It doesn’t matter if you find that. we have no idea how many people may be infected because there are not enough tests.
Coronavirus Coronavirus: In-Iowa General Discussion (Not Limited)
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It doesn’t matter if you find that. we have no idea how many people may be infected because there are not enough tests.
Our daycare set up some new guidelines. You are now greeted with a table with hand sanitizer that both you and your child must use before going back to the rooms then your child must wash their hands once they enter the room. Staff and children will not be able to stay if they feel ill or show any signs of a temperature, runny noise, cough, shortness of breath seem lethargic, or any other concerns and must by symptom free for at least 24 hours before returning. Right now DHS is not recommending any preemptive closing for daycare facilities according to the notice we received from the center owner.
Something my wife and I talked about last night was making sure we find some learning activities for our kindergartner to do during the day while home so she doesn't get too stir crazy or just sit around and watch the TV all day while my wife works from home. Printed out some worksheets for her to do today, hoping that teachers will be sending out some things during the downtime too. For middle school age and up there probably are more e-learning type of things schools will be able to do but with elementary age kids that do a lot more hands on learning it's going to be a little more challenging.
This may be a good place for people to share what kind of things they will be doing to keep their kids occupied while still doing some school related things at home.
Something my wife and I talked about last night was making sure we find some learning activities for our kindergartner to do during the day while home so she doesn't get too stir crazy or just sit around and watch the TV all day while my wife works from home. Printed out some worksheets for her to do today, hoping that teachers will be sending out some things during the downtime too. For middle school age and up there probably are more e-learning type of things schools will be able to do but with elementary age kids that do a lot more hands on learning it's going to be a little more challenging.
This may be a good place for people to share what kind of things they will be doing to keep their kids occupied while still doing some school related things at home.
A few days ago?. Trump tried to brush it off a couple of weeks ago, but that tune changed quickly. They did cut off travel from China weeks ago as well. That doesn't sound like "no big deal" . They've been trying to downplay it to avoid complete panic, yes, but anybody who has been paying attention to what is happening and being done around the world should be able to figure it out. Plus, don't ever completely trust any government. Government has proven that throughout history.
The state is currently working childcare and food assistance. Churches are starting to provide emergency daycare. Neighbors are going to help neighbors. No governing body is going to have a perfect plan.
I thought this was the no politics thread
Do you understand what no politics means?
I’m gonna go with “no”
It's like my Lyft Driver awhile back "I just can't stand people who always talk politics...(5 seconds later)....can you believe what Trump just did!!"
Until you wake up one day and realize, EVERYTHING is connected. Talking about a pandemic and avoiding politics is like talking about baseball and just not allowing pitching to be discussed.
It’s an illness...
Disagree. People will use the subject, ANY subject, just to bash Trump or Obama or whoever and then if left unchecked it becomes a stupid echo chamber for whichever ideological dominant group of posters is online at the moment. Jeez, if only there was a solution where we could have a thread for those that want to talk politics and those who don’t....
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Im not saying you can’t have your own thread. I’m just saying you’re not getting a good picture or giving out good information if you just ignore the political/governmental side of this. And you should want to be fully informed.
People can read both threads. Keep the politics in the other thread.
I do want to be fully informed, but how does someone just saying “******* Trump won’t handle right” enhance my understanding or further the discussion. To be fair, most of my posts are just immature sarcastic posts so I’m not furthering anything with my posts, but this politics thing....ain’t nobody changing anybody’s minds about Trump or Bernie or Obama here on CF, they’re only furthering the divide.
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There already is a thread in the cave for those who wish to politicize this. Keep that kind of BS there where it belongs. It even says right in the title of this thread and in the OP: ABSOLUTELY NO POLITICS!
Well this was edited so my update wont make much since but I take back that I don't think current federal leadership is capable of doing a shutdown. Turns out they are being strongly advised to do so. By next week. Whether or not they follow the strong advisement remains to be seen. Government action should not be considered the same as politics. Especially if comments about media leanings or calling all kids in NYC gang members are allowed to remain.
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I feel like there is no way to continue this particular path of discussion with out getting into politics, which people are freaking out about. But I stand by what I said, expecting people to have been planning for school to be shut down for a month two weeks ago is ridiculous. It was completely business as usual last Monday. People were talking about it, but it hadn't risen to anywhere near the level it is now. For example, the Dan Patrick show checked and last Monday they did not mention Coronavirus once on their show. We certainly weren't being told by leadership to be prepared for a month off of school at this time last week. Now it is virtually all anyone talks about. Unless you were really paying attention to this there is no way you could have predicted this would have risen to this level two weeks ago.
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I never thought it was a hoax. I own and manage a small business which I temporarily closed last Friday due to an abundance of caution. I currently have all the expenses of a business and none of the income. I have a few smaller private events scheduled that I will probably host but don’t want to maximize usage. Frustrating that this was denied and ignored rather than dealt with in adult fashion.
The government has to walk a fine line in these uncertain and developing situations. People always overreact to things, and the news media does enhance that effect.
Warn too much, and people panic, hoard, freak out, and that can be worse than the virus.
Don't warn enough, and people ignore it and it spreads faster and then you have bad problems later.
Really easy to criticize the government in either direction, depending on your personal preferences (either wrt the situation itself or just to score points on the political party you dislike).
The media in general makes it worse by focusing coverage on "interesting" things like empty shelves in stores, hoarding toiled paper, death totals, etc. Instead of "here's what you should actually be doing", because that is boring...
Please encourage people to be diligent, calm, prudent, and smart. And give it a try yourself while you are at it.
Warn too much, and people panic, hoard, freak out, and that can be worse than the virus.
Don't warn enough, and people ignore it and it spreads faster and then you have bad problems later.
Really easy to criticize the government in either direction, depending on your personal preferences (either wrt the situation itself or just to score points on the political party you dislike).
The media in general makes it worse by focusing coverage on "interesting" things like empty shelves in stores, hoarding toiled paper, death totals, etc. Instead of "here's what you should actually be doing", because that is boring...
Please encourage people to be diligent, calm, prudent, and smart. And give it a try yourself while you are at it.
Could the government have made an effort to get tests ready about 2-3 months ago so when/if it was in Washington and spreading?
Somebody had to have some sort of an idea of when this was going to blow up going by other timelines...a recommendation to generally stock up for 2-3 weeks' of stuff to stagger it could have sufficed. Maybe don't go on cruises? It's OK and possible to have a message of staying calm but still be prepared, instead of saying the numbers are down to zero and go out and have a nice dinner.
Media wise: they need to be better about reporting about cases where people had it and recovered, the steps they experienced, communications, etc. I suppose health records aren't allowed to be communicated but even just more information about what sorts of conditions were involved would be helpful. For the reported cases, how did the patient come to the conclusion to get tested? What steps were involved from those doctors?
I do not want to cause a panic, so take this for what its worth, but I have been hearing some rumblings about the national guard, and a one week shutdown of the whole country. All business would close down.
Its most likely BS, but we are in crazy times, and its going to get worse till it gets better.
If the post violets any rules, please remove it, just trying to give people a little heads up.
Update: this may be all fake, according to MSN, there was a cyber attack late last night on the CCD, spreading disinformation.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/u...covid-19-outbreak/ar-BB11g3gk?ocid=spartanntp
Its most likely BS, but we are in crazy times, and its going to get worse till it gets better.
If the post violets any rules, please remove it, just trying to give people a little heads up.
Update: this may be all fake, according to MSN, there was a cyber attack late last night on the CCD, spreading disinformation.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/u...covid-19-outbreak/ar-BB11g3gk?ocid=spartanntp
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