O/T: Am I the only one who tends to not remember we are in a global pandemic

Early_Milled_Latin_America · January 9, 2021 2:28PM

I ask this due to package not moving in the mail system for weeks some times more. Out of 350 000 people in the city where I live 30 died of covid-19 in a full year. In the larger city just near me of 1.3 million people a few hundred died. Globally 1.5 million in any normal year 60 million die. Some times it is hard to even remember we are in a pandemic at all. Not saying it is not real it is but seems like more are dying of suicides, not getting treatment for worse things or surgeries and so on and so on.

Early_Milled_Latin_America · January 9, 2021 2:29PM

Not trying to downplay this I know it is real. And I am well aware my packages are not even comparable to people passing away. Just does not feel much like anything some times.

ShaunBC5 · January 9, 2021 2:32PM

Everyone in my house is keenly aware (my wife, the mother of my elementary aged kids is high risk). The rest of my family...hit or miss.

Early_Milled_Latin_America · January 9, 2021 2:35PM

In my province we will be under curfew for a full month starting today at 8h00pm till 5h00am each day. It just all feels over the edge some times almost like the world has gone insane. How are we ever going to get threw this if a lot of people will not take the vaccine. Seems like this will go on for 4-5 years easily. I understand those that want it and those that do not it's up to each person to make that choice no one else.

bolivarshagnasty · January 9, 2021 2:37PM

In your province?

oldabeintx · January 9, 2021 2:38PM

A lot depends on there you live.

Early_Milled_Latin_America · January 9, 2021 2:38PM

@bolivarshagnasty said:
In your province?

I live in Canada my province is Quebec.

bolivarshagnasty · January 9, 2021 2:39PM

So you don't get the US news?

Early_Milled_Latin_America · January 9, 2021 2:39PM

@oldabeintx said:
A lot depends on there you live.

My province is the worst in Canada along with Ontario. Has been since the very start.

Early_Milled_Latin_America · January 9, 2021 2:40PM

@bolivarshagnasty said:
So you don't get the US news?

Of course I do I listen to the liberal and conservative news each day I rather get both sides of the story.

oldabeintx · January 9, 2021 2:43PM

Dallas has bad numbers. Two of my kids live in Seattle, far less frequency. How good are the numbers? Lord knows.

Early_Milled_Latin_America · January 9, 2021 2:44PM

I don't want anyone fighting in this topic just trying to get other peoples vibe.

bolivarshagnasty · January 9, 2021 2:52PM

I follow the Johns Hopkins dashboard for global and US confirmed cases and deaths. You are fortunate you live in Canada while this is going on. We can't keep people from gathering inside and a large portion refuse to wear masks. US deaths were averaging 3500 per day this week and SoCal funeral homes were turning away families wanting to bury the dead. As oldabe indicated, some places aren't seeing this level of sickness. I'm in south east TN and it seems to be a slow onslaught with 10,000 positive cases and 100 deaths in a County of 100k since March.

Early_Milled_Latin_America · January 9, 2021 2:54PM

People here in Canada most comply but some are getting fed up. But in the end most will continue to comply as will I.

Mgarmy · January 9, 2021 2:59PM

I love Canada, served with some of your special forces, great guys. Down to earth. I have only been to Toronto a couple times but loved it. Played poker with those dollar coins you had well before the US had them if I remember.

ɹoʇɔǝlloɔ · January 9, 2021 3:05PM

my grandfather died of covid

I've had 2 friends die of covid

half of my team at work has had covid - all got through so far, but 2 have recently been diagnosed so time will tell

it is v real for me

count yourself lucky to feel as if nothing is happening

ricko · January 9, 2021 3:05PM

I lost two of my shipmates the last week of the year. We have been in touch for many years, ships reunions, chat rooms, zoom meetings. All of a sudden, sick and dead in a matter of days. Real shocker. RickO

Mgarmy · January 9, 2021 3:06PM

Sorry for your loss man. Shots cannot come soon enough

Justacommeman · January 9, 2021 3:11PM

I live in So Cal. A lot of folks here forget we are in the middle of a pandemic and hence we are the Covid capital of the world

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Early_Milled_Latin_America · January 9, 2021 3:13PM

Sorry for your loses like I said I know it is very much real. Thank God my area is doing well. We will be under curfew starting today for 30 days to slow it down.

