prepareforchange--2020-03-18--Here Come The Mass Layoffs: New York Unemployment Site Goes Down After “Tens Of Thousands” Lose Thei

Here Come The Mass Layoffs: New York Unemployment Site Goes Down After “Tens Of Thousands” Lose Their Jobs

In many ways the US economy is currently in the eye of the coronavirus storm : cities and states are under quarantine lockdown , the CDC has prohibited any groupings of more than 50 people ; stores , clubs , restaurants , bars and hotels are voluntarily shuttering indefinitely as the economy grinds to a halt and yet besides a tapestry of ghost cities across the nation , the immediate impact of the devastating viral storm on the service economy has yet to manifest itself .
But the hurricane is about to hit front and center , and the service-industry @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the way .
As the Daily News reports , New York ’ s unemployment website was overwhelmed Monday as the coronavirus pandemic put tens of thousands of people across the state out of work .
The flood of suddenly jobless workers hitting the Department of Labor website with applications for unemployment benefits was unleashed by a drastic move by Gov .
Cuomo , who announced all of the state ’ s restaurants , bars , movie theaters , gyms and casinos would close by 8 p.m. Monday to contain the corona outbreak .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the website crashed several times throughout the day , while the DOL ’ s hotline was so jammed up that callers seeking aid could not get through to someone who could handle their claim .
The unemployed can apply from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays .
DOL spokeswoman Deanna Cohen said the department saw a “ spike in volume comparable to post 9/11 , ” adding there are more than 700 staffers assigned to handle the high demand .
Gabe Friedman , a drag queen who performs under the name Kiki @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to log in and apply ” said 26-year-old Gabe Friedman , a drag queen who performs under the name Kiki Ball-Change .
“ Me and so many other drag queens are completely out of work for at least two months .
If I pay rent at the end of April , I would be broke.
” It ’ s not just the drag queens that find themselves with zero demand for their unique “ skills ” : tens of thousands of workers across New York ’ s service industries have already been , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as their employers are forced to either shut down permanently or hibernate until the economy recovers .
The DOL on Sunday waived a seven-day waiting period on unemployment benefits for people out of work due to coronavirus — but that concession proved to be moot as many people could not apply at all .
Rita Lee , 57 , who works in the film industry ( hopefully not as a drag king ) , said she started to apply Sunday night after movie productions shut down across the city .
She hit a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Lee tried and failed to apply on the website , saying she kept “ getting either a system or server error message , or the page will never load.
” “ I ’ ve called all the toll-free numbers , which are recordings that redirect you to a main menu or a message saying that all the operators are overloaded now and to call back , ” said Lee .
“ Can ’ t reach a human to help.
” David Stollings , a sound engineer at a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a doozy .
“ I got the site to load once , ” said Stollings .
“ Before this it was just not loading at all.
” Marnia Halasa , a Manhattan-based figure skating coach , said she was also unable to apply and became worried about paying rent .
“ What if I have to blow the New York popsicle joint and run back to Ohio to live with my father ?
, ” asked Halasa , who ’ s lived in the city for 28 years .
While it is not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their jobs due to the pandemic , Empire Center founder E.J .
McMahon told the NYDN the hit could be worse than the Great Recession of the late 2000s when roughly 370,000 people lost their jobs in a more than two-year span .
“ The website crashed , that ’ s evidence that there has never been anything like this so quickly , ” said McMahon .
“ You can fix a computer glitch .
But I don ’ t think the problem is how the safety net operates .
I think the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the future for all these people.
” Incidentally , the chief economist of a multi-billion macro hedge fund advised us that they are now modeling approximately 10 million job losses over the next two to three months .
We leave it up to readers to decide if that ’ s too little , too much or just right .
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The opinions , views , statements @ @ @ @ @ @ @ necessarily promoted , endorsed , espoused , or agreed to by Prepare for Change , its leadership Council , members , those who work with PFC , or those who read its content .
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In many ways the US economy is currently in the eye of the coronavirus storm: cities and states are under quarantine lockdown, the CDC has prohibited any groupings of more than 50 people; stores, clubs, restaurants, bars and hotels are voluntarily shuttering indefinitely as the economy grinds to a halt and yet besides a tapestry of ghost cities across the nation, the immediate impact of the devastating viral storm on the service economy has yet to manifest itself.
But the hurricane is about to hit front and center, and the service-industry mecca of New York City is leading the way.
As the Daily News reports, New York’s unemployment website was overwhelmed Monday as the coronavirus pandemic put tens of thousands of people across the state out of work.
Screenshot of crashed Department of Labor website
The flood of suddenly jobless workers hitting the Department of Labor website with applications for unemployment benefits was unleashed by a drastic move by Gov. Cuomo, who announced all of the state’s restaurants, bars, movie theaters, gyms and casinos would close by 8 p.m. Monday to contain the corona outbreak.
So many people tried to apply that the website crashed several times throughout the day, while the DOL’s hotline was so jammed up that callers seeking aid could not get through to someone who could handle their claim.
The unemployed can apply from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays. DOL spokeswoman Deanna Cohen said the department saw a “spike in volume comparable to post 9/11,” adding there are more than 700 staffers assigned to handle the high demand.
Gabe Friedman, a drag queen who performs under the name Kiki Ball-Change
“I’m completely unable to log in and apply” said 26-year-old Gabe Friedman, a drag queen who performs under the name Kiki Ball-Change. “Me and so many other drag queens are completely out of work for at least two months. If I pay rent at the end of April, I would be broke.”
It’s not just the drag queens that find themselves with zero demand for their unique “skills”: tens of thousands of workers across New York’s service industries have already been, or are about to be let go as their employers are forced to either shut down permanently or hibernate until the economy recovers.
The DOL on Sunday waived a seven-day waiting period on unemployment benefits for people out of work due to coronavirus — but that concession proved to be moot as many people could not apply at all.
Rita Lee, 57, who works in the film industry (hopefully not as a drag king), said she started to apply Sunday night after movie productions shut down across the city. She hit a wall once applications opened Monday.
From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Lee tried and failed to apply on the website, saying she kept “getting either a system or server error message, or the page will never load.”
“I’ve called all the toll-free numbers, which are recordings that redirect you to a main menu or a message saying that all the operators are overloaded now and to call back,” said Lee. “Can’t reach a human to help.”
David Stollings, a sound engineer at a now-shuttered Broadway theater, called the situation a doozy. “I got the site to load once,” said Stollings. “Before this it was just not loading at all.”
Marnia Halasa, a Manhattan-based figure skating coach, said she was also unable to apply and became worried about paying rent. “What if I have to blow the New York popsicle joint and run back to Ohio to live with my father?,” asked Halasa, who’s lived in the city for 28 years.
* * *
While it is not clear how many New Yorkers will lose their jobs due to the pandemic, Empire Center founder E.J. McMahon told the NYDN the hit could be worse than the Great Recession of the late 2000s when roughly 370,000 people lost their jobs in a more than two-year span.
“The website crashed, that’s evidence that there has never been anything like this so quickly,” said McMahon. “You can fix a computer glitch. But I don’t think the problem is how the safety net operates. I think the problem is how the economy operates in the future for all these people.”
Incidentally, the chief economist of a multi-billion macro hedge fund advised us that they are now modeling approximately 10 million job losses over the next two to three months. We leave it up to readers to decide if that’s too little, too much or just right.
By Tyler Durden,
Source: https://www.zerohedge.com
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prepareforchange--2020-03-18--THE QUEEN’S CROWN VIRUS MUST BE DESTROYED BEFORE IT DESTROYS HUMANITY

WEAPONIZED CORONAVIRUS IS AN ANGLO-AMERICAN PILGRIMS SOCIETY-ATTACK ON TRADE COMPETITORS IN AMERICA & CHINA Their worldwide QinetiQ , SERCO and DARPA communications centers & funding must be taken out All their US contracts with QinetiQ and SERCO must be cancelled for fraud and treason U.S. Treasury should immediately impound all funds of the Coronavirus perpetrators at Wellcome Trust , Pirbright Institute , SERCO , QinetiQ , IBM , Cisco , Microsoft , Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation , Facebook , Google , AstraZeneca , Merial , Boehringer Mannheim , Sanofi , Pfizer , Novartis and others who have conspired with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to build bioweapons to attack the human genome Since their founding 120 years , the secret Anglo-American Pilgrims Society , Wellcome Trust , Marconi Wireless and the Empire Press Union ( creators of MI6 , MI5 and GCHQ ) have been testing deadly viruses on human beings not to heal , but to destroy humanity ( e.g.
, foot and mouth , Spanish flu , Ebola , AIDS , SARS , MERS , anthrax , sarin , Hong Kong flu , swine flu , bird flu , zika , yellow fever , encephalitis @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Coronavirus COVID-19 ) To these satanists , viruses are their silent armies marching through our blood streams to destroy humanity in order to make more room for them Are they worried about catching the virus ?
No , they have a patent and already have the antidote ( MAR .
16 , 2020 ) —This is one of the most important posts we have ever released .
In the last 48 hours—just as the Coronavirus lock down was occurring in the US—researchers uncovered the likely culprits behind the Coronavirus bioweapon .
Despite @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 10,130,701 held by The Pirbright Institute ( UK ) operated by The Wellcome Trust , no one in the mainstream media is talking about this glaring fact .
Even the alt-media is mute .
We believe because the culprits are using every propaganda trick in their playbook to prevent a light being shined on the British Privy Council and the Queen .
China has been blamed , sort of , although the specifics are vague .
