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!

[pixierose, BSN, RN]

2 minutes ago, A Hit With The Ladies said:

Quarantine yourself if you're vulnerable. Nobody is dragging you out into the public to go to work if you're so scared of Coronavirus. Free country. Likewise, we don't have to cater to you.

But I’m not scared of COVID- 19. Hence, why I actually work on a COVID floor.

Pretty disgusted by this post and those preceding it, yes.

Big difference which you just don’t seem to get.

edited to add: who, exactly, is “we?”

[lifelearningrn, BSN, RN]

3 minutes ago, A Hit With The Ladies said:

Quarantine yourself if you're vulnerable. Nobody is dragging you out into the public to go to work if you're so scared of Coronavirus. Free country. Likewise, we don't have to cater to you.

Well this isn't entirely true. They are pushing to get people back to work. That includes medically vulnerable people who will have no choice but to risk their lives so they can earn a paycheck.

[A Hit With The Ladies, BSN, RN]

You're welcome to relocate to a Communist country. Over there, if you don't want to quarantine their authorities grab you off the streets, throw you in a van, and have a nice cold cell ready for you. Since you are such a big fan of coercive solutions, you might feel more at home with a more 'compliant' populace there. You wouldn't have to deal with us pesky freedom-living Americans you evidently look down with condescension for not parroting CDC's ever-changing diktats as gospel truth.

1 minute ago, lifelearningrn said:

Well this isn't entirely true. They are pushing to get people back to work. That includes medically vulnerable people who will have no choice but to risk their lives so they can earn a paycheck.

Long before Coronavirus, people with medical needs (and many who fraudulently had no medical needs but got "a doctor's note") were able to get myriad disability benefits for not working. No doubt they will do the same with this pandemic.

[InTheLongRun]

1 hour ago, A Hit With The Ladies said:

Not what I said at all. You don't get to put words into my mouth.

Considering you didn't answer either question directly, we can only do deductive reasoning from what you have said.

[InTheLongRun]

1 hour ago, A Hit With The Ladies said:

You're welcome to relocate to a Communist country. Over there, if you don't want to quarantine their authorities grab you off the streets, throw you in a van, and have a nice cold cell ready for you. Since you are such a big fan of coercive solutions, you might feel more at home with a more 'compliant' populace there. You wouldn't have to deal with us pesky freedom-living Americans you evidently look down with condescension for not parroting CDC's ever-changing diktats as gospel truth.

Long before Coronavirus, people with medical needs (and many who fraudulently had no medical needs but got "a doctor's note") were able to get myriad disability benefits for not working. No doubt they will do the same with this pandemic.

Right. We're done. Can someone please tell me if there's an option to ignore someone so you don't see their posts and how you enable it?

[Rose_Queen, BSN, MSN, RN]

8 minutes ago, InTheLongRun said:

Right. We're done. Can someone please tell me if there's an option to ignore someone so you don't see their posts and how you enable it?

There's a few relatively quick and easy steps to add someone to the ignore list.

Click on Account. Choose account settings

From the Account Options menu, select Ignored Users

You can then enter the name of the user whose posts you prefer not to see.

[InTheLongRun]

Thank you, Rose Queen, BSN, MSN, RN !

[emtb2rn, BSN, RN, EMT-B]

2 hours ago, A Hit With The Ladies said:

You're welcome to relocate to a Communist country.

You played the slippery slope card, now you’re playing the love it or leave card.

?

I’m beginning to think you’re simply trolling for amusement as you claimed to be a bernie supporter yet your voluminous posts portray a worldview that is diametrically opposed to bernie’s platform. My opinion, I’m seldom right but never been wrong.

[InTheLongRun]

On 5/6/2020 at 4:13 PM, emtb2rn said:

You played the slippery slope card, now you’re playing the love it or leave card.

?

I’m beginning to think you’re simply posting for amusement as you claimed to be a bernie supporter yet your voluminous posts portray a worldview that is diametrically opposed to bernie’s platform. My opinion, I’m seldom right but never been wrong. 

It's not just you. I had the same thoughts exactly.

[Guest219794]

5 hours ago, emtb2rn said:

You didn’t answer the question I posed. You simply added more “whatabout” scenarios.

And yeah, I will mask my own damn self as this is not about me. Are you reaching for your weapon as you mention strong counter-reaction?

“But I’m trying Ringo. I’m tryin’ real hard to be the shepherd.”

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Seriously. Don't bother.
Do a search and look at every thread that has been hijacked and dominated by this simplistic formulaic rhetoric.
There are some folks on this forum who are advocating more aggressive re-opening who have informed, nuanced opinions who are worth listening to and engaging. While I don't entirely agree with them, I have learned something by listening to them. And they also seem to listen. There is a lot to be learned by sharing diverse viewpoints.

But right now, you are spinning your wheels.

On this forum, a person could post "You're welcome to relocate to a Communist country. " and be engaged as though they have expressed something worthy of consideration.

How much air time do you really want to give him?

[dianah, ASN]

It would be disappointing to have to close this potentially helpful thread because of members who continue to post off-topic, personal remarks.

If all aspects of "Fear and Anxiety," as presented in the original post, have been explored, perhaps the thread has run its course and must be closed.

Please post to the subject of the thread, and let's see how much further the thread can go. Thank you.

[toomuchbaloney]

I would suggest that we are experiencing a voicing of fear from a percentage of the American population. People are expressing economic anxiety. People are anxious about perceived loss of individual freedoms. Fear of tyranny or anxiety about political incompetence or malfeasance seem to be common themes.