Yeah, the dreaded COVID-19. I'm in the Maryland county that is the hotbed of the outbreak here. 149 confirmed cases as of this morning, 51 of them in this county. Our restaurants, bars, local museums, etc, have closed, gatherings of 50+ people are banned, 10+ "discouraged", the local grocery stores are having "seniors-only" shopping hours so they can be less exposed to the general population, the local bus lines are cutting service to about half of a normal weekday, and if the buses get too crowded for the social distancing guidelines, threatening to leave people waiting at the bus stops, and the local government is therefor asking people to stop or limit "non-essential" travel.

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Oh, but I found the oddest thing, since I'm pretty much stuck at home:
https://explore.org/livecams/puffins/puffin-burrow-cam

Watch with sound. I believe that the occasional cow-like sound is a puffin snoring.

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Most of the actions you describe are very similar to what's happening here in Scotland (and the rest of the UK too).

All pubs restaurants, clubs, cafes, cinemas and gyms to close tonight and not reopen.

However, apparently the Government will pay 80% of the wages of people not working, to a pre-determined limit; at least that will apply to workers with contracts. As for the many zero-hour contract workers, casual workers etc that isn't clear, nor is quite how, from where and when the people who DO qualify will be paid.

We are living in, um, interesting times indeed!

DM

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The selfish, they're all standing in line
Faithing and hoping to buy themselves time
Me, I figure as each breath goes by
I only own my mind

I think it's amazing how fast the jokes started. Seems like the very next day the jokes started and were all over social media. They say theres a joke about everything, I think they were right.

Wash your hands.

I live in a small farming g town (10,000) pop. Restaurants that are open sIt at every other table otherwise drive thru only . Stores paper products gone can goods starting to disappear.no groups larger than 10.pretty much same as everywhere

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