We have shown that just a four-hour drive from Wuhan is Nanchang and the Merial Animal Health @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The decision by The Pirbright Institute ( Wellcome Trust ) to move their Merial Health vaccine manufacturing plant offsite was taken after a virulent foot and mouth outbreak at their Merial plant .
On Oct. 12 , 2009 , Merial moved their plant to Nanchang , China and slapped a new “ Boehringer Mannheim “ shingle on their Merial Pirbright UK plant , then carried on merrily .
Same plant , different name , same controller : Wellcome Trust .
This means the British have , right now , a Merial ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ four hours away from Coronavirus ground zero .
But , why is no one pointing out this obviously suspicious FACT .
All it would take to release the Coronavirus in Wuhan is for an employee at Merial to get in the car a vile of Coronavirus vile , and sprinkle it around in Wuhan .
Better yet , send a 5G signal in Wuhan ( a 5G test city ) to instruct Coronavirus nanotubes developed by just indicted Harvard Professor and popular Wuhan University of Technology nanotechnology lecturer Dr. Charles Lieber to release @ @ @ @ @ @ @ previous post .
WHO WAS THE WELLCOME TRUST CHAIRMAN WHO SET UP THE MERIAL NANCHANG PLANT NEAR WUHAN ?
The Wellcome Trust chair was Baroness Elizabeth Lydia Manningham-Buller , the former director of British MI5 ( 2002-2007 ) .
Her mother was GCHQ .
Her father was Privy Council , Attorney General and Solicitor General , with a “ Bullying Manner.
” She is an eighth-generation peer .
That ’ s not all , Manningham-Buller also chaired Genome Research Limited ( 2008-2015 ) , a wholly-owned subsidiary of Wellcome Trust .
That ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Genome Research Limited ( 2008-2015 ) , a wholly-owned subsidiary of Wellcome Trust .
In Oct. 2013 , Baronness Manningham-Buller was the keynote speaker at the Pilgrims of Great Britain London at the Sir Harry Brittain Memorial Lecture .
Sir Harry Brittain was the founder of the Pilgrims Society ( with about 50 British peers including Viscount Alfred Milner and Winston Churchill ) in 1902 .
MI5 , MI6 and GCHQ were founded from newspapermen who attended the Pilgrims ’ First Imperial Press Conference , 1909 .
Given her father ’ s membership @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trust intimacies , her membership in the Privy Council and the Pilgrims Society are certain .
Operating from the same Wellcome Genome Campus is Genomics England Limited ( controlled by the Queen ’ s Golden Share ) .
Of particular note are two Genomics England director-chairs : We have already written about Sir Chisholm ’ s formation of QinetiQ ( when SERCO moved into the U.S. ) and the fact that former C.I.A .
director George Tenet , and former vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Edmund P. Giambastiani Jr. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ awarded over $ 8 billion in U.S. contracts in space , satellites , information technology , military and government agencies .
See previous post .
QinetiQ has received over $ 8.5 billion U.S. federal contracts .
( PDF | Excel-downloads directly to your Downloads folder ) .
SERCO has received over $ 9.5 billion U.S. federal contracts .
PDF | Excel-downloads directly to your Downloads folder ) While our research zeroed in long ago on the Anglo-American Pilgrims Society as the actual “ Deep State ” globally , and while we have gotten @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his or her name has alluded us .
Now we have found him : Sir Jonathan Richard Symonds .
On Sep. 01 , 2019 , Symonds was appointed chairman of GlaxoSmithKline ( GSK ) Plc , the successor to Glaxo Wellcome .
GSK is strategically aligned with Wellcome Trust where former MI5 director Manningham-Buller is the current chair .
Symonds has been a director of HSBC Holdings plc since 2014-just months after James Comey left an HSBC directorship to become FBI director .
He has been HSBC deputy group chair since 2018 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ plc ( 2014-2018 ) until just recently .
Symonds was also chief financial officer of drug manufacturer Novartis AG ( 2009-2013 ) .
Prior to Novartis , Symonds was managing director of Goldman Sachs ( 2007-2009 ) .
Symonds was also chief financial officer of AstraZeneca PLC ( 1997-2007 ) .
Here is the lynchpin that shows Symonds is the organizational Deep Throat of the Anglo-American Pilgrims Society .
He was director and audit chair of the newly-formed QinetiQ ( Feb. 28 , 2003-Jun .
30 , 2004 ) THE PRIVY COUNCIL ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ GOLDEN SHARE ” CONTROLS WORLD COMMERCE Symonds was QinetiQ ’ s second director just long enough to set up the chart of accounts and the share stock structure giving the Monarch ’ s Special Share ( “ Golden Share ” ) control of the company no matter how many sub-classes of stock were established .
QinetiQ shares property with The Pirbright Institute ( Wellcome Trust ) , the patent holder of the Coronavirus financed by Wellcome Trust and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation .
See also Coronavirus Traced to the British @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Eliza Manningham-Buller , former head of MI5 ( 2002-2007 ) , is chair of Wellcome Trust and their related DNA-harvesting research associates , further confirms that the Anglo-American Pilgrims Society are making their move to dramatically reduce the world population by attacking our blood streams Their secret global communications network is being managed by the Anglo-American Pilgrims Society that is protected by the British Privy Council and the American Senior Executive Service ( SES ) They operate a secret global satellite system for themselves out of the Cobbett Hill Earthstation adjacent to The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ site of the 2007 foot and mouth outbreak ( READ : There are demons in those fields ) Yes , this is hard to believe , but these facts are now screaming for us to pay attention .
We have our blessed countries and beautiful world to save .
Betsy and Thomas had a few things to say about M , Q , James Bond , and the Queen .
Listen to audio below : Disclaimer : We at Prepare for Change ( PFC ) bring you information that is not offered by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ seem controversial .
The opinions , views , statements , and/or information we present are not necessarily promoted , endorsed , espoused , or agreed to by Prepare for Change , its leadership Council , members , those who work with PFC , or those who read its content .
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Please use discernment !
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By Anonymous Patriots,
WEAPONIZED CORONAVIRUS IS AN ANGLO-AMERICAN PILGRIMS SOCIETY-ATTACK ON TRADE COMPETITORS IN AMERICA & CHINA
.
Their worldwide QinetiQ, SERCO and DARPA communications centers & funding must be taken out
All their US contracts with QinetiQ and SERCO must be cancelled for fraud and treason
U.S. Treasury should immediately impound all funds of the Coronavirus perpetrators at Wellcome Trust, Pirbright Institute, SERCO, QinetiQ, IBM, Cisco, Microsoft, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Facebook, Google, AstraZeneca, Merial, Boehringer Mannheim, Sanofi, Pfizer, Novartis and others who have conspired with the Pilgrims Society, SES and DARPA to build bioweapons to attack the human genome
Since their founding 120 years, the secret Anglo-American Pilgrims Society, Wellcome Trust, Marconi Wireless and the Empire Press Union (creators of MI6, MI5 and GCHQ) have been testing deadly viruses on human beings not to heal, but to destroy humanity (e.g., foot and mouth, Spanish flu, Ebola, AIDS, SARS, MERS, anthrax, sarin, Hong Kong flu, swine flu, bird flu, zika, yellow fever, encephalitis, West Nile, diphtheria, malaria, Coronavirus COVID-19)
To these satanists, viruses are their silent armies marching through our blood streams to destroy humanity in order to make more room for them
Are they worried about catching the virus? No, they have a patent and already have the antidote
(MAR. 16, 2020)—This is one of the most important posts we have ever released. In the last 48 hours—just as the Coronavirus lock down was occurring in the US—researchers uncovered the likely culprits behind the Coronavirus bioweapon.
Despite the obvious U.S. Patent. No. 10,130,701 held by The Pirbright Institute (UK) operated by The Wellcome Trust, no one in the mainstream media is talking about this glaring fact. Even the alt-media is mute. We believe because the culprits are using every propaganda trick in their playbook to prevent a light being shined on the British Privy Council and the Queen.
China has been blamed, sort of, although the specifics are vague. We have shown that just a four-hour drive from Wuhan is Nanchang and the Merial Animal Health Institute manufacturing vaccines for The Pirbright Institute.
The decision by The Pirbright Institute (Wellcome Trust) to move their Merial Health vaccine manufacturing plant offsite was taken after a virulent foot and mouth outbreak at their Merial plant.
On Oct. 12, 2009, Merial moved their plant to Nanchang, China and slapped a new “Boehringer Mannheim “shingle on their Merial Pirbright UK plant, then carried on merrily. Same plant, different name, same controller: Wellcome Trust.
This means the British have, right now, a Merial (Wellcome Trust) vaccine manufacturing plant just four hours away from Coronavirus ground zero. But, why is no one pointing out this obviously suspicious FACT. All it would take to release the Coronavirus in Wuhan is for an employee at Merial to get in the car a vile of Coronavirus vile, and sprinkle it around in Wuhan.
Better yet, send a 5G signal in Wuhan (a 5G test city) to instruct Coronavirus nanotubes developed by just indicted Harvard Professor and popular Wuhan University of Technology nanotechnology lecturer Dr. Charles Lieber to release their deadly Coronavirus microbe payloads. See previous post.
WHO WAS THE WELLCOME TRUST CHAIRMAN WHO SET UP THE MERIAL NANCHANG PLANT NEAR WUHAN?
The Wellcome Trust chair was Baroness Elizabeth Lydia Manningham-Buller, the former director of British MI5 (2002-2007). Her mother was GCHQ. Her father was Privy Council, Attorney General and Solicitor General, with a “Bullying Manner.” She is an eighth-generation peer.
