COVID questions

[Sunstroke]

Here’s a vivid question. Are you ready for the world wide baby boom that’s going to happen over the next few months because of all of this staying at home orders?

Either that or a massive wave of divorces, as couples in lockdown realize they can't stand spending that much time together...

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

Here’s a vivid question. Are you ready for the world wide baby boom that’s going to happen over the next few months because of all of this staying at home orders?

Social scientists actually predict a dip.  This isn’t like a snowstorm or power outage you know will be over in a couple of days.  People are less likely to want to add to the family in times of economic uncertainty and when there is uncertainty about being able to safely secure prenatal & natal medical care.

But a spike in divorces could be coming. 

[Tenshot13]

Yes, my father in law's best friend got it and died.  He was about to retire, was at the office for his final check and they threw him a retirement party.  They think he got it there.  This was right before people started social distancing.  He was in his mid 60s and lifetime drinker and smoker.

I'm still working, it's for a small business and I'm usually the only person on the office.  It's utilities so not much p2p.

I'm worried about my parents getting it.  My mom has a pacemaker and my dad has diabetes, so it wouldn't be good for them to get.

[Fau Teixeira]

Here’s a vivid question. Are you ready for the world wide baby boom that’s going to happen over the next few months because of all of this staying at home orders?

you mean the surge in divorces?

[CF DolFan]

Social scientists actually predict a dip.  This isn’t like a snowstorm or power outage you know will be over in a couple of days.  People are less likely to want to add to the family in times of economic uncertainty and when there is uncertainty about being able to safely secure prenatal & natal medical care.

But a spike in divorces could be coming. 

I read couples are actually having sex less because of all the anxiety. With that said ... supposedly there is more people sending nudes than ever before because they are in lock-down. hahaha

[CF DolFan]

you mean the surge in divorces?

I had a guy say that on my job too. Most of us disagreed as we actually like our families.

[Fau Teixeira]

liking your family doesn't mean you're oblivious to the 3 neighbors that constantly fight or the couple down the street that had the cops come over a few months ago for a domestic dispute

[CF DolFan]

liking your family doesn't mean you're oblivious to the 3 neighbors that constantly fight or the couple down the street that had the cops come over a few months ago for a domestic dispute

Fortunately I haven't seen that either. I did see a guy wearing this and walking around and waiving to the neighbors though. They all seemed to be pretty happy.

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

I had a guy say that on my job too. Most of us disagreed as we actually like our families.

Nobody is suggesting EVERYONE is going to get divorced.  But this very well could be the tipping point for marriages that are already a little rocky.

[Spider-Dan]

Do you know anyone personally (not a friend of a friend) who has a confirmed case of COVID19?
Do you know anyone who knows anyone who personally lost someone from it?
No to both.

Who is the most notable person for you that has died from it?
I can't think of anyone at the moment, which means there isn't one, I suppose.

Are you working?  Just as much, reduced, not at all?  Are you working from home or at a business or a little of both?  Is your work easier/harder?  If you are working, is your business suffering financially from the hit to the economy?
I'm working the same schedule.  My dept. is already short staffed (4 out of 8 positions are empty), and we've received approval from upper management for half of us to work from home on a rotation.  However, since some of my coworkers have child daycare issues (due to closed schools) or elderly parents at home, I've volunteered to keep coming in to work every day so someone else can stay home.

Who are you most worried about getting COVID19 in your personal life?
My aunt & uncle.  My uncle is retired, but my aunt works at a local hospital.  They're both in their 60s.

Outside of things you have to do: work, laundry, cooking -- have you taken on any projects at home?  Like art or repair or anything?
Outside of eliminating visits with friends and family, my time off is exactly the same: browse the internet, play video games.  As some of my friends and I have joked, we have been preparing for this for our whole lives.  

[Spider-Dan]

Nobody is suggesting EVERYONE is going to get divorced.  But this very well could be the tipping point for marriages that are already a little rocky.

About 2 weeks after the lockdown started in the Bay Area, one of my best friends told me he is getting a divorce.  And yeah, they were already seeing a marriage counselor.

I worry about kids with abusive parents, especially since those kids have basically no outlet to tell a trusted adult when permanently confined at home.

[Fau Teixeira]

About 2 weeks after the lockdown started in the Bay Area, one of my best friends told me he is getting a divorce.  And yeah, they were already seeing a marriage counselor.

I worry about kids with abusive parents, especially since those kids have basically no outlet to tell a trusted adult when permanently confined at home.

In Utah county they've see a 75% increase in domestic violence calls to 911
https://kutv.com/news/coronavirus/utah-county-sees-75-increase-in-domestic-violence-911-calls-during-pandemic

[BuccaneerBrad]

In Utah county they've see a 75% increase in domestic violence calls to 911
https://kutv.com/news/coronavirus/utah-county-sees-75-increase-in-domestic-violence-911-calls-during-pandemic

What do you expect in an area that is dominated by a religion that supports male chauvinism?

[Dave Gray]

We have had our first brush with a death.  My nephew is a grad student at FAU and he's doing a dissertation-type thing for mathematics, which includes writing papers on/with various other mathematicians who had done proofs or whatever.  He was to meet with this one guy for that process, where he was writing a paper on a book the guy authored.  The guy just died.

[Downunder Dolphan]

Do you know anyone personally (not a friend of a friend) who has a confirmed case of COVID19?

Yes. A friend & his wife were infected from a group who returned from Aspen last month. Luckily they are ok - as a side note he attended a meeting I went to before he was informed his friends were positive & let us all know when he was tested. I was the furthest away from him (around ten feet) from the table, had no contact & showed no symptoms. Around 10 people that night since then have all tested negative, including the people sitting either side of him and the guy next to me. Close call...

Do you know anyone who knows anyone who personally lost someone from it?

No.

Who is the most notable person for you that has died from it?

Tim Brooke Taylor (TBT), one of the legendary Goodies - a comedic genius (from the same pond of subversive English primeval slime that gave us The Goons, Monty Python, Dudley Moore & Peter Cook...) yet a true Gentleman in public to the last.

To quote local comic Mick Molloy when Robin Williams was tragically taken from us a few years ago: "Shit, we lost one of the good ones"

Are you working?  Just as much, reduced, not at all?  Are you working from home or at a business or a little of both?  Is your work easier/harder?  If you are working, is your business suffering financially from the hit to the economy?

I am still working on and off. I took some unused sick & annual leave, we are in the process of gearing as much as we can to work remotely. The Government measures that are being brought in to subsidize my wage should basically mean I should be employed at least the next six months, after that who knows... I know a hell of a lot here in hospitality who have been laid off and are on the scrapheap, as were a lot on casual wages. There's a lot of fear and uncertainty for good reason.

Who are you most worried about getting COVID19 in your personal life?

My eldest brother & his wife in remote Brazil. It may be a low cost of living there, but the health services are a worry at the best of times...

Outside of things you have to do: work, laundry, cooking -- have you taken on any projects at home?  Like art or repair or anything?

Lots to do here, repairs & cleaning. Free time to finally learn French & Italian languages are a bonus.