We’re now living in a pandemic. States of emergency are being declared all around us, and while people will get sick, some extremely ill, lots of us will just end up stuck in our homes without any clear idea of when we can again move about freely.
Things will be hard. The ripples from this virus will spread out across our human pond until every shore is touched. But they won’t be impossible to weather. And everyone is going through it, to a greater or lesser extent, and for varying reasons.
So what can we do? There’s loads of suggestions. Whether you heed all or any is up to you.
We can help each other in our cities by doing stuff for people who need stuff done.
Hi folks, just passing on a suggestion if you live in apt buildings/walkable neighborhood: we just put a note in our elevator with our contact for folks who are older or high risk for #COVID19 so we can do shopping, errands, etc for them. We can help each other through this.???
— Inez Stepman (@InezFeltscher) March 13, 2020
Keep in mind that social distance is like even worse for people who are already isolated.
As social distancing becomes how we're going to deal with this pandemic, please remember that other bi-products will be isolation, loneliness, alienation, panic, anger, fear, agoraphobia, self-harm and suicide. Check on your people. Especially folks who live alone.
— Stuart Bousel (@StuartBousel) March 12, 2020
You can be your own meals on wheels.
If anyone knows of anyone over 70 in the DMV that is quarantined , at home and needs a meal tonight , please DM me .. we will make sure they get dinner .
— Medium Rare (@MediumRareDC) March 12, 2020
Be kind to the people who are on the front lines of this thing, dealing relentlessly with all our crazy: cashiers and grocery store clerks. They are still showing up, ringing up our stuff. They’re doing it with much longer lines than normal, and they still don’t get to control the radio.
I work at a grocery store and today when I came into work, it was crazy busy bcuz people are panicking and on top of that... FUCKING RADIOACTIVE BY IMAGINE DRAGONS STARTED PLAYING ? I have never experienced such chaos pic.twitter.com/xVs7GDtYdz
— Will (@willkiley) March 13, 2020
Don’t take all the toilet paper. Drop some bills in the food pantry box.
When you’re stocking up on supplies at the grocery store maybe buy one less package of toilet paper and make a donation to the food bank if you can.
— Darcy Michael ???? (@theDarcyMichael) March 12, 2020
There’s a lot of people going without pay checks right now.
Pay it forward #Covid_19
But if there isn’t any toilet paper left, consider embarking upon a helpful online community building workshop where you can learn to make your own. Call it upcycling!
I'm just saying.
— Chad Felix Greene (@chadfelixg) March 13, 2020
Craft stores should invest in 'create your own toilet paper' kits from recycling paper products you normally throw away.
Remember that liberty and freedom are essential, but since we don’t know quite what we’re facing, extreme measures like travel bans need to be tolerated, despite their inconvenience. Don’t get too testy when you movements are hindered. It’s not about you, it’s about everyone else.
As a Brit and a European, I value travel without restrictions.
— Svetlana (@RealSLokhova) March 12, 2020
But under the circumstances, Trump had no choice. He can’t take risks with people’s lives.
Big companies can do their bit by giving us content to light up our screens in our quarantined darkness.
In light of the Pandemic and in support of self-quarantine I'm calling on @HBO to release #Westworld season 3 in its entirety.
— stephen (@S___Elliott) March 13, 2020
And if you want to make sure your favorite restaurant is still in business when this whole thing is over, buy your future dinner now.
A friend on Facebook just suggested going online and buying a gift certificate to your favorite restaurant or store to help them out while no one is shopping or eating out. You can use the gift card after this all passes. I liked that idea. Help small business!
— ML (@just_mindy) March 12, 2020
If you know someone who has been out of touch, ease them into reality gently.
My manager went on a 8 week sabbatical on Jan 25th and him and his wife rented a cabin in the North Carolina woods and didn’t bring no type of technology with them so they could enjoy each other company. Nigga finna come back to pure hell. He don’t even know Kobe gone
— Marcus (@STOPFLEXIN) March 11, 2020
It’s okay to engage in gallows humour.
If I die from #coronavirus I want my tombstone to say "died from the flu."
— Yaakov Pollak (@Yanky_Pollak) March 11, 2020
And to still say how much you hate having to deal with the other parents at your kids’ school.
Damn you, coronavirus. You forced my hand and I'm now in the WhatsApp group for my kid's school.
— Andreia Nobre (@ariana_erbon) March 10, 2020
The horror.
Even if you offer to help the older folks in your neighborhood, don’t be surprised when they want to take you up on something other than your good intentions to run errands.
i posted a craigslist ad offering to shop and deliver grocery items for seniors anxious to leave their homes for fear of exposure.. and this is what i got.. r u fucking serious pic.twitter.com/CkDiAv3wSK
— ? meg stan account ? (@_culthag) March 13, 2020
And want you to service their, um, other needs, instead. They’re mostly boomers, after all.
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