Coronavirus Covid-19 Is it Affecting You and How?

[mystang89]

That's one thing about times like these. They bring or the worst in people and the best.
Reminds me of the quote from "Tale of Two Cities", "It was the best of times and the worst of times."

 

[Bunnylady]

Coastal NC - we get hurricanes regularly, so the concept of "stock up and hunker down" is nothing new.

Found one person who was selling 100s of bottles of hand sanitizer and then tried selling them on eBay,

This is called "price gouging," and it became a crime here some years ago when people tried to do it with gasoline, post-hurricane. There are always those who will try to exploit other people's distress; what a shame that it should even be necessary to make laws to prevent (or punish) such mean and self-absorbed behavior.

That's one thing about times like these. They bring or the worst in people and the best.
Reminds me of the quote from "Tale of Two Cities", "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times."

Y'know, it's funny - later in that sentence, Dickens writes that " in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only. "

We've got stores altering their hours, and now Chick-fil-A is closing their dining areas (still selling, but for carry-out or drive-thru only - no lingering). And I can imagine all of the air got sucked out of the room in Raleigh when it was learned that a symptomatic person who later tested positive attended a Lego convention in Raleigh on the 8th of this month.

Hang onto your heads, folks - a lot of people may be losing theirs.

 

[Xerocles]

Chris just said Las Vegas shut down the casinos...to me...that’s a great thing!! Imagine all the germs there??? Ugh

CLOSING VEGAS?? That place is all about gambling. Why close? The greatest gamble of all. You bet your life it is. Get together with a few thousands like minded souls and see who really comes out a winner.

 

[promiseacres]

 

[B&B Happy goats]

Florida beaches are being closed , (spring break, snowbirds) ...Fort Lauderdale, Miami beach.s......

 

[Jesusfreak101]

Poor cats lol the stores here are still packed with people. DH went to work and passes by them he said their parking lots were packed again.

 

[The_V's]

We only go to the store once a month usually so it didn't affect our shopping really. I already keep a two-three month supply in our pantries regularly stocked up regardless of the situation. My pig farming partner thinks its affecting our piglet sales but I think she's just feeling the stress from having so many litters back to back this month. We had a couple surprise litters from sows we bought we were told were definitely not pregnant who turned out to give us litters right away.I see this all as a blessing. It will show them city folks that the homesteading life really is the best way to live. Maybe more people will turn to our way of life after seeing homesteaders and farmers are really less affected than most city folk. Most of the hobby farmers and homesteaders in our area aren't worried at all. I feel bad for anyone who loses a family member to this virus but as a farmer I also see it as a culling of the herd. The universe does what it wants we all just live in it.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

I feel bad for anyone who loses a family member to this virus but as a farmer I also see it as a culling of the herd. The universe does what it wants we all just live in it.

I call it "Mother Nature fighting back."

 

[mystang89]

in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only

I forgot about that. Maybe I should read the entire book again lol. Might give better insight into today's happenings.

what a shame that it should even be necessary to make laws to prevent (or punish) such mean and self-absorbed behavior.

So true. I feel that's the way most laws came about though. Things that should seen like common sense to most have to be laid out in Black and White to all.

 

[Jesusfreak101]

I call it "Mother Nature fighting back."

Lol I told dh the day we found out they thought it can from a dog that the dogs figured out how to make themselves not edable lol since it can go from humans to animals. Ironically its how the swine flu started as well if memory serves.