That’s not all, Manningham-Buller also chaired Genome Research Limited (2008-2015), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Wellcome Trust.
That’s not all, Manningham-Buller also chaired Genome Research Limited (2008-2015), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Wellcome Trust.
In Oct. 2013, Baronness Manningham-Buller was the keynote speaker at the Pilgrims of Great Britain London at the Sir Harry Brittain Memorial Lecture. Sir Harry Brittain was the founder of the Pilgrims Society (with about 50 British peers including Viscount Alfred Milner and Winston Churchill) in 1902. MI5, MI6 and GCHQ were founded from newspapermen who attended the Pilgrims’ First Imperial Press Conference, 1909. Given her father’s membership in the Privy Council and her Wellcome Trust intimacies, her membership in the Privy Council and the Pilgrims Society are certain.
Operating from the same Wellcome Genome Campus is Genomics England Limited (controlled by the Queen’s Golden Share).
Of particular note are two Genomics England director-chairs:
Sir John Alexander Raymond Chisholm (2013-2019) and
Sir Jonathan Richard Symonds (2013-present).
We have already written about Sir Chisholm’s formation of QinetiQ (when SERCO moved into the U.S.) and the fact that former C.I.A. director George Tenet, and former vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Edmund P. Giambastiani Jr. were QinetiQ directors. QinetiQ has been awarded over $8 billion in U.S. contracts in space, satellites, information technology, military and government agencies. See previous post.
QinetiQ has received over $8.5 billion U.S. federal contracts. (PDF | Excel-downloads directly to your Downloads folder).
SERCO has received over $9.5 billion U.S. federal contracts. PDF | Excel-downloads directly to your Downloads folder)
SIR JONATHAN RICHARD SYMONDS- PILGRIMS SOCIETY / PRIVY COUNCIL “OLE FIVE FINGERS” ACCOUNTANT
While our research zeroed in long ago on the Anglo-American Pilgrims Society as the actual “Deep State” globally, and while we have gotten tantalizingly close to find this person, his or her name has alluded us.
Now we have found him: Sir Jonathan Richard Symonds.
On Sep. 01, 2019, Symonds was appointed chairman of GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Plc, the successor to Glaxo Wellcome.
GSK is strategically aligned with Wellcome Trust where former MI5 director Manningham-Buller is the current chair.
Symonds has been a director of HSBC Holdings plc since 2014-just months after James Comey left an HSBC directorship to become FBI director. He has been HSBC deputy group chair since 2018, he was also chair of HSBC Bank plc (2014-2018) until just recently.
HSBC has been a major Clinton Foundation donor.
Symonds was also chief financial officer of drug manufacturer Novartis AG (2009-2013).
Prior to Novartis, Symonds was managing director of Goldman Sachs (2007-2009).
Symonds was also chief financial officer of AstraZeneca PLC (1997-2007).
PILGRIMS SOCIETY LYNCH PIN
Here is the lynchpin that shows Symonds is the organizational Deep Throat of the Anglo-American Pilgrims Society. He was director and audit chair of the newly-formed QinetiQ (Feb. 28, 2003-Jun. 30, 2004)
THE PRIVY COUNCIL’S ACCOUNTANT FOR THE QUEEN’S “GOLDEN SHARE” CONTROLS WORLD COMMERCE
Symonds was QinetiQ’s second director just long enough to set up the chart of accounts and the share stock structure giving the Monarch’s Special Share (“Golden Share”) control of the company no matter how many sub-classes of stock were established.
QinetiQ shares property with The Pirbright Institute (Wellcome Trust), the patent holder of the Coronavirus financed by Wellcome Trust and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. See also Coronavirus Traced to the British Crown.
Our latest discovery that Baroness Eliza Manningham-Buller, former head of MI5 (2002-2007), is chair of Wellcome Trust and their related DNA-harvesting research associates, further confirms that the Anglo-American Pilgrims Society are making their move to dramatically reduce the world population by attacking our blood streams
Their secret global communications network is being managed by the Anglo-American Pilgrims Society that is protected by the British Privy Council and the American Senior Executive Service (SES)
They operate a secret global satellite system for themselves out of the Cobbett Hill Earthstation adjacent to The Pirbright Institute (UK)—on the site of the 2007 foot and mouth outbreak (READ: There are demons in those fields)
Yes, this is hard to believe, but these facts are now screaming for us to pay attention.
We have our blessed countries and beautiful world to save.
.
Betsy and Thomas had a few things to say about M, Q, James Bond, and the Queen. Listen to audio below:
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prepareforchange--2020-03-18--One Cup One Life Eradicates Wuhan Coronavirus

Viruses know no national borders , skin colour , culture , social status and make no distinction between humans and animals .
The application of the One Cup One Life GANS Plasma Water stands for all creatures that have blood running through their veins .
Only as One Nation , One Planet , One Race , can this global challenge be solved .
To do so , we must put aside our differences and lay down our weapons .
Everybody is invited to print out the World Peace Treaty and to sign it in order to commit themselves to a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ You can watch the video on how to make your own One Cup One Life system .
Unfortunately the video will not load directly so you will have to go to this link to watch it : One Cup One Life We believe this information is important enough to provide to you so we apologize for this extra step .
This is what the system will look like : Disclaimer : We at Prepare for Change ( PFC ) bring you information that is not offered by the mainstream news , and therefore @ @ @ @ @ @ @ views , statements , and/or information we present are not necessarily promoted , endorsed , espoused , or agreed to by Prepare for Change , its leadership Council , members , those who work with PFC , or those who read its content .
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Please use discernment !
Use logical thinking , your own intuition and your own connection with Source , Spirit and Natural Laws to help you determine what is true and what is not .
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Source: Keshe Foundation.
Viruses know no national borders, skin colour, culture, social status and make no distinction between humans and animals. The application of the One Cup One Life GANS Plasma Water stands for all creatures that have blood running through their veins. Only as One Nation, One Planet, One Race, can this global challenge be solved. To do so, we must put aside our differences and lay down our weapons. Everybody is invited to print out the World Peace Treaty and to sign it in order to commit themselves to a peaceful coexistence: World Peace Treaty.
You can watch the video on how to make your own One Cup One Life system. Unfortunately the video will not load directly so you will have to go to this link to watch it: One Cup One Life
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This is what the system will look like:
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prepareforchange--2020-03-19--THE TRUTH BEHIND CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC, COVID-19 LOCKDOWN & THE ECONOMIC CRASH | DAVID ICKE

David Icke is an English writer and public speaker , known since the 1990s as a professional conspiracy theorist , calling himself a “ full-time investigator into WHO and WHAT is really controlling the world.
” David joins us today to talk about the Coronavirus Pandemic , the worldwide COVID-19 Lockdown , the looming global economic crash & why the CORONAVIRUS is taking a toll on countries such as China , Italy & Spain .
Disclaimer : We at Prepare for Change ( PFC ) bring you information that is not offered by the mainstream news , and therefore may @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , statements , and/or information we present are not necessarily promoted , endorsed , espoused , or agreed to by Prepare for Change , its leadership Council , members , those who work with PFC , or those who read its content .
However , they are hopefully provocative .
Please use discernment !
Use logical thinking , your own intuition and your own connection with Source , Spirit and Natural Laws to help you determine what is true and what is not .
By sharing information and seeding dialogue , it is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of higher truths to free us from enslavement of the matrix in this material realm .

David Icke is an English writer and public speaker, known since the 1990s as a professional conspiracy theorist, calling himself a “full-time investigator into WHO and WHAT is really controlling the world.” David joins us today to talk about the Coronavirus Pandemic, the worldwide COVID-19 Lockdown, the looming global economic crash & why the CORONAVIRUS is taking a toll on countries such as China, Italy & Spain.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n1lJks00Zo&feature=emb_title
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prepareforchange--2020-03-19--This Bank Bailout is Far Worse Than 2008, But No One Can Protest!

Do you guys remember back in 2008 when George W. Bush bailed out the “ too big to fail ” banks ?
CEOs and other top executives took huge bonuses while the working class of America suffered .
People were expected to shut up and take Bush ’ s pitiful “ stimulus ” check .
More money was “ injected ” during Obama ’ s reign , but most people did not comprehend the full-scale theft of the American people .
Most people think that the big bank bailout was the $ 700 billion that the treasury department used to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in September of 2008 .
But this is a long way from the truth because the bailout is still ongoing .
The Special Inspector General for TARP summary of the bailout says that the total commitment of government is $ 16.8 trillion dollars with the $ 4.6 trillion already paid out .
Yes , it was trillions not billions and the banks are now larger and still too big to fail.
” ( Forbes , 2015 ) Some controlled opposition movements like Occupy Wall Street came into being in 2011 in order to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the struggling American people .
The demonstrations were quite popular for a significant amount of time , then everyone went home and nothing was really accomplished .
Trump ’ s administration has been flooding the banks with monetary aid and the recent $ 1.5 trillion is being heralded as a heroic move by some , as a way for Trump to try to shore up “ our ” economic woes , though some people can obviously see we are getting screwed here .
The financial collapse was not caused by a random @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the ruling elite .
This is why so many CEOs jumped ship and liquidated their stocks at all time highs , a month before the stock market collapsed , leaving the average American with no work , a devalued dollar , and a destroyed retirement fund .
We ’ re not really supposed to focus on any of that because… WE ’ RE ALL GON NA DIE !
OMG , the Coronavirus is a pandemic !