Early_Milled_Latin_America · January 9, 2021 3:14PM

@ɹoʇɔǝlloɔ said:
my grandfather died of covid

I've had 2 friends die of covid

half of my team at work has had covid - all got through so far, but 2 have recently been diagnosed so time will tell

it is v real for me

count yourself lucky to feel as if nothing is happening

Those that did survive how bad shape are they in now?

TomB · January 9, 2021 3:17PM

Are you the only one who doesn't remember we are in a global pandemic? Likely.

Are there incredible numbers of folks who don't really care we are in a global pandemic? Yes.

Early_Milled_Latin_America · January 9, 2021 3:24PM

@TomB said:
Are you the only one who doesn't remember we are in a global pandemic? Likely.

Are there incredible numbers of folks who don't really care we are in a global pandemic? Yes.

I know we are I simply tend to not worry so much and if I do get really sick then I will worry but that is about 2% to 3% of people in mostly higher risk categories. Why waste my energy and lower my immune system for such a small chance and if I do get it then I will need that energy and strong immune response. I wear my mask, wash my hands and all that stuff. I just don't worry about it since there is medical books with about 1500 pages full of diseases. That is just the way I am can't change it. If this was Ebola I would be terrified.

To me all diseases can be deadly or at least most. But like cancer or HIV some get it real bad and some recover and live normal lives. I have seen it many times with cancer some worry endlessly and some battle it. I tend not to worry about small percentages and if ever I fall into that bracket then deal with it the best I can. When I was younger I would drive myself crazy with worry but in the end it as just making me sick so I learned to just role with the punches.

lkeigwin · January 9, 2021 3:25PM

My kid sister in northern FL has been in the Mayo Clinic ICU for four weeks. Intubed, with a ventilator, for two weeks. Yesterday the breathing tube was removed and a tracheostomy was performed.

If she survives she will need breathing assistance for the rest of her life due to severe lung scarring. 64 and healthy until infected.

I never forget we're in a pandemic.
Lance.

Early_Milled_Latin_America · January 9, 2021 3:28PM

@lkeigwin said:
My kid sister in northern FL has been in the Mayo Clinic ICU for four weeks. Intubed, with a ventilator, for two weeks. Yesterday the breathing tube was removed and a tracheostomy was performed.

If she survives she will need breathing assistance for the rest of her life due to severe lung scarring. 64 and healthy until infected.

I never forget we're in a pandemic.
Lance.

Sorry to hear that like I said some people are going threw hell with this. I don't wish it on anyone.

Early_Milled_Latin_America · January 9, 2021 3:32PM

I wish they would have segments on TV where people have been threw this and talk about it so we can see with our own eyes how it truly is. They do show some reports like this but not much. Blur their faces if it is a privacy issue. People need to see this kinda stuff.

Justacommeman · January 9, 2021 3:35PM

@lkeigwin said:
My kid sister in northern FL has been in the Mayo Clinic ICU for four weeks. Intubed, with a ventilator, for two weeks. Yesterday the breathing tube was removed and a tracheostomy was performed.

If she survives she will need breathing assistance for the rest of her life due to severe lung scarring. 64 and healthy until infected.

I never forget we're in a pandemic.
Lance.

Lance I'm so sorry. That's horrible. One of our friends husbands just passed away last night. He was a picture of health. Insidious disease

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Justacommeman · January 9, 2021 3:37PM

@KingOfMorganDollar said:
I wish they would have segments on TV where people have been threw this and talk about it so we can see with our own eyes how it truly is. They do show some reports like this but not much. Blur their faces if it is a privacy issue. People need to see this kinda stuff.

It wouldn't matter. People believe what they want to believe sometimes just to suit their own beliefs.

