Oh, McG... hugs.

Here is a link to BC's online self-assessment as we are mostly only testing health workers, outbreaks, LTC (long term care) patients, hospitalized people:

https://covid19.thrive.health

It starts like this: (I haven't taken it.)

Are you experiencing any of the following:

Hope even more that we stay healthy.

rgambs said:

It looks like we are going to have to shut down our business completely soon.  😒
Hope we can weather this.

God damn that sucks.  

The CDC recommends postponing routine eye care, we aren't mandated to close doors yet, but Dewine has been at the forefront on closures and quarantine measures, so we are expecting it soon.
As it is, we are limiting (pre-screened) patients to 1 every two hours or less to avoid having multiple people in the building at once and provide ample time for disinfection, but even this has some risk.  Most patients have cancelled or screened out, and we are trying to get everyone to stock up on contacts (direct shipped) and pick up any glasses not collected yet.  
It could always be worse, I just hope we stay healthy and solvent.

rgambs said:

It looks like we are going to have to shut down our business completely soon.  😒
Hope we can weather this.

rgambs said:

Hope even more that we stay healthy.

I hope for both!  Hang in there my friend!

mcgruff10 said:

My ex works with infectious disease doctors at a major university hospital and just sent me this: For the third day in a row Italy has had the same number of new cases!!! Distancing is working!

Excellent!

mcgruff10 said:

My ex works with infectious disease doctors at a major university hospital and just sent me this: For the third day in a row Italy has had the same number of new cases!!! Distancing is working!

Thanks for this.  Love getting a bit of good news.  Much needed.  Great pic and glad to see you enjoyed the day outside with your son.  Just got in from a long walk and playing catch with my little guy for an hour.  Fresh air and getting away from the news is good for the soul right now.

tish said:

Thank you Bri! I also love seeing how our shifting paradigms for work might result in a cleaner world, Kat.

I am happy our US/Can border might close tomorrow. Not only to slow spread, but also, would be nice if my airline cancelled my flight and I won't be looking at trying to rebook potentially 2 trips by Sept/Dec 2020. Phew!

Edit: Ah crap... looks like they will take too long, and I've recently learned my airline drags it's heels too. Oh well, could be worse.

Thumbs up for a cleaner world, Tish!   

Meltdown99 said:

mcgruff10 said:

My ex works w ith infectious disease doctors at a major university hospital and just sent me this: For the third day in a row Italy has had the same number of new cases!!! Distancing is working!

Didn’t Italy shut things down pretty much?  Something our chicken shit politicians are afraid to do, so far.  At times like this we all need to sacrifice...

im ready for the eventual lockdown...we’ll, I’m not well stocked on toilet paper...lol.  I got plenty of weed, so I’ll be good.

A tough thing to do and hard for many, but I think we have to do it- shut 'er down.  We had to here.  We're not stocked up for the long haul but but have enough for a month, maybe two if it came down to eating just the weird shit around the house.  I'm eating less which is OK... even when I have the munchies, haha!  Good self-control practice there!  Besides, there's plenty of cat food.  Yum!