Are you following CDC's advice for over 60's?

[MLAA]

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	'There's no place like home': I'm over 60 and staying home
	17 (41%)
	'Only the good die young': I'm over 60, but I'm not worried cause I've been bad
	3 (7%)
	I'm under 60, but will stay home
	5 (12%)
	I'm under 60 and will continue to move about
	1 (2%)
	None of the above
	4 (10%)
	Added per request: over 60 but can't stay home due to work
	11 (27%)
	Added per request: under 60 but can't stay home due to work
	0 (0%)
	0 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[htuttle]

1. Yes

[onecaliberal]

2. YES.

The idiots around here and NOT shutting big events down. Big mistake

[MLAA]

5. Tucson just cancelled a Book festival event that draws 100,000

I’m not quite 60 (but close enough) and my husband is 84 with respiratory issues so we are home for the foreseeable future after I take care of one errand today.

[onecaliberal]

10. I'm not 60 but my husband is. He had a stroke 3 years ago and is diabetic.

We have been social distancing since the beginning of this. Our youngest son is a college student music major and is forced to attend concerts and perform in front of large audiences. I am terrified he will bring it home.

[gademocrat7]

3. Yes indeed.

[milestogo]

4. Over 60 and I need to work full time to keep my job.

So far, remote work is not an option.

[spooky3]

7. Ditto for part of my work. And I have a chronically ill

Pet who has required multiple vet visits for 2 months and counting. Can’t avoid going out for these or prescription, food, etc.

[MLAA]

19. Sending your pet healing thoughts! 😻🐶🐸🐭🐰🐥🐴🦜🐠

[spooky3]

43. Thank you so much!!!!

[onecaliberal]

11. Same here.

[Freddie]

28. Same for my husband

But he works with a small group of people and does not interact with the public. Guess that’s a relatively safe workplace. I’m retired but watch the grandkids all day. Older 2 are in school so they could bring something home with them. I’ve read that children rarely get sick with it (or only mildly) but can be carriers.

[procon]

6. Easy peasy, I'm all bunkered in and can probably

hold out 2 months without leaving home as long as I have power, water and the dang internet.

[MLAA]

15. Going old school: I have a big back up supply of books in case the 'dang internet' goes out 😬

[procon]

22. That's a good idea.

I have boxes of books in the garage, always loved books. Most of them I've already read, but it's been years, if not decades, so it would be like reading a new book.

[Freddie]

8. Our son is getting married April 18

DH suggested we drive instead of fly (bought tix in Jan.) But even so there will be a large gathering at the wedding. Arghhh. Bride’s parents are also 60-something and coming from far away. Will have to make some serious decisions in the next few weeks.

[MLAA]

12. Very difficult decisions.

Good luck, I imagine you will be wrestling with what is best to do.

[CountAllVotes]

37. My husband's niece was to be married in August in Ireland

She was planning a huge wedding in a castle in Ireland but we have not been invited and even if we were, we were not planning to attend.

Such shows of such affluence sicken both of us.

A wedding in an Irish Castle costs a fortune! I was told that a pat of butter costs at one of these events costs 3 EU! A slice of cake? 25 EU !!

Our wedding cost $45!

[Freddie]

48. Wow

My son is not having a destination wedding, they both live and met in Florida. We’re from Pennsylvania and her family from Ohio. She has an elderly grandmother who I’m sure was planning on going too (80-ish but in good health). DH and I are waiting to see what they recommend in the next couple weeks before making any final decisions.

[Ms. Toad]

9. Not staying home -

I've developed personal hygiene habits that have kept me almost entirely flu-free and about 50% cold-free for the past decade. I'm not staying home, but I'm ramping up those precautions (more frequent hand-washing, minimizing hand-shaking (and, if I can't avoid it, washing immediately after), more social distancing)

I'm also nagging my family more - since they both catch more things than I do.

[MLAA]

17. Glad you've developed good habits.

We’ve been washing our hands first thing when we get home for a few years, but remembering to not touch your face/rub your eyes is a tough one. Husband has respiratory issues and is 84, so after a quick errand today we will stay home.

[dewsgirl]

13. Under 60, still trying to limit my interactions.

[PCIntern]

14. I'm 67

I have to work. I’m gonna get it eventually so no alteration in lifestyle

[MLAA]

16. Do you work in an industry where you interact with a lot of people?

[PCIntern]

26. I'm a dentist and am going to get sick.

And yes I wear a mask. It won’t do a damned bit of good.

[MLAA]

30. Damn, so sorry to hear that.

And it’s not like you can have your patients also wear a mask 😷

Thank you for taking care of patients regardless of the personal risk.

