Adaptation to COVID world

I've noticed this a bunch at the grocery stores - Basically, "ethnic" versions of a food is often available. Can't find red lentils or black beans in the beans aisle? Try the Indian / Thai aisle, or the "International Foods" aisle. Plenty of Goya brand stuff at my local store, but not store brand, because they're in two separate spots. (Likewise, the end caps often have "hot" items now, like paper towels.)

 

I spit in my goggles before diving. Doubt that works for glasses.

 

Lots of good stuff in the ethnic sections. Sometimes you can find big jars of spices there cheaper than the spice aisle as well.

 

Sirius XM has made their service free from now until May 15th, all channels.

 

I'm curious about how many people are truly concerned about the virus. When it started, I considered myself pretty healthy and outside the high risk group - but reading about some of those who died, and noticing their ages are more frequently venturing south of 70 does make me pause. With every sneeze and every cough, it does kind of make you a bit paranoid.

 

The elderly thing was always a bit overblown, mostly because their mortality percentage takes a big spike. It's always been around 50% over 65 and 50% under, but substantially more of the older patients (and otherwise health impaired, like high blood pressure and immune impaired) die if they catch it. That never meant that younger people didn't die, but a lot of them read it that way.

 

Umm... congrats? She'll be fine. Babies are amazingly tough.

 

Hang in there.

 

of all the things I’ve read in the last few weeks that have caused me to have emotional reactions, this one is right up there. Hang in there, @Moderator1 , and make the most use of technology that you can to see her.

 

Yeah, I didn't really get the gist of Tiger's point.

I think a lot of people --- in particular the "cure worse than the disease?" crowd --- knew exactly how much hurt this was going to do and asked an honest question: Is it worth it? The answer was, "Of course it is you asshole, and stay the fuck home!"

It's mighty easy to take that view when you have a secure job and a home office with all the creature comforts. I don't begrudge an out-of-work person who wants to get back to work, virus be damned, and sees a bleak, poverty-ravaged post-virus future if he can't.