“ Conveniently ” we are not even legally allowed to protest against the banking scam unfolding as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Wall Street .
Hell , we can not even occupy anywhere other than our homes , since medical martial law is rapidly developing across the world .
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By Kyle Hunt,
Do you guys remember back in 2008 when George W. Bush bailed out the “too big to fail” banks?
President George W. Bush signed the $700 billion bank bailout bill on October 3, 2008. The official name was the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson had asked Congress to approve a $700 billion bailout to buy mortgage-backed securities that were in danger of defaulting. (The Balance)
CEOs and other top executives took huge bonuses while the working class of America suffered. People were expected to shut up and take Bush’s pitiful “stimulus” check.
More money was “injected” during Obama’s reign, but most people did not comprehend the full-scale theft of the American people.
Most people think that the big bank bailout was the $700 billion that the treasury department used to save the banks during the financial crash in September of 2008. But this is a long way from the truth because the bailout is still ongoing. The Special Inspector General for TARP summary of the bailout says that the total commitment of government is $16.8 trillion dollars with the $4.6 trillion already paid out. Yes, it was trillions not billions and the banks are now larger and still too big to fail.” (Forbes, 2015)
Some controlled opposition movements like Occupy Wall Street came into being in 2011 in order to channel and eventually diffuse the growing frustration of the struggling American people. The demonstrations were quite popular for a significant amount of time, then everyone went home and nothing was really accomplished.
Trump’s administration has been flooding the banks with monetary aid and the recent $1.5 trillion is being heralded as a heroic move by some, as a way for Trump to try to shore up “our” economic woes, though some people can obviously see we are getting screwed here.
The financial collapse was not caused by a random coronavirus, but foreseen and engineered by the ruling elite. This is why so many CEOs jumped ship and liquidated their stocks at all time highs, a month before the stock market collapsed, leaving the average American with no work, a devalued dollar, and a destroyed retirement fund.
We’re not really supposed to focus on any of that because… WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE! OMG, the Coronavirus is a pandemic!
“Conveniently” we are not even legally allowed to protest against the banking scam unfolding as we speak. We cannot occupy Wall Street. Hell, we cannot even occupy anywhere other than our homes, since medical martial law is rapidly developing across the world.
Source: http://www.renegadetribune.com
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prepareforchange--2020-03-19--After Blowing $4.5 Trillion on Share Buybacks, Airlines, Boeing, Many Other Culprits Want Taxpayer &

After Blowing $4.5 Trillion on Share Buybacks, Airlines, Boeing, Many Other Culprits Want Taxpayer & Fed Bailouts of their Shareholders

Chapter 11 bankruptcy that wipes out shareholders is the correct solution for collapsing share-buyback queens .
US airlines already know this from experience .
It works .
The Trump administration is putting together a rumored $ 850-billion stimulus package that will include taxpayer funded bailouts of Corporate America , according to leaks cited widely by the media .
Trump in the press conference today singled out $ 50 billion in bailout funds for US airlines alone .
A bailout of this type is designed to bail out shareholders and unsecured creditors .
That ’ s all it is .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bankruptcy procedure which would allow the company to operate , while it is being handed to the creditors , with shareholders getting wiped out .
So get this : The big four US airlines – Delta , United , American , and Southwest – whose stocks are now getting crushed because they may run out of cash in a few months , and who would be the primary recipients of that $ 50 billion bailout , well , they wasted , blew , and incinerated willfully and recklessly together $ 43.7 billion in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the sole purpose of enriching the very shareholders that will no be bailed out by the taxpayer ( buyback data via YCHARTS ) : Share buybacks were considered a form of market manipulation and were illegal under SEC rules until 1982 , when the SEC issued Rule 10b-18 which provided corporations a “ safe harbor ” to buy back their own shares under certain conditions .
Once corporations figured out that no one cared about those conditions , and that no one was auditing anything , share buybacks exploded .
And they ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Street .
The S & P 500 companies , including those that are now asking for huge bailouts from taxpayers and from the Fed , have blown , wasted and incinerated together $ 4.5 trillion with a T in cash to buy back their own shares just since 2012 : And those $ 4.5 trillion in cash that was wasted , blown , and incinerated on share buybacks since 2012 for the sole purpose of enriching shareholders are now sorely missing from corporate balance sheets , where these share buybacks were often funded @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of corporate debt – “ record ” by any measure – that has piled up since 2012 has become the Fed ’ s number one concern as trigger of the next financial crisis .
So here we are .
In 2018 , even the SEC got briefly nervous about the ravenous share buybacks and what they did to corporate financial and operational health .
“ On too many occasions , companies doing buybacks have failed to make the long-term investments in innovation or their workforce that our economy so badly needs , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he fretted whether the existing rules “ can protect investors , workers , and communities from the torrent of corporate trading dominating today ’ s markets.
” Obviously , they couldn ’ t , as we now see .
Enriching shareholders is the number one goal no matter what the risks .
These shareholders are also the very corporate executives and board members that make the buyback decisions .
And when it hits the fan , there is always the taxpayer or the Fed to bail out those shareholders , the thinking goes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ heinous .
Boeing is also on the bailout docket .
It alone wasted , blew , and incinerated $ 43 billion in cash since 2012 to manipulate up its own shares until its liquidity crisis forced it to stop the practice last year , and its shares have since collapsed .
If Boeing ’ s current liquidity crisis causes the company to run out of funds to pay its creditors , it needs to file for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection .
Under the supervision of the Court , the company would be restructured @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and with shareholders getting wiped out .
Boeing would continue to operate throughout , and afterwards emerge as a stronger company with less debt , and hopefully an entirely new executive suite and board that are hostile to share buybacks and won ’ t give in to the heinous clamoring by Wall Street for them .
No one could foresee the arrival of the coronavirus and what it would do to US industry .
I get that .
But there is always some crisis in the future , and companies need to prepare @ @ @ @ @ @ @ deal with them .
A company that systematically and recklessly hollows out its balance sheet by converting cash and capital into share buybacks , often with borrowed money , to “ distribute value to shareholders ” or “ unlock shareholder value ” or whatever Wall Street BS is being hyped , has set itself up for failure at the next crisis .
And that ’ s fine .
But shareholders should pay for it since they benefited from those share buybacks – and not taxpayers or workers with dollar-paychecks .
Shareholders should know @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out by the government or the Fed , but zeroed out in bankruptcy court .
The eventual costs of enriching shareholders recklessly in a way that used to be illegal must not be inflicted on taxpayers via a government bailout ; or on everyone earning income in dollars via bailout from the Fed .
The solution has already been finely tuned in the US .
Delta , United , and American have all already gone through chapter 11 bankruptcies .
They work .
The airlines continued to operate in a manner where passengers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Shareholders got wiped out .
The airlines were essentially turned over to creditors , which then issued new shares to new shareholders , and the old shares became worthless .
The new airlines emerged as stronger companies – until they started blowing it with their share buybacks .
Companies like Boeing , GE , any of the airlines , or any company that blew this now sorely needed cash on share buybacks must put the ultimate cost of those share buybacks on shareholders and unsecured creditors .
Any bailouts , whether from the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be offered as Debtor in Possession ( DIP ) loans during a chapter 11 bankruptcy filing where shareholders get wiped out .
In other words , companies that buy back their owns shares must be permanently disqualified for bailouts ; though they may qualify for a DIP loans in bankruptcy court if shareholders get wiped out .
Because those proposed taxpayer and Fed bailouts of these share-buyback queens are just heinous .
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Chapter 11 bankruptcy that wipes out shareholders is the correct solution for collapsing share-buyback queens. US airlines already know this from experience. It works.
The Trump administration is putting together a rumored $850-billion stimulus package that will include taxpayer funded bailouts of Corporate America, according to leaks cited widely by the media. Trump in the press conference today singled out $50 billion in bailout funds for US airlines alone. A bailout of this type is designed to bail out shareholders and unsecured creditors. That’s all it is. The alternative would be a US chapter 11 bankruptcy procedure which would allow the company to operate, while it is being handed to the creditors, with shareholders getting wiped out.
So get this: The big four US airlines – Delta, United, American, and Southwest – whose stocks are now getting crushed because they may run out of cash in a few months, and who would be the primary recipients of that $50 billion bailout, well, they wasted, blew, and incinerated willfully and recklessly together $43.7 billion in cash on share buybacks since 2012 for the sole purpose of enriching the very shareholders that will no be bailed out by the taxpayer (buyback data via YCHARTS):
Share buybacks were considered a form of market manipulation and were illegal under SEC rules until 1982, when the SEC issued Rule 10b-18 which provided corporations a “safe harbor” to buy back their own shares under certain conditions. Once corporations figured out that no one cared about those conditions, and that no one was auditing anything, share buybacks exploded. And they’ve have been hyped endlessly by Wall Street.
The S&P 500 companies, including those that are now asking for huge bailouts from taxpayers and from the Fed, have blown, wasted and incinerated together $4.5 trillion with a T in cash to buy back their own shares just since 2012:
And those $4.5 trillion in cash that was wasted, blown, and incinerated on share buybacks since 2012 for the sole purpose of enriching shareholders are now sorely missing from corporate balance sheets, where these share buybacks were often funded with debt.
And the record amount of corporate debt – “record” by any measure – that has piled up since 2012 has become the Fed’s number one concern as trigger of the next financial crisis. So here we are.
In 2018, even the SEC got briefly nervous about the ravenous share buybacks and what they did to corporate financial and operational health. “On too many occasions, companies doing buybacks have failed to make the long-term investments in innovation or their workforce that our economy so badly needs,” SEC Commissioner Jackson pointed out. And he fretted whether the existing rules “can protect investors, workers, and communities from the torrent of corporate trading dominating today’s markets.”
