Community Chat

[QueenDanceALot]

I think it is WAY too early to even speculate.

I think (because of what I have listened to from doctors, epidemiologists, virologists, etc) that we have only seen the tip of the iceberg.

[Snowpuppy]

People will forget about it. Just like 9/11, the 2008 financial crises, Katrina, Rita, the Great Northeast Blackout and the more recent hurricane in PR where water and other supplies are sitting on their tarmac's a year later.

Someone else's problem and they should take care of it real soon without you being involved. No one here has posted a thing about how they can help.

Like the former friends and relatives that got abandoned because they fell on hard times.

[Reever]

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@Witchy Woman wrote:

@qualitygal 

I think what weighs heavily on my mind is the fact that this will not be the last time something like this occurs. 

The level to which we are not prepared does frighten me, and I am retired, at home and in good health.

I worry for those that MUST work and all those that are already vulnerable.  It saddens me to see the "get mine first" mentality in the stores.

In the future, I hope our government gives more thought to being prepared for such events, because it will happen again.

And, I worked for the Federal Government for 38 years.  A good friend of mine worked at FEMA and was always on the front lines of disaster relief...but this is something that seems to be overwhelming our society right now.

It's all very troubling.

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ive had a huge fear for some time that a more catastrophic event than a natural virus would be one created by terroists and unleashed over our country via a drone.I pray it never comes to that. A panic we have never witnessed will arise.

[itsmetoo]

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@Isobel Archer wrote:

Well I wonder - if it turns out that many less than died in the H1N1 emergency die in this one - if there will be any consequences to those who created the panic.

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@Isobel Archer 

Though maybe, if we weren't going to all these extreme measures, the death total would be much higher.  So possibly it won't be a good comparison since none of this was done during the H1N1 outbreak.

[SeaMaiden]

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@Kachina624 wrote:

I will never look at a toilet paper display the same way again, and I'll never take it for granted.

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@Kachina624 @So true!😄

[Greeneyedlady21]

Hopefully more money will be spent on public health. I read an article over the weekend that discussed how attempts were made at developing coronavirus vaccines within recent years, but researchers couldn't get the funding so that was the end of that.

Obviously this is a novel coronavirus. But all research is critical if we are to fight these viruses. One step can lead to discoveries in other areas. I also read that a doctor at Children's Hospital in Boston is already working on possibilities for a Covid 19 vaccine. Funding research is critical.

[PINKdogWOOD]

Many will go back to their same ways of doing things, carrying themselves, hand-shaking, standing too close, touching & kissing others that we don't even know well enough to even do either/or.

We'll fall back into our way of living whatever that may be.

We will also totally forget that it is still flu and cold season. Nowadays it seems the flu or sorts never ends in some way or another.

DH & I have been more in tune than others to keep more of a distance with others for some years now due to his compromised health. Awareness for us is even more heightened now.

[Foxxee]

I'll be discussing whether Americans learned "anything" from this or will it be business as usual.  Will they continue to let their guard down because this incident won't be the last?  Next time it could be much more serious.

Those hit in the wallet may more vocal, but they appeared to slide back into their comfort zones after 2008.  

There are steps to take that could stop something like this from happening again, but will those higher up take those steps.  I don't think so because they would be unpopular with many.  So they'll take the risk hoping it doesn't happen again...but something will.  

[Greeneyedlady21]

One trivial thing I'm going to do is buy an Origami and convert a closet into pantry space for more storage. And keep it supplied once supplies become plentiful and the virus threat has lessened considerably. I'm scared about how long that will take.

I'm not going to become a doomsday prepper, and I've always been reasonably stocked up. Lack of useable space is my issue. But this is just a coat closet with a shelf. I'll take out the shelf if I have to and find other ways to store the coats. 

[FiddleDeeDee]

I don't think anything will change. Something will else will be the headlines, we'll forget about it (for the most part) and old habits will become the norm.