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PeurUCam:

--- Quote from: Stray Electron on March 18, 2020, 02:13:51 am ---  Not here. I went out today and just drove around and it's very nearly normal traffic conditions. It looks like a lot of people that are out of work or out of school are using this as an opportunity to go shopping or visiting or whatever.  Oh and I went by two large grocery stores and the parking lots there looked pretty full. No lines that I can see but there are many people in the stores.

   If the US wants people to quarantine, it's going to have to be mandatory and enforced.

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Stray, thank you. I did notice again today. Even during rush hours there was much less traffic. It's clearly a case of many people staying home.

Mr. Scram:

--- Quote from: Zucca on March 18, 2020, 12:32:58 pm ---rant mode.

I was 14 days in home office because I was in Italy. Today is my second day at work.
My department manager (not my direct boss, the one above) forced my presence at work. He is an idiot, a big one. My direct boss keep saying "I am sorry, could do nothing about this", I am beyond pissed off, like all the other colleagues in my team.
I am washing my hands like crazy and avoid people like opposite magnet poles. I go work using my bike, forget about public transportation.

Some germans colleagues are scared of me, which is good for me and for them. They keep the safety distance from me with just a bad look of mine.

What infuriate me more is seeing people in close circles in the city and at work,  laughing like nothing is happening.
As soon I am done at work I go home as fast as I can on my bike.

More than 200 italians are dying every day, what we need more to understand this is not a joke?

I am tempted to tell my company I am sick with temperature, but fu%& I am not a dishonest guy.

FUUUUUUUUUUUUU

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Where is this? Depending on the circumstances you could just get up and leave. Don't let authority trick you into something you consider unreasonable. Don't depend on other people's motives.

Mr. Scram:

--- Quote from: bd139 on March 18, 2020, 08:57:30 am ---Well I’ve got mild symptoms (cough, sore throat etc). So I’ve taken the kids out of school as per guidelines.

Apparently they have been threatening to fine people in some areas for this.

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They're fining people for keeping children in school or taking them out?

rdl:
I just got back from weekly grocery shopping. I was really surprised. I would estimate only 10-15% of store-able food remains. I've been through floods, hurricanes, winter storms that shut down the Interstates for days, but nothing like this. I don't know where people are putting all of it. I spent maybe 50% more than normal on extra stuff like canned goods and pasta, but if things don't improve I will likely starve before any virus gets me.

ivaylo:
Yes, everyone around you acting irrationally is super depressing (imagining everybody in their rooms with a pile of toilet paper in the middle). And this of course - https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-gun-purchases-ammo-20200318-emc53brliragvofwa4ydowij3a-story.html

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