Obviously, they couldn’t, as we now see.
Enriching shareholders is the number one goal no matter what the risks. These shareholders are also the very corporate executives and board members that make the buyback decisions. And when it hits the fan, there is always the taxpayer or the Fed to bail out those shareholders, the thinking goes. But this type of thinking is heinous.
Boeing is also on the bailout docket. It alone wasted, blew, and incinerated $43 billion in cash since 2012 to manipulate up its own shares until its liquidity crisis forced it to stop the practice last year, and its shares have since collapsed.
If Boeing’s current liquidity crisis causes the company to run out of funds to pay its creditors, it needs to file for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Under the supervision of the Court, the company would be restructured, with creditors getting the company, and with shareholders getting wiped out.
Boeing would continue to operate throughout, and afterwards emerge as a stronger company with less debt, and hopefully an entirely new executive suite and board that are hostile to share buybacks and won’t give in to the heinous clamoring by Wall Street for them.
No one could foresee the arrival of the coronavirus and what it would do to US industry. I get that. But there is always some crisis in the future, and companies need to prepare for them to have the resources to deal with them.
A company that systematically and recklessly hollows out its balance sheet by converting cash and capital into share buybacks, often with borrowed money, to “distribute value to shareholders” or “unlock shareholder value” or whatever Wall Street BS is being hyped, has set itself up for failure at the next crisis. And that’s fine. But shareholders should pay for it since they benefited from those share buybacks – and not taxpayers or workers with dollar-paychecks. Shareholders should know that they won’t be bailed out by the government or the Fed, but zeroed out in bankruptcy court.
The eventual costs of enriching shareholders recklessly in a way that used to be illegal must not be inflicted on taxpayers via a government bailout; or on everyone earning income in dollars via bailout from the Fed.
The solution has already been finely tuned in the US. Delta, United, and American have all already gone through chapter 11 bankruptcies. They work. The airlines continued to operate in a manner where passengers couldn’t tell the difference. Shareholders got wiped out. The airlines were essentially turned over to creditors, which then issued new shares to new shareholders, and the old shares became worthless. The new airlines emerged as stronger companies – until they started blowing it with their share buybacks.
Companies like Boeing, GE, any of the airlines, or any company that blew this now sorely needed cash on share buybacks must put the ultimate cost of those share buybacks on shareholders and unsecured creditors. Any bailouts, whether from the Fed or the government, should only be offered as Debtor in Possession (DIP) loans during a chapter 11 bankruptcy filing where shareholders get wiped out. In other words, companies that buy back their owns shares must be permanently disqualified for bailouts; though they may qualify for a DIP loans in bankruptcy court if shareholders get wiped out. Because those proposed taxpayer and Fed bailouts of these share-buyback queens are just heinous.
By Wolf Richter,
Source: WOLF STREET
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prepareforchange--2020-03-19--What Life in Madrid Under Lockdown Is Like

Spain is one of the European countries struggling to stop the spread of coronavirus , also known as COVID-19 .
Right now , Madrid is on lockdown : Residents can ’ t leave their homes unless it ’ s for something essential , such as getting medicine or food .
You can ’ t take walks for no reason .
Only one person per household is allowed to go to the grocery store , to cut down on crowding and contact .
Police enforce these measures and fine violators .
Kate Trinko ’ s sister , Therese Trinko , a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ what it ’ s like , what she ’ s hearing from the Italians she knows , and how Spaniards are keeping their spirits up .
Read the lightly edited transcript , posted below , or listen to the podcast .
We also cover these stories : • President Trump suggests the coronavirus pandemic could last into the summer .
• More states close restaurants , bars , and other businesses .
• Some European nations are tightly restricting their borders .
In these trying times , we must turn to the greatest @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to promise freedom and opportunity to its citizens for guidance .
Kate Trinko : Right now , Spain is one of the European countries taking severe measures to halt the spread of the coronavirus .
According to CNN , Spain has over 9,000 cases of the coronavirus and over 300 deaths so far , making it one of the European nations most effected currently .
Joining us today is my sister Therese Trinko .
She is a high school teacher in Spain .
She lives in Madrid , which is currently under lockdown @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and daring to talk to your big sister .
Therese Trinko : Thank you .
At least I get credit for this one .
Kate : Absolutely .
I want to get into what life under the lockdown is like .
But first , why did you move to Spain and when ?
Therese : I moved to Spain right after college five and a half years ago because I wanted to be a Spanish teacher and realized , to properly teach Spanish , I needed to be completely fluent .
So I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ country .
That ’ s why I came here .
Then I stayed because I love it .
Kate : Why did you pick Spain as your Spanish-speaking country to go to ?
Therese : Honestly , because I got a job here first .
I was looking in Argentina , Spain , Central America .
The first school to get back to me was a school in Spain .
I was like , “ Perfect .
That ’ s it.
” Kate : As you said , you ’ ve lived in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which is kind of crazy .
What are some of the big differences between life in Spain and the U.S. ?
Therese : I would definitely say the general social culture .
In the U.S. , I know from a lot of my friends ’ experiences that it ’ s a lot of go to work , go home , watch TV , go to bed , repeat .
In Spain , it ’ s much more of a culture of you work so that you can enjoy yourself .
People every day @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the bars or go to the park and have a picnic or whatever .
I really like that social life is an everyday activity .
Kate : … One of the other differences that I know you ’ ve mentioned to us that [ is ] very different between Spain and most of the U.S. is that in Spain a lot of people live in apartments .
They don ’ t live in houses .
It ’ s much denser , right ?
Therese : Absolutely .
Even in small town , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ city in the world , most people live in apartments .
But even if you go to like villages and small towns , most everyone lives in apartments , which is nice most of the time .
But it ’ s not great under quarantine .
Kate : Right .
That ’ s what I was thinking .
Speaking of the quarantine or the lockdown , what is that like in Madrid right now ?
What does that mean ?
Therese : Basically , we can ’ t leave our houses unless it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ going to the grocery store or going to the pharmacy or if you need to work or you need to take care of somebody , then you can leave .
But otherwise , you can ’ t .
It ’ s basically all of us are just stuck in our apartments until this ends .
A lot of us [ are ] working from home , but it ’ s a weird experience .
Kate : You can ’ t just take a walk outside if you want some fresh air or if @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are situations like that handled ?
Therese : You can not walk just because you want to go for a walk , which [ is ] a cultural thing .
There ’ s a special word in Spanish , pasear , for going for a nice long walk .
We can not do that here .
They said , basically , it ’ s a very hazy interpretation of the law right now , but it seems that you can take your dog out , but just for a very , very short @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The police have to determine if the length and distance from your house is appropriate for that .
But you definitely can not go out with somebody else .
You can ’ t go out with your children .
This has to be an urgent situation .
Kate : You said if you ’ re going to the grocery store , you can ’ t go with your fiancé , you have to go by yourself .
It has to be only one person , right ?
Therese : Yeah .
One person @ @ @ @ @ @ @ these things .
I think part of the idea … is fewer people going , less contact .
Kate : I know that you ’ re stuck inside the apartment right now , but are policemen patrolling the streets ?
Would it be likely that you would run into a policeman , or do you have any idea ?
Therese : The official “ We will start fining you if you are outside without a good reason ” started today .
But the recommended quarantine of basically , “ Do it , but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” started on Saturday .
Two of my co-workers have texted our group chat and been like , “ Yeah , I was outside to go on a bike ride and two cops stopped me .
I lied and said I was going to the grocery store.
” Or a woman who was walking her dog who said that she was stopped and said she had to return home , that she wasn ’ t allowed to run with the dog .
Yesterday I was looking out from our balcony and saw the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sitting on a bench doing nothing , obviously , and tell him he had to leave , that he couldn ’ t stay where he was .
I mean , they have homeless shelters obviously available at this time , but even the homeless can ’ t just stay outside right now .
Kate : What are the penalties if you were outside for no good reason ?
Therese : It ’ s a fine .
I ’ m not 100 % sure .
I feel like it ’ s like 600 to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s basically you do not want it if they actually do fine you .
Kate : As you alluded , this wasn ’ t as strict on Saturday .
This began gradually .
I think you were still going to work at the beginning of last week , right ?
Therese : Yeah .
Last Monday was business as usual .
We heard rumors that Italian schools had closed and there were some parts [ that ] were under quarantine .
Obviously , we heard about China .
Then some people were saying @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Madrid .
I was like , “ Oh , God .
Please .
Then I can stay at home and sleep in and go out during the day and do my schoolwork grading it in the park.
” Then on Monday night in our group chat for the teachers , one of my friends—her boyfriend works for the news here—she said , “ Get on Channel 24 .
They ’ re going to close the schools almost guaranteedly.
” They said on last Monday night that they ’ re closing them starting Wednesday @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for 15 days .
Then when we found out that , on Tuesday we went to school , prepped our kids , picked up all our materials , and came home .
Since then we ’ ve been teaching from home .
It ’ s almost guaranteed it ’ s going to be more than those 15 days though .
Kate : They closed the schools last week .
Have they officially closed bars and restaurants ?
When did they start closing virtually everything else ?
Therese : I believe that was Thursday @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t come [ to ] “ You can not leave ” until today .
It was “ You should not leave ” to “ You can not leave.
” Bars and restaurants I believe are starting to be closed on Thursday , Friday .
Kate : What has the attitude been among the Spanish people and your friends ?