[PCIntern]

32. You're welcome

I have more stories than you have hair on your head about illness and disease transmission.

[MLAA]

45. About 2 months ago (before Corona) I had a dentist appointment

I woke up with what was most likely allergies, but possibly could have been the beginning of a cold. The minute I got to the office I told the staff and didn’t sign in. I asked them if I should stay. The receptionist checked with the hygienist and said I should stay. When the Dr came to the door I immediately suggested he put on his mask. He said nobody had ever warned him before and thanked me.

[PCIntern]

47. You're a human being...

Keep on doing it.

[malaise]

18. We're still walking with our friends in the morning

but we have a ziplock bag with a few paper towel strips soaked in rubbing alcohol to wipe the bars where we exercise after we walk. We also use them for door knobs, faucets and for the steering wheel.

I want to attend a book launch this evening. I'm playing it by ear but it's a good friend's book.

[GemDigger]

21. A baggie full of alcohol and paper towels is brillian!

Thanks malaise!

[malaise]

23. It's cheap too

and you're welcome

[llmart]

58. Wow! You exercise in a bar? Why didn't I think of that.

I only walk in the park but from now on I'm going to go to a bar afterwards and "exercise" some more.

[malaise]

60. Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

You know I thought about that when I was writing it. I guess I should have used rails

[MLAA]

64. Is that why they are called barbells?

[malaise]

66. Hehehehehehe

[Takket]

20. My parents are in their 70s and flying tomorrow

I wish they would cancel.

[Rebl2]

24. I'm

over 60 and take immunosuppressant drugs. I will get out to do things I need to do. Since I have been on these drugs for many years (one for 35 years) I never go into big crowds, I haven’t been to a movie for twenty years probably and don’t go out to eat. Always get take out. Unfortunately my parents are in a nursing home, so I have to be careful if I go there for their sake and mine.

[Raftergirl]

25. I'm trying to limit my interactions.

I still played tennis yesterday but we didn’t even bump elbows, much less shake hands.

Debating whether I will go to my 55+ yoga class this afternoon. We are in a big room so our mats are pretty far apart and very little social interactions because it’s yoga.

That I don’t work makes staying home much easier for me.

[redstatebluegirl]

27. I have a compromised immune system and am almost 65.

I have permission from my boss to work from home. I write and manage grants so it is all computer based. My husband is younger than I am so he is continuing his stuff. He is crazy about washing hands and cleaning things at home. He is fearful of bringing it home to me.

[AJT]

29. I would stay at home, but my youngest is expecting her son

in the middle of this month and I am going to Denver to help out. I will try to be very careful traveling. I am driving.

[MLAA]

34. Glad you are driving. I keep a container of Clorox wipes in the car

I wipe down all surfaces I touch when I get in each time.

[AJT]

57. I have them in the car too.

[karynnj]

31. Over 60, but neither my husband or I have serious medical problems

We are following some of the CDC guidelines. We are washing our hands way more and are more aware of people around us. We did go to some events at our synagogue this weekend, but there are no positive cases in Northern VT.

I always have a large number of dried beans, flours, cereals, dried fruit, nuts, and grains in the pantry because I have always stocked up on them, bought vegetables from a CSA and then stopped at the closest store for other things needed for what I want to cook. When I last went to that store I bought 4 bags of frozen vegetables and a couple of tofu packages and frozen fish and more coffee. I already had chicken in the freezer from my CSA. I will keep things at this level until the threat is over. This easily meets the goal of being prepared to have good for 3 plus weeks.

If and likely when more cases happen here, we will stay home.

[mdelaguna]

33. Add this to poll: I'm over 60 and wish to stay home but have to go to work

[MLAA]

36. I will see if I can edit it, that is a good point. Thank you.

[MLAA]

40. Added options to the survey if you want to change your vote.

Thanks for the suggestion, mdelaguna!

[Bucky]

35. I work in a school. If it's a true pandemic, I'm dead anyway

I might as well finish up this unit on Opportunity Costs for my kids before I die.

[MLAA]

38. Good luck 😬😷😬😷

[Amishman]

39. I'm in my 30s and in excellent health

though I don't like going out into crowds at all even in the best of times.

[MLAA]

41. Now you have an excellent excuse for staying way from people.

Not that you needed an excuse before 😉

My husband feels the same. And the older I get I’d rather stay home and paint or read or just be alone with husband.

[pdxflyboy]

42. I just turned 66. I'm retired, healthy and staying home, however...

my wife is 61 and works full-time as a physician assistant at a very large medical center. My son is turning 19 and works a 30 hour week as a cashier at a large supermarket. I fully expect that all 3 of us will get that disease...either my wife or son will bring it home to the rest of us.

