[daniel1212]

There is a season for seclusion, for spiritual and or physical reasons, but as a recourse to preventing the spread of Covid-19, I think that prolonged staying inside rather than getting fresh air and sunshine (weather permitting) in spacious places actually works to weaken the immune system, and fosters sickness when one member of the household is sick.

[Psalm 73]

"...not great to constantly stay cooped up from morning until dark. The biggest issue is that entering hibernation mode means you don’t get any exposure to natural light."

Curl up under a sunny window with a good book. And a cat.

[Buckeye McFrog]

So what kind of shape do you think we’ll all be in by Day 87 of coronavirus lockdown?

[metmom]

So grab a lawn chair, a cold drink, and a good book.

Go for a walk or work in the garden to grow your own food so you don’t have to go to the stores for it.

[SkyDancer]

Unless you live in Seattle where you don’t see the sun nine months out of the year.

[CatOwner]

You can stay at home all day, but hey, what's this? A door that leads to the outside? You mean I can go outside at home and check out the garden or the neighborhood?

One interesting aspect to the HVAC systems here in central Texas for the newer homes is that they are designed to run a minimum number of minutes per hour. The newer houses are so well-insulted that they need some air movement to keep the house from getting stale or pockets of humidity. If the AC or furnace isn't running, which is our situation at the moment, the HVAC will cycle the fan on to circulate fresh air from the outside.

In addition, there is a large (and expensive) filter in the HVAC system that will filter out a great deal of the gunk in the air. While the filters are designed to last a year, the HVAC system benefits from changing the filters twice a year (tight-wads in the neighborhood take theirs out and "clean" them before re-using them).

[PGR88]

My doctor is a big fan of Vitamin D. He advises me to take 50,000 IU at least once a week.

[moovova]

Well, I guess we could collect in groups of 50 or more.

[SantosLHalper]

During an unusually severe bout of depression, I didn’t leave the house for almost a month.
It’s not good to stay cooped up like that. It took another month or so just to feel physically normal.

[Boogieman]

“The biggest issue is that entering hibernation mode means you don’t get any exposure to natural light.”

This is reality for much of the northern hemisphere for several months a year, whether we go outside or not.

[Grimmy]

going outside?

That’s where you get that sun cancer, bee stings, dust up your nose, foxtail burrs in your socks, dog bites, snake bite, moose bite, etc.

Can’t have a big ol’ branch fall out of a tree and onto your head if you stay in doors.

Besides, humans are meant to be indoors. That’s why we’re born indoors.

You don’t see pregnant women running outside to drop their newborn in the dirt, do you?

why you want us out in the dirt?

You work for those laundry detergent outfits?

[Georgia Girl 2]

We haven't seen the Sun in GA since Christmas. 😆