Speaking of the Corona virus

[oneiriad]

So, I am officially sent home from work as a non-essential public employee - for at least two weeks, but honestly? I'd not be surprised if they extend it until Easter.

We're supposed to give up social interactions for Lent, basically, to slow the Corona pandemic enough that the Danish health system isn't overwhelmed entirely.

So far, so good. I intend to go out in a moment to panic buy some milk and a cucumber, and then hide from the storm inside the rest of the day. There'll be a little work-from-home-work, but not a lot, not really. My job mostly involves ILL, and since there's nobody to process the physical books and nobody to receive them anyway, well.

I'm a little annoyed that my planned Easter trip to New York is now utterly impossible, but perhaps also slightly relieved. Even if I think Trump is closing the gate after the fox has already raided the chicken coop. Still. Will need to see about getting my tickets refunded. And then we'll see what's going to happen.

Comments

[dancing_serpent]

Around here everything's going on day by day, week by week. We're all still working, but shipping has been suspended for several countries by now. Danmark and Hungary have joined the list as of today. Several libraries in the US have told us not to send books over, too.

[silverusagi]

Even if I think Trump is closing the gate after the fox has already raided the chicken coop.

Ditto. Plus, the ban doesn't apply to Americans. So we can still go back and forth and spread stuff! That doesn't help with containment at all.

[oneiriad]

The Americans can all go on a ski vacation in Austria and bring home the virus. I mean, that's basically what got the situation rolling faster in Denmark - ski tourists. Not dirty foreigners coming to visit us.