Does Trump have a lot of support there? And has there been any concerns about his handling of this mess and the role he played by downplaying this issue in the beginning?

If I had to hazard a guess I'd say around here it's like the national average, about 40% Trump supporters.

Even though our governor is a Republican,and I am certainly no fan of his, I will admit he has been doing a pretty good job listening to the experts before making any decisions in regards to coronavirus issues.

Glad that you have a reality based Governor.

We’ve been fortunate, we have Gov. Inslee.

my son works in a grocery store as well, in the meat department. we both expect to get the virus.

Is your son's store doing anything to protect the workers?

they're disinfecting the carts and keeping customers 6 feet apart at the check stands. The plastic barriers is a good idea and i hope they will do that although it won't change my son's job.

we're in NC, where we now have 1522 confirmed cases of coronavirus. started March with zero.

are you doing anything to protect yourself from your son (assuming he lives with you, as mine does)? I'm not hanging out with my son as much and haven't hugged him in ages, but we still sit down and eat together. Fortunately we don't share a bathroom.

i really think that we should all be wearing masks prophylactically when stepping out, based on this video, and another from a doctor at Cornell. Of course, good luck getting one now.

Before he goes out to his car when his shift is over, and again when he gets home, changes his clothes right away. His room is the only one upstairs. No hugging, which is awful (for me, at least). Like you, we all sit down to dinner together.

My other son works in Cuyahoga County which is the coronavirus epicenter in Ohio. Fortunately it’s a small office with only 4-5 people there on any given day. He doesn’t go anywhere else, just to his office and back home ... no lunches from takeout, even.

I agree with you about the masks, but where do you get one these days?

Can you ask him if there is any time of day of the week, and the time, when there is a lull in the store?

Asking for a friend.

The early senior shopping hours are the busiest! The lull comes around 10am to 12 pm when he's there. He generally works from 5 am to 2 pm so as far as evenings go, he isn't sure.

I’ve only made two outings since this started—Whole Foods and Walmart, both during early senior hours. Neither was busy and both were reasonably stocked. Whole Foods seemed safer with all employees gloved, carts sanitized as you got them, and distancing lines at the checkout. Walmart only had some employees gloved and/or masked in what seemed to be their own personal gear, not store issue. I saw a young woman at Walmart—obviously not a senior—using the self checkout without gloves and she kept touching her face. Made me cringe.

My daughter-in-law (who I love like she was my own daughter) is a cashier, and in the area just north of Seattle, no less. I worry for her.

So there's a plexiglass upright at the pharmacist's windown, with an open gap below it to pass the meds through, and open on either side of the plexiglassed window.

If the danged thing is *air borne* wouldn't it swirl around the sides and below?!1