The worst part about all the colleges with major infection rates is that they will likely shut down and send everyone home. And the germy kids will spread the disease far and wide both on the way and after they are there.
The worst part about all the colleges with major infection rates is that they will likely shut down and send everyone home. And the germy kids will spread the disease far and wide both on the way and after they are there.
A college student who belongs to my church was sent home from her college elsewhere in the Midwest due to high positive test rates. She was apparently quite the social butterfly at school and now that she’s back with her parents, she still won’t stay home. Our pastor has forbidden her to come to services until she’s self quarantined for 14 days and has a negative test at the end of those 14 days. A number of our seniors have just started coming back to church. No more than 30 are allowed in a service, chairs far apart, etc. She is refusing to do what’s necessary for her to be allowed back at services. She’s very blatant about her continued socializing. It’s all over social media. I’ve seen it myself.
The young girl probably doesn’t want to go to church so it’s one way for her parents not to be able to make her.
I do not know of anyone who's had COVID-19, at least officially. I know a number of people who believe they had it, as far back as last Thanksgiving, though none have been tested for antibodies (for however much confidence you can have in that test). I won't take every single thing the CDC has to say as gospel ("No one has to wear a mask" at the beginning of the pandemic) but I agree with their assessment that COVID-19 was not a presence in the U.S. until early this year. It's odd that none of these people claiming to have had COVID-19 had severe symptoms, given the averages we've seen for serious (ICU, "long hauler", etc.) illness since the pandemic was declared.
DW and I have been distancing as much as we can while stealing a few well-prepared opportunities for socialization before much cooler weather sets in (eating outside in our backyard, six feet apart, everyone with their own meals and utensils, masks when not eating, one bathroom reserved for guests).
Earlier this week a close relative passed away suddenly in DW's hometown (non-COVID-related). Of course, we went over there, masks and face shields and hand sanitizer at our sides. Of the maybe dozen or so people who've cycled through our relative's house while we've been there to pay their respects and help out, only about half wore masks for any amount of time. I can kind of understand the survivor family not wearing masks inside at home (though the two adult children no longer live there and we did anyway out of concern for ourselves and others). One of the visitors was reluctant to wear a mask indoors (but has in larger groups) and works in a dentist's office. And two -- a nurse and a hairdresser (!) -- showed up maskless and never put them on around us.
It boggles my mind that so many bubbles are overlapping and there seems to be no concern about spread. It's like people have gotten tired of masking up and being careful and have willed coronavirus out of their lives. Or they somehow believe that, if they know the people involved, it's OK to throw caution to the wind. I wish that were so. DW and I have been sitting out a few days of isolation since we went over there, just to help make sure we can go back and be helpful. Sometimes I wonder if we're being overcautious for nothing and that all we're giving up will be done in by some deluded soul who believes this is all a hoax. *sigh*
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People keep comparing this to the flu. I have no fear of the flu whatsoever, but I'm very wary of this virus--which can attack lungs, kidneys, heart, brain, and/or circulatory system, and can last indefinitely. I have to believe that the maskless are either foolishly unaware of known risks, or are getting their news from Russian propaganda sites or their allies.
My wife and I have a tradition now that the grandkids are older of going to the beach every year between Christmas and New Years. Last year we went to Huntington Beach South Carolina for 10 days and while we were there we developed what we thought was a severe case of the flu and marveled at the fact neither of our flu shots had helped us. By mid January we were better but once the Corona Virus became common knowledge we both wondered if that's what we had. Keeping that in mind, when my wife returned to school last week one of the other teachers told her that she and her husband had just tested positive for Covid antibodies and the only time they'd been sick was during the same time period as us, early January.Originally Posted by SteveinMN
Now we're wondering if we should have the antibody test, just to see.
"Things should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler." ~ Albert Einstein
She was always very active before she went away to school and when home on holidays and such. Fellow choir member. Member of the denomination’s college group.
If you do I would be curious as to what you find out. We were both very sick with respiratory and fever back in March but had been nowhere, and it was not present here that was known, so we assumed it was not Covid. Now you just wonder, how long it's been around and how many people already have it.
I understand the immunity only lasts a few weeks or months (same as immunizations). Wouldn't that be shown in antibody tests?
I don't know.
"Things should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler." ~ Albert Einstein
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