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Apr. 28th, 2020 07:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ravena_kadeThe Governor of my state has a target date of May 18. Personally I would be okay with going back June 1.
Okay.
I get it because I know small businesses that have not been able to get ANY aid while several HUGE corps gobbled up the money.
Fine.
But what does it mean for the individual? I know I want my friends to open their businesses... but when will people go back? When would I feel comfortable going back? I know I will go to my friend's ceramic shop as soon as she is open as I know her and her habits. But will she have lost some older customers? I don't know.
When can I go back to my dentist? She has a crown that I need put in.
I have needed new eye glasses for over a month (my appointment was cancelled). Do I want to be that close to a stranger even if I have a mask on?
When do I go back into the office? Do I wear a mask all day? My Sister has been working in a mask. How safe will I feel on the trains? Maybe make a face shield?
Note, I am not afraid. I am just trying to figure out what would be wise? The isolation issues I am having really have to deal with work being slow while I work remotely...that and I don't like "work" in my bedroom.
My only real inconvenience has been food shopping.... not being able to get things to plan healthy meals or even toilet paper. That and well, people are stupid. I would like a cattle prod to keep them at bay.
Once I feel okay to use the rail I want to go up north...to the open sea, not my home mud bottomed bay. The trouble is that North Station (and South Station) have hundreds of people waiting for trains... so it would be like going to an event. How is the state handling that.
...and will they open up my favorite beach in June or July to non residents? If they do I may have to use Uber to get there.
Okay.
I get it because I know small businesses that have not been able to get ANY aid while several HUGE corps gobbled up the money.
Fine.
But what does it mean for the individual? I know I want my friends to open their businesses... but when will people go back? When would I feel comfortable going back? I know I will go to my friend's ceramic shop as soon as she is open as I know her and her habits. But will she have lost some older customers? I don't know.
When can I go back to my dentist? She has a crown that I need put in.
I have needed new eye glasses for over a month (my appointment was cancelled). Do I want to be that close to a stranger even if I have a mask on?
When do I go back into the office? Do I wear a mask all day? My Sister has been working in a mask. How safe will I feel on the trains? Maybe make a face shield?
Note, I am not afraid. I am just trying to figure out what would be wise? The isolation issues I am having really have to deal with work being slow while I work remotely...that and I don't like "work" in my bedroom.
My only real inconvenience has been food shopping.... not being able to get things to plan healthy meals or even toilet paper. That and well, people are stupid. I would like a cattle prod to keep them at bay.
Once I feel okay to use the rail I want to go up north...to the open sea, not my home mud bottomed bay. The trouble is that North Station (and South Station) have hundreds of people waiting for trains... so it would be like going to an event. How is the state handling that.
...and will they open up my favorite beach in June or July to non residents? If they do I may have to use Uber to get there.
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Date: 2020-04-29 10:15 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-04-29 02:17 pm (UTC)i know the NYC thing is why we're still closed Upstate, but honestly - our numbers aren't actually _dropping_, either. we're still 1 for 1, when i last looked.
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Date: 2020-04-29 10:43 pm (UTC)I'm asking the same sorts of questions. My car needs a little bit of work, which I can put off since I'm not driving much. I need to go to the optometrist and dentist too. Again, nothing critical just the usual preventive maintenance. But when am I going to feel like it's OK to do that sort of thing? I don't want to model behavior that encourages others to go out before it's safe.