How has Covid-19 affected YOU

[Carma_Cardan]

I'll describe my experience, too.

In Russia (St. Petersburg in particular), many and many have lost their jobs and livelihoods, literally.

The level of crime is constantly growing. People are seized by despair and anger. Especially on the richer strata. So far, these conversations are mostly among the ordinary working class.

The IT world feels only a certain discomfort and a decline in living standards.
For it is kept afloat by global markets.

Because of the specifics, I see the whole picture from both worlds. It's disappointing in general...


From time to time, people remember the USSR, the ideas of equality and communism.

There are still people in memory who remember that state. People there were more protected. At least free housing, education, and medical care. Something that's just not there now.

And they talk about revolution. For now, as a joke.

I have no proof of desire. I'm just sharing observations.

God bless all the people on this planet.

[stuartinmn]

The governor in Minnesota announced yesterday that the stay-at-home order will expire on Monday, and we'll transition to a be-careful phase. Gatherings of ten or less people will be allowed, and small businesses will be able to reopen if they have the proper safety procedures in place (limiting the number of customers in the store, wearing masks, etc.) Bars, restaurants and salons will be able to reopen on June 1, again if they have the proper safety procedures in place.

I retired on April 3 so it hasn't affected me very much other than being bored, since the only place I can really go is the grocery store. I'm actually still working a few hours/week, helping out with finishing up the projects I managed, but am able to work remotely so it hasn't been too big of an issue.

[wkohler]

I have two jobs, both basically rely on events. The last dog show we shot was in February and everything has cancelled through June and into July. My other job is literally event production and I was supposed to be traveling doing shows but they were all cancelled through June (July/August usually don’t have anything for us). Fortunately for one of the jobs I’m an employee so after 6 weeks of filing unemployment claims I finally started receiving that on Tuesday. Thankfully my lack of motivation on the car front has helped get the bills paid in the meantime.

[Kenny Blankenship]

Where is the choice, "...I was going to retire but Covid hit so I withdrew my retirement application and cancelled my European trip so I get to work because now I can work from home and my wife got sick so she got tested for Covid and the test turned out negative and the cat got sick too but she got well in two weeks but now I'm fed up with work because it looks like our department will be gone in a year or two so I'm going to reapply for retirement in a couple of months but I still can't go anywhere"...

[tn535i]

Chain of events for me including Covid related...

My mom passed from cancer and with my dad for her funeral in the early part of this Covid thing just getting started
Day after mom's service (early morning) a tornado devastates our county
We get home late that day and we were fine but by the next morning we know of several families that lost about everything
Next weekend our plant went out on strike and I started working 12 hour days to keep critical lines for customers running
During this period it seems like I need to run the line and do maintenance to keep it running so 12 hour days are the minimum
Covid stuff begins to become more serious and we are determined essential, still working all the time
Company says they will cut our pay 20% and we should work from home or work 4 days a week instead of 5
After 6 weeks the strike finally gets settled and I'm supposed to go back to my regular job
My regular job is now converting one of our lines over to make PPE materials, still working 6 days a week most of the time
Seems like everything we are doing is enough different we need to upgrade or replace many things and equipment is also failing
Our regular operators are trying but don't understand the new stuff so I'm helping them learn this new thing
There appears to be no end to how busy we will be
In the meantime my brother's wife (in healthcare) gets sick but no very sick and confirmed Covid
The group she works with lost 6 or maybe 8, most of these are elderly and may have had issues to start with
Brother and his wife recover, their daughter no doubt exposed but no symptoms, don't think he or daughter we even tested
They are back to work but daughter was in college and will not go back until ??
Also in this shelter in place my wife's mom gets worse and needs to move into assisted living
Almost left out.. spring break plans with our daughter ( a cruise) cancelled of course

Please don't feel sorry for me. I'm fortunate to still have a good job and much to keep me busy and my family is safe and well. I feel for those I know and everywhere who are much less fortunate in all this and have lost income or family or friends. It's been an incredibly unpredictable year and no idea where it will go next. I don't think we anywhere close to in the clear.

[Mike W.]