Are they alarmed ?
Are they a little bit like , “ Oh , it ’ ll be nice to work from home for a bit ” ?
What are people thinking and saying @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can ’ t obviously communicate in person right now , but what [ are you ] hearing via your phone ?
Therese : It ’ s a lot of solidarity .
A lot of people are like , “ This is obviously not going to be enjoyable.
” Tons of people are sending , “ Well , look at this website offering this .
Or you can check out these videos here.
” But everyone is coming in with the attitude of , especially most of my friends who are younger , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I ’ ll be fine .
But if I stay home , I can protect people from dying who were more vulnerable from coronavirus .
This is what I can do to protect my community and so I ’ m going to do it.
” That ’ s been the general attitude , which I think is really , really admirable .
Kate : I know you ’ re staying with your in-laws in the guest room right now , or your future in-laws .
Have you been inside for , what , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you going crazy yet ?
Therese : I brought a backpack of stuff from my place .
Honestly , just the idea of it made me go crazy .
I had many a tear shed over the idea that I couldn ’ t leave for a while .
I feel like since it actually officially started , I ’ m more accepting it .
But from what I ’ ve heard , especially from Italians , is that … after two weeks you start to go real crazy .
We ’ re only @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you in touch with any Italians right now ?
Therese : I have a couple of friends from church who are in Italy or who I know who are in Italy right now .
They ’ ve been messaging our church groups and saying , basically , “ Guys , you need to self-quarantine , ” when it was optional .
Then now that it ’ s mandatory , they ’ re trying to give tips and stuff because they ’ ve been in quarantine for so much longer .
Kate : Do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ two-week point you ’ re going to go crazy ?
Therese : A lot of , basically , “ You need to take care of your mental health .
You need to make sure that you ’ re communicating with people , that you ’ re doing things .
You ’ re not just lying around all the time.
” I haven ’ t , obviously , officially seen this in any way , but Spaniards go out onto their balconies and at 10 every day everyone cheers for the doctors and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ profession who are helping with this virus .
Therese : I ’ ve seen also videos … I know .
It ’ s super nice .
It ’ s really , really beautiful to see .
I ’ ve seen Italians going out on videos and singing , etc .
to their neighbors .
I think we kind of got that idea from them .
That even though we ’ re all separate , since we ’ re so close by , we can still be in solidarity with each other .
Kate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , of course , in the U.S. , most areas … I don ’ t know , I guess we could all go out in our backyards and cheer .
I ’ m not really sure how this would work .
Therese : I don ’ t think it would work as well .
Kate : Yeah .
I mean , [ it would work for ] some cities in the U.S. … Kate : President [ Donald ] Trump has restricted travel to Europe and from Europe .
What is the attitude @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Spaniards , I know you work with other American expats , how do people view this ?
Therese : I haven ’ t heard a lot of opinions on this .
I don ’ t think I ’ ve heard hardly anything for many Spaniards about this because , for the most part , they don ’ t really care .
They weren ’ t planning on going to the United States anyways .
But the general attitude is , “ Thank God that the U.S. is doing something to prevent this disease @ @ @ @ @ @ @ seriously and taken seriously quickly.
” A travel ban , including a travel ban including us , is much better than pretending nothing ’ s happening or it won ’ t hit the United States .
Kate : You ’ re a high school teacher .
As you mentioned , you ’ ve switched to online teaching for … the foreseeable future .
You had never taught online before , right ?
Kate : How is that going ?
How is it affecting the students from as much as you can tell ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ and they ’ re not going to be totally honest with you .
Therese : Honestly , I ’ m kind of pleasantly surprised about how many are doing work because , obviously , in the classroom there ’ ll be some students who they ’ ll be sitting there , but they won ’ t really be present .
… Students are , it seems , to be reading assignments and then they ’ re definitely answering me back .
I only have a very few amount of students who aren ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ That part I ’ m actually very impressed with .
It takes a little bit out of the joy of teaching now because the fun part is talking to the kids and having them express their opinions and then having them engage in a discussion .
Obviously , that ’ s much more difficult to do over the internet .
I mean , obviously , it ’ s much better than just classes ending , which I would hope that wouldn ’ t happen to anybody .
Kate : How are people communicating @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they texting ?
You mentioned that your church group has a WhatsApp group , which is , for those Americans who aren ’ t familiar , … I guess you could compare it to Facebook Messenger .
It ’ s like a group chat thing .
Therese : But honestly , it ’ s used like texting .
Kate : Just texting .
Are people doing FaceTime so they can see each other ’ s faces ?
Therese : We actually had a book club meeting for Saturday .
We just had our @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s definitely more communication than just texting .
Kate : I can ’ t believe you guys didn ’ t cancel your book club .
Therese : We were all bored at home .
Kate : As you mentioned , people are still allowed to go to the grocery store and the pharmacies .
Are they running out of things ?
In the United States it ’ s pretty crazy .
I was at the grocery store just now and in the meat section , basically , the only options were … @ @ @ @ @ @ @ vegan burgers … Kate : I mean , not obviously compared to the people who have the coronavirus or are scared of getting it .
I realize this is a first world problem .
But anyway , yeah , there ’ s bizarre shortages .
Toilet paper is out in a lot of areas .
You can ’ t get hand sanitizer for love or money .
Is Spain also having shortages ?
Therese : When this first came into the news , I know it was really difficult to find hand sanitizer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it wasn ’ t necessarily going to be at the first pharmacy you went to .
But since then , after a couple days of that , it seemed that everyone restocked and there was plenty of hand sanitizer .
Then when the schools shut down , some stores ran out of some things , but it wasn ’ t a lot .
Actually , the meat thing that you said kind of surprised me because the day that they announced the quarantine , we went to the grocery store and we had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of chicken .
I don ’ t remember what it was , but they had tons of fish .
There was tons of meat .
It just … wasn ’ t the best cuts , but there was still a lot of it available .
I think people are panicking more .
But also , in Spain , you have the smaller refrigerators .
You don ’ t have a second refrigerator .
You don ’ t have a second freezer .
Space is more limited in general .
I think people can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you can in the United States .
Kate : But there were some things out , right ?
Because I think you sent us a photo where the pasta aisle was … Therese : But there ’ s still one type of pasta .
There was a really thin , short noodle still available .
But besides that , yeah , that ’ s right .
They did sell out of pasta .
Kate : I ’ ve noticed nothing quite like that at the grocery stores I ’ ve been to .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ over , canned soup .
I don ’ t know , it just , at least in the United States , it ’ s very random .
I noticed frozen pizza , there was still an abundance of it .
Ice cream was still in abundance , but some of these other things were definitely picked over .
Therese : Yeah .
The last time I was at the store we couldn ’ t find tomatoes .
There are no more tomatoes left .
I think some people are just also with the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ going to stock up so I don ’ t have to go for a week , ” but not for a year .
Kate : How are people entertaining themselves ?
Therese : Luckily , in a weird , strange , healthy sense , most of us , at least that I know , are able to work from home .
That ’ s obviously a huge portion of your time .
Then beyond that , it depends on the person .
I know a lot of people are doing online exercise videos @ @ @ @ @ @ @ those for free right now , which I should be doing , but haven ’ t yet .
A lot of people are picking up on things that they had meant to study , but hadn ’ t .
I ’ m trying to study more French , read books I hadn ’ t read before .
I think it depends on the person .
But basically , people are trying to be a bit more ambitious with what they ’ re doing at home .
Kate : Do you think that ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ think it ’ s going to end up everyone ’ s just watching Netflix and going online within two days ?
Therese : There ’ s only so much Netflix .
I don ’ t think if this goes on for more than two weeks that we ’ re really going to be satisfied with Netflix .
Kate : That ’ s a dark thought .
The churches , are they closed all over Spain or is it just Madrid ?
I mean , I know in the United States we have a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Therese : They held it off for as long as possible .
Even after they announced the quarantine , they hadn ’ t announced that churches were going to close .
But the Archbishop of Madrid had said that there was a dispensation , that no one had to go to mass unless they wanted to .
But then it was announced that the churches needed to be only at one-third occupancy .
Since they couldn ’ t guarantee that for a Sunday—because normally , honestly , it appears to be over 100 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ churches were closed .
I don ’ t know if that was a universal thing , but it seemed to be a universal thing .
But most churches offered online masses .
They would live stream from YouTube .
That ’ s how my fiancé and I went to mass on Sundays , our local church had their mass online and we just followed along .
Kate : I think that the Spanish prime minister ’ s wife , whose name I can ’ t recall and probably couldn ’ t pronounce correctly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Have you heard of anyone you know being diagnosed with this ?
We know the actual numbers , but does everyone in Madrid know someone who has it right now ?
How is that working ?
Therese : Thanks be to God , I actually do not know anybody who has it .
From what I heard , this was on some news website a couple of days ago— Therese : … Oh , I know .
I only have the most reliable sources .
But that only 1 in 5 people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Which is actually saying something also because we have more than half the cases in Spain in Madrid .
But I think … the big first attack of coronavirus here was [ at an ] old age home .
I think that since … it is disproportionately affecting the elderly , etc.
, maybe there ’ s people who also have smaller social circles so that people are less likely to [ know someone that has the virus ] .
It ’ s not like , “ Oh , somebody from my @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s a lot of concern in the United States right now about a lot of people who have jobs that can ’ t be done online , whether they ’ re restaurant workers—I mean , there ’ s a gazillion jobs that can ’ t be done online .
There ’ s also concern about people who work in grocery stores , who work in pharmacies .
