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Originally Posted by wildflowerchild25
I have officially snapped in this coronavirus situation. I was handling it pretty well since I am naturally an introvert and don’t like going out anyway (except to eat). But now my state governor has shut down all state and county parks. Also, my township shut down all ITS parks. NOW I feel ****ing trapped. I can’t even go to a ****ing park? AND the governor keeps saying he thinks the lockdown will go well into summer. I’m freaking out. I want to go hiking and to the beach and ****. Why couldn’t this have happened over the winter, when it was cold?
And I’m increasingly worried because I’ve also been reading that this could go on until a vaccine is developed. Like, we could stamp out the virus, but as soon as we loosen restrictions it pops up again and we go back into lockdown. This could potentially go on for 18 ****ing months.
The closing of the parks has tipped me over the edge. I want to see my family. I haven’t seen my grandparents since February (bc I got sick with that nasty sinus infection). Video chatting is nice but I need to see everyone in person.
I do have virtual therapy tonight, so I hope she can calm me down.
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I do not think it will be 18 months, based on what I've been reading. I think it'll be sooner than that, but that's just my opinion.
Also, just repeating what I've heard: the outbreak in China was suspected to have occurred back in October/November (*not* December), with the Chinese government allegedly trying to cover it up before admitting to it. However, it is now early April and China is seeing a great recovery. See here:
China Coronavirus: 81,740 Cases and 3,331 Deaths - Worldometer
So... if we assume October was the date it started... then it's been 6 months since the coronavirus outbreak in China, and now China is mostly done with it. Approx 1200 people left (of the 80,000 people) and they've started taking down makeshift hospitals, as they do not need them anymore. I know that China had less cases than us, but just looking at the trends... I would say that 18 months sounds kind of like a gross overestimation. I think that's a fear mongering tactic spread about by the media. I would say that 6-8 months *from onset* (January) is far more realistic. So... sometime by July/August sounds more realistic.