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Lastpointe said:
One thing I read was allowing people to work at farms but not impact their EI that they are going to get from losing their regular jobs

it I agree, most people would be stunned at how hard the work is. And of course farms are in the country so they would need places to live too
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most farms that employ migrant workers have on-site housing - some of which is certainly not great standard.
 
Yes they do. Our local grocery store also changes its stock to accommodate our Jamaican Apple workers. We get big bags of rice, lots of goat, lots of lamb. Lots of curry stuff. And the workers do live together in bunks and cook. Hard work. Nice men who come up and for many of them they have been coming for years
 
Also dogs. Apparently there's been some transmission between humans and dogs. There's no evidence, to date, of it spreading the other way around.

When do they give up these efforts, if they do, and work on antivirals and vaccines around the clock?
 
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So far what I have read is that one dog in Hong Kong got the virus from his owner. No cases of it going the other way

and I believe around the world work is being done 24/7. Rut things ca only happen so fast. And once they do find a possible agent it will take time to test
 
I'm wondering if it is changing as the days go by. My sixteen year old grand has been ill for three days now - fever, headache, vomiting. I read online a few days ago that kids may present with diarrhea. Anyhoo -I visited with my daughter as she sat in her car in the driveway. It was essential that she submit some work to the direct sales outfit she works with. Her internet at home is too spotty for this type of thing - sometimes she can't get her phone to work!
 
Ha. My roommate texted me to ask if she could bring friends over last night for a little party - just before she was intending to to catch me off guard I think. She never speaks to me ahead about anything. It was 9 pm. Thurs. ... So I said, no not at this time (big old meanie I am) and said "wish you mentioned it days ago" told my landlords (sibling/ inlaw) upstairs and they texted her a much a happier note saying when the restrictions are lifted she can have a party (streamer emoji).

I was a bit upset because we talked about distancing and wiping counters the other day (for about 5 minutes before she darted away). She seemed to be getting educated about it and understood. She was less skeptical than me that day about all of these public measures.

A case was just confirmed of a university student yesterday. He's a "senior student" and had limited contact with others.
 
Lastpointe said:
Yes they do. Our local grocery store also changes its stock to accommodate our Jamaican Apple workers. We get big bags of rice, lots of goat, lots of lamb. Lots of curry stuff. And the workers do live together in bunks and cook. Hard work. Nice men who come up and for many of them they have been coming for years
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I have a minister friend in the Niagara region - her small rural church did a couple of small things last year to support the workers - made their wifi public & put some big picnic tables outside in the shade so the guys could come by to make contact with those at home. So simple, cheap and so appreciated. Then a neighbour of the church decided to hold a big BBQ for the workers one Saturday night - shrimp & steak feast - so generous.
 
Kimmio Laughterlove said:
I was a bit upset because we talked about distancing and wiping counters the other day (for about 5 minutes before she darted away). She seemed to be getting educated about it and understood. She was less skeptical than me.
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I don't really get why you would be upset. She asked courteously, you answered, and all is good. Done.
 
Carolla said:
I don't really get why you would be upset. She asked courteously, you answered, and all is good. Done.
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Because she actually didn't ask. I told her before to give me a heads up if she's having people over (preferably a day notice possible) because the kitchen/ living room area is not very big, and there's one bathroom, and we all have to use it. (Once I was home alone, went to catch the bus to the grocery store, missed it, decided it was too cold, went back home - and in that time there were 4 ppl in the kitchen making a dinner party - that occupies a considerable amount of space in there). I would rather be out or it being during an evening work shift (but there's nowhere to go now, she knows that) ...I should have been clearer .., she didn't "ask", she announced she was bringing friends over for a party. She still doesn't sort the recycling properly or take out her smelly compost and let's it sit there, unless I happen to see her and ask, or I do it. Just little things. I am old enough to be her mom, but I am not. It's frustrating to live with someone with not the same level of respect for the home and others in it, and who doesn't communicate. My landlords rented to her because she'd be studying a lot and not around so I'd have my space - which is true. But at the other extreme, it's like I live with a ghost ("oh, crumbs on the counter! She must've just been home in the past half hour and gone again!"). It's not a great way to live, for me. But she's not a bad person.
 
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When I had people over for a game night I told her a week ahead, and invited her. That's kind of what I expect back and that's what I told my landlords I was looking for in a roommate. Anyway... She's not bad, that was just an annoyance.
In the time of covid - because we actually discussed it...my landlords and me have vulnerable ppl in our families...it was sort of ignorant. Anyway. Done. Move on.
 
Kimmio Laughterlove said:
outdoor playgrounds in Vancouver are closed. This is getting really sad.
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Not sure how you close those. The ones around here are mostly out in the open in parks. There's two small ones just in my neighbourhood. One isn't even visible from the street. If you can get to the park, you can use them. Are they actually going to sic cops on kids using a slide?
 
Mendalla said:
Not sure how you close those. The ones around here are mostly out in the open in parks. There's two small ones just in my neighbourhood. One isn't even visible from the street. If you can get to the park, you can use them. Are they actually going to sic cops on kids using a slide?
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Probably moreso by request. Beaches have been closed in parts of the US that I saw, roped off, police on hand. With parks I would hope that just asking people is enough. Let kids go out and run, but all the touch surfaces at a playground - best to not have a bunch of kids on them for now.
 
Mendalla said:
Not sure how you close those. The ones around here are mostly out in the open in parks. There's two small ones just in my neighbourhood. One isn't even visible from the street. If you can get to the park, you can use them. Are they actually going to sic cops on kids using a slide?
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Sounds like they will be monitoring activity in playgrounds - cruising around making sure nobody's in them?
 
ChemGal said:
Probably moreso by request. Beaches have been closed in parts of the US that I saw, roped off, police on hand. With parks I would hope that just asking people is enough. Let kids go out and run, but all the touch surfaces at a playground - best to not have a bunch of kids on them for now.
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It's really sad, though.
 
Funny, in Florida where we just were they have closed beaches. Mainly because of March break teens and millennials having big parties. But surely open spaces are goo for walking and getting air

kimmio, I assume your room mate is not quite up to speed with precautions. I think lots of millennials have been the same

but if she pays rent she has just as much right to bring home guests and unless you have a formal agreement to ask for permission I doubt she needs to do so
 
Look, I don't go a lot of places anyway because they're not accessible or not affordable. I can handle not going to the mall.

But if this keeps up for a long time, people will get restless...and that can't be healthy for society.
 
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