# COVID-19 Pandemic Thread \[NY Now Closes All Biz\] **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [March 18, 2020, 4:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/covid-19-pandemic-thread-ny-now-closes-all-biz/1413978 "2020-03-18T16:56:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2020, 2:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/covid-19-pandemic-thread-ny-now-closes-all-biz/1413978/241 "2020-04-26T14:42:53Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > I don’t get why any of you are trying to go to parks right now. If you want to walk go for a walk around your neighborhood, or drive to another neighborhood and walk there. All the parks are mobbed right now. Point taken, but Letchworth is huge. Even on holiday weekends you can find trails without people. Instead I found myself in something like the state fair midway, lol. PA is locked down harder that we are, and I’m sure a lot of those people were from out of state. ---
**Author:** ![tpgsr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tpgsr/32/7374_2.png) [@tpgsr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tpgsr)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 2:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/covid-19-pandemic-thread-ny-now-closes-all-biz/1413978/242 "2020-04-27T02:55:43Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > walk around your neighborhood Como Park is my backyard. They were just bored of walking through there and wanted to be out in more woodsy of an area. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 11:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/covid-19-pandemic-thread-ny-now-closes-all-biz/1413978/243 "2020-04-27T11:45:26Z")
The IRS did a major update to the get my payment site over the weekend and as of today it finally was able to find me. Said it didn’t have my direct deposit info (which is BS since I’ve direct debited my payment the last 2 years) so I entered that and should be getting my gubment Becks soon. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 1:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/covid-19-pandemic-thread-ny-now-closes-all-biz/1413978/244 "2020-04-27T13:13:02Z")
Whatever the brand immediate care thats in dent tower(and the rest of the locations) is letting people show up and take the antibody test. ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 1:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/covid-19-pandemic-thread-ny-now-closes-all-biz/1413978/245 "2020-04-27T13:45:39Z")
👍 It does say for those that have symptoms or have been exposed. So if you say you’ve been exposed to get the test, do they then contact trace to everyone you live with or is that only if you’re positive… I wonder. > [@LZ1](#): > > Whatever the brand immediate care thats in dent tower(and the rest of the locations) is letting people show up and take the antibody test. # COVID-19 testing available in select locations. > COVID-19 molecular and antibody testing is now available for all members of the community at the following centers in Western New York, with no appointment needed. Tests will be administered to those who display symptoms or have been exposed to COVID-19. > > - [Amherst (Dent Tower)](https://wellnow.com/locations/amherst/) > > - [Amherst (Harlem Road)](https://wellnow.com/locations/amherst-harlem/) > > - [Batavia](https://wellnow.com/locations/batavia/) > > - [Cheektowaga](https://wellnow.com/locations/cheektowaga/) > > - [Clarence](https://wellnow.com/locations/clarence/) > > - [Dunkirk](https://wellnow.com/locations/dunkirk/) > > - [Lancaster](https://wellnow.com/locations/lancaster/) > > - [Niagara Falls](https://wellnow.com/locations/niagara-falls/) > > - [Orchard Park](https://wellnow.com/locations/orchard-park/) > > - [Tonawanda](https://wellnow.com/locations/tonawanda/) > > - [West Seneca](https://wellnow.com/locations/west-seneca/) > > - [Wheatfield](https://wellnow.com/locations/wheatfield/) > **[COVID-19 Treatment | WellNow Urgent Care](https://www.wellnow.com/urgent-care/covid-19/)** > > WellNow Urgent Care offers reliable rapid and PCR COVID-19 testing. Find COVID-19 testing near you or walk in today! ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 2:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/covid-19-pandemic-thread-ny-now-closes-all-biz/1413978/246 "2020-04-27T14:02:52Z")
> [@Onyx\_Z32](#): > > and I know some people who went…They basically just said “hey I might have been exposed give me antibody test” ok no problem ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 2:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/covid-19-pandemic-thread-ny-now-closes-all-biz/1413978/247 "2020-04-27T14:06:15Z")
Cool. Quest (where I normally) go is requiring a doctors note for antibody testing. ---
**Author:** ![buffalo\_vr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@buffalo\_vr4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/buffalo_vr4)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 7:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/covid-19-pandemic-thread-ny-now-closes-all-biz/1413978/248 "2020-04-27T19:14:40Z")
I got the swab test done at walden walmart hosted by Quest, came back pretty fast, negative. Just over exaggerate your symptom online through Quest and you will get an approval, no need to go through the doctor. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 7:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/covid-19-pandemic-thread-ny-now-closes-all-biz/1413978/249 "2020-04-27T19:25:39Z")
2nd hand knowledge (friend’s daughter works there and just txt’d him) that Geico just notified their employees they will not be bringing people back into the offices until **AUGUST 1st** at the earliest. That seems so dumb. No one knows what the situation is going to be like by the end May and they’re already making WFH decisions until August? ---
