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Will We Feel Different When?

KarenQVC — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 02:47:30 GMT

the virus starts to take big tolls.

Now I feel like I am waiting for an asteroid to hit the world. When the big numbers hit and all the hospitals are full, I think I will feel this is not the country I have lived in until now.

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Goldengate8361 — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 02:50:57 GMT

it kind of already feels that way.

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Silver Lining — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 02:52:49 GMT

I think great strides are being made here in the USA to contain the virus and treat those who are already infected.

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Alison Wonderland — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 03:03:49 GMT

@KarenQVC wrote:
the virus starts to take big tolls.

Now I feel like I am waiting for an asteroid to hit the world. When the big numbers hit and all the hospitals are full, I think I will feel this is not the country I have lived in until now.

It already has been. Italy has been reporting hundreds of people dying every day for some time now. Over 2000 people died in 2 days. They had nearly 800 people die in 24 hours on Sunday.

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Biftu — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 03:18:02 GMT

The question is Will We Feel Differently When it Ends? Right now the news of cases and deaths is so stressful for ourselves and our loved ones, but how will this pandemic affect us in the future? I think it will change us forever. When the restrictions are lifted when will you be confident to go back to work, go to a restaurant with friends, get on a plane, go on vacation and stay in a hotel, have your hair cut, go clothes shopping, give hugs...... In time I'm sure these uncertainties will subside, but the first time we do the things we have previously taken for granted it will be a bit unnerving.

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KarenQVC — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 03:10:08 GMT

@Alison Wonderland You are right, of course. I just feel I grew up in such an optimistic America that could go to the moon and cure many illnesses. To see us go down the tubes over equipment distribution and social behavior seems like such a shame.

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Nightowlz — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 03:12:21 GMT

It already feels like a nightmare I need to wake up from.

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Biftu — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 03:12:30 GMT

@Silver Lining wrote:
I think great strides are being made here in the USA to contain the virus and treat those who are already infected.

Thanks only to many governors who have been left to take charge, and most are doing a great job.

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denisemb — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 03:37:44 GMT

I know I'll never feel the same again. Sorry. I'm 66 and not usually afraid of contageous diseases. I shall eventually go on (somewhat normally), but will be more alert in the future to other viruses. After all, what's next in store?

The coronavirus is unlike anything I've seen...even with HIV/AIDS, one could protect themselves. This coronavirus is "seemingly" innocuous in those asymtomatic and many recover. Yet can be deadly if those droplets hit the right unsuspecting person. And fairly quickly, too.

Sorry if my blunt negative opinion has frightened anyone.

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Silver Lining — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 03:44:48 GMT

@denisemb wrote:
I know I'll never feel the same again. Sorry. I'm 66 and not usually afraid of contageous diseases. I shall eventually go on (somewhat normally), but will be more alert in the future to other viruses. After all, what's next in store?

The coronavirus is unlike anything I've seen...even with HIV/AIDS, one could protect themselves. This coronavirus is "seemingly" innocuous in those asymtomatic and many recover. Yet can be deadly if those droplets hit the right unsuspecting person. And fairly quickly, too.

Sorry if my blunt negative opinion has frightened anyone.

Don't be sorry. I've experienced a lot of things but never anything like this. I feel like I'm in the Twilight Zone.

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spursfan2 — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 04:19:40 GMT

I think when we start doing things for the first time again it will be much the way people felt when they first got on a plane after 9/11. We havent forgotten but we did recover. And we will recover from this. In time.

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BlueFinch — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 06:12:45 GMT

There is a sense of impending doom, right now, making it difficult to envision having this event behind us. And, when it is, I think we will always have a bit of nagging fear that it, or perhaps something worse, will happen again. And, now, we know it might.

Our sense of security and safety has been shaken. Not just for ourselves, but for the world. It's going to take a good while to settle from this, so snapping back to the normal we've previously known will be challenging. This will be imprinted in our minds forever.

It's why we need to try our darnedest to add some joy, during this time, to counter these fearful, negative memories, that are taking place -- to override them.

It's a historic moment. That said, we'll always have picture perfect memory for what we were doing during this time. We can create more memories to pick from. It'll be more helpful to picture our laughter, fun, and how capably we handled this crisis, rather than how unsettled we were feeling. We've got this!

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JumpTheRope — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 06:20:57 GMT

Yes, I think in general folks will be much more “germ phobic” and much more aware of others bodily fluids!

I think Big Business will transfer a lot of thier employees to working at home.

