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  1. Starting to wonder how this will affect my Rosemary Beach trip the first week of June.  Will the temporary school closure cause the school year to push into June?  Will domestic air travel be impacted?  If so, I suppose we could drive, but will it be prudent to be around crowds in a beach community? 

    A first-world problem, I know.  But still a problem.

  2. 1 minute ago, Mikey4 said:
    9 minutes ago, South Austin said:
    If neither your family nor your friends are likely to come into contact with folks who are immunocomprised, I say fuck it, enjoy some social time, and if you all happen to catch it, odds are decent you eventually would, so good to get it over with. I understand that may sound cavalier to some.

    I want to stay in, wife wants to go, kids want to go. So we're going to go, keep our distance, and keep it short. I've told her this can't become a regular thing.

    That's fair.  I'm also looking through the lens of a guy who's already caught and recovered from a wicked virus, CV or otherwise, and who's basically been under house arrest since Friday morning with no kids or other company.  I'm starved for social interaction.  So I might not be the best counselor on this particular matter right now.

  3. 15 minutes ago, Mikey4 said:

    What does everyone think about small gatherings? Some friends invited us to dinner tonight... Combined, the 2 families would have fewer than 10, and they assure us they've all been indoors since Friday. Other friends invited my son over. I haven't seen any guidance about really small gatherings.

    If neither your family nor your friends are likely to come into contact with folks who are immunocomprised, I say fuck it, enjoy some social time, and if you all happen to catch it, odds are decent you eventually would, so good to get it over with. I understand that may sound cavalier to some.

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  4. 37 minutes ago, HornOnTheBayou said:

    If you're worried about the price, just invite a bunch of friends over for it and split the cost. Lots of people sitting close together in your house, sharing food and drink together, what could possibly go wrong?

    Normally I wear protection, but then I thought, “When am I gonna make it back to Haiti?”

     

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  5. 4 minutes ago, tbone_ said:

    Is there maybe an implied social duty to get tested? You know for data science and shit.

    I think the response from ChiTown and others in the medical community is that if you aren't in a risk group and aren't showing significant symptoms that you can't control with OTC meds, don't tax doctors' offices with testing just for data's sake, so all those most vulnerable and in most need can get tested. 

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  6. 2 minutes ago, Bottlecap said:

    This is the first Austin brewery/restaurant/pub I've seen that has decided to temporarily shutter

    If you want to support some of our local breweries during this time, there's also this

     

    Online Brewery Merch Sales

    I think we'll see more of that.  With a significant decline in patrons, especially with the loss of SXSW, a lot of restaurants may have no choice but to cut costs by temporarily reducing salaries and other overhead just to survive. 

  7. Just now, Gardner Barnes said:

    No. And she will for sure next year. I got one. As did older daughter.

     

     

     

    Makes me feel better.  For you, sort of.  Sucks for your you kid, but at least its not CV. 

    Sort of good news for me, as I got a flu shot, and part of me is worried that whatever I had was a strain of the flu different than this year's vaccine, and I'll get double fucked with the actual coronavirus in the next couple of weeks. I'd feel worse about that possibility if reports of others in the Austin community getting sick in recent weeks turned out to be the flu, and we're all about to whacked again. 

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