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

44. As much as possible...

Live in a literal one stop light town...had to vote.

My wife and I are going to be breaking that suggestion pretty soon. She’s 66, I’m 67. She just had a small stroke and hospital visits are in place also occupational therapy for her. Ok we can deal with those.
I’m due for a hip replacement later in the month...truthfully I’m getting a little worried. Michigan checks out ok in the amount of people infected. I’m scheduled for the 26th of this month a lot can happen between now and then.

Oh well, it is what it is.

[MLAA]

46. Good luck with the hip replacement!

You still have a bit more time for you (or your Dr) to decide to postpone if need be.

[KG]

49. I gotta work. no work , no pay. and I don't make a whole bunch

i'm gonna have work till I die anyway. this may be the way out !

[MLAA]

51. The way we've treated the planet and climate change

this might be the easiest way out 😬😷. Good luck and keep washing those hands!

[Kaleva]

50. I am but my 80 year old Trump supporting FIL is ignoring it. He's here right now.

He's here everyday and it's just one of his stops on his visiting circuit.

[MLAA]

52. How about telling him you are implementing social distancing

and since he is elderly he is at high risk of catching it and passing it on, so until further notice your house is closed and you look forward to talking to him on the phone!

[Kaleva]

55. My wife, his daughter, would nix that idea!

[The_jackalope]

53. Yep. nt

[Backseat Driver]

54. As mentioned before on DU, I am "financially quarantined"

There's no good reason to go window shopping or even on a Sunday drive, even if my 18-year-old car has now been "fixed" though not reliably "tested" on the road. We live on the literal edge, and lately I've come to terms with wintertime cabin fever by doing the usual household stuff, reading, surfing the health docu-series and DU, binging TV, and messing with the pets. DH does most all of the "away from home" errands. The checks come in and go out lickety-split without a C-note to spare for "frivolous spending" thanks to decades of government and corporate greed. Got lots of pancake mix, flour, yeast and Kraft singles for grilled sandwiches in the larder, hahaha. Don't worry, I'm not salad-deprived either and have a giant bag of blackberries and a big bag of apples too. Just good planning and good luck! Just waiting for the March Madness checks to add another bag of frozen veggies for the next month. Yesterday, I wacked off an inch or two of my hair.

TPTB put the aerator back in the pond yesterday and trenched the tree beds yesterday, a welcoming sign of spring and incoming summer mulch. I'm so grateful that the winter weather hasn't been worse. Then we'll find the funds over several months to get the soil amendments, seeds, and seedlings for our north 40 inch garden - can't wait to get back into the sun, albeit, out the back door. Yes, things could be much worse or still go to much worse quickly, and I expect that eventually, in a myriad of unknown ways, but perhaps the large first wave of infection will have then passed by my little world.

Yup, my world is genuinely self-limited. It's not at all easy, and I marvel at all the well-funded travel to events around the city and the pay-for-leisure experiences around the globe that has brought "the bug" so close that a great many still need reminders to behave appropriately (wash hands), dress appropriately (tissues/hankies at hand and sequestered after use, maybe gloves/masks), or risk becoming quarantined home bodies like me. In the long view, the Plan B is working well; together, we're going to be very expensive to TPTB. Nothing good ever comes without sacrifice.

[a la izquierda]

56. I'm 42 and in excellent health.

Flying to England tomorrow. Checked in with my doctor and she said to limit my time around huge crowds (my flight seems pretty empty), and I’ll take a car service to my friend’s place.

[safeinOhio]

59. 70 and in excellent health.

Run 3 to 6 miles at least 3 days a week. Still trying to stay safe and limit contacts. Feel sorry for my neighbors that might be the unhealthiest folks ever at half my age. Most of them are blowing it off.

[Nay]

61. Over 60 here. Handwashing, hand sanitizer, avoiding large groups:yes. But I still go to the gym pool

for my aerobics class 3 times a week, and I go to the grocery when needed. I'm also sometimes asked to pick grandkid up from school, so I still do those errands.

[MLAA]

63. I keep a Clorox wipes in the car and wipe down all surfaces

But starting today after one errand I’m staying in with a wonderful husband who is high risk

[Nay]

67. I do something similar -- I have hand sanitizer in the car, and when I get in I wipe

my hands, the steering wheel, and door handle after each visit to a store.

