COVID-19

TwistedInnocence · May 28, 2020

Scotland officially enters Phase 1 tomorrow.

Can meet up with up to a group of eight people but has to be outdoors and must remain two metres apart.

Golf, bowls and other outdoor sports (with distance) can resume too.

What I thought was really lovely was Nicola saying that when this is over - and we can have mass gatherings again - that we will collectively mourn and celebrate the lives of those we have lost (as a country).

man.tis.shrimp · May 28, 2020

Heading back to the minimally-staffed office for the first time today in two months. Wish me luck, sistren!

Stopremix · May 28, 2020

Phase One in DC tomorrow. Of course there are risks inherent, but I’m currently taking comfort and hope from it. It reminds me that this will get better.

MB · May 28, 2020

Boris announcing things we can do from Monday - which are basically things that everyone is already doing.

mylesofsmiles93 · May 28, 2020

Someboy said:
Ha.

Not on any sort of huge, standardized scale, which is exactly what the situation calls for, but that's hardly a surprise. If you happen to live in a major metropolitan area, and in a state where health officials have been leading the management of the crisis and subsequent reopening, there's a chance that a tracking effort is being made. There's so many qualifications to my response I might as well have said, "No."

Jesus, just seen this as well...

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coronavirus-vaccine-half-americans-would-get/

xtophermorrison · May 28, 2020

Yesterday on my flight home from Kansas, I found myself dozing off. Since I usually have pretty broken sleep on planes, I was aware that my breathing is a bit off. Not labored or shortness of breath, but there's some difficulty, like when I breathe in very deeply I find myself exhaling in sputters (for lack of a better word). I'm certain it's not Covid, but stress related.

My stress levels and anxiety have been notably forced to the max since this whole thing kicked off in March (and then with the recent loss of my dad, inheriting his company, my friend dying, constantly worrying about my family, etc.); I'm leaning towards that being the culprit.. stress is a silent killer...

Anyway, I felt it was worth mentioning as my partner last night woke me up very concerned about why I was breathing so funny-like. Has anyone else had any tangible experiences with their stress manifesting like that?

Gasur · May 28, 2020

xtophermorrison said:
Yesterday on my flight home from Kansas, I found myself dozing off. Since I usually have pretty broken sleep on planes, I was aware that my breathing is a bit off. Not labored or shortness of breath, but there's some difficulty, like when I breathe in very deeply I find myself exhaling in sputters (for lack of a better word). I'm certain it's not Covid, but stress related.

My stress levels and anxiety have been notably forced to the max since this whole thing kicked off in March (and then with the recent loss of my dad, inheriting his company, my friend dying, constantly worrying about my family, etc.); I'm leaning towards that being the culprit.. stress is a silent killer...

Anyway, I felt it was worth mentioning as my partner last night woke me up very concerned about why I was breathing so funny-like. Has anyone else had any tangible experiences with their stress manifesting like that?

Well the incubation period is like 5-6 days, so on the off chance you had it then you didn't get it from yesterday's flight.

Stress can supress your immune system and leave you more likely to contract any number of illnesses, so it could be anything.

Alphableat · May 28, 2020

mylesofsmiles93 said:
Jesus, just seen this as well...

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coronavirus-vaccine-half-americans-would-get/

This is part anti-vaxx, part understandable concern about the pace of development. I’ve done a teensy bit of work in this industry and turning around a novel treatment in a year rightly prompts questions of safety. I trust the science, but it’s harder to catch long-term adverse effects if you’re testing and rolling out something so quickly.

Treatment using an existing, known drug could get us back to ‘normal’ more quickly and safely.

AstronautMikeDexter · May 28, 2020

Yeah, I'll be honest, I have concerns about a vaccine. I'm fully vaccinated and get my flu shot every year but I don't know how worried I should be about us having no real understanding of potential long-term adverse effects.

Maybe part of that is me not understanding the science behind it all and I will look into more to make a more informed decision whenever it's time.

Riise · May 28, 2020

Lets assume you feel like vaccines are potentially harmful for your health, then you should not seek out confirmation bias that confirms those fears, but actually try to disprove your own concerns via research. Which I did for myself and vaccines are not the devil the way they are made out to be. I can encourage anyone to actually read the scientic data and studies. It's very interesting. And something only you yourself should do, you shouldn't even listen to me, but i do suggest try to disprove your own fears.

MB · May 28, 2020

How does one report and the medical advisor say there’s nearly 9000 new cases today in the UK Boris says it’s like 1887?

Gasur · May 28, 2020

The French government has just announced a massive relaxing of lockdown/social distancing rules that will come into effect from Tuesday.

Schools will progressively open depending on what color zone you're in (the Paris region is orange and more or less the rest of the country is green).

Cafes and restaurants will totally open in green regions, and can only serve in outside terrasses in orange regions.

We will need to wear masks on public transport still.

Holiday villages, campsites etc will open in green regions from Tuesday and orange regions from June 22nd.

We will now be allowed to travel all over the country instead of only 100km from our homes, and we can travel to European countries from the 15th. Apparently there is a coordinated effort to open internal European borders from June 15th. The border will remain closed to flights from outside of Europe.

