Inform Each Other?

[sbarrera]

Gen X Nomad, living in the Philly area. Things are shutdown here - schools closed, non-essential businesses closed. Grocery stores are stripped of paper products, eggs and bread but have other supplies (last I checked). I work in software development for an investment bank, and I am mandated to work from home. Luckily my company let me take my laptop docking station and monitors from the office, and I now have them set up on my dining room table for my home office. It's actually a pretty nice set up, and I am grateful for my circumstances and focusing on earning as much as I can since I suspect that recession and layoffs are coming.

My girlfriend is already out of work, and her prospects aren't good because she is in theater. Theaters are all closed. I already know at least one other person whose livelihood has been ruined by social distancing; she runs a dance studio. It's very hard in that field right now. I worry for people.

I worry for my family, who are scattered all over the East Coast. My mom is in her 70s and lives alone. My sister works in a call center and they have not let her work from home. At least some other family members are able to work from home or have companionship, for which I am grateful.

I am definitely feeling that this is a huge social moment right now.