Fear and Anxiety

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The only two stores that I go to are the grocery store and the gas station. People are not wearing a mask or gloves.

I asked one man at a grocery store, (who wasn't wearing a mask or gloves), "Aren't you scared about getting the coronavirus?" He said, "No, I've been to two other countries and haven't caught anything."

Then I see parents in the grocery stores with their child in the seat and they're holding onto the handle, and I was thinking, I hope that child will not catch anything. What are these people thinking?

I wish the president would say that everybody entering a store, gas station, & etc. has to wear a mask and gloves to enter. It is these people who are going to spread it to someone, and then that person spreads it to so and so, and on and on. This just showed me all these people that do not wear a mask do not care about children or the elderly. There are a lot of people in this world that don't care and I've seen it. SHAME ON THEM!!

I want to get back to socializing. I can't even go to church and be with my church family because of this virus. I miss being around them. I also miss being around my grandbabies and all my loved ones and friends.

My anxiety is through the roof! When I do go to these two places, I just get out start walking into the store like always and think, "Oh my gloves and my mask." Then I start talking to God, and say "Please DEAR LORD let people listen about wearing gloves and masks so other people don't get it and die."

We need to get this pandemic taken care of. I just think it should be mandatory for everybody that goes to the stores, gas stations, etc. to wear masks and gloves. And maybe we can get this thing under control and go back to a normal life.

I feel sorry for people out of work. Because some of them don't have the money for their bills. I'm sure it's been like a small vacation for them, but I would like for them to get back to their jobs and get the economy going again, so everybody is paying their bills correctly and not worrying.

HEROES, KEEP STAYING SAFE. NURSES, DOCTORS, & FRONTLINERS, YOU ARE THE BEST!! MAY GOD KEEP YOU SAFE FROM THIS PANDEMIC.

You deserve a wonderful vacation to wherever you want.

Small prayer... Please dear Lord Will you keep my brother safe as he is really in the front lines in the hospitals not just one but a few because he is a director of them. And he has diabetes. Keep you're umbrella over him so that he is safe. AMEN!

I hope that soon the president will make everybody wear gloves and mask until this virus is over.

THANK YOU!!

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EDITED TO ADD

I found out that the President said the Coronavirus Committee recommended that everyone should wear masks in public and that it is up to the Governor of each state to make sure that this happens.

I don't think we are ready to open up businesses because people are not wearing masks. I know people need their money, and I miss going in restaurants, grocery stores, etc. without having to wear my mask.

Please, everyone, be careful!

This should be a wake-up call for the United States of America. None of us were prepared for this deadly virus.

I guarantee I will be stocking up on all kinds for items and be ready.

Just like we have to be ready and get our tornado precautions together during tornado season. Please businesses, I hope they do like everything they are supposed to so that we may not continue to spread this virus around. Good luck businesses I'm glad that you are getting to open. I'm just scared that it will still spread.

Everyone be safe and God bless you!

[kbrn2002, ADN, RN]

23 hours ago, toomuchbaloney said:

It seems to me that it's going exactly the way your judicial branch thought it should, with political leadership cut off at the knees and toothless while experiencing a void leadership from DC. How do you think it's going to proceed for your state?

I wish I had a crystal ball sometimes. I live in a relatively small community of around 25000 but it is a border town in close proximity to a small city of around 80,000. The first day some salons opened one made the news for having over 170 walk-in appointments the first day with over half of those being from the city across state lines.

I expect as more places open with minimal to no social distancing enforced those businesses that do have policies in place and try to enforce them will lose enough business to those places that don't that they will relax their requirements pretty quickly to get customers in the door.

So far I am in a fairly unaffected area, very minimal positive COVID cases to this point. It is an area though that relies heavily on tourism dollars to thrive so if travel does pick up I expect that could change, especially as we have a fairly good size population of Summer people that come from large metropolitan areas in surrounding states.

I have no idea how bigger cities are dealing with re-opening but in this smaller place it's been pretty much every business owner both small and large making up their own minds how they want to proceed and frankly I'm OK with that.

[toomuchbaloney]

1 hour ago, kbrn2002 said:

I wish I had a crystal ball sometimes. I live in a relatively small community of around 25000 but it is a border town in close proximity to a small city of around 80,000. The first day some salons opened one made the news for having over 170 walk-in appointments the first day with over half of those being from the city across state lines.

I expect as more places open with minimal to no social distancing enforced those businesses that do have policies in place and try to enforce them will lose enough business to those places that don't that they will relax their requirements pretty quickly to get customers in the door.

So far I am in a fairly unaffected area, very minimal positive COVID cases to this point. It is an area though that relies heavily on tourism dollars to thrive so if travel does pick up I expect that could change, especially as we have a fairly good size population of Summer people that come from large metropolitan areas in surrounding states.

I have no idea how bigger cities are dealing with re-opening but in this smaller place it's been pretty much every business owner both small and large making up their own minds how they want to proceed and frankly I'm OK with that.

Here in the interior of Alaska, most people of the larger city and rural communities are serious about this. The community residents have FB pages where they identify the businesses which are taking good precautions to protect their customers. Those who demonstrate lax mitigation efforts are not getting as much business as a result, apparently. If your staff doesn't wear masks on the foodline, and that is advertised, fewer people want to but your takeout. Surprise!

People here mostly understand that our small health system cannot handle a high percentage of Alaskans getting ill with this virus. There are some who have bought into the politicization and are making unpleasant noises, but they dont try to intimidate anyone with guns up here. The mask wearers are just as likely to have their S&W on their chest as the protesters.