What is it like to live in US right now?

[mark clemson]

"What is it like to live in US right now?"

A bit more nerve-wracking than it was a week ago, as I now have to wonder if my typical superficially fine appearing neighbor is actually a deranged right-wing wackadoodle with delusions of overthrowing the government.  The COVID rates are very high most everywhere as well, although now they are vaccinating, so there's a bit of a light at the end of THAT tunnel, at least for those without delusions about vaccination safety.

[NuevoYorko]

Every day my opinion of humanity sinks a little more.  

[Wiseman2]

Starting to think some people look better in masks. Seriously, it sucks. Upticks everywhere new strains noted many places. Scariest thing is they're starting to ration healthcare, even turning people with fevers and low o2 away from overcapacity hospitals.

[Ellener]

10 hours ago, Angelle said:

Our library closed down the children's section in the last month or two, and has now closed down again indefinitely. They have a staffing problem, thanks to covid, but they didn't say anything more. People who were in there recently, are now asking if they were exposed. I don't even know how bad it is out there now. A month ago, they said that 1 in 25 people had it, in my State. 

Houston has a brilliant library system, https://houstonlibrary.org/ it's all been remote/virtual since March 2020, my local has a big table outside where people pick up and drop off; plans to reopen after lockdown were shelved as Covid numbers spiked.

Texas has had 30 000 Covid deaths now.

Just waiting for the vaccines to become more available; all the distributors have signs up saying 'coming soon'.

 

 

 

 

[Alpacalia]

On 11/29/2020 at 5:58 AM, Eternal Sunshine said:

I keep watching the news and it seems like every day there is a record number of COVID cases and deaths.

I am curious to know how is daily life affected. I think that lockdowns/restrictions are minimal. So do you chose to wear a mask?

Do you still go out for a meal, to a cinema, to a gym? Or do you only duck out for essentials and then run back home? Are people genuinely scared or treating it as a nuisance?

Where I live we are still under a State Regional Stay Home Order. Masks must be worn in public spaces, so yes, I wear a mask. Some outdoor gym operations are permitted but no indoor/outdoor dining or cinemas and there are some shopping centers and retail stores that are open at limited capacity.  

It's a nuisance but I also view it as it's better to be safe than sorry.

[Angelle]

7 hours ago, Ellener said:

Houston has a brilliant library system, https://houstonlibrary.org/ it's all been remote/virtual since March 2020, my local has a big table outside where people pick up and drop off; plans to reopen after lockdown were shelved as Covid numbers spiked.

Texas has had 30 000 Covid deaths now.

Just waiting for the vaccines to become more available; all the distributors have signs up saying 'coming soon'.

 

 

 

 

I haven't been getting books from the library, unless it's been online. A friend of mine who is a librarian, said that Ohio was one of the leaders in getting things online.  Things like Libby, and something else that she recommended. 

[Kai_Kai]

It is starting to pick back up depending on the crowd you keep. If from the beginning you hang around people who didn't take the virus seriously the only thing that change was hang out spots. If you take it seriously, it is depressing. You barely see your friends and family and if you do its rare occasions. There's barely anything open (thats fun), which is weird because I am in NYC. If it is open it is at partial capacity. Social wise it was easier when it was warmer climate, now that it is getting cold you can't plan an event indoors, so it is all zoom play dates and distant gatherings for a while  Well, I am quarantining with my bf, so I am stuck home >,<  

[Bonifidelifelover]

I’m in Northern California & we are on lockdown but I teach so I go in. Schools are closed but I’m in private school so we are exempt. You can only get take out food. Or go to the supermarket. Some retail is open. No cinemas. Worst of all Disneyland is closed!

[Angelle]

A friend of mine mentioned today, that she caught Covid in December. She had a negative test result, when she was already feeling sick, and a positive one, the same day that her fever finally broke (after eight days of hardly any sleep). She's in Montreal. She's still feeling weak, and thinks she may have caught it at the funeral home, after she lost her mother. 

Edited January 18, 2021 by Angelle

[NuevoYorko]

Here is a typical situation in America right now:

I'm on a board of directors for an organization that has been struggling all year to figure out how to deal with the logistic challenges to what we're doing during the pandemic.  This involves people traveling between states.  Different states have different restrictions.  In addition, some workplaces in heavily restricted states have a required quarantine of 2 weeks if an employee travels out of state.

It's been complicated.  

Last on a zoom meeting, a member of the BOD schooled the rest of us on how this pandemic is mostly fake news; the WHO has debunked all the statistics and how they've been compiled, and anyone who bothers to take COVID into consideration is brainwashed.

Meanwhile, the country is approaching 5000 deaths per day.