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I have already moved on. I have adapted my life to the new reality by not going out other than to exercise daily and go to the store when necessary. We bought an additional refrigerator very early on so that my wife can shop one day per week rather than me go to the store 3-5 times a week. I (we) will continue to adapt as that reality changes. For example Jacksonville has instituted a mandatory mask policy so we are contemplating driving to a Publix there to do our shopping. Even though the infection rate there is higher than Nassau county the fact that masks are required may make it safer than the Publix locally.
If Drive-in movie theaters make a resurgence we would go there. In the fall we will likely go to a restaurant in off-peak hours when the temperature makes outdoor dining bearable. We will make our trip to Tampa and go to the Casino when cases drop below 100 in Hillsborough County. Vacation will be driving instead of flying and cruises are something that we will only do when US daily cases fall to 5k per day.
The country as a whole will only "move on" when the vast majority accept the new reality and look forward instead of keep looking back. That will require leadership in all levels of government.
So Texas implements mandatory mask statewide as of today. To avoid being labelled a naysayer next week I will be watching and expecting a decline in cases but not next week. My thoughts are:
Cases - will begin to decline July 20th
Hospitalization - continue to increase until begin to decline August 1st
Deaths - continue to increase until begin to decline August 11th.
All data based on 7 day moving average.
Yeah, you got to Love how all their unnamed sources know more than the actual people involved.
By the time it is under "control" there won't be anything to come visit.
Reminds me of years ago I was a Manager with AT&T and during a strike I heard the Union president telling the picketers they were getting $10 for groceries that week but "WE" can hold out forever. I talked to some of the members later and they didn't know he was being paid by the Union and their dues and of course could hold out forever.
Totally different economies and again we only know how hard they really locked down based on what you hear in the news. Didn't Japan just concentrate on the "at risk" and do well?
I see you want to make it political, but that is ignoring the statistical evidence. You really have to try hard to do so. Florida announced their reopening plans on April 29th. As with Georgia, there was the expected uptick in new cases. Same with Texas, which has been open quite a while now. Now all are experiencing a huge surge, but neither is happening two weeks after opening. What happened two weeks ago? Yelling and screaming in the streets by a bunch of people who apparently didn’t know they were supposed to carry a spray bottle with them to wet their masks. Dishonest to blame your Governor or Trump for what happened two weeks ago that resulted in this coincidental surge in cases.
Absolutely, just hard to figure out who's own interests somewhat match mine.
I personally am not ready to look at my teenage daughters and tell them the country and society and culture I grew up in no longer exists.
Folks can concede to this thing, and maybe you are fine with doing that, Den. That's your call and it may be a more responsible take on all this.
I think the majority of the citizenry is not prepared to do so - and never will. There is too much life left to live for my kids that involves a lot of the things I have already (and a lot of us have already) done.
I can understand where you are in life and why you feel the way you do. It is very rational and reasonable.
If someone can really guarantee that at the end of 4 weeks it will all be gone. We survived the Hong Kong Flu.
If you aren't working how do you pay for this additional refrigerator etc?
First of all I’m not blaming Trump or DeSantis with anything I’ve been saying all along to my friends all these idiots in the street will cause problems along with all the young people going out . If you could see the dumb people on Ocean Drive in South Beach at night only about two minutes from where I live you would understand what is going on. Second of all I’m a Republican I voted DeSantis and Trump. Third of all Miami has been a hotbed and was lagging behind the rest of Florida to begin with. They were the last one to go into phase 1. All Im simply saying is Carlos Giminez the county mayor is not scared and is willing to shut down a second time regardless of what DeSantis says about moving forward. Cases in Miami Dade County are at an all-time high and hospitalization rates are going up stop putting words in my mouth.
He's retired
IF Spurrier can wear a mask, so can y'all!
Correct and my wife works for a credit union and has worked from home.
I am English and communicate with my 3 siblings every day. The pubs and restaurants there were closed March 20th and only reopened FOR TAKE-OUT 2-3 weeks ago. They open for dining outside and limited inside tomorrow. The only things open during the lock-down were grocery stores with social distancing etc. and pharmacies. People could only go out to go to those stores period.