leash because I’m not rising everyday, and it’s not ideal, as washing it would be better. Rinsing adds another measure to get rid of the virus by physical removal, not just chemical via the soap molecules.

Soap does truly disinfect.

Things based in alcohol have to be 60 percent alcohol or greater to rip apart the virus molecules.
I feel like saying sometimes to the very few that have shamed me for PTSD... “oh feeling stressed and like you could die at any moment? Welcome to my world.”

Which is really dangerous for some of us. I can't afford to go back to the Agoraphobia I used to have. I can't. It may mean Facetime-ing my mum and nan for a while, because of their health. But social isolation has been devastating for me.

Yeah, there are times I find it too easy, too much of a “relief” to fall back into the old extreme isolation. Walks and getting out where there are people at a distance on the trails at paths helps, and going out of my way for one on one and group FaceTime and Zoom hangouts has helped me balance it. I get the face to face interaction at least on a screen, and keep in the back of my mind all the research on what solitary confinement does to the brain so that I avoid it as much as possible. I have plans to walk with friend one day next week, or whenever I’m well enough, but where we both stay at a recommended 6 foot distance at all times for both our sake. We’ll see how it works. I already want to cancel. Sigh. I have to keep battling my depression with healthy doses of sunlight and at least online connections.

 

[Sideways]

Soap kills covid.

My dad has been persisting with old-school soap cakes for a long time. Because 'handwash' and soap? Different things!

 

[Strangelongtrip]

I'm in school right now and classes started this week, luckily I'm already online so I didn't have a dramatic switch. They feel absolutely pointless (they usually do to me, it's a degree for money LOL). I couldn't care less. The depression just keeps getting worse as more people cancel walks and I lose income. I know I have a safety net but I also got news my school isn't giving me nearly any aid next year. I'm terrified I won't finish this degree because I can't pay for it and be tens of thousands in debt without a job to handle it. I'm trying to stay positive and I can for the beginning of the day but then by around 2pm I'm out. I can't be positive anymore. But I am learning to meditate so that's good. It doesn't seem to do much for depression. I'm trying to walk a mile or two a day. That helps some.

My grandparents, one 81 one 71 (with terrible health problems), aren't taking precautions. My granddad has been working at his office even after the decree to close everything happened. Someone in the office was around someone who had it. Then he comes home and is around my grandmother, who has asthma and a host of autoimmune disorders.

My parents, who I live with, are starting to get under my skin. My dad interrupts everyone all the time and talks over them and my mom keeps talking about weight, which I hate. I know I'm fortunate that right now they're just irritating and not outright emotionally abusive like they used to be, but being trapped in here with them is just painful.

 

[Justmehere]

@Sideways - I use soap cakes or what we call in the US bar soap. (Like here) I tend to be less allergic to some kinds and it saves money. It does the same as liquid soap. It still kills coronavirus. Soap doesn’t have to be liquid or fancy to kill it. It just has to be soap. And yeah, my mother is pretty old school in many of her cleaning techniques... sigh. But I figure as long as she is using lots of soap liberally, I’ll celebrate it. :)

 

[Sideways]

Soap doesn’t have to be liquid or fancy to kill it. It just has to be soap.

Lol, it's a funny lesson in hygiene for a lot of folks I think. We've gotten very used to disinfectant and sprays and squirting hand sanitizer that "kill 99% of germs" (read the fine print, and yup, they mean bacterial germs!). Time to return to old school processes of actually washing stuff!! It's almost quaint:)