Coronavirus

[Alienfish]

West Virginia has positive cases now, wish me luck!

Stay safe though! <3 (also read that wrong if u meant positive tested im a dumb).. hope u dont catch it!
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Also my thoughts to everyone getting schools closed or just can't go out also, I'm definitely lucky they haven't made anything drastic here yet more than turning hs/unis online... :/

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Lost my job. I work with viral samples in a laboratory so I'm stunned that COVID-19 has led to our closure. I have four weeks to finish up my project (I imagine from home after I meet with my line manager next week) and then that's me unemployed.

I may be able to spend four weeks in a research lab in the summer (if it doesn't close too and I doubt it's paid) but otherwise that's me ****ed until I return to degree study in September.

Holy ****in heck I'm sorry D: The irony also D:

Quite surprised more governments in general doesn't give permit to stay at home with money, firing people should be the last thing they do

 

[Kaiaa]

Lost my job. I work with viral samples in a laboratory so I'm stunned that COVID-19 has led to our closure. I have four weeks to finish up my project (I imagine from home after I meet with my line manager next week) and then that's me unemployed.

I may be able to spend four weeks in a research lab in the summer (if it doesn't close too and I doubt it's paid) but otherwise that's me ****ed until I return to degree study in September.

Oh darn, that’s extremely unfortunate!

 

[Mayor Monday]

Lost my job. I work with viral samples in a laboratory so I'm stunned that COVID-19 has led to our closure. I have four weeks to finish up my project (I imagine from home after I meet with my line manager next week) and then that's me unemployed.

I may be able to spend four weeks in a research lab in the summer (if it doesn't close too and I doubt it's paid) but otherwise that's me ****ed until I return to degree study in September.

This is going too far.

I'm so sorry about your job.

 

[Alienfish]

This is going too far.

I'm so sorry about your job.

Yeah, man why do they just fire people rather than doing a crisis pack for everyone... They have to permit you or at least give you a lump sum so you can survive til fall.

 

[EnderRen]

Yeah, man why do they just fire people rather than doing a crisis pack for everyone... They have to permit you or at least give you a lump sum so you can survive til fall.

Because, the company does not want to lose money doing that, they are also trying to stay afloat during this crisis. Now that doesn't excuse them for not helping people out. This is really affecting so many people! I /really/ want this to blow over soon.

 

[Shadow Star]

I'm still having to go into work this weekend and I'm honestly getting anxiety attacks about it.
I work in a theme park in the UK. And they've decided to remain open and just advise people not to come if they feel unwell, keep 2m apart from each other, avoid cash transactions where possible and wash their hands regularly.
Pretty much same thing for staff only we have to wipe everything down several times a day as well.

I can't see the park staying open this weekend if I'm being honest; but each day that passes, I'm getting more worried about it all. It'll be too quiet if it does stay open and they've already said that rides where guests are close and staff have to get close to check harnesses may be closed which is most of the park. My mum is high risk and we're scrambling to put together an isolation room should someone in the family get it. Granddad just got diagnosed with terminal cancer and he lives in London, so we're trying to convince him to come up where I live where it's a bit safer. I'm kinda just hoping the company comes to their senses and closes or the legislation I've been hearing about comes into effect so the government can force it closed.

Animal Crossing is really the only thing I can look forward to at the moment among this chaos. In the meantime I'm just trying to drown myself in other games while I wait and check up on the news every few hours or so.

 

[Revolucionaria]

This virus is wearing me down....everything has slowed down here including critical (medical) services I´ve needed. We are in quarantine, so I cannot go to my fiance or family no matter how much I need them right now. I also will not be receiving my switch with new horizons until at least the quarantine is lifted next month. I just feel awful in this situation.

 

[EnderRen]

I'm still having to go into work this weekend and I'm honestly getting anxiety attacks about it.
I work in a theme park in the UK. And they've decided to remain open and just advise people not to come if they feel unwell, keep 2m apart from each other, avoid cash transactions where possible and wash their hands regularly.
Pretty much same thing for staff only we have to wipe everything down several times a day as well.

I can't see the park staying open this weekend if I'm being honest; but each day that passes, I'm getting more worried about it all. It'll be too quiet if it does stay open and they've already said that rides where guests are close and staff have to get close to check harnesses may be closed which is most of the park. My mum is high risk and we're scrambling to put together an isolation room should someone in the family get it. Granddad just got diagnosed with terminal cancer and he lives in London, so we're trying to convince him to come up where I live where it's a bit safer. I'm kinda just hoping the company comes to their senses and closes or the legislation I've been hearing about comes into effect so the government can force it closed.

