Since this thing is still spreading and discussions in communities are definitely touching on closures and quarantines now, maybe we should look at some of those things.
If your town gets quarantined, what will happen and what should you do to get through it?
If your kids school gets closed, what preparations do you need to make to continue their education for the duration, either by homeschooling or online classes?
What are people doing for continuance of other social activities, such as church?
General prep stuff is discussed regularly.
Schools will generally have a plan (online classes, for example).
Church? Unless you have six feet between pews, I would stay home. But that’s just me. God isn’t interested in making me sick...and he doesn’t want to meet me face to face this week. :-)
What are people doing for continuance of other social activities, such as church?
we are so screwed ...even at this stage many people I talk to don’t get it
we need a WW2 like response
We just started doing church online with our elderly parent. We homeschool already, but I would recommend that people start considering that now as you don’t want to wait until schools are closed. We saw firsthand in our county. 2 private schools chose to shut down of their own volition after being exposed to a known case. The health dept was not going to make that call.
I'm sure folks will call you kook for suggesting a person should prepare for such a thing as "your town gets quarantined". I'm also sure the residents of Northern Italy, who would have called you a kook just a few weeks ago, would not do so today.
It is quite easy at this point to keep making "another run" to grab an item you think of, or something you consumed over the past 3 or 4 weeks since you began stocking up. But if quarantines are implemented, or even if you have a outbreak in your town, restocking might not be an option.
Social life will have to be mostly by distance, as will church. Many churches already stream their services, and I could see church services being like sporting events, being held without congregation/crowds. If your church doesn't have this capability, it might be a good time to establish it.
to quarantine my town, half a dozen freeway exits would have to be closed, as well as over a dozen throughways into other areas. No kids, but being Calif, no doubt they’d go straight to facetime or GoToMeeting or whatever the kids are using these days. Social activities are out the window. Both my spouse and I are at risk from age and underlying issues.
I think the young people should have to stay at home so they won’t infect anyone or create more superspreaders running around allegedly infecting our dogkids. It’s easier to tell when an old person has the disease and easier to isolate. We should be the ones singing ‘Free Bird’.
But, I guess us old people have to bear the burden. Although we do tend to have more hobbies than young people and can probably handle ‘solitary’ easier than a young’un.