Non-compliance with Social Distancing

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Can anyone share articles, personal experience, advice, tips, tricks, etc... for how to deal with friends and/or family who are ignoring social distancing/ other public health measures with respect to Covid-19? At this point, I am trying to manage my rage ?.

In the meantime, I'm just hoping our government moves forward with "martial law" type measures to take away people's right to be stupid and selfish and endanger the public....and, just put everyone on house arrest.

[skylark, BSN, RN]

I use transit to get to work, and since this began its been a total nightmare.

I'm in a certain large Midwest city that is known for being windy, and since the regular commuters stayed home, the trains have been occupied by the homeless and by street gangs.

Its completely out of hand.

Social distancing is non existent, and they all crowd rogether, and move from car to car with their various hustles, selling cigarettes, weed, and whatever else they steal to sell.

Last Friday, my 20 minute train journey home was delayed by two shooting incidents that arose from gang clashes, and there were long waits for police to arrive.

And these were not isolated incidents, there was another shooting Wednesday morning.

Even though I am in ER and caring for covid patients, the most scary part of my day is the commute.

The transit company won't make any effort to enforce shelter in place rules, and its clear that none of these riders are essential workers returning home.

I am genuinely terrified of my commute right now.

I'm trying different routes, and bus/train combinations, but its completely feral out there now.

[caliotter3]

30 minutes ago, skylark said:

Even though I am in ER and caring for covid patients, the most scary part of my day is the commute.

The transit company won't make any effort to enforce shelter in place rules, and its clear that none of these riders are essential workers returning home.

I am genuinely terrified of my commute right now.

I'm trying different routes, and bus/train combinations, but its completely feral out there now.

Kind of makes one wish for the authorities to enter each train, or other mode of public transportation, and demand to see identification papers, and arrest those who do not belong out there. Like you see in the movies that totalitarian governments do or did anyway. My employer gave us letters to allow passage. If everybody had to get that documentation, along with some way to check how often you have to go "for medicine, or a medical appointment, or food", or whatever, it might go a long way toward containing this. I am all for total lockdown to meet this goal and for government intervention to revive businesses and such, even individuals, after the crisis ends. If done right, I would be willing to pay more taxes to pay for all of this. Of course, not to give stock buy back options to fat cats.

[Rose_Queen, BSN, MSN, RN]

9 hours ago, caliotter3 said:

Wonder where they’re buying it as problems in the supply chain have been reported in the media.

Growing their own? Pretty sure my neighbors do...