So how's everyone handling the coronavirus situation? It seems like it's been taking a toll on everyone in different ways, myself included.

Isolation is really not easy. I take a few walks a week because I cannot endure being stuck inside. I work from home for now, as we are receiving a lot of people a day (including providing free food for low income person and families). Had to shut down this service for now and direct everyone to other services points.

I also hate to rely on food delivery, as it takes forever to get actual food. At this point, I'm just going to go and suck it up haha.

Anxiety's through the roof. Not sleeping well because of it or eating well. I have dreadful social anxiety to start with, this has made it all the worse.

My retiree father has a part time job as a hospital courier here and that's not settling well now at all.

So, the sooner things let up, the better. But people around here are insisting on being stupid.

I’m doing a different job at work and being relied on a lot more, so I’m somewhat exhausted, but I think it will turn out for the best for me. I just worry about my parents and wish I could spend more time with them but I don’t want to put them at risk.

I'm a teacher and my schools closed, but I still have to go to school and do nothing -__-; plus I can:t even go skating on the weekends bc everythings closed

I'm one of the lucky few where very little has changed. I already worked from home, and I'm a shut-in so I only leave the house once a week for groceries and to drive my house mate to appointments as necessary. I cover up, wear gloves, wear a scarf around my face since there are no masks, ect when I go out but I know that won't necessarily prevent me from getting the virus and it 100% is more just in case I have it and have no symptoms so minimize my own spread as much as possible.

I just hope this is over with sooner rather than later. A lot of events/conventions I was looking forward to going to now that I've moved back to my home state are understandably canceled for this year. An event scheduled for this fall is saying they're canceling until further notice; they'd rather cancel now and say it's okay to have it later than get people's hopes up only to have to cancel if a second wave hits or for some reason things are still bad at that time.

I work retail and they closed all the stores almost two weeks ago for two weeks and told us we were going to get paid for it. Idk yet about anything after yet as we haven't heard. As it turns out the social distancing lifestyle is one I've been living since I was 12 so the only thing that's changed for me is the fear. The only thing i really did for fun before was wander the grocery or craft stores. I'm prone to anxiety but young-ish( and kind of healthy as far as I know) so statistically if I get it I'm not likely to suffer too bad and I try to continue to remind myself of that whenever someone posts on social media about how horrifying the disease is so they can scare people into staying home. I continue to remind myself that nothing is guaranteed and that even colds and sinus infections can have severe complications and we survive those all the time. If I have to go get something I spray everything with bleach water when I get home. More than me though is my dad, who is almost 50, had a heart attack a couple years ago, is on heart meds, and is also a first responder. Sometimes that fear just eats you though and you start to see horrible reminders in normal things that you wouldn't in any other state of mind. I normally deal with that by crying quietly to myself for a couple minutes and then trying to find a distraction since that's all I can really do. I can only control my own actions, not my dad's and not the actions of strangers who are still somehow going out for fun. They've recently started shutting down parks because kids and young adults are still gathering in groups.

More than ever though I'm seeing that social media is poison. I've seen so much fear mongering and shaming and disinformation. It's scary how many people will just trust a post from a stranger without checking facts. The people on the other end are also scary, asking why the local hospitals are asking for donations of ppe when amazon has them for sale and some claiming the hospitals don't need them but are just trying to stockpile them. My county has <50 positive cases currently. Rising every day but not exponentially yet. /complaining. Sorry to be such a Debbie Downer.

I've also discovered that not having to work doesn't mean I get more chores done. It just means I have more time to waste not getting anything done. The weather has been nice and I've started opening windows and wearing shorts around the house so I shaved my legs today. I planted some seeds yesterday. Sunflowers, lavender, and peppermint. Mostly just to prove to myself that I can. I try every spring and I never mange to grow anything. So I guess I've accomplished somethings.

[edit] Company just emailed me to let me know that I'm on furlough until they can reopen stores, So I have no income until then.

I volunteer at a local historical society doing archival work, processing old photographs, documents, things like that, and that's actually supposed to open back up April 8 though I'm not sure if it actually will since the quarantine measures have been extended to April 30 at the federal level, and at my local city level as well. I also work at a library shelving, and currently all city libraries where I am are closed until April 30th as well.

Otherwise, I'm naturally an introvert and kind of a hermit most of a time so I'm not the type to go out a lot in the first place so in that respect not much has changed on that front. I turned off pretty much all my social media, facebook, twitter, ( kept my instagram on) because the constant barrage of coronavirus news was starting to affect me on a mental level, and it was getting pretty overwhelming but otherwise, my routine hasn't been that different. I tend to like to go to bookstores and museums and stuff of that nature alone maybe once every couple weeks as my form of social interaction, but they're all closed at the moment so I'm mostly just staying at home watching virtual museum tours, catching up on tv shows I missed, reading a ton and playing way too much animal crossing.

