Bride/Groom e-mailed wedding guests that the wedding is still on as of now (suppose to be in Spain in June). I have no idea how they're going to pull this off, especially when the CDC is recommending their guidelines for 8 weeks which puts us at the middle of May and who knows how long the rest of the world will go back to a sense of normalcy.

We’ve cancelled a cruise and two beach houses in the next few months.

Aruba cancelled my friend’s vacation there in 2 weeks.

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Anonymous wrote:Norway just called the U.S. to the mat and we LOST.

Oh, you mean that global ‘leader’ who can’t seem to roll out a testing system that other countries have brought down to the level of drive through coffees?

Yeah, that would be us.

Or Norway?

All these "sophisticated" EU countries people like you likely loved to praise for being so much better have done diddly squat in advance either... I don't see any drive through testing in Italy either.

Please don’t come here. So far we don’t have the virus that we know of so don’t bring it.

NY, CT and NJ announce tri-state quarantine -

Effective 8PM TONIGHT:

-Crowd capacity reduced to 50
-Restaurants/bars will be takeout/delivery ONLY
-Gyms closed
-Movie theaters closed
-Casinos closed

https://twitter.com/NYGovCuomo/status/1239558725528178689

All Mandalay Bay Las Vegas casinos closing starting 03/17.

Including -

Aria
Bellagio
Excalibur
Luxor
Mandalay Bay
MGM Grand
Mirage
New York New York
Park MGM
Vdara

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Anonymous wrote:Not only did I not cancel the month long trip to Paris I’ve been planning for almost a year, I moved the date up 8 days because I freaked at the flight cancellation stories. 29 1/2 years in Federal service and this is my retirement trip. I’d rather be stuck in Paris than here. Flight is on time but wow the airport is desserted.

You’ll change your tune if you get sick overseas. Good luck finding your comfort foods over there.

I'm mad this person didn't come back and tell us how their Paris COVID-19 trip went.

After they left -
- French cases of coronavirus ballooned to over 5,000
- National tourists attractions including the Louvre, Eiffel Tower and Versailles were shut down
- Paris went on lockdown
- The U.S. government issued a travel ban from Europe

So....yeah.

Anonymous wrote:Norway just called the U.S. to the mat and we LOST.

Oh, you mean that global ‘leader’ who can’t seem to roll out a testing system that other countries have brought down to the level of drive through coffees?

Yeah, that would be us.

Anonymous wrote:I don't mind just being at home. We will watch a lot of Star Wars

I just started Frozen!

Norway just called the U.S. to the mat and we LOST.

We cancelled everything. Wedding trip (wedding just got postponed), NYC trip, lax trip, and even weekend drive 3 hours to camping (cause being sick in the middle of nowhere, no thanks).

Got puzzles, books, movies and food. Might even learn to bake. Considering teaching kids Spanish via Rosetta Stone.

Anonymous wrote:Travel ban just extended to the U.K. As it should have been all-along.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/14/politics/trump-press-conference-coronavirus/index.html

No evidence that bans are effective, especially if Americans allowed to travel from Europe and UK to US. Just a way to point fingers.
Accessible diagnostics and social distancing are effective.

I think some people, including myself, have a strong “flight” instinct in stressful times

I don't mind just being at home. We will watch a lot of Star Wars

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Anonymous wrote:Would you do a driving trip for Spring Break? Say to Hilton Head and stay in a condo, wipe everything with a clorox wipe when you get there, cook/eat most meals there, etc? Trying to figure out what the risk would be.

Now that the kids have at least 4 weeks off school, we’re thinking the same.

We're currently booked to do this in Kiawah. I figure the change of pace will at least break things up. DH is worried that we will get stuck outside a quarantine zone ... but honestly, if it's at the beach and they work with us on long term rates ... not the worst thing?

Nope, I’d rather have my spacious house, already clean and fully stocked, with all of my kids toys, games, etc. and access to our doctors and hospitals if necessary.

Who ARE all these people who hate being home SO much they would insist on leaving in the middle of this?

No idea. People spend a million dollars on a house, thousands more decorating it and then can't stand to spend any time in it. Makes no sense. I think there are people who are just children and simply DO NOT want to do what they are told.