Jax and Coronavirus

[marcuscnelson]

And Trump was relying on the economy as his strength going into the Fall? Nicely played...

It's crazy, because if we'd just been proactive about this back in January, or even early February, this could have been under control enough to just be a slow burn without too bad a hit. But because the White House procrastinated on it until basically March, the spark reached the end of the fuse and here we are.

The shocking thing right now is how lucky Curry seems to be, with this whole crisis taking attention away from all the corruption. This might be to him what hurricanes were to Rick Scott.

[Ken_FSU]

The shocking thing right now is how lucky Curry seems to be, with this whole crisis taking attention away from all the corruption. This might be to him what hurricanes were to Rick Scott.

Credit where it's due, Curry's doing a pretty good with this situation, in my opinion.

Maybe not the best guy for downtown revitalization, but in terms of crisis response, I feel good about his leadership thus far.

[Steve]

The shocking thing right now is how lucky Curry seems to be, with this whole crisis taking attention away from all the corruption. This might be to him what hurricanes were to Rick Scott.

Credit where it's due, Curry's doing a pretty good with this situation, in my opinion.

Maybe not the best guy for downtown revitalization, but in terms of crisis response, I feel good about his leadership thus far.

I was actually thinking the same thing. I'm still pissed over downtown and the JEA fiasco. But, I think given that I believe the state and feds have had a number of missteps, Curry has done a very good job during this time.

[MusicMan]

Why did they stop alcohol sales at midnight?  Could not get a beer at Daily's the other evening after 12....

[JaxAvondale]

Speaking of alcohol sales, I wonder if there could be a push to change the laws to allow establishment under 50 seats to serve alcohol. That could stimulate a lot of businesses once things get back to normal.

[MusicMan]

"Once things get back to normal..."?   

Since it is impossible to predict that moment, we are in a seriously effed up situation. What businesses will remain?  If this 'total shutdown' approach goes for 30 days or more there won't be a lot left to come back to.

[thelakelander]

Curry's budget will be changing:

At a March 19 news conference, Curry acknowledged that the city likely would see lower than projected sales and property tax revenue with the economic slowdown created by the COVID-19 response.

He said priorities in his upcoming 2020-21 fiscal year budget will shift as result.

"It's a new day. Everything changed. That's the reality of where we are. What we were talking about in my upcoming budget three weeks ago will be significantly different than what we will present, and our focus will be on the safety of our people and our local economy in the upcoming year," Curry said.

Full article: https://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/article/curry-backs-federal-mortgage-payment-moratorium-says-city-budget-will-be-significantly-different

[tufsu1]

^ perhaps Lot J will serve as a drive-thru testing facility for months

[Ken_FSU]

Everyone doing ok?

Hanging in there?

Absolutely insane what a difference one week can make.

Schools closed. Restaurants, bars, beaches, and malls closed. Everyone worried about their jobs. Store shelves empty.

We're gonna come through this, but climate is pretty scary right now.

[JaxAvondale]

I'll be very interested to see the numbers next week with testing being ramped up. I do wonder if our overall lack of density helps the area flatten the curve.

Things are going to change big time as a result. There are going to need to be rethinking of our laws moving forward to help get these businesses back on their feet or get new players in the game.

[MusicMan]

I expect the large areas of really poor and poorly educated Jacksonville residents will have a detrimental effect on curbing the spread of this virus in those specific areas.

[thelakelander]

Looking at the beaches this past week and grocery stores this morning, I'm not so sure.

[Non-RedNeck Westsider]

Everyone doing ok?

Hanging in there?

Absolutely insane what a difference one week can make.

Schools closed. Restaurants, bars, beaches, and malls closed. Everyone worried about their jobs. Store shelves empty.

We're gonna come through this, but climate is pretty scary right now.

So far, so good.

We've been gathering for the past couple weeks, so the lack of groceries hasn't started affecting us.

She is getting used to working from home with a 4 y/o. 

I've been working out of my home for almost a decade, so for me life hasn't changed that much.  It's basically been like the first couple weeks as the kids start summer.

Job anxiety hasn't kicked in yet because it's been business as usual, but the signs of everything shutting down are there and I'm not sure when it's actually going to hit.

[Adam White]

My wife and I have been working from home since Monday. Friday was the last day of school, so we'll have our boys here on Monday. We have some food - about as much as we can reasonably store in our very small house. Not stockpiling as such, but we did buy a few extra things this week.

My wife has had a cough for a few days. We are pretty sure it's just a cold - but she started feeling achy this afternoon and got a fever. So we're going to follow the gov't advice and self-isolate for 14 days. Not that we'd be going much of anywhere, but now we're going nowhere.

We're fortunate that we have jobs - but our gov't has announced that people who cannot work over this period can have 80% of their salary paid (up to £2500.00 per month). So that's a relief - if it's too difficult to work with both kids here, I can maybe not work and we can get by. And mortgage lenders are giving three month payment holidays if you ask, so there's always that.

I'm anxious about the virus, but I suffer from anxiety - so it's no surprise, really.

[tufsu1]

wishing you (and your family) the best Adam!