Thankfully, we moved all DS's college investment into low risk last spring since he was turning 16, so that hasn't taken too big of a hit. I checked today. That is the only one I am freaking about because we will need that money sooner.
Our school system sent out 2 txts saying check your email for a message from the superintendent at a certain time. Who's moronic idea was that? Parents and staff are all wondering why we get a cryptic text. 1 hour later, it was about the fact that there is no virus anywhere near, but this is what we will do if there is. Geesh people, way to freak everyone out.
I'm an investment advisor for institutions, and no one is freaking out and selling anything. We're continuing to recommend rebalancing to targets (so if your have a certain % stocks, buy more to get back to that level). There's no way of knowing what will happen in the future, but as most of you pointed out, we're all a long way from retirement. All of my clients are very long-term funds like pensions, endowments, and foundations.
Quick impromptu poll: How many of your jobs have said no unessential travel for employees? Trying to gauge how much that's becoming a thing.
DH’s job has. No meetings over 50 people. And no “social visits” on campus. So you know, as his wife I can’t visit him for lunch to make sure I don’t give him coronavirus.
Honestly, they think it’s been here for a while and part of me wonders if the bug I had for weeks that had me down for the count could have been it.
Quick impromptu poll: How many of your jobs have said no unessential travel for employees? Trying to gauge how much that's becoming a thing.
I work for a global company. Travel to China and South Korea has been suspended until further notice, and employees are being told they can decline to travel if they don't feel safe/comfortable traveling right now.
On Sunday, my company banned nonessential travel. Conferences, due diligence meetings, etc. Most of my travel is for client meetings, which are considered essential, but we’re supposed to call in to those where possible. So I kept my flights and travel to New Mexico yesterday, because the whole 2+ hour meeting was a presentation by me, but I’m going to call in to my meeting tomorrow in San Jose because I only have two 10-minute items to present.
I’m not super concerned. I do think it will be much more widespread soon, but still not super concerned. It sounds like it mainly is very serious for people over 80 and people who live in cities with major pollution and a high percentage of smokers. DH likes to be prepared so we are always prepared in case of widespread shortages/outages so that probably helps me feel calm about potential quarantines or the more likely panic and runs on supplies that could happen.
We are going to both Asia (Japan) and on a cruise this summer and I’m still not concerned.
ETA: I do think it could have consequences for the global economy, but I don’t think they will be terribly long term and it seems as we’ve been heading for some sort of slowdown for awhile now so I don’t think it would be all that surprising.
Yep. We’ve stopped all buffet food lunches and most travel. DHs company also stopped all Asia travel a couple of weeks ago. It’s here. It’s going to happen I just hope we all recover quickly.
We do not travel for our job except for conferences, which we hadn't had the budget for anything out of state.
A few considerations, we already have 1 employee home for monitoring because her relative is returning from an outbreak area. We have a big in state conference this summer- if the virus is raging- I won't be attending.
If the trip is soon (like next week 2 weeks) and you are going to a non outbreak area (Caribbean/ Mexico), you might be OK. You need to have these conversations now with your management on how they want to handle it. Because of the timing I would say you need to make a decision quickly if it were to be canceled or continue. With the additional caveat, that 2 weeks away means more cases likely. If you are able to squeeze the trip in, that might be the last big trip for a while.
Businesses need to have plans anyway- the thought is 1/5 of employees with be out due to monitoring, illness or schools closing.
twinmomma, sorry you are going through this. The one good thing about our Hawaii vacation is that is was before news of all this got out. Otherwise, it would have been one more thing we worry about, and we were already battling influenza. I was worried about N. Korea's Christmas surprise, and that week there was a helicopter crash that had a lot of our friends and co-workers worried even though it was on a different island.
I am starting the freak a little about our Vegas trip in April, that is paid for already. I don't know if I am being over or under dramatic. But given the tourist that come through Vegas, I am sure it will be there soon. We are going with a huge group, as far as I know, no one has expressed concern.
Next week to an area with no cases, you might be OK. Can you ask that people not come from Seattle area? Is that a factor? We are trying to avoid people coming in from outbreak hotspot areas.
