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Coronavirus: Do Not Panic, Be Ignorant, or Stupid
6 years ago
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Wash your hands.
Don’t touch your face.
Use hand sanitizer.
Wipe down surfaces with sanitizer wipes.
If you work at a job involving money, wear gloves.
Go about your day.
That’s all you gotta do.
People, listen. We’re not going to go extinct from the coronavirus.
If anything, we’re going to go extinct because people are stupid.
I literally just got through talking to a guy on Telegram who works in a hospital. He told me that he and other employees came into contact with a patient who has the virus. They quarantined the man and sedated him, but none of the employees are getting screened or tested for possibly having the virus. Because it’s just not important to them.
Jake: “Okay so your hospital ran into an actual person infected with coronovirus and they'll worry about it......next week.”
Other Guy: “so compared to other hospitals in the area
they are on full lockdown, every patient, employee or whatever who comes in gets screened first, which includes employees coming into work
only one entrance is open, the rest are locked down/guarded
at our hospital its business as usual
you can literally get in through like 10 doors around the building and get inside
even at night because the locks are broken or they dont shut all the way or they get propped open by smokers
lol we live in clown world where I work for some reason
our hospital police officers that are legit police and can arrest you, don't carry a gun, a taser or pepper spray”
Jake: “So the employees at your job could leave work and potentially spread the virus around the state because the people who run your hospital are incompetent retards.
Like I'm not saying you or anyone got infected, but you and other employees had direct contact. And you're telling me you can't even get checked.”
Other Guy: “Hey now you're getting it. xD
*But* I'm sure next week they will do something”
Yeah. So. After we talked for a while, I just told him to go get drunk. Because seriously.
Okay, so I’m not saying that you should completely ignore this. Do not do that. If you get sick, stay home. Don’t go around making direct skin contact. Get some cleaning supplies if you need them.
Do not lock yourself in your house for five months.
Do not spend thousands upon thousands of dollars buying hand sanitizer and soap.
Do not stop living your life because you might get sick.
DO NOT BUY EIGHT PACKS OF FUCKING TOILET PAPER! YOU WILL NOT LIVE LONGER IF YOU DON’T HAVE A DIRTY ASS FOR FUCK’S SAKE!
I know this shit is scary and all that shit, but do not panic. That’s not gonna help at all. I mean there isn’t fucking toilet paper in my store. People are stealing shit because they feel like they absolutely have to have it. People are stacking up on shit—which is understandable. Buying extra supplies and food is good.
BUYING FIVE THOUSANDS CANS OF ONE ITEM IS NOT.
Just…please…don’t panic about this; don’t immediately assume that the world’s gonna end.
Don’t watch the news. Just-just don’t. They’re not going to do anything but spread fear around and make things worse.
Like I said, I’m not saying that you should straight-up ignore what’s happening. But use common sense. Do not be stupid like the hospital my friend works at. Because that kind of shit will not help anything whatsoever.
”JT, this is going to get worse before it gets better.”
Yeah. It is. Italy has already shut down and they’re getting hit very hard over there. I live in North America, and it’s nowhere near as bad over here. But it’s gonna get worse, and I know that. Movies are getting delayed. Schools are closing. Colleges are closing. NBA shut down its season. E3 was cancelled. Disneyland has closed. Cons are probably gonna close. And yeah, it’s a shitty thing that’s happening and you can understand why it’s happening and it’s just shit that we have to deal with.
That’s really all we can do right now is just deal with it the best we can as rationally and as realistically as possible. And if you want to panic and hide in your room for the next two months, you can go ahead and do that. If you wanna blame politics or China or whoever, you can do that.
All I know is that I have a job.
And I’m going to keep working.
And I have lots of games to play. That I’m going to keep playing.
And I have lots of shows/movies to watch. That I’m going to watch.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnd I still have lots of porn to write!
So I’m going to do that.
Because right now there really isn’t anything else I can do about the situation but talk about it. And darkly joke about it on Twitter to alleviate the stress of the situation.
Later.
Don’t touch your face.
Use hand sanitizer.
Wipe down surfaces with sanitizer wipes.
If you work at a job involving money, wear gloves.
Go about your day.
That’s all you gotta do.
People, listen. We’re not going to go extinct from the coronavirus.
