I'm so behind, but I just got to the super awkward party (in ep. 6 or 7) where Jessica throws herself at Barnett and Gigi gets into a fight with Damian. 😳
I can already tell very few of these people will stay together.
My kindergartener has started saying similar things, asking why can't she do parent pick-up and complaining that I work all the time instead of playing with her.
I just ask if she likes toys and vacations and fun things that cost money, like pizza. She sees me work a lot since I WFH, so I like to connect the work I'm doing to the benefits it brings our family. (Without freaking her out by pointing out that my income pays our rent!)
Kids find stuff to complain about whatever the situation. They know how to push our buttons and what gets the biggest reaction. At other times, my kid says she wants to be just like me and do the same job when she grows up, so I try to take the complaining with a grain of salt.
How do we feel about the first female president becoming president via a means other than election? Given Bernie and Biden’s ages it is certainly possible that something happens where we need to use the 25th Amendment to make the VP president.
Look, I'll take what I can get. I think this is a more likely scenario than Americans electing a woman president at this point. And maybe (hopefully?) when that glass ceiling is broken, it won't be so scary to contemplate electing a woman next time.
Another quote that stood out: "The spread of the coronavirus has also highlighted the divide between workers who receive paid sick leave and vacation days, and low-wage workers who don’t get paid if they have to take time off for illness."
This is also a problem for freelancers (like me!) who don't have paid sick time.
Fortunately, Seattle and Washington both have paid sick leave laws for employees (although not for a two week quarantine!). If this spreads widely, we might see a difference between states with paid sick leave policies and those without.
"Around 86 percent of U.S. workers are employed in service industry jobs, up from 68 percent in 1970, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics."
This is a shocking statistics to me. From a bit of research, it looks like the BLS defines "service-providing industries" as including all financial activities, professional and business services, and education, in addition to the typical retail/food service/recreation jobs. I'm guessing a fair percentage of the broad category of workers can WFH.
But the statistic leaves out freelancers in service-related positions, who are in a similarly dire situation where if they don't work they don't get paid.
I used to have the more flexible job, so I would stay home. Now, I WFH but as a freelancer, so if I don't work, I don't get paid. I'm also the breadwinner. Mr. Smock gets paid sick days, so he takes time off to stay home with sick kids.
I've been reading that the virus can stay on surfaces for days, but my mom's doctor said that it's more like a few hours. She suggested wearing gloves when you're out and taking them off as soon as you get home--after a few hours, they will be virus free. And of course don't touch your face in public. (She did say you can touch your face at home, lol.)
My friend got off a plane from Italy yesterday and just walked out of the airport with no screening and no instructions on Coronavirus. A group of American college students on the flight was instructed to send quarantine by their college but they decided not to because it would be boring to stay home for two weeks.
Shit like this is why I'm very concerned about the next few months.
From what I've heard, Seattle Public Schools is not planning to do online education in case of closures because of equity issues--not everyone has access to a computer or the internet. No idea what will happen if we see long-term closures like those in Japan or Italy.
One thing that my BFF and I were talking about regarding our friend who is quarantined from coming in direct contact with one of the confirmed cases here:
He is quarantined for 2 weeks, not to leave home/mix with population. But his family is not. So they are still going to school, going to work, going to stores...Does it not seem like the whole family should be quarantined? (I am not saying that sounds AT ALL enjoyable...but two kids in two different schools AND mom is a teacher at a third school. Seems like they should not be mingling with the population, no?)
This is what I'm trying to understand as well. I get that quarantined are to slow down spread. I get that they are necessary. But I *don't* get how they are seemingly being implemented here. This seems ineffective.
Is there any logic/science behind only partially quarantining people living in the same space.
I mean, if people were only contagious once they were symptomatic, it would maybe make sense.
If the quarantined person develops symptoms, the other household members also need to quarantine. But by then they might have spread the virus to others.
The guidelines are also to isolate the quarantined person in the house if possible, limiting contact with other household members. But in practice that really doesn't work.
At the very least, she'd be contributing to the greater understanding of how this virus is spreading and presenting.
I agree and hopefully testing will be more readily available in the next week, but it’s not right now.
At the very least, from a public health perspective we should be telling people with COVID-19 symptoms to self-quarantine.
And when there are more tests, hopefully we can test everyone reporting symptoms who was told they don’t meet the restrictive CDC guidelines. Because if we’re not tracking infection patterns and quarantining people, we’re not going to get ahead of the pandemic.