Unfortunately it’s possible many small businesses won’t be back.

Many of us may learn (or re-learn) what/who is *truly important”

and how frivolous much of our spending (of both Time and Money)

has been.

The difference between a WANT and a NEED will be etched in to our

brains.

A new appreciation of the company of others and not taking our

relationships for granted.

A new awareness of how ill prepared we are for *this* pandemic and

(fingers crossed!) a desire to BE READY FOR THE NEXT ONE,

Scientists have been predicting a pandemic like this for awhile and they tell us that due to global warming, we should *expect* future pandemics.

But I’m afraid the Powers-that-Be will pursue short-term thinking

and leave our grandkids to clean-up/pay-for our mess.

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Miss Pepsi — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 10:52:59 GMT

I don't feel that we are coming a longway at all, In Florida our numbers are skyrocketing and it is scaring the heck out of me.

People are NOT doing what they are told to do. I am doing what Iam supposed to be doing. I think we are in this for a very long time.

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goldensrbest — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 11:06:14 GMT

I wonder what are the comparison of deaths due to flu this year ,and this virus ,here in USA. Also what concerns me ,how ill prepared our country is.

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on the bay — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 11:45:46 GMT

When you hear about the hardest hit places, Louisiana, NY, Calif, WA etc describing it like a war zone, and knowing what it is like to lose a loved one on life support or that they are thinking about do not resuscitate,

the descriptions of nurses and doctors wearing trash bags for protection in this country! without needed supplies!

It can feel so hopeless and like we can do all we can and it can hit us anyway.

How they show stories of loved ones

gone in a few days for some.

It is a nightmare and I just feel like

as my daughter says, "it's a ****** shoot" and we can't protect ourselves 100%.

We could wash every can or package from the grocery store, wear masks, gloves and still get it.

Can only find the much needed laughter or pictures of family, time outside in nature, talking to a loved one every day.

So really we all die so letting it go, can only worry about it so much,I've never been afraid of me dying except for leaving my children sad, so I'm lucky there but I know I won't be able to live if my children or grandchildren didn't. And that's just the truth. I don't know how parents do it. I don't.

and then just have to live the best life we can each day.

On the other hand, if we come out of this with everyone ok in our family , we will be so grateful! Still every family experiences heartbreak and loss. I don't think there is one out there that hasn't.

So those who lift each other up, give hope or laughter, you've become so human with wings and I thank you.

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gardenman — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 11:42:09 GMT

@goldensrbest wrote:
I wonder what are the comparison of deaths due to flu this year ,and this virus ,here in USA. Also what concerns me ,how ill prepared our country is.

As of March 6, 2020, the CDC reported approximately 20,000 flu deaths in this current flu season (September-March 6th.) They're happening at a good rate, they're just not being reported on as intensely as the coronavirus deaths.

From the start of the coronavirus (October? November? Definitely by December,) the total number of deaths worldwide is now 22,020. The death rate is pretty comparable depending on when one assumes both started.

The total number of coronavirus deaths in the US is reportedly 1,054 at this moment. We pretty much accept flu deaths as being routine despite vaccines and very effective treatments. The number of deaths from the flu each year between 2010 and 2016 was from 12,000-56,000.

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AngelPuppy1 — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 11:49:46 GMT

It feels like we are living one of those old sci-fi movies. Something you never in your widlest dreams could imagine would ever happen. Yet --- here we all are! Seeing and hearing all of this about Italy ---- it's beyond comprehension. And New York, getting so bad! I mean, it's everywhere. There is no escape from it. People who think they are immune, or take the attitude --- well, it can't or won't happen to me --- they are just not facing reality. We don't know where the next really heavy wave of it will hit next. I am trying to remain as positive as I can but this is very real!

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chiclet — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 11:50:19 GMT

It really makes you realize how fragile we are and how you cannot count on another day. I am retired and my husband gets on my last nerve and sometimes I wish I was single but now I realize that I want us to be together for a long time if possible. When this is over maybe I will not worry as much about unimportant things and let stupid things get me down. I don't think I will ever be able to touch public things like door handles or menus without pulling the sanitizer. Shaking hands was never something I liked so I think that will be over for me.

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AuntG — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 11:53:53 GMT

Just saw the US toll went over 1000. Hearing that the New Orleans numbers have jumped as a result of Mardi Gras, I wish local officials would have cancelled many of those events involving big groups. But even having said that, I know some people will not cooperate. We just had a tavern owner get fined for allowing groups in his bar which violates our mandate against gatherings.