I mean , they ’ re not health care professionals .
Now [ those are ] some of the only shops that are staying open @ @ @ @ @ @ @ over these matters ?
Therese : Absolutely .
I actually teach Spanish as a second language .
I gave my students today an assignment that was to read an article about how to go to the grocery store with coronavirus .
It included all these tips , like wear gloves , bring a contactless card or at least pay with a credit card so you ’ re not handing cash to the cashier , make a list beforehand so you go in and out as quickly as possible .
The grocery stores have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can be in it , which is , obviously , much more limited than normal .
People are told they need to wait outside in a line 3 meters apart from every person and then go in when somebody else leaves .
To the best of my knowledge , everyone is following these procedures .
Everyone ’ s being really , really respectful .
Kate : You should send me that article .
I need to learn these best practices .
Kate : Yes .
Or your own translation if you love me @ @ @ @ @ @ @ now .
OK , probably too far .
Last question .
It ’ s hard to know what the future is anywhere in the world right now given we don ’ t know how fast the coronavirus will spread .
We don ’ t know if it ’ s going to recede in the summer .
There ’ s so many factors we don ’ t know right now .
Does Spain have any sense of how long you guys might be stuck inside or what are you guys thinking ?
Or are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ time ?
Therese : I think the official platform right now is , it ’ s going to be more than they originally looked upon 15 days , but as to how much more we can ’ t know .
I see in the news every day talks of like , “ Oh , well , we might have found a vaccine .
We might have found a cure.
” But realistically , obviously , that ’ s not going to be coming around for like six to 12 months .
Between now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is pray and hope that it ends much , much , much faster than that .
Kate : Therese , thank you for coming on .
I certainly hope that you stay OK. Therese : Thank you .
But even if I get it , then it probably won ’ t be anything bad .
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By Katrina Trinko,
Spain is one of the European countries struggling to stop the spread of coronavirus, also known as COVID-19. Right now, Madrid is on lockdown: Residents can’t leave their homes unless it’s for something essential, such as getting medicine or food. You can’t take walks for no reason. Only one person per household is allowed to go to the grocery store, to cut down on crowding and contact. Police enforce these measures and fine violators.
Kate Trinko’s sister, Therese Trinko, a high school teacher in Madrid, shares what it’s like, what she’s hearing from the Italians she knows, and how Spaniards are keeping their spirits up. Read the lightly edited transcript, posted below, or listen to the podcast.
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Kate Trinko: Right now, Spain is one of the European countries taking severe measures to halt the spread of the coronavirus.
According to CNN, Spain has over 9,000 cases of the coronavirus and over 300 deaths so far, making it one of the European nations most effected currently.
Joining us today is my sister Therese Trinko. She is a high school teacher in Spain. She lives in Madrid, which is currently under lockdown. Therese, thanks for coming on and daring to talk to your big sister.
Therese Trinko: Thank you. At least I get credit for this one.
Kate: Absolutely. I want to get into what life under the lockdown is like. But first, why did you move to Spain and when?
Therese: I moved to Spain right after college five and a half years ago because I wanted to be a Spanish teacher and realized, to properly teach Spanish, I needed to be completely fluent. So I needed to just move to a Spanish-speaking country. That’s why I came here. Then I stayed because I love it.
Kate: Why did you pick Spain as your Spanish-speaking country to go to?
Therese: Honestly, because I got a job here first. I was looking in Argentina, Spain, Central America. The first school to get back to me was a school in Spain. I was like, “Perfect. That’s it.”
Kate: As you said, you’ve lived in Spain for over five years now, which is kind of crazy. What are some of the big differences between life in Spain and the U.S.?
Therese: I would definitely say the general social culture.
In the U.S., I know from a lot of my friends’ experiences that it’s a lot of go to work, go home, watch TV, go to bed, repeat. In Spain, it’s much more of a culture of you work so that you can enjoy yourself.
People every day will go out for tapas or go to the bars or go to the park and have a picnic or whatever. I really like that social life is an everyday activity.
Kate: … One of the other differences that I know you’ve mentioned to us that [is] very different between Spain and most of the U.S. is that in Spain a lot of people live in apartments. They don’t live in houses. It’s much denser, right?
Therese: Absolutely. Even in small town, obviously, in the center of any city in the world, most people live in apartments. But even if you go to like villages and small towns, most everyone lives in apartments, which is nice most of the time. But it’s not great under quarantine.
Kate: Right. That’s what I was thinking. Speaking of the quarantine or the lockdown, what is that like in Madrid right now? What does that mean?
Therese: Basically, we can’t leave our houses unless it’s something really important such as going to the grocery store or going to the pharmacy or if you need to work or you need to take care of somebody, then you can leave. But otherwise, you can’t.
It’s basically all of us are just stuck in our apartments until this ends. A lot of us [are] working from home, but it’s a weird experience.
Kate: You can’t just take a walk outside if you want some fresh air or if your dog needs to walk? How are situations like that handled?
Therese: You cannot walk just because you want to go for a walk, which [is] a cultural thing. There’s a special word in Spanish, pasear, for going for a nice long walk. We cannot do that here.
They said, basically, it’s a very hazy interpretation of the law right now, but it seems that you can take your dog out, but just for a very, very short walk and very near your house. The police have to determine if the length and distance from your house is appropriate for that.
But you definitely cannot go out with somebody else. You can’t go out with your children. This has to be an urgent situation.
Kate: You said if you’re going to the grocery store, you can’t go with your fiancé, you have to go by yourself. It has to be only one person, right?
Therese: Yeah. One person per household can go on any of these things. I think part of the idea … is fewer people going, less contact.
Kate: I know that you’re stuck inside the apartment right now, but are policemen patrolling the streets? Would it be likely that you would run into a policeman, or do you have any idea?
Therese: The official “We will start fining you if you are outside without a good reason” started today. But the recommended quarantine of basically, “Do it, but we’re not finding you yet” started on Saturday.
Two of my co-workers have texted our group chat and been like, “Yeah, I was outside to go on a bike ride and two cops stopped me. I lied and said I was going to the grocery store.”
Or a woman who was walking her dog who said that she was stopped and said she had to return home, that she wasn’t allowed to run with the dog.
Yesterday I was looking out from our balcony and saw the cops stop a homeless man who was sitting on a bench doing nothing, obviously, and tell him he had to leave, that he couldn’t stay where he was.
I mean, they have homeless shelters obviously available at this time, but even the homeless can’t just stay outside right now.
Kate: What are the penalties if you were outside for no good reason?
Therese: It’s a fine. I’m not 100% sure. I feel like it’s like 600 to a 1,000 euro. But it’s basically you do not want it if they actually do fine you.
Kate: As you alluded, this wasn’t as strict on Saturday. This began gradually. I think you were still going to work at the beginning of last week, right?
Therese: Yeah. Last Monday was business as usual. We heard rumors that Italian schools had closed and there were some parts [that] were under quarantine. Obviously, we heard about China.
Then some people were saying it was going to happen here in Madrid. I was like, “Oh, God. Please. Then I can stay at home and sleep in and go out during the day and do my schoolwork grading it in the park.”
Then on Monday night in our group chat for the teachers, one of my friends—her boyfriend works for the news here—she said, “Get on Channel 24. They’re going to close the schools almost guaranteedly.”
They said on last Monday night that they’re closing them starting Wednesday, last Wednesday, and will be for 15 days. Then when we found out that, on Tuesday we went to school, prepped our kids, picked up all our materials, and came home.
Since then we’ve been teaching from home. It’s almost guaranteed it’s going to be more than those 15 days though.
Kate: They closed the schools last week. Have they officially closed bars and restaurants? When did they start closing virtually everything else?
Therese: I believe that was Thursday or Friday, but it didn’t come [to] “You cannot leave” until today. It was “You should not leave” to “You cannot leave.” Bars and restaurants I believe are starting to be closed on Thursday, Friday.
Kate: What has the attitude been among the Spanish people and your friends? Are they alarmed? Are they a little bit like, “Oh, it’ll be nice to work from home for a bit”? What are people thinking and saying? I mean, I know you can’t obviously communicate in person right now, but what [are you] hearing via your phone?
Therese: It’s a lot of solidarity. A lot of people are like, “This is obviously not going to be enjoyable.” Tons of people are sending, “Well, look at this website offering this. Or you can check out these videos here.”
But everyone is coming in with the attitude of, especially most of my friends who are younger, ” … Even if I get coronavirus, I’ll be fine. But if I stay home, I can protect people from dying who were more vulnerable from coronavirus. This is what I can do to protect my community and so I’m going to do it.”
That’s been the general attitude, which I think is really, really admirable.
Kate: I know you’re staying with your in-laws in the guest room right now, or your future in-laws. Have you been inside for, what, three days now?
Therese: Yes. We didn’t leave.
Kate: Are you going crazy yet?
Therese: I brought a backpack of stuff from my place. Honestly, just the idea of it made me go crazy. I had many a tear shed over the idea that I couldn’t leave for a while. I feel like since it actually officially started, I’m more accepting it. But from what I’ve heard, especially from Italians, is that … after two weeks you start to go real crazy. We’re only in two days.
Kate: Are you in touch with any Italians right now?
Therese: I have a couple of friends from church who are in Italy or who I know who are in Italy right now. They’ve been messaging our church groups and saying, basically, “Guys, you need to self-quarantine,” when it was optional. Then now that it’s mandatory, they’re trying to give tips and stuff because they’ve been in quarantine for so much longer.
Kate: Do they have any tips besides at the two-week point you’re going to go crazy?
