No one of you goes to the store with your face covered and gloves and the other is at less of a risk but if it happens it happens we will ride it out together.
If this wasn’t so serious, I’d really have a high comedy act on my hands – me trying to shuffle between gloves for the outside of the door and not touching the inside of the door until I get one off.
What’s saddening is that all this phobic activity makes our own immune systems less capable of defending us. It’s not unlike avoiding sunlight until we’re so pale that we fry the first time we go out.
Arlo just wants to take advantage of ANY opportunity to get out of the house. I know I do. But I force myself to back off my desire so that my wife can maintain her sanity also. I do have more opportunity to get out because, as you can tell by my posting here, I’m awake for senior hours. My wife is not an early bird. Stay safe. Stay sane.
My bride has been hobbled. My fault, we had a lot of large babies. Her treatment has been interrupted by this shutdown so she never gets out anymore. She and a neighbor could hit half a dozen stores at a clip. Now I’m the only shopper. One daughter said I was her hunter gatherer, which pretty much sums things up today.
In answer to a couple of people… and to all, which is why I’m not posting as a reply…
Yes, if one family member gets it, the other(s) MIGHT… but they might not.
It doesn’t mean you both might as well go to the store.
I’ve even seen kids in the store with parents who use that reasoning.
The main reason stores (and stay-at-home ordinances) ask for only ONE person to shop…. as Arlo is doing, while Janis stays home…. is to protect OTHER PEOPLE.
The majority of people who carry this virus have mild or even NO symptoms…
They’re very likely not to know they have it.
That has been a major route of transmission.
Children, especially, because so many are asymptomatic… but in reality, even their great-grandparents…. can be unknowing carriers.
The CDC says … or where I live, we’re required… to wear a mask… even though they admit that a homemade mask will probably NOT protect the WEARER from this virus.
What it does is stop particles from YOU… your breath or coughs or sneezes …. from traveling to where another person might encounter them…
just in case you’re unknowingly carrying the virus, and that other person is more vulnerable.
Yes, if you’ve been self-isolating, the chances may be small… but you don’t know for sure.
No one knows for sure.
Even if you’re a senior … the percentages of bad outcomes are higher… but NOT EVERY senior who gets it even gets symptoms.
Simple arithmetic: the fewer people in the store, the fewer potential carriers.
The major issue is that there is not yet a reliable database of the characteristics of those who are high risk. There are many anecdotes about how someone in a senior’s home acquires the virus and expires within 24 hours, while their next door neighbor is fine. And although it is known that those with pre-existing conditions are at higher risk, there are many cases of very healthy and fit people dying or nearly dying. So either of A or J could be at risk without the slightest clue that they are.
Your only reliable defense at the moment is this: do not come in contact with the virus.
Like Suzy says, unless for reasons of health (food) or safety, stay home.
For those venturing out with gloves and masks – please dispose of them properly when done. I’m tired of having to watch fro biohazard waste when walking through a parking lot. This has been my pre-coffee rant for the day.
I haven’t been out of my house/yard for about 4 weeks now. I’m scared to death, as I fall into the “very high risk” group of this thing killing me if I get it. And I don’t see any end in sight. Historically (1918, 1350), plagues have generally run a course of about five years. Locally, a bigmouth started posting and protesting the quarantine about a month ago, ranting that no one had the right to keep him from moving about, and that the virus was a big myth. He died this week of the Coronavirus.
I use neoprene gloves whenever I have to go out. I don’t touch my face. When I get home I wipe everything down with disinfecting wipes; in the garage in my case. I then use the wipes on the gloves and remove them before transporting “cleaned” stuff to the house. I use a patio table marked “clean and dirty” for what I am wiping. When finished, I wash my hands up to the elbows, just for the hell of it. All this, even though we are in a relatively “safe” semi-rural area of the country; N. Alabama.
So far this has worked well for us. Hope some of this will be useful to others.