It doesn't sound like it from what I'm hearing here in Seattle. Our governor recommended avoiding public spaces with lots of people but hasn't gone so far as canceling events.
Deleting @ reference so it doesn't continue too far. If that kind of quarantine is effective, wouldn't others be too? I stocked up to be able to avoid going out if it gets bad to protect others and out of anxiety for myself.
But the MAGAT preppers? They clearly give zero shits about other people, they won't abide by a quarantine, they mock the 'hysteria' by the libtards.... They come up with reasons for me to hate them on the regular.
Yeah, I'm also worried that a quarantine won't be very effective here. It's easy to imagine MAGA people saying "the government can't tell me what to do! It's just a cold. Get over it." Particularly when Trump was calling it a hoax less than a week ago.
Do you think there will be quarantines in the US? I can't imagine that the MAGAT preppers would actually observe a quarantine.
It doesn't sound like it from what I'm hearing here in Seattle. Our governor recommended avoiding public spaces with lots of people but hasn't gone so far as canceling events.
@@@@ It sounds like Seattle Public Schools is planning to quarantine students that show symptoms in schools until parents can pick up, then close the school for a deep clean, and then reopen. No idea how feasible that is, considering how many cases could pop up in the next few weeks.
Here's a twitter thread on one woman with all the symptoms of COVID-19 trying to get tested in Seattle:
TL;DR: She can't get tested because she can't prove she's been in contact with a confirmed COVID-19 patient. This is what's scaring me the most right now. We're only seeing the tip of the iceberg in Seattle because no one can get tested.
Thanks mandymay and Velar Fricative. I added hand soap to our Amazon subscribe and save order since we're not going to run out in the next week. It's just ironic that I've got a 90 day supply of cheese just in case but we're out of hand soap.
I'm having a hard time wrapping my mind around containing the spread. I'm in Seattle, and for the past several weeks I've heard people saying "oh, there's something nasty going around right now!" But they do that every winter. How are we supposed to distinguish between flu, the common cold, other respiratory infections, and COVID-19?
Of course, I woke up with a sore throat and I'm like, uh... Do I need to quarantine myself? Should I call the doctor? I don't have a fever, cough, or shortness of breath, but... if it's been spreading here for weeks, how am I supposed to know if I've come into contact with a potentially infected person?
Warren endorsed Hillary in June 2016. I mainly remember this because Bernie Stan's called Warren a backstabbing snake.
Yeah but the primary contest was over at that point.
Not according to Bernie, lol. But yeah, I agree--Warren was very cautious and waited to endorse until it was 100% clear who would win. If she drops out, I could see her endorsing Bernie this time. I could also see Bernie picking Warren for VP.
But warren herself seems most likely to back Bernie after she drops. And if you support this candidate and her policies and then she turns around and says Bernie is the best candidate to carry out this agenda and works in support of that, many followers will listen.
Another reason why my support is tepid.
Then again she endorsed no one in the primaries of 2016.
Warren endorsed Hillary in June 2016. I mainly remember this because Bernie Stan's called Warren a backstabbing snake.
During the Black Death, Pope Clement VI locked himself inside the papal palace, sat between two bonfires (for health!), and refused to see anyone. His followers felt abandoned to their fate by their leader.
Guaranteed if there's a pandemic, Trump does the same thing.
I'm trying to remind myself that this stealth spreading might actually be a good sign. If the virus is spreading so widely without causing a spike in deaths, the mortality rate is probably much lower than we think, and lots of people have really mild cases. That tracks with the lower death rate reported outside of Wuhan.
Of course, last night I was convinced my kindergartener has Coronavirus because she's got a cough and a mild fever (that only lasted a few hours). But from what I read, COVID-19 generally sticks to the lower respiratory system (causing a dry cough), so a stuffy nose is much more likely the common cold (or flu) so I'm trying to stay calm.
I would ask for them to either give you the HSA this year or switch you to the plan with the HSA. Unfortunately, they might not be able to do either.
We were in a similar situation where the company's error left our family uninsured for a month. We asked for them to rush coverage for us or pay for a temporary plan. Ultimately they refused to do either, claiming it was "against policy." This is just another reason having insurance tied to employment stinks – a lot of companies don't seem to feel any urgency to fight for their employees to get coverage.