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Re:Back-of-the-envelope estimates of next quarter’s unemploy... by munk-a on Monday March 30, 2020 @07:39PM (#22733300)
Are things still open where you are? I've legitimately been WFH for the past two weeks and have avoided going into public except when absolutely essential. And that's in line with everyone I know up here in Canada.

The two runs we've done were to the super market & pharmacy (about a week and a half ago) and to my wife's office building since she needed records of employment to let folks start collecting unemployment. At this point a mask is a good idea - but simply not going out is a better one.

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Re:Back-of-the-envelope estimates of next quarter’s unemploy... by tempestn on Monday March 30, 2020 @07:42PM (#22733333)
Very good idea for those things you need to go out for (like groceries) though. And as the OP says, if it came from the top that everyone should be doing this, using homemade masks if necessary, the social norm could be turned around overnight, just like it was with social distancing.
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