To all….as a RN, PLEASE STOP WEARING GLOVES IN PUPLIC! You are SPREADING germs all over surfaces which isn’t helping our current state. WASHING your hands for 20 seconds is more effective.Thanks
By the way – long before this crisis I always have a small sprayer bottle of alcohol in my jeans pocket and a small bottle of hand sanitizer in my other pocket (along with normal things such as wallet, cell phone, keys, etc.).
The hand sanitizer is for general use of same – where people cough and then insist on shaking hands or touching something that one has to touch and such. The alcohol? Well we had bed bugs and do not intend to have them again (between the virus and bed bugs – I’d rather have the virus it is a lot cheaper and does not involve anywhere near the work to deal with). Alcohol kills bed bugs and also they do not like so they stay away. If we have to sit somewhere on seats that are not hard and visible as well as some other situations – we spray the seats first. If we could not do that we could not go to the movies for example – something which is near and dear to us to do.
frequency270 over 4 years ago
That is the perfect rendering of contentment in the final panel.
kingdiamond69 over 4 years ago
No one of you goes to the store with your face covered and gloves and the other is at less of a risk but if it happens it happens we will ride it out together.
mddshubby2005 over 4 years ago
We’re all in this, together.
Dirty Dragon over 4 years ago
If this wasn’t so serious, I’d really have a high comedy act on my hands – me trying to shuffle between gloves for the outside of the door and not touching the inside of the door until I get one off.
Màiri over 4 years ago
What’s saddening is that all this phobic activity makes our own immune systems less capable of defending us. It’s not unlike avoiding sunlight until we’re so pale that we fry the first time we go out.
Sanspareil over 4 years ago
A perfect rendering of love in the last panel.
nosirrom over 4 years ago
Arlo just wants to take advantage of ANY opportunity to get out of the house. I know I do. But I force myself to back off my desire so that my wife can maintain her sanity also. I do have more opportunity to get out because, as you can tell by my posting here, I’m awake for senior hours. My wife is not an early bird. Stay safe. Stay sane.
jbmlaw01 over 4 years ago
My wife and I, both seniors, have gone together everywhere during the “lockdown” applying the same logic as the comic.
William Bednar Premium Member over 4 years ago
Probably a list of “feminine” products.
Da'Dad over 4 years ago
My bride has been hobbled. My fault, we had a lot of large babies. Her treatment has been interrupted by this shutdown so she never gets out anymore. She and a neighbor could hit half a dozen stores at a clip. Now I’m the only shopper. One daughter said I was her hunter gatherer, which pretty much sums things up today.
david_42 over 4 years ago
Having done a bit of research, I’ve concluded that the Covid-19 virus will die much quicker on cloth gardening gloves than on neoprene ones.
Lula & Theo Premium Member over 4 years ago
The way her arm is in his.. ❤️
SusanSunshine Premium Member over 4 years ago
In answer to a couple of people… and to all, which is why I’m not posting as a reply…
Yes, if one family member gets it, the other(s) MIGHT… but they might not.
It doesn’t mean you both might as well go to the store.
I’ve even seen kids in the store with parents who use that reasoning.
The main reason stores (and stay-at-home ordinances) ask for only ONE person to shop…. as Arlo is doing, while Janis stays home…. is to protect OTHER PEOPLE.The majority of people who carry this virus have mild or even NO symptoms…
They’re very likely not to know they have it.
That has been a major route of transmission.
Children, especially, because so many are asymptomatic… but in reality, even their great-grandparents…. can be unknowing carriers.
The CDC says … or where I live, we’re required… to wear a mask… even though they admit that a homemade mask will probably NOT protect the WEARER from this virus.
What it does is stop particles from YOU… your breath or coughs or sneezes …. from traveling to where another person might encounter them…
just in case you’re unknowingly carrying the virus, and that other person is more vulnerable.
Yes, if you’ve been self-isolating, the chances may be small… but you don’t know for sure.
No one knows for sure.
Even if you’re a senior … the percentages of bad outcomes are higher… but NOT EVERY senior who gets it even gets symptoms.
Simple arithmetic: the fewer people in the store, the fewer potential carriers.