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jwitten · January 9, 2021 3:37PM

My family is fairly young, so we have not been super concerned, but we try to be careful for the rest of our extended family. I really miss the way life was before Covid though. I told my wife today I think I have been slowly going down mentally... I just miss getting to go do things like we used to. Church, school, shopping, seeing friends, going out to eat, etc. My youngest just turned 4. This thing is going on about 1/4th of her life now. I wonder how much she really remembers pre-covid.

Early_Milled_Latin_America · January 9, 2021 3:39PM

@jwitten said:
My family is fairly young, so we have not been super concerned, but we try to be careful for the rest of our extended family. I really miss the way life was before Covid though. I told my wife today I think I have been slowly going down mentally... I just miss getting to go do things like we used to. Church, school, shopping, seeing friends, going out to eat, etc. My youngest just turned 4. This thing is going on about 1/4th of her life now. I wonder how much she really remembers pre-covid.

Hopefully in a few years things will get back to normal. Personally I have my doubts they will ever get back to 100% normal as we knew it. Maybe 70%. But things will change. Like less people will travel the globe, different types of employment to replace a lot of restaurants, a lot more shopping done online, people working from home, more home schooling and so on.

MedalCollector · January 9, 2021 3:43PM

Very odd, possibly insensitive topic for a coin forum.

I’m sorry for all those that have experienced losses due to the pandemic.

Early_Milled_Latin_America · January 9, 2021 3:44PM

@GoldenEgg said:
Very odd, possibly insensitive topic for a coin forum.

I’m sorry for all those that have experienced losses due to the pandemic.

I am not insensitive (I have almost lost my entire family to all sorts of diseases so I get it. I have been threw ''hell'' many times in my short life so far. I have spent more than half my life in hospitals with sick family members.) I just want to see how people are living threw all this. Always good to get peoples input. On this forum we get people from all over that can share their stories.

Justacommeman · January 9, 2021 3:46PM

@OP Canada has handled it a lot better obviously then we have. Plus the fact that Canada is one of the most sparsely populated places on earth helps.

We are all in the same storm but some of our "boats" are closer to shore then others

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Early_Milled_Latin_America · January 9, 2021 3:47PM

@Justacommeman said:
@OP Canada has handled it a lot better obviously then we have. Plus the fact that Canada is one of the most sparsely populated places on earth helps.

We are all in the same storm but our "boats" are all at different places at sea

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Well put sir!!

Justacommeman · January 9, 2021 3:49PM

@KingOfMorganDollar said:

@Justacommeman said:
@OP Canada has handled it a lot better obviously then we have. Plus the fact that Canada is one of the most sparsely populated places on earth helps.

We are all in the same storm but our "boats" are all at different places at sea

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Well put sir!!

We have had more people die then your 16th largest city in all of Canada

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Early_Milled_Latin_America · January 9, 2021 3:50PM

@Justacommeman said:

@KingOfMorganDollar said:

@Justacommeman said:
@OP Canada has handled it a lot better obviously then we have. Plus the fact that Canada is one of the most sparsely populated places on earth helps.

We are all in the same storm but our "boats" are all at different places at sea

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Well put sir!!

We have had more people die then your 16th largest city in all of Canada

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Yeah it's not good. Hopefully they can get their act together and role out those vaccines.

Kliao · January 9, 2021 3:51PM

I'm in high school and my classes are all online. Since it started in March, I might have been out of the house in public areas 2-3 times other than that, I'm all at home. My family has to be very careful when ever going out as we frequently are with many family members in high risk. My parents even go grocery shopping for them.
As time goes by, I have gotten used to staying at home all day. Before this, I couldn't stand staying home, always liked going out and about.

ironmanl63 · January 9, 2021 3:52PM

@Justacommeman said:

@KingOfMorganDollar said:
I wish they would have segments on TV where people have been threw this and talk about it so we can see with our own eyes how it truly is. They do show some reports like this but not much. Blur their faces if it is a privacy issue. People need to see this kinda stuff.