**Author:** ![vq30de](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/9dc877/32.png) [@vq30de](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/vq30de)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 7:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/covid-19-pandemic-thread-ny-now-closes-all-biz/1413978/250 "2020-04-27T19:41:05Z")
There’s probably other motivations there - they’re probably saving money somehow ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 7:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/covid-19-pandemic-thread-ny-now-closes-all-biz/1413978/251 "2020-04-27T19:44:21Z")
Ha…exactly what a friend and I are chatting about. This may be the great wakeup moment for Geico when they realize there’s zero reason to put all your call center people in a $20+ million building when you can just route the calls to their house and do all the same monitoring you did before. And no more need to hire everyone from one local labor pool when you can now recruit nationwide. ---
**Author:** ![livin4hockey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@livin4hockey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/livin4hockey)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 7:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/covid-19-pandemic-thread-ny-now-closes-all-biz/1413978/252 "2020-04-27T19:45:32Z")
I can confirm from a friend that the August 1st date is true. That is the earliest they will be going back. ---
**Author:** ![vq30de](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/9dc877/32.png) [@vq30de](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/vq30de)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 7:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/covid-19-pandemic-thread-ny-now-closes-all-biz/1413978/253 "2020-04-27T19:53:21Z")
This may be a great wakeup for more companies that geico… ---
**Author:** ![maxwell](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/maxwell/32/6524_2.png) [@maxwell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/maxwell)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 7:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/covid-19-pandemic-thread-ny-now-closes-all-biz/1413978/254 "2020-04-27T19:54:17Z")
Yep, wifes younger brother works for Zillow, they extend WFH through end of year in some cases. ---
**Author:** ![vq30de](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/9dc877/32.png) [@vq30de](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/vq30de)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 7:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/covid-19-pandemic-thread-ny-now-closes-all-biz/1413978/255 "2020-04-27T19:58:53Z")
Weird question - any talk of layoffs with geico? I’m assuming not since they’re giving money back to customers which, to me, suggests they’re raking in some major dough ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 8:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/covid-19-pandemic-thread-ny-now-closes-all-biz/1413978/256 "2020-04-27T20:00:41Z")
insurers are saving huge right now. everyone is locked into their premiums and now driving more than 50% less. auto claims are down more than 50% globaly right now. that’s legit from global software providers to insurers. Geico probably saving several million dollars per day right now. ---
**Author:** ![vq30de](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/9dc877/32.png) [@vq30de](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/vq30de)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 8:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/covid-19-pandemic-thread-ny-now-closes-all-biz/1413978/257 "2020-04-27T20:04:33Z")
That’s what I figured (and hoped to hear). The buyer of my house works for geico, and for obviously selfish reasons I’m hoping they don’t have any employment issues… ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 9:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/covid-19-pandemic-thread-ny-now-closes-all-biz/1413978/258 "2020-04-27T21:23:48Z")
> [@vq30de](#): > > they’re probably saving money somehow Saving money and seeing higher productivity. Anecdotally I’m hearing from several businesses that productivity is way up as employees are working from home. 🤑 ---
**Author:** ![vq30de](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/9dc877/32.png) [@vq30de](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/vq30de)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 9:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/covid-19-pandemic-thread-ny-now-closes-all-biz/1413978/259 "2020-04-27T21:30:19Z")
I know that I’m probably more productive because I’m working more. Work time is suddenly less defined - there’s no clear start and end of my work day. So while I’m farting around more throughout the day probably, I’m working later into the evening and over the weekends than I normally would. Side note - I drive a truck these days. Not driving to work, and not filling it up regularly is mighty nice. I’ve become more aware of the $300/mo I’m probably spending in gas. Lease is up in a couple months and an EV seems pretty tempting ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 10:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/covid-19-pandemic-thread-ny-now-closes-all-biz/1413978/260 "2020-04-27T22:05:13Z")
wouldnt EV be less compelling now that you’re driving less? [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/covid-19-pandemic-thread-ny-now-closes-all-biz/1413978.md?page=12) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/covid-19-pandemic-thread-ny-now-closes-all-biz/1413978.md?page=14)