[Runningdawg]

62. I am over 60 and have made a few changes

But 1/2 my family, including my husband and best friend work for a large university with a huge population of foreign exchange students and the other 1/2 work in healthcare. IMO its only a matter of time before they tell the university people not to come to work and the medical workers they can't leave. My odds aren't looking that great no matter what I do.

[Bettie]

65. We're all under 60

Husband at work, kids at school, I'm here all day, but we're cutting out non-essential gatherings.

Boys and DH were going to go to Chicago for Science and Industry and the Shedd...they won't be doing that now, because the point there is for everyone to touch everything!

[Igel]

68. Polls are often overbroad in their options.

I chose "over 60, moving around".

My county has cases of COVID-19. It's a damn large county. And the cases cluster, none from community transmission.

Low probability of running into somebody infectious.

I like how one public health wonk put it on the local news when asked whether a given public event should be cancelled. He said the average person was more likely to die in a car crash on the way to the event than to contract the novel coronavirus.

[MLAA]

70. Sure hope he is right!

The numbers out of Italy in terms of number infected and morbidity rate have me erring on the side of extreme caution. I’m close to 60, but my husband is 84 with respiratory issues.

Here is the site I check to see day to day cases by country: just scroll down past the line graphs.

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries

[totodeinhere]

69. Staying home except for medical appointments. n/t

[Chainfire]

71. I am being cautious

I am isolating as far as is practical. Hell, I even washed my hands for the first time in 55 years. I am retired and it is not at all difficult for me.

I fear for my wife who is three weeks from retirement. She has health issues, she works in a large office building in on a large office campus. I have pleaded with her to give it up and come on home. It would not be a financial burden...

My wife's character is such, that she told them a year ago, what day she was leaving, and she will not give an inch. She works for state government, and unless the Republican Governor tells old or vulnerable people to work from home, she will be there every day.

If she gets the virus, it will most likely kill her. If it kills her, it will kill me whether I get the virus or not. We have been a couple since she was 14 and I was 15......

[MLAA]

72. Got my fingers crossed for you both

Seems like a lot of risk for 3 weeks! Did you appeal to her to stay home as a personal favor to you? Since you have the most to lose (her)?

[shanti]

73. I cancelled two

medical/dental appointments for this month. Even though I really wanted to go, they're not emergencies and easily rescheduled. Better safe than sorry.

[dhol82]

74. How about over 70, lives in NYC and doesn't see anything problematic about going into the streets?

Just took the subway, walked the streets and ate in Chinatown. I look around me, take proper precautions and try not to let the crazy thoughts get me.
If it gets worse and totally nuts, I will reevaluate what I’m doing.
I refuse to go batshit crazy for no reason.

[MLAA]

75. Wish I could go to Buddha Bodai vegetarian restaurant in NYC Chinatown!

Though if I were in NYC now I wouldn’t be as brave?/foolhardy? as you 😷😉. Good luck!

[dhol82]

77. Thanks. :) keep passing that place but have never stopped in. Now, I have to. :)

So far, I don’t see anything major.
I am not stupid or suicidal. If there is a change in the gestalt of the city I will take care. Right now, I see nothing.
Going to an acupuncture appointment on Friday. Will go for lunch afterwards at BoKy. Awesome Teow Chew cuisine. Mostly crazy good soups! Yum.

[MLAA]

79. I liked going to dim sum at Buddha Bahai.

I came out of retirement to work and live in NYC for a year. Loved it! Loved the Broadway shows and the wonderful vegan restaurants. Suffice it to say I didn’t come home with any $, I left them all with your wonderful city. Ahh I lived one block from a Whole Foods in one direction and a Trader Joe’s one block in the direction. Across the street from a Food emporium grocery store and the subway. When I hit the lottery I will buy an apartment and live there part time 🙂

[luvs2sing]

76. Over 60 and staying home as much as possible..

which is my default setting, but there are some things I’ve had to go out for.

[Throck]

78. I'm working. Great excuse to avoid coworkers.

[MLAA]

80. Love any excuse to be a hermit🙂

[Marrah_Goodman]

81. I am 49 and limiting my exposure

I am not that worried that I would end up horribly sick from it. I am worried that I could give it to someone else with health conditions that could end up with them in the hospital or dead.

[pecosbob]

82. 60 and must work...retail

I normally wear nitrile gloves when I handle cash as it's commonly soaked in sweat and urine. Within two hours of beginning shift my fingertips will be yellow from the currency. Now we throw this virus into the mix and I'm using a institutional food service sanitizer that is ammonia based for wetting surfaces and my gloves as often as practical. It's specifically marked as effective against the last Coronavius strain (229E).

Don't be offended if I keep my distance from the counter.