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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You people are crazy. On March 7th, we were all still going about our lives. No way they could have known what this would become.[/quote]

Not true. I cancelled a February trip to Vegas because of the coronavirus. I knew that between the handles on the slot machines, crowded casinos, and open buffets, and high concentration of Chinese tourist I had a good chance of catching the virus. And yes I lost money on my vacation package. It’s been in the news since January, but it was really in the news in February when that Diamond Cruise ship was stranded in Japan.  People chose to ignore what was there to be seen. [/quote]

THIS. I too canceled a Vegas trip for a conference that would have happened Feb 26-28. At that point we had canceled incoming direct flights from China, but I still thought it was a bad idea bc tons of direct flights come into Vegas from all over Asia; nor would it be impossible to go from say China to Singapore and then fly to Vegas direct from there.

PP your decision was what it was, and I'm glad you had fun. But by no means was life 100% normal on March 7. From March 2-Mar 6, there was tons of talk in my (government) office that we'd be going FT telework in a week to 10 days. On the weekend of March 7-8, I know I REALLY dreaded going back into the office March 9 esp the commute, but that Sunday night I told myself to go because I needed to get stuff from my office just in case we turned to telework. During the day on March 9 is when Cuomo in NYC (who I have been following for general guidance that is applicable outside of NYC) told people to stay off the subway as much as they can. That really made me feel like this was 100% real bc having lived in NYC for 10 years and only moved to DC 3 yrs ago, that disgusting NYC subway is the crown jewel for NYers -- they NEVER say not to take the subway; so it made it very real that there was danger in being in confined spaces with lots of others -- whether Metro or flights or cruise ships.

Left the office Monday Mar 9 mentally kind of saying -- I'm not coming back in for a few weeks even if we don't officially go WFH; sort of said that to my young (ages 28-32 yr old, healthy) colleagues and they sort of agreed but sort of acted like I was paranoid. And then by the time I got home that night we had an email from the chair of the agency -- someone in our 1800 person building is being tested so they're strongly "advising" telework -- and then that advice became mandatory about 2 days later when someone else was tested. So yeah -- it wasn't normal life on March 7. And hell by Mar 7, my shopping for food etc was DONE -- as I had started stocking up on February 7.[/quote]

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