Where is the choice, "...I was going to retire but Covid hit so I withdrew my retirement application and cancelled my European trip so I get to work because now I can work from home and my wife got sick so she got tested for Covid and the test turned out negative and the cat got sick too but she got well in two weeks but now I'm fed up with work because it looks like our department will be gone in a year or two so I'm going to reapply for retirement in a couple of months but I still can't go anywhere"...

That one's easy, Life's complicated, none of the above fit.

[Mike W.]

2.5 months in and I made my first trip out for something besides groceries or take out. Scratch that, the second, I had to go to the PO to mail off taxes. Big trip out to the building supply store today as they're slightly loosening restrictions. Woo Hoo. Granted cash expenditures have been under $2 in that time, but the CC bill hasn't been low. Like 20% higher than norm? And I'm F'ing staying at home all the time???

More pragmatically I'm doing stupid well, just frustrated I can't do more "fun" stuff. BFD. I temper that with knowledge of not just the 100K that have died so far, but the millions out of work, sick, wondering how they'll pay rent and food etc. I still feel like whining.

[a]

My mother died from Covid-19 . She suffered until she lost the ability to swallow, then they started a morphine drip 5/9 and she passed 5/11. She was attended I'm told , I paid a window visit around noon she was unconscious. Her passing was not unexpected, Mum had a long life and was delivered from the constant pain of a worn out body. I just wish we could have attended her passing. Other than that, I'm hanging around the casa, having our necessities delivered. Stay safe you guys and try to stay outta trouble

[Mike W.]

Oh shit, that's awful Andy. My condolences to you, your brother, Aaron and the rest of your family.

[a]

Thank you Mike W. and Garageboy. As my BIL and best friend Rick said about his last look in with my little sister, I'm not gonna remember as I last saw her. I'm gonna remember her when I first met her. Mum would have been just shy of 60. So yes, that is a perfect memory. My older brother bought a plum tree in her memory and I think I will too.

[wkohler]

Sorry to hear that, Andy. Condolences to you and your family. I think that’s the worst part of it - no visitors. So many people unable to say goodbye to loved ones.

[ElGuappo]

Well, I lost my job the day I expected to bring my computer and stuff home to 'work'...I was the only cut in the home office, but branches had plenty of cuts.
That was a shocker. I was with that company for 11.5 years. A solid reminder that companies aren't interested in actual ability or intellect, they just want people to stay in their box and ask no questions.
At least UI is paying, so I'm at home with my wife (who IS working from home).
Oh well...how hard could it be to find a job in this economy? (the last time I was unemployed was during the recession of 2007/8).

As for Covid, I'm reasonably sure that both my wife and younger son had it earlier this year, it was called 'Really bad bronchitis" that took over a month to work out. If they had it, it's almost a certainty that I did too, just not bad at all.

[Mdreamer]

My place of business closed 3/18, and I worked from home until 3/31, when I was unexpectedly laid off mid-project. Just as suddenly, I was called back in 5/11. We revised our programming to be able to operate in a distancing manner, and we started working with customers again 5/19. The sad part is that our team was disbanded, to the point that only the four chiefs (me being one of them) run all of our departments (coaching, logistics, detail, etc.) when possible, and we call in some of our part time crew when we need help. Our full time team has been deemed too costly for my employer and our client, which is quite ironic. I was initially brought back at 80% of my salary like some of the rest of you, but I have since been elevated back to my original income. My business is considered retail, as I am an Assistant Chief Instructor at a manufacturer's driving facility that is designed to entertain the public.

The silver lining in all of this is that I got a chance to spend some much needed time with my wife and my children. For the past several months, I had been quite the workaholic, and it felt good to be with my home team uninterrupted. It has been hard on my sons to be locked in the house and unable to visit with their friends, but we know several people who have fallen ill, and a few who have perished, so we are taking no chances when it comes to their health. We were lucky to secure new bikes for the older two in the midst of this, and our youngest moved up to riding his big brother's bike, so we wound up riding daily as a family. Those are some memories that I'll always cherish, even though they aren't as fancy as some of the extravagant vacations that we've taken over the years. Another goal that I accomplished was starting a blog that I'd been wanting to, and I launched it with a story about my 535i as one of my first pieces. Here is a link to the story if you're interested:
http://thisfastlife.com/nostalgia/last- ... milys-car/

The other side of the coin is that I haven't been able to visit my parents due to them falling into the high risk category. We had planned to visit the first week of April, but that trip was not to be. As soon as I am given a green light, I plan on being on the first thing smoking to get to them. I was close to packing up the family and driving cross-country when I was laid off, but I couldn't bear the thought of showing up at my parents' door with me and my four after staying in random hotels across multiple states along the way.

