SoxIlliniRob wrote:Y'all got your 3 giant packs of toilet paper? 4 cases of bottled water? Based on my observations at Costco, these will the only things we'll need during this debacle.
Seriously, it kind of looks like my high school senior's baseball season will be wiped out, which sucks. He's slated as the number one pitching starter on his high school ballclub this spring which will suck for him. Not sure if I'm being naive, but I'm going to dinner with some friends tonight and pretending everything is ok. I may not tongue kiss my friends, out of respect for this virus, but I'm not in panic mode either.
I'm not sure what "panic" people are referring to. I mean, people use that phrase, but I don't know anyone who's actually panicking, and I don't think stocking up on toilet paper or water is evidence of panic, necessarily. I think "panic" is the new "hoax". Trump supporters can't say that Trump was full of shit, so they're pivoting to calling out "panic". Seems like what we do know is that this virus is more easily transmitted than the flu or a cold, and certainly it's more deadly. If Trump hadn't decided to go the "hoax" route, perhaps we would have been in a position to ride it out with relatively little disruption to our normal lives. I don't think we are in a position to course correct at this point, so closings are necessary. The question is how many for how long. North Central, where my daughter goes, shut down in-room classes for the rest of the semester and have moved everything online. All abroad students in level 3 countries have been told to return home by no later than March 20. Macron announced just after that that he was ordering all schools, including colleges, in France to shut down. Lake Forest, where my son goes, was on spring break this week. Earlier this week they were advised that break was going to be extended by 2 days. Yesterday they advised that it would be extended by a week. My son's friend, who is Kwame Raoul's son, told him that Lake Forest will be going on-line as well, at least temporarily. My other son goes to UIC, and they've switched to online classes. I did take my LF son to dinner Wednesday night, so like you, I had no problem going out, but I was extremely aware of my surroundings. My husband does not get paid sick leave, so that's why we stocked up...because he wants to limit his exposure. I think people can make measured decisions as he has, and it's not indicative of "panic". I mean, true panic means you purchase duct tape, right?
I feel badly for your son. I think it's impacting graduations, proms, and other activities. It's especially upsetting if it's your senior year in high school or college. My daughter was emphatic that she would NOT be returning home by next Friday. She is simply not mentally prepared to leave her host family. Since France shut the schools down, her school is not offering any on-line classes, and they did tell the students that they will get full credit for their courses even without finishing the semester. The only thing we lose by her not returning home next Friday is reimbursement of airfare. The other two students at host family's house are a student from China and one from South Korea, so they're not leaving either, although both of their countries seems to have things under control at this point. South Korea has been held out as the model of how to handle a pandemic, so you don't end up like Italy. We are on the same trajectory as Italy, and that falls squarely on Trump's shoulders.
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