Links: How to shelter in place

[sonia]

Care Package, curated with love by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center. "Poems, meditations, films, and other cultural nutrients for times like this."

It's hard when we all have to figure out new ways to live in a shifting reality. The rules keep changing. We learn more about the virus, and it is also changing. We each decide individually, but individual decisions put us collectively at risk.

I read the text of the following link early on, and it strongly informed my "follow all the rules, even if it seems ridiculous now" attitude. I think the infection rate must be very low here in Portland, because I see lots of people not being careful, and I'm not hearing about a big spike in infections.

'I Promise. I Promise.' You Can't Cheat A Pandemic by Jonathan Smith

[E]ven if there is only a little bit of additional connection between groups (i.e. social dinners, playdates, unnecessary trips to the store, etc.), the epidemic likely won’t be much different than if there was no measure in place.

This next one sounds great, if you can find a small group of people who are all being equally careful. I could include myself in a "bubble" with a local couple, but they're being way less careful than I am.

I Have a “Quarantine Bubble” With People Outside My House. You Should Too by Christina Cauterucci.

But it’s hard to overstate the psychic relief I’ve gotten from relying on a bigger day-to-day support system and having a life—however constrained it may still be—outside the walls of my apartment.

Comments

[jesse_the_k]

I've been pondering creating just such a bubble, because even though I'm in an ideal situation, I'm getting a tad cranky.

[sonia]

Oooh, I hope that works out!

I think creating larger bubbles is a good first step to easing lockdown, unlike, "Everyone just do what they want and we'll see what happens."