If anything, we’re going to go extinct because people are stupid.
I literally just got through talking to a guy on Telegram who works in a hospital. He told me that he and other employees came into contact with a patient who has the virus. They quarantined the man and sedated him, but none of the employees are getting screened or tested for possibly having the virus. Because it’s just not important to them.
Jake: “Okay so your hospital ran into an actual person infected with coronovirus and they'll worry about it......next week.”
Other Guy: “so compared to other hospitals in the area
they are on full lockdown, every patient, employee or whatever who comes in gets screened first, which includes employees coming into work
only one entrance is open, the rest are locked down/guarded
at our hospital its business as usual
you can literally get in through like 10 doors around the building and get inside
even at night because the locks are broken or they dont shut all the way or they get propped open by smokers
lol we live in clown world where I work for some reason
our hospital police officers that are legit police and can arrest you, don't carry a gun, a taser or pepper spray”
Jake: “So the employees at your job could leave work and potentially spread the virus around the state because the people who run your hospital are incompetent retards.
Like I'm not saying you or anyone got infected, but you and other employees had direct contact. And you're telling me you can't even get checked.”
Other Guy: “Hey now you're getting it. xD
*But* I'm sure next week they will do something”
Yeah. So. After we talked for a while, I just told him to go get drunk. Because seriously.
Okay, so I’m not saying that you should completely ignore this. Do not do that. If you get sick, stay home. Don’t go around making direct skin contact. Get some cleaning supplies if you need them.
Do not lock yourself in your house for five months.
Do not spend thousands upon thousands of dollars buying hand sanitizer and soap.
Do not stop living your life because you might get sick.
DO NOT BUY EIGHT PACKS OF FUCKING TOILET PAPER! YOU WILL NOT LIVE LONGER IF YOU DON’T HAVE A DIRTY ASS FOR FUCK’S SAKE!
I know this shit is scary and all that shit, but do not panic. That’s not gonna help at all. I mean there isn’t fucking toilet paper in my store. People are stealing shit because they feel like they absolutely have to have it. People are stacking up on shit—which is understandable. Buying extra supplies and food is good.
BUYING FIVE THOUSANDS CANS OF ONE ITEM IS NOT.
Just…please…don’t panic about this; don’t immediately assume that the world’s gonna end.
Don’t watch the news. Just-just don’t. They’re not going to do anything but spread fear around and make things worse.
Like I said, I’m not saying that you should straight-up ignore what’s happening. But use common sense. Do not be stupid like the hospital my friend works at. Because that kind of shit will not help anything whatsoever.
”JT, this is going to get worse before it gets better.”
Yeah. It is. Italy has already shut down and they’re getting hit very hard over there. I live in North America, and it’s nowhere near as bad over here. But it’s gonna get worse, and I know that. Movies are getting delayed. Schools are closing. Colleges are closing. NBA shut down its season. E3 was cancelled. Disneyland has closed. Cons are probably gonna close. And yeah, it’s a shitty thing that’s happening and you can understand why it’s happening and it’s just shit that we have to deal with.
That’s really all we can do right now is just deal with it the best we can as rationally and as realistically as possible. And if you want to panic and hide in your room for the next two months, you can go ahead and do that. If you wanna blame politics or China or whoever, you can do that.
All I know is that I have a job.
And I’m going to keep working.
And I have lots of games to play. That I’m going to keep playing.
And I have lots of shows/movies to watch. That I’m going to watch.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnd I still have lots of porn to write!
So I’m going to do that.
Because right now there really isn’t anything else I can do about the situation but talk about it. And darkly joke about it on Twitter to alleviate the stress of the situation.
Later.
Why are people buying so much toilet paper???
I can not wrap my head around that
How paranoid some of these guys are, you'd think it's the T-Virus instead of coronavirus.
i'm a janitor in a hospital and the one I work at seems to be taking absolute command of the situation. as of today they've restricted visiting hours, restricted visitors per patient to one at a time, and if I heard correctly, they're doing daily screenings of visitors and patients.
If I heard correctly. Not sure how they'd be getting enough screening kits to do that if that's their plan. So I'll have to ask one of the bosses tomorrow. No idea why they haven't mentioned screening employees as well though.