CV: What top concerns do you or your close ones have at this point?

[appalachiablue]

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	We'll likely be ok; no serious financial or medical problems expected
	0 (0%)
	Not sure yet, it depends
	3 (13%)
	$ making rent, mortgage, loans, utilities, regular expenses (*when's that govt. check coming?)
	2 (8%)
	election disruptions; govt. health policies for CV; economy tanks; the govt.; national defense
	1 (4%)
	job layoffs; child care; the vulnerable, elders, poor, disabled, kids; can't visit loved ones
	6 (25%)
	lack of supplies, missing impt. appts. due to closures; postponing plans
	1 (4%)
	we're well stocked, prepared; it will be ok (unless it's the Apocalypse)
	1 (4%)
	we're halfway prepared, adjusted; it takes some time. (TP is out! lol)
	0 (0%)
	lack of adequate heath care; underinsured; lack of access to health care
	0 (0%)
	exposure, contagion, illness
	10 (42%)
	1 DU member did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[Shrike47]

1. You need to add: Running out of toilet paper.

[appalachiablue]

8. got it, lol

[LisaM]

2. Can you add concern about vulnerable loved ones?

My mother is 84 recently widowed, lives alone. She has help but still.

[Fresh_Start]

5. +1 nt

nt

[appalachiablue]

6. Good one, I added vulnerable; all the very best to your mother

Mine I miss so much

[LisaM]

19. Thank you. I voted!

She is doing pretty well, all things considered, still at home, has care coming in (and help with groceries, etc.) I am currently glad she is still able to live at home, since it limits exposure compared to assisted living. It's a one-story house, and she can get along pretty well for now. I spoke to her today and she's still going on about politics and who Biden should pick!

[appalachiablue]

22. TY, glad to hear she's settled well & so involved in politics.

And she has a safe, comfortable home, care, helpers and visitors. All good things.

[shanti]

3. Me

I'll be ok, my kids, not so much. Two of them have already lost their jobs. I worry for them. The other one works in a hospital, and still has a job. They're all much more concerned about lost money than illness.

[appalachiablue]

25. Unsteady times; I hope they get better for you and your children.

Thanks for commenting.

[Jamastiene]

4. Overall, I am calm.

But, there is a sneaking feeling of being overwhelmed. It is the uncertainty that has me worried. Is this an apocalypse?

I got my cats' one extra month's worth of dry food and in case they get fleas, one dose of "spot'" medicine each, just in case. I will be ok with food and for a few weeks with TP, but I have stomach troubles. Once the TP runs out, it's gonna get dire.

[appalachiablue]

26. Yes overwhelmed, and uncertainty makes plenty of people anxious.

Stay calm and all the best, thanks for posting.

[FirstLight]

7. How about *most* of the above?

I'm defintiely worried about $, parents, My own health and my family, whether we will have ENOUGH of anything...

elections, and just society in general... this could get ugly really quick

[appalachiablue]

16. I know what you mean, huge concerns. Best to all.

[TheFarseer]

9. Child care

No schools. No daycares. Wtf am I supposed to do?

[appalachiablue]

12. Added, good suggestion. Best to you & yours in this difficult time.

[Thomas Hurt]

10. Not concerned about the virus so much as I am about being laid off.

I feel much better about managing not getting exposed/sick than I am about the economy continuing to tank and being laid off.

[appalachiablue]

13. Added layoff, good suggestion. All the best ahead.

[demmiblue]

11. One worry...

Link to tweet

[appalachiablue]

14. So very serious, thanks for adding. All the best at this difficult time.

[lunasun]

15. 'Um, all of them.' Just depends what close one in my life I'm thinking about

I guess a unified concern for all would be election disruptions; govt. health policies for CV; the economy; the govt.; national defense etc.

[jimfields33]

17. Can you add the economy tanking

I’m think of other people losing jobs, nest eggs (small as they are), home loss, etc. I know there’s a spot on there but I put in financially and medically good. But I worry so much about others financially.

[appalachiablue]

28. Finances and hobs are huge for many, I hope things don't get too bad.

Thanks for posting and best.

[WePurrsevere]

18. A few of the above plus....

Not being able to see, hug or go places with loved ones for possibly a long time.

The main part of that for me is I have a daughter in her 40s and young grandchildren that I see and interact with regularly but social distancing, etc means no car rides or hugs and cuddles with them for a while. Hopefully we'll get through this and be able to again soon though. At least for us there's a chance. Sadly so many won't even have that.

