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IL has now opened up testing free to anyone in the state, with or without symptoms, no doctor’s order required. We’re still seeing a lot of cases, but it’s because so many people are getting tested. State test positivity rate is about 5% as of yesterday.Quote:
Originally Posted by pinkytoe
Most people here are wearing masks in stores and many require it. Our infection rate is so low we are comfortable going out to eat since waiters are all masked and we see them washing tables and chairs between guests. We prefer to eat outside but that’s always been true. Asians are used to it because of the air quality. Somehow they have adjusted to wearing masks with no issues in countries that are very hot and humid.
Yppej, I agree that the behaviors we are being asked to apply to avoid the spread of illness are unnatural. What us natural is for a new pathogen to emerge, kill off the portion of the population that is insufficiently resistant and persist in the portion that has enough resistance to survive long enough to spread it while maintaining an adequate population to provide hosts.
that is why we invented medicine. From an individual viewpoint, nature sucks.
I was watching TV news at four a.m. (don't ask...:~)) featuring a physician named Leana Wen (currently a visiting professor at George Washington University) , who asserted that if everyone wore masks, the incidence of COVID transmission could be cut by 50 to 90 percent. I've noted lots of similar reports lately.
I caved yesterday to social un- isolation and had a breakfast party on my patio for five friends. We made an effort to stay 6 feet apart, but we did not mask. They serve themselvesfood in my house and then sat outside it was a beautiful morning.Later in the day I paid $250 to visit the latest Frank Loyd Wright houseUp for renovation. It was a fundraiser. Everyone was required to wear masks sitting inside so we did, and there was a fair amount of social distancing involved, but it was a group of about a dozen people and yeah we ended up passing close by in those narrow Wright hallways that were less than 3 feet wide.
Our county where Herman is located has had four total diagnosed cases of COVID-19. Four. Zero deaths. They Have a good testing facilities although apparently few people are taking advantage of them and they’ve already moved the testing from the clinic location to the local hospital.
I’m planning Overnight trip today to Galena, Illinois where the county has 33 reported cases of COVID-19. That is higher than my Hermann County ( Gasconade.) But still not bad.
Galena is a great little town. I love frank Wright Lloyd homes.
We seem to have about 250 new diagnosed cases a day, here. Mostly in the county where I live.
Well that's because Galena is second home territory for chicago, Iris. Great town, by the way!
Actually, I think NW Indiana and SW Michigan are more secondary territory for Chicago area folks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tybee
I was diving off a charter boat yesterday that goes out of the Hammond, IN marina. Just across the border from Chicago. The marina was jammed. Not an empty slip in sight. Chicago's marinas are still closed and you can't even launch a boat for day use out of a Chicago boat ramp. So people from Chicago/IL are coming to Indiana. The boat captain said the Hammond marina has a massive waiting list. I saw more IL license plates in the parking lot than I did IN. Usually it's more IN plates.
DW and I had an excellent time visiting Galena. I'd go again if there weren't so many other towns we've yet to visit.