It wouldn't matter. People believe what they want to believe sometimes just to suit their own beliefs.

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Yes they do!

Justacommeman · January 9, 2021 3:52PM

@kliao @OP OP Good luck to you young men. Short nights and long days to you

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CoinJunkie · January 9, 2021 3:52PM

@KingOfMorganDollar said:
I wish they would have segments on TV where people have been threw this and talk about it so we can see with our own eyes how it truly is. They do show some reports like this but not much. Blur their faces if it is a privacy issue. People need to see this kinda stuff.

There's this newfangled thing called the Internet, which is way more efficient than TV as a source of information. The testimonials you seek are out there if you put the effort into finding them.

CoinJunkie · January 9, 2021 3:54PM

through

Early_Milled_Latin_America · January 9, 2021 3:54PM

@CoinJunkie said:

@KingOfMorganDollar said:
I wish they would have segments on TV where people have been threw this and talk about it so we can see with our own eyes how it truly is. They do show some reports like this but not much. Blur their faces if it is a privacy issue. People need to see this kinda stuff.

There's this newfangled thing called the Internet, which is way more efficient than TV as a source of information. The testimonials you seek are out there if you put the effort into finding them.

I know I just wanted to talk to people here. I figured those that want to will and those who do not won't. I just don't want anyone fighting about any of this and simply talk to one and other.

CoinJunkie · January 9, 2021 3:56PM

@KingOfMorganDollar said:

@CoinJunkie said:

@KingOfMorganDollar said:
I wish they would have segments on TV where people have been threw this and talk about it so we can see with our own eyes how it truly is. They do show some reports like this but not much. Blur their faces if it is a privacy issue. People need to see this kinda stuff.

There's this newfangled thing called the Internet, which is way more efficient than TV as a source of information. The testimonials you seek are out there if you put the effort into finding them.

I know I just wanted to talk to people here.

You said: I wish they would have segments on TV where people have been threw [sic] this and talk about it so we can see with our own eyes how it truly is.

That is what I was responding to.

Early_Milled_Latin_America · January 9, 2021 4:02PM

@Kliao said:
I'm in high school and my classes are all online. Since it started in March, I might have been out of the house in public areas 2-3 times other than that, I'm all at home. My family has to be very careful when ever going out as we frequently are with many family members in high risk. My parents even go grocery shopping for them.
As time goes by, I have gotten used to staying at home all day. Before this, I couldn't stand staying home, always liked going out and about.

Like my late grandmother told me many times humans can learn to live in the worse of situations and will either adjust to their new routine or let it break them. She went threw wars, famine and prison camps. She saw most of her family murdered by invading soldiers. She was tough as nails right till the last second at almost 90 years old.

You have to be tough mentally in life their is not many other options for a lot of us.

MFeld · January 9, 2021 4:06PM

@CoinJunkie said:

@KingOfMorganDollar said:

@CoinJunkie said:

@KingOfMorganDollar said:
I wish they would have segments on TV where people have been threw this and talk about it so we can see with our own eyes how it truly is. They do show some reports like this but not much. Blur their faces if it is a privacy issue. People need to see this kinda stuff.

There's this newfangled thing called the Internet, which is way more efficient than TV as a source of information. The testimonials you seek are out there if you put the effort into finding them.

I know I just wanted to talk to people here.

You said: I wish they would have segments on TV where people have been threw [sic] this and talk about it so we can see with our own eyes how it truly is.

That is what I was responding to.

And I’m responding to the repeated use of “threw” in place of “through” by the OP. I hope he’s through with his “threw”(s).😉

Early_Milled_Latin_America · January 9, 2021 4:06PM

@MFeld said:

@CoinJunkie said:

@KingOfMorganDollar said:

@CoinJunkie said:

@KingOfMorganDollar said:
I wish they would have segments on TV where people have been threw this and talk about it so we can see with our own eyes how it truly is. They do show some reports like this but not much. Blur their faces if it is a privacy issue. People need to see this kinda stuff.