All parks, public gardens, museums, lakes, and beaches open from the 2nd, and gyms, cinemas, and theatres are back from the 22nd.

I'm excited but also nervous. It feels strange to suddenly have options of things to do.

aniraz · May 28, 2020

The effects on mental health are really getting severe now. My sister went to hospital after an overdose for the second time last night. It's becoming impossible to cope for me.

marie_05 · May 28, 2020

Rhombus said:
Also I’m fucking FED UP of spending 16 hours in my living room and 8 hours in my bedroom each day.

I can’t take the FUCKING monotony!!!!! There’s only so many times that going for a walk or going to the supermarket can spice up your day!!!!! I’m bout to SNAP

This is exactly how I feel. I’ve been sticking to every single rule and will continue to do so, but at this point I’m about to fucking lose it because it’s starting to take its toll on my mental health now. One thing that really isn’t helping is that due to the fact that the future is so uncertain and the present is such an exhausting bubble of monotony, old demons from the past are starting to take centre stage again because you can’t make any real plans or find distraction in “living in the moment”, so unfortunately the past is the only thing that feels remotely tangible now.

Groundhog Day was truly ahead of its time. When life imitates art:

Square · May 28, 2020

marie_05 said:
This is exactly how I feel. I’ve been sticking to every single rule and will continue to do so, but at this point I’m about to fucking lose it because it’s starting to take its toll on my mental health now. One thing that really isn’t helping is that due to the fact that the future is so uncertain and the present is such an exhausting bubble of monotony, old demons from the past are starting to take centre stage again because you can’t make any real plans or find distraction in “living in the moment”, so unfortunately the past is the only thing that feels remotely tangible now.

Christ - are you me? I’ve found old unhealthy behaviours returning because there’s... literally nothing else... happening.

Sending you support. Take each day as it comes and we’ll eventually get out of this... hopefully.

marie_05 · May 28, 2020

Rhombus said:
Christ - are you me? I’ve found old unhealthy behaviours returning because there’s... literally nothing else... happening.

Sending you support. Take each day as it comes and we’ll eventually get out of this... hopefully.

Likewise! I do hope this is all going to end sooner than we think.

ratedr · May 28, 2020

aniraz said:
The effects on mental health are really getting severe now. My sister went to hospital after an overdose for the second time last night. It's becoming impossible to cope for me.

Please DM me if you ever need a place to vent or just to talk!

Blond · May 28, 2020

I wouldn’t dream of breaking lockdown rules but I am finding it really hard to keep positive after so many weeks. I just feel like I can’t be bothered doing anything remotely productive and I’m just trying to get through each day. I’m not even someone who generally suffers with my mental health so I can’t even imagine how it must feel for people who do.

Gemini · May 28, 2020

If anyone wants my small advice... Which, may or may not work for you, but will share it anyways:
Create something to look forward to every day or week. It doesn't have to be big, it can be small.
I wake up every morning just to watch The Price Is Right. You can't be having a bad time and watching the Price Is Right. So... find a show that you really enjoy that brings nothing BUT joy, and set a time you're going to watch it every day.
I also started watching 90 Day Fiance with my roommate, So we watch that every evening now.
I won't binge the shows, as it becomes too meaningless, I really set a time aside that I can look forward to watching these things every day.

Maybe if TV isn't your thing, you can say "Okay every day at Noon i'm going to listen to this playlist of music I really enjoy." and even if you're not feeling great- play it.

If you have hobbies you can do from home - Schedule a time to do them.

I also watch weekly online drag shows because going to shows is something I enjoy and being able to at least see my faves digitally has brought me comfort.

Eventually all the scheduling will kind of fade away and you'll just be in the habit of doing all these things you enjoy.
Funny enough- this is the same advice they sometimes give couples that aren't happy with their sex life together. Schedule it and look forward to it!

itylts · May 28, 2020

marie_05 said:
This is exactly how I feel. I’ve been sticking to every single rule and will continue to do so, but at this point I’m about to fucking lose it because it’s starting to take its toll on my mental health now. One thing that really isn’t helping is that due to the fact that the future is so uncertain and the present is such an exhausting bubble of monotony, old demons from the past are starting to take centre stage again because you can’t make any real plans or find distraction in “living in the moment”, so unfortunately the past is the only thing that feels remotely tangible now.

Groundhog Day was truly ahead of its time. When life imitates art:

same. I’ve been staying in my flat alone for the last ten (maybe eleven?) weeks and these past couple weeks I’ve reached peak boredom and like you, I’ve been following the rules and intend to so when I was chatting to a friend who is flagrantly not following the rules, wants to move on from the whole Cummings thing, thinks the statistics and numbers are false and thinks, and regarding lockdown I quote ‘well it’s basically over so it doesn’t really matter anymore’ it makes me feel like an idiot for following the rules (let alone how the UK government make me feel).

I can already see that this has affected me in how I feel about certain friends and friendship groups and how I feel about being ‘social’ again albeit within the new from Monday regulations. I feel silly for saying this because all things considered I have been blessed/lucky during this to be furloughed, to be healthy, to be safe and not to be on the frontline but I really think that this has left a lasting impact on me and thinking about seeking therapy (something I’ve never done, though probably should have).

Soz for the ramble.