Hey guys,

With COVID-19 affecting all aspects of life now. How are you and your family prepping for the worst case scenario or do you feel it isnt "there" yet?

I am mentally preparing myself to stay at home an play games for 2 weeks. Requires focus.
No other prepping, just keeping an eye on the news...
We will be fine, unless someone does something monumentally stupid, which, considering past evidence, is not entirely unlikely

P.S I see we are on 13 cases

Not prepping at all. I have always been a stickler for hygiene so nothing changes there. If we are told to stay at home, then cross that bridge when I get to it. Apart from work we tend to stay home anyway so home is always well-stocked

This one hits home so hard. People are nasty.


My biggest concern would be that the "first world" countries squash the virus, and then it starts running amok in Third world countries due to lack of facilities / planning.

Personally not doing much more than buying maybe an extra bit of meat or canned good so I can freeze/store. Not spending thousands on stuff just a little extra like 3 cans of tinned tomato instead of 2. Other than that just carrying on as normal

Don't have many obvious risks factors at the moment so not too worried. Also helps that unlike the Spanish flu (H1N1) - a comparison I see brought up repeatedly - being younger and having a functioning immune system is likely to see you survive just fine, rather than die of a massive inflammatory response. We'll have to wait and see but it seems once we've got accurate reporting of both infections (asymptomatic or otherwise) and total deaths, this'll not end up much more deadly than any other yearly flu variant.

South Africa and other developing regions may have issues with a large percentage of immune-compromised people due to HIV or malnourishment, but again, I reckon we should be more worried about our already well-established MDR or XDR TB problem, or any number of antibiotic-resistant bacteria that is common in our hospitals (public and especially private).

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hoard toilet paper and fight people over it

So how is everyone coping? All our students are sent home, and sitting and waiting to hear if I have next week "off"
In 3-4 weeks we have to be ready to go 100% online learning

@Tebulot - currently wrecking my plans for the last few months of the PhD, delaying sample prep at Wits and lab analyses overseas, but I've now got no excuse not to finish paper drafts and thesis chapters from home, so not too bad considering. Technical registration ruined and Wits gets more of my damn money.

Had my first shot of Pfizer. Slightly elevated pulse for 4 hours, sore arm for 12. No other issues.

Took my parents last month for their second jab.
Mother had a headache like with the first jab, but otherwise fine.
Also Pfizer.
Brother is turning 35 end of next month, will register both of us then.