[appalachiablue]

29. Not able to see loved ones is sad, I added it. Tx for commenting.

[a la izquierda]

20. Other

Long-distance relationship (two continents) surviving this; my mental health while in lockdown (I'm in a house with my estranged husband, waiting for divorce/new housing)
I have a stable job (university professor). I have no kids. My parents aren't elderly or in particularly poor health; I can't worry about them any more than I already do. I don't really worry about myself. But I'm anxious.

[appalachiablue]

24. Lots of people are anxious, and I hope this period won't be

too rough on you. Glad there's stable employment and no serious family worries or duties. Best. (PS Tell Morgantown hi for me if that's where you are. Years ago I spent a semester there with friends and then we moved on).

[a la izquierda]

27. I have it way easy compared to most, no doubt.

All my stress is in the old noggin. And it's stress of my own creation (inasmuch as my brain chemistry causes it and my partner is 4000 miles away).
It is really eerie here in Mo-town. The students are gone, the university is mostly shuttered (I have to go to my office tomorrow to get some stuff). It's just downright odd.
Cheers from Morgantown

[appalachiablue]

31. The separation must be very difficult, esp. in this scary time.

Sorry I didn't mean to minimize your situation. I can see how M.town or any deserted campus would seem spooky now. I hope you are able to get thru this and reunite with your partner before too long.

Those years ago I had some special times in the town, but moved on to a university that suited me better.

(During a sep. & d. the ex wouldn't move out so I did. Fortunately for the first time in decades I had some flexibility work wise and in terms of finances, and the strength to get out of that terrible situation. (Just another) soul sucking, long term marriage.

[femmedem]

21. I'm worried about so many things: that my mother might never have a visitor again.

That our household income is going to tank, and so are the household incomes of so many people in my community who are living hand to mouth. (At least we have a few months' expenses saved up.)

But mainly I worry that I might have it and give it to Mr. Femmedem, who is nine years older than me. I'm not coughing as much as I was at the beginning of the week, but my chest is uncomfortable and I got winded taking a shortish walk. But no fever. It's maddening not to know, although I'm taking precautions as if I have it. (My walk was solitary.)

[appalachiablue]

33. In this anxious, uncertain time I hope things calm for you and many

of us. We can't help but worry about loved ones, that's also high on my list, then finances. I hope that your health concerns aren't serious. All the best and thanks for commenting.

[durablend]

23. Since there's no "other"

IDK I'm fearing massive social unrest in a few months when those "checks" (if they materialize) run out, food starts running out and people don't have jobs (among other factors). Maybe being alarmist but all the people stocking up on guns and ammo are also figuring that something ugly is coming soon.

[appalachiablue]

35. Very well said, those are serious concerns to have. I just hope

things don't really get to that point, but realizing that it could at the worst. I appreciate your thoughtful response.

[tinrobot]

30. Generally, we'll be OK. I do worry about everyone else and the overall economic impact.

My wife and I can work from home, we're OK on supplies, are healthy, and the kids are safe and generally OK.

I worry about my elderly neighbors, friends who work in healthcare, all the people in the service industries losing work.

Further down the road, this will undoubtedly have a lasting impact on the economy. We're close to retirement and may have to postpone a few years if this keeps up. I know we won't be alone in that respect.

[appalachiablue]

37. Glad to hear you & your wife will be ok. There are many others

concerned about the vulnerable you mention, it's all real. Thanks for commenting and best.

[Leith]

32. A bit of everything

For others and myself. Finances, politics, the vulnerability and loneliness of the elderly, the completely insane world we found ourselves in, the future. Everything. I'm not stir crazy yet and cabin fever is still a ways off, but there's a general sense of foreboding.

I'm so glad for DU and everyone here. I've relied on virtual communities before and this one is the best!

[appalachiablue]

36. Yes foreboding is the word; DU is terrific. Thanks for posting.

[MoonlitKnight]

34. Multiple

Lost job
Therefore:
Lost insurance during a freaking pandemic
I am in a higher risk group for complications
Poor prospects of new employment
Concern about paying mortgage
Concern about paying other bills

But there are others in worse shape.

[appalachiablue]

38. Real matters in an uncertain time. In the weeks ahead

I hope there's some improvement for you. Thanks for posting and pls. stay in touch.

Wonderful handle!

[MoonlitKnight]

39. Thanks

And another Genesis song: It’s Gonna Get Better

And for those who don’t get my handle: Dancing With the Moonlit Knight.

[appalachiablue]

41. Aha, thanks for these

[Maru Kitteh]

40. Mr. Maru is our valley specialist in isolation rooms, I am an RN at a LTC facility for vets.

I've resigned us to probable infection, given the clusterFUCK response of Federal and state governments.