Animal Crossing is really the only thing I can look forward to at the moment among this chaos. In the meantime I'm just trying to drown myself in other games while I wait and check up on the news every few hours or so.

That is awful! This is another reason why I hope it blows over soon! Because things like these keep popping up!

 

[Mayor Monday]

My grandma's apartment just went under quarantine. None of them can have visitors. The apartments are for the elderly and disabled, but it's nothing like a nursing home. Still, rules are rules. I'm probably not going to be able to see her until April 20th.

I feel so bad for her. She's got nothing to do, and they took all of their indoor activities away and closed up their meeting areas where they could talk.

The elderly are really suffering in this situation.

 

[Alienfish]

Because, the company does not want to lose money doing that, they are also trying to stay afloat during this crisis. Now that doesn't excuse them for not helping people out. This is really affecting so many people! I /really/ want this to blow over soon.

Yeah but this is not the classic "ppl buying online or we're having a common crisis".. at least send them home with enough money and no one is hiring anyway

 

[cIementine]

schools are closed and my a-level exams have been cancelled/delayed. i'm really worried about this because i don't want it to impact university, and i was really looking forward to proving myself in the exams, enjoying the pressure tank of exam season with my friends and classmates, the relief of exams being over, the long summer and looking forward to uni. with this and work being closed, i feel like i don't know what to do myself, and i feel disheartened as last year was horrible for me and i was looking forward to the rest of this year. though i think schools closing was necessary and i'm more concerned about exams themselves, and i hope the government figure out what to do with education soon. my predicted grades are really good and will get me into my first choice uni, but i know so many people whose current grades exceed their predicted, and i was looking forward to maybe exceeding my own. if our a level grades become based on our predicted or mock exam grades, a lot of people are going to suffer and it'll feel like 2 years of work down the drain.

i can't even go spoons

 

[Blood Eclipse]

Wow

 

[Reginald Fairfield]

Bread seems scarce now. Just wanted hot dog buns. Maybe a King's Hawaiian roll would do.

 

[Mariah]

Bread seems scarce now. Just wanted hot dog buns. Maybe a King's Hawaiian roll would do.

Making your own bread is cheap and easy!

 

[Holla]

Canada here and we are still in the process of fully shutting down it seems. Schools and all events are cancelled, several stores are closed or doing take out/drive through only. Our only border (with the US) is closed to all non-essential travel.

My Dad’s work where he’s never been laid off in 31 years is shutting down and laying him off. My work is still going but not sure for how long (I know my boss was looking into possible working from home arrangements). Though I haven’t even been to work this week as I’ve been sick. Pretty sure it’s not Corona though but definitely some other nasty cold/standard flu. My Mom is a dialysis nurse but is actually off right now with heart problems otherwise she would still be at work, but hospitals are calling up all retired nurses and doctors in hopes they will help out and start working again.

These times be rough. All we can do is tough them out. Good luck out there (or I should say at home) everyone!

 

[Mayor Monday]

My mom is starting to show signs of feeling ill. I hope it's just a cold or sinuses. Even the flu. She already has issues. Illness can throw her into a flare. A big one could leave her paralyzed. She can't even fight things off like she used to.

If this virus worsens her condition, I'm worried it might serious.

Where's that magic cure at?

 

[Reginald Fairfield]

I'm more concerned about the panic buying.

 

[sunchild]

well my school is officially online for the rest of the semester.. which i had been preparing myself for the past few days with the situation getting worse it but still feels like a blow. most recreational things have closed like theaters, restaurants, bars, etc. indefinitely. i can't help but feel like it's too little too late though, because they only started closing things down after it had become community spread here. real life is tough right now, and i'm so glad acnh is coming at this specific moment so i can escape into it.

 

[kayleee]

Making your own bread is cheap and easy!

Omg Mariah is back

 

[Licorice]

I still have to go to my dumb retail job at a craft store that refuses to close. It was packed the last day I was at work. What on earth do all these old people think they need fabric so bad for right now?? They'll make jokes like "teehee i'll have so many crafts to do while in quarantine =))" Okay Judith but we won't close because you're here! It's like they don't realize that they are the most at risk. You're going to risk catching this over some YARN? I've been sick, literally coughing and sneezing at work while cutting their fabric because as usual the wheel of retail greed doesn't stop spinning for anyone. We aren't allowed to call out because no one takes this seriously. Yeah I'm young and if I caught it I'd be fine but what about our customers? The customers are all old people and some of the employees are old too. 60-70yrs old. We already ran out of hand sanitizer. We weren't provided with gloves or masks.