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[ms spock]

I worry for the folks a bit. I am trying not to focus on it too much but it is so concering.

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[whiteraven]

I went to the laundromat today (I haven't done laundry in over 2 months, except for handwashing underwear and socks), wore my mask, and there was a lady in there who was probably in her 70s, who stared at me the entire time I was there. Nearly 2 hours. She was NOT wearing a mask. ?

 

[mamachick]

Some days it is hard for our current situation to not become depressing. While Im wearing a mask if I go out for essentials, and am practicing all safety measures, last week my refrigerator went out and had repair man here twice. Had a plumbing problem and plumber here all day Friday and back on Mon. to patch holes in ceiling and walls. The stress seemed to exhaust me. Last night I slept from midnight until 5 pm today. Just feeling exhaustion but I know that is how my depression plays out so I am careful of that. Sometimes I just need extra sleep too. I miss my kids/grandson horribly. I am a home body anyway. I just want everyone to be safe. The area I live in has low numbers of positive cases (30 in my county) but may be due to few tests being done. Also with things reopening, I fear the change that is likely. I just think we have a long road ahead of us...On the other hand, I am grateful that we dont have lost income for now, for my husbands company, for my dogs, and so much else. I know others must be feeling the stress, boredom, depression and anxiety. Just want to say thank you for all that are posting here. Your opinions are interesting and matter. Its good hearing from all of you from everywhere. I haven't posted much but am taking it all in. Thanks

 

[Changing4Best]

Some days it is hard for our current situation to not become depressing. While Im wearing a mask if I go out for essentials, and am practicing all safety measures, last week my refrigerator went out and had repair man here twice. Had a plumbing problem and plumber here all day Friday and back on Mon. to patch holes in ceiling and walls. The stress seemed to exhaust me. Last night I slept from midnight until 5 pm today. Just feeling exhaustion but I know that is how my depression plays out so I am careful of that. Sometimes I just need extra sleep too. I miss my kids/grandson horribly. I am a home body anyway. I just want everyone to be safe. The area I live in has low numbers of positive cases (30 in my county) but may be due to few tests being done. Also with things reopening, I fear the change that is likely. I just think we have a long road ahead of us...On the other hand, I am grateful that we dont have lost income for now, for my husbands company, for my dogs, and so much else. I know others must be feeling the stress, boredom, depression and anxiety. Just want to say thank you for all that are posting here. Your opinions are interesting and matter. Its good hearing from all of you from everywhere. I haven't posted much but am taking it all in. Thanks

I'm in the states. I wear a mask when I go out. Around here about 75 percent wear masks. Most of us wear cloth masks, made by hand or with a sewing machine. Very few of us still have commercially made ones left. One day a lady came up to us in a parking lot, selling them for $5. My CNA bought five of them.

 

[Ronin]

There was a lady in there who was probably in her 70s, who stared at me the entire time I was there. Nearly 2 hours.

I'da prolly asked her Is something a matter / Is there a problem, ma'am?, by like... minute five, lol. The five or ten I'd give to absent mindedness but full two hours is kind of weird.

So not surprised you are upset by something so jarring.

 

[Changing4Best]

Well, I went to the grocery today and not as many folks wore masks as last time I was there. The staff were all wearing them, thankfully. I found a box of fifty masks at Walgreens today, so I snapped them up before someone else did. Funny, I didn't even check what the price was! I didn't care.

 

[lostforgottensoul]

I found a box of fifty masks at Walgreens today,

Intresting! Masks have not been found anywhere for a while now. I went on Amazon to see if there are masks there now and there are. And the prices are way down. Boxes of 50 masks which now are less then $10 (as they should be), if you read the comments, people just a week ago said they paid $50 for them. So price goughing is way down on Amazon. And you found one in Walgreens. That means that the demand for masks are way down.

Take that for what you will.

 

[siniang]

I don't know if anyone else is with Kaiser, but I just wanted to share that Kaiser is currently gifting 1 year for the Calm Premium App. I've been using Calm for quite a while already even before and really enjoy their sounds; haven't tried their meditations, yet (not big into meditation).

Emotional wellness tools | Kaiser Permanente

They've also started a pilot program with Headspace, another meditation app, where they gift a 6 month subscription. It's not on that website, but maybe worth asking your health team about that? Not sure if that's exclusive to Hawaii, though.

Put in this thread because lots struggling with additional mental health challenges currently curtesy of this whole pandemic, but also because it was specifically relied to as COVID-19 specific in a recent newsletter.

 

[whiteraven]

Well, I went to the grocery today and not as many folks wore masks as last time I was there. The staff were all wearing them, thankfully. I found a box of fifty masks at Walgreens today, so I snapped them up before someone else did. Funny, I didn't even check what the price was! I didn't care.

I also went to the grocery - almost everyone was wearing a mask, which is up from last time I went. I had a really hard time during the whole visit, though; mask created a huge amount of anxiety for me and I ended up with a severe headache.

 

[Innordinate]

was out a couple days ago- I'd say 1/3 of people had masks on but-

Canada just upgraded mask wearing from:
"meh, i dunno. wear a mask maybe if you want to...?" to
"hey guys, i think everyone should wear a mask as much as possible when they go out."

so now that that laws been set in stone....

 

[mamachick]

Since all this got serious mid March? I have not been able to find even 1 hand sanitizer, Lysol or Clorox wipes, lysol spray disinfectant. I even tried on line and it's impossible.(so far have gotten by with what we have) Before it hit hard, I did pay $60 on line for 10 KN95 masks. I mailed a couple to my daughter. My husband has already broken 2 of his. Would love to find a box of 50. On another note, my husband is a bit of hoarder and buys ahead. When nobody could find toilet paper, I checked out what we had. We had 73 rolls so we were set for awhile.

 

[Freida]

Very few people around here wear masks. I don't think it's rebellion or "my rights" crap. I think it's because there weren't a lot of cases in this area so it's not real to people. Until friends and family start dropping dead people won't take it seriously

@brat17 the clorox people say they wont have the wipes back until at least mid august. ya -- august. :(

my sister has been making masks out of this stuff
filti fabric
if anyone out there likes to sew!