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All good points. And I acknowledged that the death rate would be staggering. It's an awful evil virus of which we have never seen.
And although all that argue for shelter in place certainly acknowledge the financial ramifications.....they do so assuming that the virus will cause more damage......and that is not necessarily true.
I'm on the side, like many experts are, that continuing shelter in place will cause more grief and destruction than the virus.
But unlike many on here, I readily admit that it's my opinion and I could be wrong. I'm listening to one "truth" while others are listening to another "truth".
There seem to be a number of Dawgnation members that are very knowledgeable in the medical field and seem to understand this virus. You may be one of them ....and I greatly respect what is being said by them.
But to suggest that shelter in place is the only way to go because the virus will cause more harm than the economy will......is just as irresponsible as me saying to open it up.
Millions of lives will be destroyed whether we close it down or open it up. What no one knows.....certainly not me and certainly not you. Is which decision will destroy the most lives.
I'm glad you seem confident in knowing which is the best approach...... I'm not so confident.
But I will say....from the bottom of my heart....that I hope and pray that you and your family stay safe.....both physically and financially.
I don't mind the DV.....never have....but in a situation like this why don't you explain why you disagree instead of taking the cowardly DV approach. Maybe I should be educated by you more.
To each his own ....I've never DVd anyone for differing oponions....guess it's just a respect thing.
Coming out of quarantine 20lbs fatter, $1200 richer & no barber
Lol! Kenny Powers and "The Panty Dropper" .....
I'm curious, how far are you (anybody who cares to respond) taking the shelter in place orders? Would you be surprised to hear that rush hour traffic still exists? Would you be shocked to see the Lowes parking lot full of eager shoppers on a Saturday?
As one of the ones required to still go in to work, I can vouch that the above is true in my area and I've confirmed the same with friends and family in many other parts of the country.
I'm curious if there is a misconception of what economic activity already exists under shelter in place versus what it would look like if we opened it up more. It has not been entirely shut down anywhere. It will not be entirely opened up anytime soon. We should be discussing this in degrees, not either/or.
You know it
Don't shoot the messenger, but this seems like a rational approach to a very delicate national challenge:
Will be interesting to see if/how certain states manage their COVID-related reporting on cases & tests each day if the gating event to advance from one phase to the next is 14 days of downward trend.
Wife and I have been "secluded" for about a month and a half. Both of us had a "bug" towards the end of February. Looking back, seemed like a lot of the "mild" symptoms, felt weak, bad cough etc. but never had shortness of breath or a high fever. It was a 10 day ordeal for the both of us and we stayed home. Both of us are self employed and work from home anyway.
By the time we felt better, the CV-19 was hitting a major upswing, and the shelter in place was put in place. We were pretty much there already so it wasn't a big deal. We are not ones that got out socially much any way. To the store and used to meet friends for a drink on occasion, but that is about it. So we're not missing much in that area.
I feel bad driving through our small town and seeing all the businesses closed. I hope they can recover, but it's going to take walk-in customers to do that.
My wife is a real estate agent and I do home inspections. Even though we both are considered "essential" due to trying to keep the market active and flowing, it too has shut down. Wife had her first closing of the year yesterday. Over 10 at the same time last year. I've done 3 home inspections this year. I was doing 3 a week this time last year. So, it's hitting everyone hard. Hope we all can stay afloat.
Prayers to all!
Does don't kiss the messenger apply as well
Well played...
Working for the Navy we are doing what they call a Port/Starboard telework schedule working in clinic Mon/Weds/Fri one week Tues/Thurs the next week. Wife and I are pretty much staying home other than the necessary trips to the store and try to do all trips at 1 time. The shelter in place or curfew does not apply to me as a Fed. I can go pretty much anywhere with my ID. Got pulled over at 4am the other morning going to the 24 hour Walgreens before heading to work, we have an 11pm to 5am curfew. Showed my ID to the officer along with my Clinic ID badge she told me to have a good day. I said the same to her.
This virus is serious business don't think for 1 minute that it is not. Not a lot is known about it and most things about it right now are just educated guesses. Don't believe everything being said because no one really knows yet. Let the people of each state decide how they want to proceed with "opening" things up.
I'm in my late 30s and have had four friends or friends of my parents contract the virus at this point. #1: 41 yr old, no pre-existing conditions, a working actor in phenomenal shape and extremely healthy-- spent 6 days in the hospital with bilateral pneumonia. Released 2 weeks ago, but still is weak/having problems with lung capacity/breathing. The doctors say the damage might be permanent- too early to know. #2. Parents' friend- in ICU, in her 70s. Has since been released, but has said she there were a couple of nights that she didn't think she'd survive. #3 Parents' friend - around 50. Intubated for 4 weeks, and in the hospital for 5 weeks. Kidneys started to shut down. Finally was taken off the respirator a day or so ago. Praying she gets better... it's been really touch and go, but that she's no longer intubated is a good sign. #4. Friend who is 37. Healthcare worker (not on front lines of the virus, but an essential worker). No pre-existing issues, though used to be a smoker. So far, only showing minor symptoms at day 4 after diagnosis. Praying hard that he's one of the lucky ones.
3/4 of these are in Georgia, and 3/4 of them were hospitalized (too soon to tell with #4). Aside from #4 who is just at the beginning of the journey (and hopefully remains largely asymptomatic), they've all said this was the most brutal illness they've ever experienced. I think it's easy to be cavalier if you haven't personally known someone with the disease-- and none of these folks (thankfully) have succumbed to the virus. But, their lives are changed, and health may be permanently impacted in the cases of 3/4 of them. This will affect people you know if it hasn't already. Your children. Your parents. Your colleagues. And, maybe even you. As quickly as this thing spreads, I can't imagine it being a good idea for any event with a crowd-- sporting event, concert, festival, etc-- to re-open any time soon. Any place where throngs of people are congregating will ignite the fire again. It's not just going be the frail and infirm and older; it's going to be healthy younger adults as well-- many who may not necessarily die, but may lose their own health permanently, deplete hospital resources, and infect others. The healthcare workers are already overworked in hot spots, and are getting sick... exhaustion from this will make them even more susceptible. I think the lifting restrictions on small stores, cracking down on capacity and keeping separation in restaurants/bars (and possibly limiting hours of business for the short term), and encouraging folks to wear masks / not congregate in big parties will be the short term answer. I do think we'll see football played without a live audience in the fall months- IF there's a surefire way that can provide enough protection for the players. Otherwise, one player on the team gets ill, the others in proximity with that player will be quarantined, and that's going to impact a team's entire season, as well as their competitors. These are scary, scary times. Also, is it not the most Georgia thing ever to have arguably the most loaded, championship-caliber team we've ever had... and have our whole season potentially wiped out by a pandemic? SMH!
We will start back to work this coming Monday with very strict rules. Went to be trained today.... just incase anyone would like a UGA Gaiter scarf... I just pre--ordered two for my wife and I as we will be required to wear a face mask of some sort while at work for the near foreseeable future. Looks like they'll ship sometime in May. Welcome to the new normal!!! Go Dawgs!!!
Yep. Its rough. Its real. And it ain't going away. We've got to figure out a way to press forward as safely as possible.