No doubt. I do think most churches around have closed. I know mine had announced business as usual on Wednesday and Thursday, but they made a change last night.
Coronavirus Coronavirus: In-Iowa General Discussion (Not Limited)
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No doubt. I do think most churches around have closed. I know mine had announced business as usual on Wednesday and Thursday, but they made a change last night.
If you can get ahead of it enough, you don't have health systems in crisis mode and then the workers being out is less severe. Our local system is making emergency childcare resources available. It's not an easy call though.
Our church announced late morning that services tomorrow are cancelled. Offered a FB connect time and encouraged people to not stop giving.
If only there were some large, governing body that might help coordinate some solution to that problem.
I can't wait until all of the families who decided to go on spring break despite this pandemic come back to Iowa.
I had heard that someone with the catholic church had said only need to attend 1x year and to avoid for now which is good. That one time is during holy week and I was like that may need to be online only this year or something because 3 weeks from now it's not going to be better
I hear you. We’re United Methodist, no attendance rules for us
I'll keep saying it: this is a case study on human stupidity.
If you could afford the spring break trip, you should be able to afford not to go.
CDC guidelines for schools:
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/201...oyxktdKCc5xJX30t-_KJBQquaoK8LI7IqDigTSJqUXGpQ
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/201...oyxktdKCc5xJX30t-_KJBQquaoK8LI7IqDigTSJqUXGpQ
Governor's Press Release - 3/14/2020 update:
https://governor.iowa.gov/press-rel...oSVrRaaaO4n6AybqGpki8wl0mUa9_S04j_uRmIt3rjvKA
https://governor.iowa.gov/press-rel...oSVrRaaaO4n6AybqGpki8wl0mUa9_S04j_uRmIt3rjvKA
5: Limit events and meetings that require close contact.
Like, a normal school day?
It's a tricky situation--the point of 'do the kids go to the grandparents?' is a good point. But if social distancing is recommended, gathering in close quarters, eating around each other, sharing restrooms etc. is not that.
I agree that presents a major challenge. It's basically a no win situation for decision makers.
#Everyone needs to stay the F home..
2 weeks...Everything closes accept healthcare businesses and Pharmacies...Period.
2 weeks..Mandatory lock it the F down. I'd say the vast majority of people have the food and water right to last at elast a week if they tried...
I would set some date of say March 23rd..People have a week to prep..But starting March 23rd entire Freaking country goes into mandatory lock down. If you are sick with symptoms like COVID Military/FEMA etc..will come to yoru home and get you tested.
You can only leave if its a life or death emergency. Deploy the military and guard/reserves in the big cities and everywhere and lock it down.
Yes this is extreme..Wanna slow down COVID by a factor of 10...then do what ITaly, SK, China and others are doing.
2 weeks...Everything closes accept healthcare businesses and Pharmacies...Period.
2 weeks..Mandatory lock it the F down. I'd say the vast majority of people have the food and water right to last at elast a week if they tried...
I would set some date of say March 23rd..People have a week to prep..But starting March 23rd entire Freaking country goes into mandatory lock down. If you are sick with symptoms like COVID Military/FEMA etc..will come to yoru home and get you tested.
You can only leave if its a life or death emergency. Deploy the military and guard/reserves in the big cities and everywhere and lock it down.
Yes this is extreme..Wanna slow down COVID by a factor of 10...then do what ITaly, SK, China and others are doing.
As someone mentioned before, sending the kids home from school will require parents to stay home to take care of them (at least the younger ones). That takes those working parents out of the workforce which in some instances is great but in others, you’re pulling out doctors, nurses, first responders who are also necessary to put the brakes on to this.
also, what do you do with kids that need the school lunches for food. Believe it or not there are a lot of kids out there that school provides them with the only meals they get (among the other things that schools do).
Not a universal thing at all but in many schools, food trucks bring that food. Figure out a way to redirect them to a location that students can get there. Donations to food banks is another way to help.
Also, those kids get food in the summer and breaks when not in school...that happens somehow.
you see all these reports on Reditt and other places of people complaining that they are really sick and go in and are denied a test...Why are you going into a clinic exposing others? Lets say u get a test and you are positive..what is that going to change? Nothing. You aren't going to be given a RX or anything. If you are sick..Fever..cough..headache, sore throat etc..STAY THE F HOME!! Quarantine yourself for 14 days. Only reason people should be leaving their home when sick is if they are so sick they need to go to the ER.
Was reading on Reditt some guy wrote this big long thing about how he was denied a test recently afer being sick for 2 days with a fever of 102..102 sucks but it isn't terrible. If you have a fever for more than a day for say 103.5 or more and it wont come down after a day then sure. What is going into a clinic going to do for you? Getting a test for COVID should not change a thing..You should be quarantine for X amount of days whether you have it or not.
Was reading on Reditt some guy wrote this big long thing about how he was denied a test recently afer being sick for 2 days with a fever of 102..102 sucks but it isn't terrible. If you have a fever for more than a day for say 103.5 or more and it wont come down after a day then sure. What is going into a clinic going to do for you? Getting a test for COVID should not change a thing..You should be quarantine for X amount of days whether you have it or not.
to an extent yes food trucks do bring in food (similar to stores and restaurants). You have to look at ways to create prepackaged meals for people to come and pick up or drop off at their houses.... believe me, I’ve heard it because my wife is currently fighting that battle in her position right now. The USDA is going to that at All of their facilities as well (while closing their cafeterias). Bottom line What I’m saying is it’s not as easy as just shutting everything down. Do you keep gas stations open for drs, nurses and first responders to travel from home to work and back? Who staffs the city water and sanitation departments? Who works at Alliant energy, mid-am, century link, media on etc to make sure infrastructure continues? Lots of questions that need answers before you simply shut it down. Please don’t take this as I’m against going that route either. I think we do need to as much as possible but someone needs to make decisions on it and I don’t envy said people who ha e to make decisions at all
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