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In reply to the discussion: Americans should prepare for coronavirus spread in U.S., CDC says [View all]BamaRefugee
(3,476 posts)43. I live and work in an area that has 7 out of 10 of the highest Asian poulation towns in California.
We're talking 70% Asian, and far majority Chinese.
People here come and go to China all the time.
Yesterday at Good Fortune market in Arcadia, where I shop a lot, EVERY SINGLE PERSON, workers and customers, had masks on.
I have to go to their businesses, go to their homes, touch their gates, touch their doorbells, touch their doorknobs, speak to them face to face, shake their hands...some of which I can stop doing but my work requires me to be right in front of them and questioning them on things ( I work in the civil justice field).
So unless I stop working and go broke, I don't really know what I can do.
And I wasn't being hysterical, it was gallows humor...laughing at what's probably inevitable.
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Americans should prepare for coronavirus spread in U.S., CDC says [View all]
Dennis Donovan
Feb 2020
OP
Given the Trump admin's efforts to quell info for fear of panicking the markets...
Dennis Donovan
Feb 2020
#2
You mean being a borderline agoraphobic introvert who hates to leave his house might save me?
Dennis Donovan
Feb 2020
#4
Why not hand sanitizer ? What about Lysol products. What products are best for wipe downs
lunasun
Feb 2020
#56
Thanks +the caution you take is not extreme . I live where there is a long flu season during cold
lunasun
Feb 2020
#62
I'm not agoraphobic or especially introverted, and I still don't like leaving the house much
mr_lebowski
Feb 2020
#53
We are no better (and likely much worse) than Italy in preparation for what the Coronavirus brings
Pachamama
Feb 2020
#7
This is just more verification that the current situation is not being handled properly
Pachamama
Feb 2020
#42
"coronavirus TO spread" TO!! Is it so hard for them to avoid ambiguous headlines?
NurseJackie
Feb 2020
#14
OK, I get the snark. But the potential spread of coronavirus is not a joke, and taking simple
Nitram
Feb 2020
#24
Sure, the Republican administration could do the right thing, but what are the odds of that?
mahatmakanejeeves
Feb 2020
#27
How the fuck do we "prepare"? Call Legal Zoom and make a will? I'm gonna invest my entire 401K into
BamaRefugee
Feb 2020
#18
Pay attention to the news, particularly outbreaks in your own community, and take precautions.
Nitram
Feb 2020
#23
I live and work in an area that has 7 out of 10 of the highest Asian poulation towns in California.
BamaRefugee
Feb 2020
#43
Penicillin will only matter with illnesses that are caused by bacteria. Not viruses.
PoindexterOglethorpe
Feb 2020
#58
Kudlow said they have it contained, "I won't say airtight but pretty close to airtight."
progressoid
Feb 2020
#39