Quick impromptu poll: How many of your jobs have said no unessential travel for employees? Trying to gauge how much that's becoming a thing.
We have a meeting today to discuss the issue, both of travel and general response since our business is very forward facing to the public. Right now on travel everyone is making their own decisions. Anyone who is expressing concern about travel is being allowed to handle the business via phone or web conference. The travel we do is mostly domestic with some occasional R&D or QC trips overseas. We did cancel one R&D trip to Italy, but the decision was made by the department handling that trip.
We have a mediation and the main insurance carrier rep will not be there because his company is saying no travel at all. It is a very large insurance co.
Post by traveltheworld on Mar 5, 2020 11:10:21 GMT -5
twinmomma, our firm does a lot of international business travel and we are telling everyone to avoid all non-essential travel. We also have a lot of external managers that come to us, and we are asking those to try and schedule web meetings instead of personally coming to us.
One of DH's offices is shut down due to a known case. The rest of the company has been told to WFH if they feel like it. I doubt all that many people are taking advantage of it. He's certianly not.
I don't have to worry about work travel, but DH's is not slowing down. He was supposed to fly out of the country today, but didn't realize that his passport expired YESTERDAY until he got to the airport.
The school principal just announced that the school is canceling their annual spring break trip to Central America, where the kids volunteer at an orphanage. I'm not surprised. She also requested that any family that is traveling outside the US notify her of the details. That seems a little...big brother I guess? If DH has to leave the country again, I shall not be notifying anyone.
mae0111 my company now wants to know about all personal travel. Our school district said they also want to know about travel outside the US - it's public school.
I'm OK with the big brother-ness in this situation since some people are idiots. Like I can't believe this jerk. DH went to Tuck and we would probably have been at that party if it happened 12 years ago. I hope he gets kicked out of his residency program.
We have someone at home for 2 weeks because their relative returned from Italy. The problem is that there are a lot of people not self monitoring at home after returning. I’ve heard from some of my friends in another part of the country. So we’re trying to be responsible, and they are all like tra la la.
waverly, No updates. Still going as far as I know right now. But it's literally still a minute by minute email thread. I at least slept a little better last night, I think in part because my kids were back with me after not seeing them for a week straight, so spending time with them helped with my stress.
Post by supertrooper1 on Mar 5, 2020 14:25:45 GMT -5
Stores in my area are sold out of disinfectant products and toilet paper. I'm glad I don't need any of those products! I'm trying to remain calm and be business as usual by thinking that I need to treat this just like cold and flu season.
One of the locations for our daycare (thankfully not ours) has been closed until Monday due to a confirmed case of coronavirus. So I mean it's basically definitely 10 miles away.
And the email from the school is.. confusing at best. A teacher tested positive for covid-19. She was sent home 2/26 and is receiving medical care. And then they say that "asymptomatic individuals are not considered contagious."
Soo... why was she sent home, tested, and now receiving medical care if was asymptomatic?
One of the locations for our daycare (thankfully not ours) has been closed until Monday due to a confirmed case of coronavirus. So I mean it's basically definitely 10 miles away.
And the email from the school is.. confusing at best. A teacher tested positive for covid-19. She was sent home 2/26 and is receiving medical care. And then they say that "asymptomatic individuals are not considered contagious."
Soo... why was she sent home, tested, and now receiving medical care if was asymptomatic?
Asymptomatic individuals are absolutely contagious. That's been confirmed in many of the Asian countries. The school needs to be corrected so people can get correct information.
k3am , Are they referring to the teacher has symptoms, but people she infected are asymptomatic? Until they have symptoms and are contagious.... And yes, they are contagious anyway.
We wanted to let you know of a development at one of our facilities. Our administration learned this morning that a teacher at our *** facility has tested positive for COVID-19. The teacher was sent home and has not returned to work since 2/26/2020. She is currently receiving medical care. In our conversations with *** County Department of Public Health and it’s TB Controller & Assistant Health Officer, Dr. ***, and her coordinators at California HAI CDC, we were told that asymptomatic individuals are not considered contagious.