fleabay said:

deltaKshatriya said:
It’s just pure panic.

I was attempting to be funny. ? Impacted is a lesser known way of saying severely constipated.

Haha, I completely missed that!

swiftcoder said:

My whole office is on mandatory work-from-home - didn't even get a chance to go into the office to pickup gear before they locked everything down. All the conferences for the next few months cancelled… It's a lot of disruption.

Outside of work, the supermarkets are a bit threadbare around Seattle, and it's the first time I've ever seen the streets completely empty of cars, but otherwise everything seems to be kind of normal. Cafes are still open, apartment buildings are still staffed, deliveries are still being made, etc.

That sounds extreme but not super extreme I guess? Seems like New York is headed the same way too. A state of emergency was recently declared in NY.

kseh said:

We just had the first few cases reported around here lately and it seems like last weekend was the first that anyone tried to wrap their head around anything. Part of the problem is, everyone is just getting over the flu that was going around before this whole thing started. So, if you just go by the symptoms you're supposed to watch out for, I would guess 50% or more of the population would be expected to stay home. I can work from home easily enough if there's a need to but I'm concerned about people with jobs where that's not an option.

Yea many are saying the number of cases is probably way higher than we know, since it looks a lot like the flu.

Parts of NYC are now in lockdown, with the national guard deployed. Everyone is being told to remote in. It’s gotten pretty intense…

School to close here the evening, meaning kids at home, and a hard time working…