Also, at this point I'm kind of expecting most conventions to shutter. There's some things that I wanted to go to, the ALA ( American Library Association convention, I have a Masters in Library and Information Science and was originally thinking of flying there to get some librarian connections for future jobs and just to check out Chicago in general because I've never been to the windy city) conference in June in Chicago but that's been cancelled due to coronavirus concerns. I also have a year pass to Disneyland( I'm in San Diego) and usually I tend to go to Disneyland a couple times per month, and Disneyland is obviously closed now so I can't go there either. There's been talk about cancelling SDCC as well, but that decision probably won't be made until end of May or early June though it's been gaining traction that SDCC will probably be cancelled too since the Olympics have been postponed till July 2021 because of the coronavirus. I also originally planned to get tickets to Wondercon in Anaheim too, and then when the coronavirus hit never bought tickets because I figured the con would be postponed and yeah, it ended up getting postponed. CCI said they're rescheduling it to a later date, but haven't released a date yet since they're still processing refunds.

I work retail in what is currently considered an essential job. I'm thankful that I am still able to work but do fear the possibility of getting sick or being a carrier that gets others sick. I feel bad for all the people currently without incomes though. In my town, it was a good thing most stores and restaurants were closed. We had a tornado come through damaging the mall my store is attached to, as well as several other businesses and homes. If it wasn't for the virus there would have been a lot of people out and in the areas damaged. Thankfully last I heard 22 suffered minor injuries and there were no deaths. It could have been far worse.

I'm one of the ones whose job got shut down. Dealing with unemployment has been a nightmare. I put my stuff in online and it went from saying denied to call them. So I spent DAYS trying to reach them. Finally I get a place in the que and am waiting for FOUR hours. Get the info they need to only be told the system is screwing up and EVERYTHING IS FINE. All those hours worrying and wasted for nothing. Spent all those hours to be told in less than 5 minutes that its all ok.

To be fair however its not like we knew how bad this was. How fast things would change with it, nor what to do to handle all the basically jobs on hold people.

Food shopping was hard when this first escalated, but now the store I go to looks like a regularly supplied shop again. It kinda blows I can't see family because I live in a state that's on lockdown and my family lives across the state line. One lining is I have a friend who loves in the same apartment complex as I do so we can visit.

Um since this cancelled my Staycation I was upset. For the FIRST time in my life I was going to get paid vacation time approved. I planned to go to a gem and mineral show as well as a concert. Then I was going to just go check out and shop around at local food and other shops I just simply never got to go to before. A simple staycation and learn more of my towns local offerings.

However the band said they would be trying to reschedule the tour and hopefully with the same acts. And two local shops got together to offer gems and such online. So I hopefully get to pick up my new pretties tomorrow, I'm most excited about my malachite with turquoise piece. And if you're bored staying in try some music from the bands I was going to see. Otherwise and The Black Moods.

Well you know I was handling it. Social distancing, other than work where it was mostly simple to practice it as it was a small company of under 50 employees, and most of our customers we worked with online and over the phone LONG before this all started.

I lost my job last week due to lost income, and me being the newest sales rep. So I guess I'm social distancing better, but I'm job hunting and working on starting a podcast I've been meaning to make for 3 years now. I miss my friends and being at home all the time is incredibly hard for me... I'm lucky though, as my girlfriend Jessica moved in last August and I cannot imagine how awful this entire situation would be if we were still living 20 minutes apart and only seeing each other weekends or when time permits on weekdays.

Anyways if anyone knows of anyone companies looking for sales reps... jk jk... unless ;p

I had been working a contract job doing notes and transcribing classes for Deaf and HoH students at the local university. There were only a few weeks left in the semester when I lost my job. I had been on the bus heading to work when the school announced they were closing and moving all classes online. I'm thankful that I still got paid for two out of the three weeks but when that happened it was so surreal. I just stayed on the bus and headed home again in the middle of the day.

At least my country has an emergency payment thing set up for people who lost their contract jobs due to COVID-19. I can apply for it next Monday and if I get approved (which I should) I'll get paid for 4 months which is way longer than my contract was going to be for but considering I can't find other employment right now I think it's fair.

Besides, I'm immunocompromised, as is my girlfriend, so there's the added danger of going out in public for us right now. My mother has been really helping us out by picking up some groceries for us when she goes out. We use public transit which is really unsafe right now. My mom's been dropping the groceries on our porch so there's little interaction. I send e-transfer to my mom for the groceries so there's no cash involved either.

It's just frustrating being cooped up inside. I've been chatting with friends and I'm really grateful for the Press Start group since it's a great community to hang out with online as well. Plus I've been playing a ton of Animal Crossing: New Horizons. I have my girlfriend and our cats so I'm not alone at least. But it's still hard to be cooped up inside all the time. I'm going to try to get out for a walk soon since the weather is nicer. Just gotta stay away from people, lol. I just miss being able to go to a restaurant, or visit public places around town, get together with friends, etc.