Please. Stay home.
ScullyUFO over 4 years ago
The major issue is that there is not yet a reliable database of the characteristics of those who are high risk. There are many anecdotes about how someone in a senior’s home acquires the virus and expires within 24 hours, while their next door neighbor is fine. And although it is known that those with pre-existing conditions are at higher risk, there are many cases of very healthy and fit people dying or nearly dying. So either of A or J could be at risk without the slightest clue that they are.
Your only reliable defense at the moment is this: do not come in contact with the virus.
Like Suzy says, unless for reasons of health (food) or safety, stay home.
Schrodinger's Dog over 4 years ago
today’s strip reflects very accurately our current life at my house.
I’mStandingRightHere over 4 years ago
For those venturing out with gloves and masks – please dispose of them properly when done. I’m tired of having to watch fro biohazard waste when walking through a parking lot. This has been my pre-coffee rant for the day.
sbwertz over 4 years ago
With a husband in the very high risk group, I am VERY aware of this. I take extreme measures every time I go out.
Dingman over 4 years ago
I wear gloves just to touch the soap.
33Angel over 4 years ago
This comic depicts me and my sweetie perfectly… :D
formathe over 4 years ago
Our stores only allow one person from a residence inside at one time. No couples shopping here.
Tyge over 4 years ago
Sometimes you just gotta man up!
dv1093 over 4 years ago
I haven’t been out of my house/yard for about 4 weeks now. I’m scared to death, as I fall into the “very high risk” group of this thing killing me if I get it. And I don’t see any end in sight. Historically (1918, 1350), plagues have generally run a course of about five years. Locally, a bigmouth started posting and protesting the quarantine about a month ago, ranting that no one had the right to keep him from moving about, and that the virus was a big myth. He died this week of the Coronavirus.
Tyge over 4 years ago
Love your “shelter in place” strips JJ!
I use neoprene gloves whenever I have to go out. I don’t touch my face. When I get home I wipe everything down with disinfecting wipes; in the garage in my case. I then use the wipes on the gloves and remove them before transporting “cleaned” stuff to the house. I use a patio table marked “clean and dirty” for what I am wiping. When finished, I wash my hands up to the elbows, just for the hell of it. All this, even though we are in a relatively “safe” semi-rural area of the country; N. Alabama.
So far this has worked well for us. Hope some of this will be useful to others.
KennethPrice2 over 4 years ago
Paranoia strikes deep. Into your life it will creep. Buffalo Springfield. Even paranoids have enemies. Golda Meir.
Back to Big Mike over 4 years ago
That is me and my bride right now.
craigwestlake over 4 years ago
What you fear is usually what will get you; just use uncommon sense about hygiene and you will get through…
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace over 4 years ago
“I don’t want to live in a world without you. Let me go first.”
joedon2007 over 4 years ago
My wife and I usually don’t go shopping in the best of times;
Cocobean337 over 4 years ago
To all….as a RN, PLEASE STOP WEARING GLOVES IN PUPLIC! You are SPREADING germs all over surfaces which isn’t helping our current state. WASHING your hands for 20 seconds is more effective.Thanks
mafastore over 4 years ago
By the way – long before this crisis I always have a small sprayer bottle of alcohol in my jeans pocket and a small bottle of hand sanitizer in my other pocket (along with normal things such as wallet, cell phone, keys, etc.).
The hand sanitizer is for general use of same – where people cough and then insist on shaking hands or touching something that one has to touch and such. The alcohol? Well we had bed bugs and do not intend to have them again (between the virus and bed bugs – I’d rather have the virus it is a lot cheaper and does not involve anywhere near the work to deal with). Alcohol kills bed bugs and also they do not like so they stay away. If we have to sit somewhere on seats that are not hard and visible as well as some other situations – we spray the seats first. If we could not do that we could not go to the movies for example – something which is near and dear to us to do.
James Lindley Premium Member 7 months ago
The next generation will have a difficult time understanding the past 4 years. Heck, I do sometimes.