Covid-19 lockdown check-in

[Barrister]

Just wondering how everyone is making out these days, and thought I'd pollify it.

[celedhring]

I am a freelancer so I technically haven't been laid off, but all my gigs have been suspended/cancelled.

[Barrister]

They've cancelled a lot of court appointments, but I still need to go to court.  I can work remotely when not in court.

[Josephus]

I'm essential...lol.

But I'm only going to the office once or twice a week. I do plan on scaling that down. WE'll see.

[Iormlund]

Other. I'm working till Friday, then I join the temporary layoff scheme.

[merithyn]

I'm working from home until at least April 20th, though the expectation is May 20th.

Which is a big win since my eldest two children have been laid off (both work in restaurants) so I'm helping them for the foreseeable future.

[PDH]

I run the Receiving and Mail Services at UC Santa Cruz.  Both are considered essential.  What that means is that my team are essential to maintaining the spread of covid-19 in these times.  After a week of banging my head, I have the department on semi-curtailment.  That means we receive mail, UPS and Fedex, and freight, but we no longer deliver it.  I have instituted means for distancing if packages are picked up, and I am assured we will get more gloves and hand-sanitizer shortly (which I translate to 8-10 weeks).

I figure I will get some sort of nice sympathy card after I catch this, and having long-term bronchial problems after a couple of bouts of uninsured bronchitis in my 20s, I could be a prime test case. 

My view - we're screwed.

[Valmy]

I am working from home until um...well...the date keeps moving out from me. I think I get to go back into the office on April 13th now.

We'll see.

[PDH]

Oh, and nice fucking way to screw up a poll and have a "Jaron Option"

[celedhring]

I am working from home until um...well...the date keeps moving out from me. I think I get to go back into the office on April 13th now.

We'll see.

Naw man, you have to go back to work by April 6th. The White House called.

[Valmy]

I'm working from home until at least April 20th, though the expectation is May 20th.

Which is a big win since my eldest two children have been laid off (both work in restaurants) so I'm helping them for the foreseeable future.

I hope they take some time to spend with their mom after this

[Valmy]

I am working from home until um...well...the date keeps moving out from me. I think I get to go back into the office on April 13th now.

We'll see.

Naw man, you have to go back to work by April 6th. The White House called.

This is Texas. The President has no power here! But seriously this is a decision by the local government.

[Valmy]

I run the Receiving and Mail Services at UC Santa Cruz.  Both are considered essential.  What that means is that my team are essential to maintaining the spread of covid-19 in these times.  After a week of banging my head, I have the department on semi-curtailment.  That means we receive mail, UPS and Fedex, and freight, but we no longer deliver it.  I have instituted means for distancing if packages are picked up, and I am assured we will get more gloves and hand-sanitizer shortly (which I translate to 8-10 weeks).

I figure I will get some sort of nice sympathy card after I catch this, and having long-term bronchial problems after a couple of bouts of uninsured bronchitis in my 20s, I could be a prime test case. 

My view - we're screwed.

Yeah I noticed the USPS is still reliably delivering my junk mail every day. I sure hope at least something they are delivering is worth it.

[Oexmelin]

You know how it works though. Fox will start churning out the idea that we need to save America's economy. Trump will be nasty and tie compliance to all sorts of things. Republican governors will overturn the lockdowns, and they will have the support of a sizeable chunk of the population.

[merithyn]

I'm working from home until at least April 20th, though the expectation is May 20th.

Which is a big win since my eldest two children have been laid off (both work in restaurants) so I'm helping them for the foreseeable future.

I hope they take some time to spend with their mom after this

That is so not going to happen. If I get sick and end up intubated, they'll spend an hour a month with me for about six months, then forget.

I guess I should be proud that in general they're self-sufficient?