My friends used to get together at least once a month for Pokemon Go Community Days. Sometimes we'd grab some lunch and we'd walk around for a while shiny hunting and doing raids together and it was a lot of fun. We'd meet random people around town too and it was just a nice community thing. So I miss that.

My girlfriend took some time off work but she goes back in 1.5 weeks and she works retail so I'm nervous for that.

My job is generally quite isolating, and it's easy for me to avoid people and just (very carefully) handle their animals so I am still employed despite taking quite a pay cut due to our clients being home all the time.

I am also thankfully pretty content to just be at home when I'm not working, so the self-isolation thing really isn't that hard for me. I was extremely anxious about everything the last couple weeks, but this week has been better, just getting used to everything and all the changes this insanity comes with.

I'm a ball of anxiety. Haven't seen my family since er.. has it really been almost 3 weeks now? Time has kind of all melded together for me. My boyfriend is still working which is great. Except I worry about him too. I don't mind being a homebody, but geez.

I'm very worried about my parents. My mom is a 2 time breast cancer survivor and my dad just went back to work this week after being out for 6 months (knee surgery, mini stroke, and pancreatitis), he works at UPS and that company is not doing anything for their employees. My dad will not quit because than he will lose everything financially. My parents have gone thru so much health wise, but yet are not being careful. I have to remind my mom to wash her hands and she is just fed up, frustrated and being selfish. I as far as I know I am keeping my job. I'm on unemployment, but working a few hours a week for at least 6 weeks...idk how my company is going to compensate me for, that is some fuzzy stuff there that they have yet to sort out because the rules keep changing.

I am trying to pull away from the news and social media. I saw this coming in early Feb, because I was closely watching what was happening in China because it hurt the business I work for. Now I am just exhausted and absolutely horrified, mortified at the response (and lack of response) and dealing from China's gov, to the US gov, to even the general public's. This virus and the damage it is causing is literally a manifestation of poor human behavior.

It's comforting to hear everyone else's perspective and how they are handling this. For me, I agree that pulling back from the news and social media is key. I have been enjoying spending time on Subeta.

I am a retail pharmacist and my husband is a district supervisor in the same company so we are still having business-as-usual hours although it is getting increasingly more irritating at work as much as I hate to admit it.

I am an introvert so the social distancing isn't as difficult for me. I worry about spreading because I fear daily that I have the virus due to my job. Overall I am enjoying spending time with my husband on our off days and walking my dog. If only the weather would warm up. We live in northeast US and it's been cold & rainy.

As an Uber driver bringing food to people who are following the stay at home orders, and ferrying around the folks who aren't, my husband hears it all. (I'm stuck at home, shoveling snow for cash and looking for things to pawn to pay the bills) In Sacramento and Davis, college-age kids new "thing" seems to be holding Corona parties where they deliberately share drinks and doobies! Russian roulette with microbes.., idiocy knows no boundaries. Sigh, I hope they get a handle on this mess soon.

being on lockdown really sucks. I just got over with a bad cabin fever that lasted for a week or two and I'm starting to adapting to endure this ordeal. I do hope our guys can finally find the cure to end this ordeal.

I was working nonessential retail, so I've been temporarily laid off. My country is handling financial support extremely well so I'm not having to look for an immediate job but instead I have the time to improve my 3d art and hopefully get hired at a studio :)

Outside of work stuff I'm pretty introverted anyway so it's not an extreme lifestyle change but it does feel very strange to have to be nervous about how close other people are when I go grocery shopping.

When this first started to take off globally I read news pretty much every day when I got up. Now I don't bother minus major announcements... I guess I realized that my staring at numbers isn't going to change the situation, only medical professionals making advancements will.

Social distancing is so tough. It’s interesting to observe just how much we need that social interaction, in more ways than we realised. It’s at the core of being human, it’s not just a want, but a need. It’s thrown us all of kilter being stuck in this weird hinterland of isolation (albeit necessary).

I’m hoping May will start bringing in the first shreds of a return to normality, but realistically things won’t be the same again for a long time. The economy is on the brink of a cataclysmic meltdown so I can’t imagine they’ll keep us under full lockdown (in the UK) for much longer past May anyway. It’ll be interesting to see how the likes of Spain / Italy will fair going forward, having loosened their own measures recently, to see what works best .. lockdown and suppression vs mitigation and herd immunity .. no doubt it’ll become a huge political game in the process.

Other than that, I’m able to work from home okay (although naturally more unproductive and craving colleagues), whereby a daily Zoom call has been my saving grace .. although even that is starting to wear thin now ..