Quaranteaming to Beat Isolation Blues What is “quaranteaming”? It’s now the name for what folks are doing to prevent themselves and/or family and friends from having to hunker down alone. How it’s done and a bit about those that are doing it is discussed in our featured article linked below. Here on the Homefront we …
How (and When) to Prepare for Another Possible Lockdown This featured article is not about whether there will be nor whether there should be another pandemic lockdown. It’s not about the politics of any said lockdown nor your personal views on where the virus came from or even how well your government reacted. It’s about how …
Caring For a Pandemic or Other Compromised Patient at Home Many people are riding out illnesses at home these days both those stricken with covid-19 and other less serious illnesses. Factually it doesn’t really matter what your patient is suffering from, with the advent of the pandemic you need to be protected from them if …
Covid-19 Conspiracy Theories In every crisis scenario conspiracy theories crop up. Some are utterly ridiculous, while others make you go “hmmm”. Mostly they are made of bits of truth mixed with the ideology of the teller, but there are those that appear to come right out of the blue. It’s hard to know what to …
Will the second wave of coronavirus be even more devastating? The current pandemic of covid-19 a coronavirus has put us all in a crisis. Whether you have lost someone to it or not. If you don’t have the virus, you still need to worry that you will become infected, are an asymptomatic carrier and could …
Will There Be Pandemic Related Food Shortages? Remember the panic buying as the stay home orders began to shut down our cities and towns? It’s been almost exactly 3 months (as of the time of writing) since the first verified case here in Washington state and you still can’t beg, barrow, or steal some of …
Is Your Cell Phone Tracking Your “Stay at Home” Compliance? We live in the information age and many of us wouldn’t want to be without our cell phone for even a single day! Even I am pretty attached to my phone and it is an oldie without all the new fangled apps. It’s those new …
Violating a Quarantine Order Consequences Merriam-Webster’s non-maritime definition of quarantine is : : a restraint upon the activities or communication of persons or the transport of goods designed to prevent the spread of disease or pests : a place in which those under quarantine are kept : a state of enforced isolation Quarantine is not …
What if This Lockdown Is Only the Beginning? Many of us are going stir crazy under the current stay at home order. Many more are experiencing financial hardships due to the lockdown and shutdown of our places of employment. Those that are working from home are struggling with dealing with the separation of work activities …
Pandemic Domestic Violence Rates of domestic violence from child abuse to spousal abuse always raise during times of crisis. This crisis will probably see it raise higher than usual because most of the country is under stay at home orders. Children are out of school and at home, younger children often in day care …
