Works weekends at the Tigard (oregon) Costco. Apparently it’s a complete zoo today. She works the front end, but usually pushes carts. She said she’s wearing the disposable gloves they provide, but is a little worried.

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Originally posted by jodi:
Works weekends at the Tigard Costco. Apparently it’s a complete zoo today...

Are people stocking up to be ready for Coronavirus?

Yes, first confirmed oregon case was right there.

she was super sick a few weeks ago, (with what sounded like norovirus) and realized how unprepared she was, she lives on the portland state campus, in a dorm, and the dining room is several blocks away. And she had hardly any food. (She does not drive, does not have any close friends or relatives there to take her to the doctor).

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She does not drive

That makes things so complicated in most of this country. Also, dorm rooms aren't known for having a good spot to store two weeks worth of food... :P

I hope she's ok!

I think we probably need to go and buy some things like canned soaps and what not...

Ugh, I'm not ready to think about how to prepare in a sane way.

And mr jodi was just picked up by our son at the Seattle airport, heading for Kirkland, where he lives. (First corona death in us is at a hospital in Kirkland...)

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Originally posted by ShiroKuro:

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She does not drive

That makes things so complicated in most of this country. Also, dorm rooms aren't known for having a good spot to store two weeks worth of food... :P

I hope she's ok!

I think we probably need to go and buy some things like canned soaps and what not...

Ugh, I'm not ready to think about how to prepare in a sane way.

Just get enough things to eat so you can stay home for a couple of weeks if you have to, and do it now before it shows up in your neighborhood and everybody else panics. (I bought the last bottle of hand sanitizer on the shelf yesterday at Walmart.)

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hand sanitizer

Our dept chair had the admin person go out and buy hand sanitizer bottles for everyone one in the dept, and he also had her buy a bunch of things of lysol wipes. She said it cost $400 to get enough for everyone!

Anyway, yeah, we need to start buying some non-perishables...

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Originally posted by jodi:
And mr jodi was just picked up by our son at the Seattle airport, heading for Kirkland, where he lives. (First corona death in us is at a hospital in Kirkland...)

Sounds like THAT is the place not to be right now.

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Anyway, yeah, we need to start buying some non-perishables...

Maybe. Probably couldn't hurt.

OTOH, this is not like a blizzard where no one will be able to get to my house for two weeks. The power is not likely to fail - or at least it hasn't failed in Wuhan. Worst case is I stay indoors for a week or two, and if it gets worse than that no amount of hoarding is going to help. I'm sure my friends and family will bring me groceries if I need them, and I will of course do the same for them. At any rate I'm pretty sure we could live much longer than two weeks on just the food we already have.

I'm in my 60's with a history of respiratory issues and you can bet I'll be washing my hands like crazy. Other than that, the only thing I intend to do is to renew my prescriptions. I figure if the virus gets here the last place I will want to be is in a pharmacy.

I need to renew them anyway.

We just stocked up on soups, a few frozen options and some other no perishables. Just in case.

I think the idea is that, if *we* get sick, this way we don’t need to go out etc.

We didn’t buy too much, but considering we didn’t really have anything like that, it’s probably best to have it on hand anyway.

Haven't been able to find hand sanitizer anywhere... the DIY solution is 1/3 aloe vera gel and 2/3 91% or more alcohol. A little runny, and smells strong, but is supposed to have the same level of sanitizing as store-bought.

I ordered some thin cotton inspection gloves to wear all the time on when out - 6 pair to rotate into the wash...

Trying to learn now not to touch my face so much!!

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Trying to learn now not to touch my face so much!!

This!! I am struggling to stop. Probably because I’m super aware of it.

Oh, gosh. I'm not worried. I'm trying to get as much exercise as possible, but that's about it.

I'm supposed to go to a tennis tournament in Palm Springs soon. I am going no matter what unless they cancel the thing.

I figure we all have to die sometime, and dying by corona virus would be pretty easy compared to many things. Get a cold, feel bad, go to hospital, fall asleep, make the news as the healthy lady who dropped dead of corona virus.

Me, I'm going to live my life.

Cindy -- looking forward to no lines at the grocery store and no traffic

I feel kind of numb to it. On one hand, it's an impeding pandemic. On the other, I have to live life every day. Eh.