What Will You Do?

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

probably not much different.

 

[3threebabies]

In a federal government system, state orders override federal recommendations. While my entire state has limited non life essential services, the governor has chosen to lockdown county by county as deemed necessary (and as limited by our state constitution). My county’s lockdown is imminent, and I will be subject to said lockdown until the governor lifts it—no matter what the President says to the contrary. However, dh and I practiced social distancing before it was a thing. My teen, however, is not adjusting well.

 

[lovemygoofy]

My husband and I are hunkered down here in Indiana and in it to win it until the governor says otherwise. I don't want to meet someone in the ER and they don't want to meet me in the ER. I want to meet them in a parade of heroes when this all finally settles down. In my mind I'm hoping by June.

 

[wenrob]

I chose self isolate. DH is the only one who has left the house (he’s essential) in 10 (12? I’ve lost count) days. I realized I’ve been operating as if school isn’t opening back up this year but they haven’t actually said that. Last official email was after Easter on April 14th. I’m not sure I want to send my kids back for what works out to be just over three weeks. But what then? We’ll have to see what city and state officials have to say and what the situation is then. I sincerely doubt Vegas itself will be open for business and they’ve called the semester for UNLV.

 

[ChristineLovesMickey]

Easter isn't happening. No point in worrying about it.

 

[dznygrl70]

My husband and I are hunkered down here in Indiana and in it to win it until the governor says otherwise. I don't want to meet someone in the ER and they don't want to meet me in the ER. I want to meet them in a parade of heroes when this all finally settles down. In my mind I'm hoping by June.

Indiana here as well. And same plans. Home and that's about it.

 

[Lumpy1106]

I voted - go back to normal, but that's not accurate. I'll do what my company is doing, but only because I'm fairly well isolated as it is. Frankly I think the POTUS is going by the most optimistic time frame - which assumes we ALL isolate for the time being and the number don't escalate nearly as much as the projections are showing. Way too early to tell, but I do think people need something to shoot for or they'll just ignore the orders to isolate and things will get worse. He's not right of course, but I get what he's doing.

 

[Missy1961]

I'm in NY. So I have a feeling my state will remain closed. I work retail, and right now, I will get paid for this week. But I have no idea what will happen in the future.

 

[Minnesota!]

My kids school will not open until May 5th at the earliest. I will be home with them, working from home, until then. So, forced isolation. If school isn't open, I am living my life as if everything else is still closed.

 

[chicagodisneyfan]

Isolate! Will return when Chicago gets back to normal - who knows when that will be.

 

[lorimay]

We. need to isolate, all of us.
Its the only way to slow this mess down.
Please, stay home as much as you can.

 

[dclpluto]

I’m non essential but have to work because I’m not retail.

 

[maxiesmom]

He cannot force the business I work for to reopen. And they had closed before my state even mandated they do so.

 

[KayaWildfire]

We are following our governor's lead here in Wisconsin. There is only one county with strict stay at home orders, likely soon to be two, and the rest of the state is under a broader don't leave the house unless needed. We haven't gone anywhere except the one essential employee in our house for several days. We are also doing walmart pickup and will continue to do so as long as is needed. What the rest of the country is doing has very little bearing on what is going on locally.

 

[soccerdad72]

I will follow the guidelines of my governor as I trust him and his judgement more than any other leader at this time.

This. Exactly

 

[Dan Murphy]

I'll follow our governor's recommendations. And I will be listening to Anthony Fauci, Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. He has served under 6 presidents, since 1984, 36 years......Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama and current.

His best quote of recent...."You don’t make the timeline. The virus makes the timeline,”

 

[apirateslifeforme]

Unfortunately, not much has changed for our family. We live with my mother, who is retired. I am a SAHM. My husband works in a bank (as a loan servicer, up in the office), so he is still going to work. The bank has closed the teller lobby to customers (drive-up service only) and employees over 60 or deemed to be high-risk are working from home, so not many people are actually in the building. In DH's department, they are moving workstations so there will be at least 1 empty cubicle between workers.

Really the only thing that has changed is that my son's preschool closed. He is in the Monday through Friday 8:45 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. class. When this first became an issue, the director tried to stay open, as they do have children who need all-day care, but on their last day open, they only had 4 kids attend, none of which were the day care kids. Nothing has been said about reopening just yet. We miss them so much, classmates and teachers, but it's better for everyone this way. I wish more things were closed. The list of non-essential businesses that were required to close was a lot shorter than the essential businesses that could remain open. I did just hear on my town's FB forum that Home Depot and grocery stores have employees at the entrances and they are only allowing 50 people at a time into the store, or when one person exits, another is let in.

As much as I'd like to get back to life, I'm very wary of the Easter date. I'd rather say let's see what's going on around May 1st. If we have to go longer, it's going to be tough, but if we have to, let's do it.

 

[China Expat]

I work in education, so as the schools continue to announce possible closure until AUgust, I will not go to work, and I will certainly avoid crowded places and theme parks until possibly August. Beijing was lockdowned for 8 weeks; all was going well and starting to reopen, and now they have closed the country to foreigners due to a recurrence. Inbound travelers are bringing in new cases into the country causing a secondary spread. We need to stay on lockdown for 6-8 weeks and heed the warnings out of Italy.

 

[RamblingMad]

I’m working from home until this virus runs its course.

 

[Praying Colonel]

DS was able to move up his travel and get to Japan for a year of teaching. Before all this went down we were planning on going to see him in August. DW still wants to keep that date. It's hard for me to imagine it's going to be smart to do so, even if things are "normal" by then. I have grave reservations about non-essential travel for the foreseeable future because of the possibilities of a 2nd or subsequent wave before a vaccine is available.