03-20-2020, 03:49 PM
That situation with the Jehovah Witnesses and also the church accidentally contaminating people are extraordinary.
I'm in the UK and whilst there isn't much tradition of prepping here, people including me did it for Brexit. So I am sitting on quite a significant stash of food which might get boring and repetitive, but has the calories to keep me alive for several months. Right now the good thing about having a stock of food and household items is that I can avoid going to stores, avoid the panic buying, and avoid waiting in line with potentially infected people.
The difficult bit is I have elderly parents who would be very vulnerable to this virus. I think it unlikely my father would survive it given his existing medical issues. They have self-isolated. They also have a stockpile of food etc. Before it got bad I was able to take the journey to visit them and set them up with medicine, a thermometer, gloves, masks, and hand gel. Most of those things are like gold dust now. I'm having a problem with them giving things away, especially the hand gel. Yes they are being kind to friends/neighbours, but they have given half the hand sanitizer away and they are only two weeks into this situation. Eeek!
I've also been giving hand gel to friends and neighbours, but putting it in little bottles. My parents were letting people bring their own bottle to fill so people were taking a litre whereas I've been giving people 50ml bottles (which is enough for a couple of weeks).
Right now it is important to help people out and share things, but I also think it has to be reasonable - they can't supply all their neighbours because then they'd have nothing.
We had a bad argument by Skype because my father wanted to go out to buy fresh milk. They have the long life type, and the powdered version, but he wanted the real thing. For me it just felt like he was going to risk himself for some milk? I mean WTF? There was a lot of swearing and cussing on my side as I thought it a stupid risk for something so unimportant. I can't help because I'm hundreds of miles away. Besides most shops are out of fresh things due to the panic buying, so there's a good chance he'd be exposed to the risk and not even get the milk!
I was incredibly relieved and grateful to a neighbour who gave them some milk. It was very generous of them. Apparently they wouldn't take any money for it. They don't even know my parents well, they are almost strangers so they restored my faith in humanity! It was a bit like that Good Samaritan story in the Bible. Once this is over, I'll try to find out who they are and reward their kindness with a gift.
Is anyone here self-isolating or dealing with family members who need to self isolate? Anyone struggling to manage family members? I bet someone must be struggling with their kids! I'd be interesting to swap experiences.
Take care all of you.
I'm in the UK and whilst there isn't much tradition of prepping here, people including me did it for Brexit. So I am sitting on quite a significant stash of food which might get boring and repetitive, but has the calories to keep me alive for several months. Right now the good thing about having a stock of food and household items is that I can avoid going to stores, avoid the panic buying, and avoid waiting in line with potentially infected people.
The difficult bit is I have elderly parents who would be very vulnerable to this virus. I think it unlikely my father would survive it given his existing medical issues. They have self-isolated. They also have a stockpile of food etc. Before it got bad I was able to take the journey to visit them and set them up with medicine, a thermometer, gloves, masks, and hand gel. Most of those things are like gold dust now. I'm having a problem with them giving things away, especially the hand gel. Yes they are being kind to friends/neighbours, but they have given half the hand sanitizer away and they are only two weeks into this situation. Eeek!
I've also been giving hand gel to friends and neighbours, but putting it in little bottles. My parents were letting people bring their own bottle to fill so people were taking a litre whereas I've been giving people 50ml bottles (which is enough for a couple of weeks).
Right now it is important to help people out and share things, but I also think it has to be reasonable - they can't supply all their neighbours because then they'd have nothing.
We had a bad argument by Skype because my father wanted to go out to buy fresh milk. They have the long life type, and the powdered version, but he wanted the real thing. For me it just felt like he was going to risk himself for some milk? I mean WTF? There was a lot of swearing and cussing on my side as I thought it a stupid risk for something so unimportant. I can't help because I'm hundreds of miles away. Besides most shops are out of fresh things due to the panic buying, so there's a good chance he'd be exposed to the risk and not even get the milk!
I was incredibly relieved and grateful to a neighbour who gave them some milk. It was very generous of them. Apparently they wouldn't take any money for it. They don't even know my parents well, they are almost strangers so they restored my faith in humanity! It was a bit like that Good Samaritan story in the Bible. Once this is over, I'll try to find out who they are and reward their kindness with a gift.
Is anyone here self-isolating or dealing with family members who need to self isolate? Anyone struggling to manage family members? I bet someone must be struggling with their kids! I'd be interesting to swap experiences.
Take care all of you.