There's this newfangled thing called the Internet, which is way more efficient than TV as a source of information. The testimonials you seek are out there if you put the effort into finding them.

I know I just wanted to talk to people here.

You said: I wish they would have segments on TV where people have been threw [sic] this and talk about it so we can see with our own eyes how it truly is.

That is what I was responding to.

And I’m responding to the repeated use of “threw” in place of “through” by the OP. I hope he’s through with his “threw”(s).😉

Sorry my 1st language is French. Went to school all my life in French here in Quebec.

Justacommeman · January 9, 2021 4:09PM

@KingOfMorganDollar said:

@MFeld said:

@CoinJunkie said:

@KingOfMorganDollar said:

@CoinJunkie said:

@KingOfMorganDollar said:
I wish they would have segments on TV where people have been threw this and talk about it so we can see with our own eyes how it truly is. They do show some reports like this but not much. Blur their faces if it is a privacy issue. People need to see this kinda stuff.

There's this newfangled thing called the Internet, which is way more efficient than TV as a source of information. The testimonials you seek are out there if you put the effort into finding them.

I know I just wanted to talk to people here.

You said: I wish they would have segments on TV where people have been threw [sic] this and talk about it so we can see with our own eyes how it truly is.

That is what I was responding to.

And I’m responding to the repeated use of “threw” in place of “through” by the OP. I hope he’s through with his “threw”(s).😉

Sorry my 1st language is French. Went to school all my life in French here in Quebec.

I can tell. I spent most of my youth in Canada. We own a business in Canada and I miss Montreal and working out of that office. Miss back bacon and Mille Bourne too

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CoinJunkie · January 9, 2021 4:09PM

@KingOfMorganDollar said:

@MFeld said:

@CoinJunkie said:

@KingOfMorganDollar said:

@CoinJunkie said:

@KingOfMorganDollar said:
I wish they would have segments on TV where people have been threw this and talk about it so we can see with our own eyes how it truly is. They do show some reports like this but not much. Blur their faces if it is a privacy issue. People need to see this kinda stuff.

There's this newfangled thing called the Internet, which is way more efficient than TV as a source of information. The testimonials you seek are out there if you put the effort into finding them.

I know I just wanted to talk to people here.

You said: I wish they would have segments on TV where people have been threw [sic] this and talk about it so we can see with our own eyes how it truly is.

That is what I was responding to.

And I’m responding to the repeated use of “threw” in place of “through” by the OP. I hope he’s through with his “threw”(s).😉

Sorry my 1st language is French. Went to school all my life in French here in Quebec.

Pas de probleme, just trying to educate.

Early_Milled_Latin_America · January 9, 2021 4:12PM

@CoinJunkie said:

@KingOfMorganDollar said:

@MFeld said:

@CoinJunkie said:

@KingOfMorganDollar said:

@CoinJunkie said:

@KingOfMorganDollar said:
I wish they would have segments on TV where people have been threw this and talk about it so we can see with our own eyes how it truly is. They do show some reports like this but not much. Blur their faces if it is a privacy issue. People need to see this kinda stuff.

There's this newfangled thing called the Internet, which is way more efficient than TV as a source of information. The testimonials you seek are out there if you put the effort into finding them.

I know I just wanted to talk to people here.

You said: I wish they would have segments on TV where people have been threw [sic] this and talk about it so we can see with our own eyes how it truly is.

That is what I was responding to.

And I’m responding to the repeated use of “threw” in place of “through” by the OP. I hope he’s through with his “threw”(s).😉

Sorry my 1st language is French. Went to school all my life in French here in Quebec.

Pas de probleme, just trying to educate.

Merci for understanding lolll

Baley · January 9, 2021 4:15PM

We're all here so thru with this pandemic

ɹoʇɔǝlloɔ · January 9, 2021 4:20PM

@KingOfMorganDollar said:

Those that did survive how bad shape are they in now?

all good as far as I know, save for one who still hasn't recovered their sense of smell/taste after 6 weeks from orig diagnosis

O/T: Am I the only one who tends to not remember we are in a global pandemic

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