For all of you who have lost loved ones during this period, I send my deepest condolences. Let us all hope that we don't have to endure this reality too much longer.

[oldskool]

I have stopped drinking out of toilets. . .

[Rich in Tupelo]

Still working. Was able to secure 200 hours of paid time for my staff and able to keep from having to furlough them. Volumes started coming back in late may (healthcare) and were at 125% of budgeted for the past two weeks. On a personal note, having the kids home 3 months early from the normal school year end sucked. Too many "bored" people in the house.

[Shadow]

i have to go to work because it was either refuse and then work telling trump to stop sending me edd money.
or work at a reduced pay for now. pretty sure i have or had covid. some people at work have covid and
no i guess i have to deal with a reduced life span.

[garageboy]

I have stopped drinking out of toilets. . .

Does anyone, for a moment, believe that?

[gadget73]

I find myself arguing with people more about what facts are facts. That something as apolitical as a disease has become a political hot button topic is incredibly stupid IMO. The existence of facts and alternative facts is also baffling. Find something that says one thing, someone finds a source that says the exact opposite. Trying to explain that there are credible and non-credible sources also seems to be impossible.

[RetiredDoc]

Lost my fourth immediate family member this month. I am now the senior surviving person in my family.

The hospital where I spent most of my career and now depend on for my health care is full to capacity with Covid-19 patients, and it is the referral center for a large part of the state, so outlying hospitals are in a real bind, with nowhere to transfer patients. If I test positive at my age, I am in the group that will just be left to die.

I am not ready to be sacrificed, but I fear that is likely to happen. Hope I go before my wife. At least we made it to our 50th wedding anniversary.

This is not a hoax for some of us.

[SeattleGuy]

Lost my fourth immediate family member this month. I am now the senior surviving person in my family.

The hospital where I spent most of my career and now depend on for my health care is full to capacity with Covid-19 patients, and it is the referral center for a large part of the state, so outlying hospitals are in a real bind, with nowhere to transfer patients. If I test positive at my age, I am in the group that will just be left to die.

I am not ready to be sacrificed, but I fear that is likely to happen. Hope I go before my wife. At least we made it to our 50th wedding anniversary.

This is not a hoax for some of us.

I'm sorry to hear of this. Where are you?

This whole thing is so complicated. So w'happen was I'm in line with Alex, an athlete, and his GF right. And we are both adjusting our masks and shit and we looked at each other and just said "something's not right here." I said it first but before I could get it out of my mouth he starts nodding his head.

“There’s too many agendas going on out here for me to make sense of it all,” he says, just returning from an Ultimate Frisbee tie.

We both believe there is an illness that is a public health issue. But we both concluded that somewhere, somehow, the government and some big businesses are going to find a way to fuck us. We’re just waiting for it -- actually part of it I am experiencing right now:

The Court hearings are all ZOOM now so I can't run video. If I can't run video in open Court I can't document the corruption as well. Further, I am helping someone with an EEOC filing. She's gonna wait forever for a conference you know this.

Also my sister has been diagnosed with a treatable leukemia. But for me to visit her in NY I have to traverse the entire Country from WA. That's a fun dance, right?

[Shadow]

allot of antivaxer ppl are refusing to wear masks and go to bars shoulder to shoulder
soaking up the covid and passing it on to their family. That's whats setting everything back.

maybe in acouple years when ppl find out their body is riddled with blood clots they'll say maybe it wasn't fake news.

[Mike W.]

Ding Ding Ding, we have a winner, a Darwin Award winner.

Texas man, 30, dies after catching coronavirus at a COVID party as nurse reveals he told her he thought the virus was a 'hoax' before he died.

[Shadow]

my elderly mother might have been exposed at work from a coworker that's in the hospital right now, the lady went in for breathing problems and tested positive for covid.