Therese: A lot of, basically, “You need to take care of your mental health. You need to make sure that you’re communicating with people, that you’re doing things. You’re not just lying around all the time.”
I haven’t, obviously, officially seen this in any way, but Spaniards go out onto their balconies and at 10 every day everyone cheers for the doctors and the nurses and everyone else in the medical profession who are helping with this virus.
Kate: That’s so nice.
Therese: I’ve seen also videos … I know. It’s super nice. It’s really, really beautiful to see. I’ve seen Italians going out on videos and singing, etc. to their neighbors. I think we kind of got that idea from them. That even though we’re all separate, since we’re so close by, we can still be in solidarity with each other.
Kate: Which is kind of nice because, of course, in the U.S., most areas … I don’t know, I guess we could all go out in our backyards and cheer. I’m not really sure how this would work.
Therese: I don’t think it would work as well.
Kate: Yeah. I mean, [it would work for] some cities in the U.S. …
Therese: Yeah, for sure.
Kate: President [Donald] Trump has restricted travel to Europe and from Europe. What is the attitude of both the Spanish people, the Spaniards, I know you work with other American expats, how do people view this?
Therese: I haven’t heard a lot of opinions on this. I don’t think I’ve heard hardly anything for many Spaniards about this because, for the most part, they don’t really care. They weren’t planning on going to the United States anyways.
But the general attitude is, “Thank God that the U.S. is doing something to prevent this disease. … It needs to be taken seriously and taken seriously quickly.”
A travel ban, including a travel ban including us, is much better than pretending nothing’s happening or it won’t hit the United States.
Kate: You’re a high school teacher. As you mentioned, you’ve switched to online teaching for … the foreseeable future. You had never taught online before, right?
Therese: No. Never.
Kate: How is that going? How is it affecting the students from as much as you can tell? Obviously, you’re the teacher and they’re not going to be totally honest with you.
Therese: Honestly, I’m kind of pleasantly surprised about how many are doing work because, obviously, in the classroom there’ll be some students who they’ll be sitting there, but they won’t really be present.
… Students are, it seems, to be reading assignments and then they’re definitely answering me back. I only have a very few amount of students who aren’t doing anything as of yet. That part I’m actually very impressed with.
It takes a little bit out of the joy of teaching now because the fun part is talking to the kids and having them express their opinions and then having them engage in a discussion.
Obviously, that’s much more difficult to do over the internet. I mean, obviously, it’s much better than just classes ending, which I would hope that wouldn’t happen to anybody.
Kate: How are people communicating with each other right now? Are they texting? You mentioned that your church group has a WhatsApp group, which is, for those Americans who aren’t familiar, … I guess you could compare it to Facebook Messenger. It’s like a group chat thing.
Therese: But honestly, it’s used like texting.
Kate: Just texting. Are people doing FaceTime so they can see each other’s faces?
Therese: We actually had a book club meeting for Saturday. We just had our book club on Google Hangouts. There’s definitely more communication than just texting.
Kate: I can’t believe you guys didn’t cancel your book club.
Therese: We were all bored at home.
Kate: As you mentioned, people are still allowed to go to the grocery store and the pharmacies. Are they running out of things?
In the United States it’s pretty crazy. I was at the grocery store just now and in the meat section, basically, the only options were … corned beef, chicken gizzards, and vegan burgers …
Therese: That’s extremely dire.
Kate: I mean, not obviously compared to the people who have the coronavirus or are scared of getting it. I realize this is a first world problem. But anyway, yeah, there’s bizarre shortages. Toilet paper is out in a lot of areas. You can’t get hand sanitizer for love or money. Is Spain also having shortages?
Therese: When this first came into the news, I know it was really difficult to find hand sanitizer. You were able to, but it wasn’t necessarily going to be at the first pharmacy you went to. But since then, after a couple days of that, it seemed that everyone restocked and there was plenty of hand sanitizer. Then when the schools shut down, some stores ran out of some things, but it wasn’t a lot.
Actually, the meat thing that you said kind of surprised me because the day that they announced the quarantine, we went to the grocery store and we had to get like this not tasty cut of chicken. I don’t remember what it was, but they had tons of fish. There was tons of meat. It just … wasn’t the best cuts, but there was still a lot of it available.
I think people are panicking more. But also, in Spain, you have the smaller refrigerators. You don’t have a second refrigerator. You don’t have a second freezer. Space is more limited in general. I think people can’t stock up the way that you can in the United States.
Kate: But there were some things out, right? Because I think you sent us a photo where the pasta aisle was …
Therese: But there’s still one type of pasta. There was a really thin, short noodle still available. But besides that, yeah, that’s right. They did sell out of pasta.
Kate: I’ve noticed nothing quite like that at the grocery stores I’ve been to. But the bean aisle is pretty picked over, canned soup. I don’t know, it just, at least in the United States, it’s very random.
I noticed frozen pizza, there was still an abundance of it. Ice cream was still in abundance, but some of these other things were definitely picked over.
Therese: Yeah. The last time I was at the store we couldn’t find tomatoes. There are no more tomatoes left. I think some people are just also with the attitude of, “I’m going to stock up so I don’t have to go for a week,” but not for a year.
Kate: How are people entertaining themselves?
Therese: Luckily, in a weird, strange, healthy sense, most of us, at least that I know, are able to work from home. That’s obviously a huge portion of your time.
Then beyond that, it depends on the person. I know a lot of people are doing online exercise videos. A lot of people are offering those for free right now, which I should be doing, but haven’t yet.
A lot of people are picking up on things that they had meant to study, but hadn’t. I’m trying to study more French, read books I hadn’t read before. I think it depends on the person. But basically, people are trying to be a bit more ambitious with what they’re doing at home.
Kate: Do you think that’s going to last or do you think it’s going to end up everyone’s just watching Netflix and going online within two days?
Therese: There’s only so much Netflix. I don’t think if this goes on for more than two weeks that we’re really going to be satisfied with Netflix.
Kate: That’s a dark thought. The churches, are they closed all over Spain or is it just Madrid? I mean, I know in the United States we have a lot of churches closed as well.
Therese: They held it off for as long as possible. Even after they announced the quarantine, they hadn’t announced that churches were going to close. But the Archbishop of Madrid had said that there was a dispensation, that no one had to go to mass unless they wanted to.
But then it was announced that the churches needed to be only at one-third occupancy. Since they couldn’t guarantee that for a Sunday—because normally, honestly, it appears to be over 100% occupancy with people standing—a lot of churches were closed.
I don’t know if that was a universal thing, but it seemed to be a universal thing. But most churches offered online masses. They would live stream from YouTube. That’s how my fiancé and I went to mass on Sundays, our local church had their mass online and we just followed along.
Kate: I think that the Spanish prime minister’s wife, whose name I can’t recall and probably couldn’t pronounce correctly, was just diagnosed with the coronavirus. Have you heard of anyone you know being diagnosed with this? We know the actual numbers, but does everyone in Madrid know someone who has it right now? How is that working?
Therese: Thanks be to God, I actually do not know anybody who has it. From what I heard, this was on some news website a couple of days ago—
Kate: That sounds real legit.
Therese: … Oh, I know. I only have the most reliable sources. But that only 1 in 5 people from Madrid know somebody who has it. Which is actually saying something also because we have more than half the cases in Spain in Madrid.
But I think … the big first attack of coronavirus here was [at an] old age home. I think that since … it is disproportionately affecting the elderly, etc., maybe there’s people who also have smaller social circles so that people are less likely to [know someone that has the virus]. It’s not like, “Oh, somebody from my office has it.”
Kate: There’s a lot of concern in the United States right now about a lot of people who have jobs that can’t be done online, whether they’re restaurant workers—I mean, there’s a gazillion jobs that can’t be done online.
There’s also concern about people who work in grocery stores, who work in pharmacies. I mean, they’re not health care professionals. Now [those are] some of the only shops that are staying open.
Is Madrid also wrestling with concerns over these matters?
Therese: Absolutely. I actually teach Spanish as a second language. I gave my students today an assignment that was to read an article about how to go to the grocery store with coronavirus. It included all these tips, like wear gloves, bring a contactless card or at least pay with a credit card so you’re not handing cash to the cashier, make a list beforehand so you go in and out as quickly as possible.
The grocery stores have a limited capacity of how many people can be in it, which is, obviously, much more limited than normal. People are told they need to wait outside in a line 3 meters apart from every person and then go in when somebody else leaves.
To the best of my knowledge, everyone is following these procedures. Everyone’s being really, really respectful.
Kate: You should send me that article. I need to learn these best practices.
Therese: With the Google translation?
Kate: Yes. Or your own translation if you love me since you have nothing to do right now. OK, probably too far.
Last question. It’s hard to know what the future is anywhere in the world right now given we don’t know how fast the coronavirus will spread. We don’t know if it’s going to recede in the summer. There’s so many factors we don’t know right now. Does Spain have any sense of how long you guys might be stuck inside or what are you guys thinking? Or are you taking it one day at a time?
Therese: I think the official platform right now is, it’s going to be more than they originally looked upon 15 days, but as to how much more we can’t know.
I see in the news every day talks of like, “Oh, well, we might have found a vaccine. We might have found a cure.” But realistically, obviously, that’s not going to be coming around for like six to 12 months. Between now and then, all we can do is pray and hope that it ends much, much, much faster than that.
Kate: Therese, thank you for coming on. I certainly hope that you stay OK.
Therese: Thank you. But even if I get it, then it probably won’t be anything bad.
Kate: I hope not.
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