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Everyone thinks they're being careful even if they're not. A customer went from our state (less than 1% positive rate) went to South Carolina on vacation with his family and did not quarantine upon return as required by state law. He said he was safe because they stayed in a camper instead of a hotel although they were also out and about and he said people were mocking those who wear masks and take other precautions.
Jane, how sad to lose someone so young. As kids and young people get it others will start to take it more seriously. IL, it only takes one exposure and it could have even been the grocery store. Hope they all do well.
Neither my wife or I personally know anyone with it either, no friend, relative or acquaintance.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tradd
I have two relatives who had it. They are seniors, he worked in medicine part-time, and after being hospitalized both survived with no loss of quality of life, and ready to take on helping out with their grandkids so their parents can return to work.
My DIL’s 5 relatives all had it in March and are still having issues. They range in age from 70-17.
I now know five people who've had it. 3 middle aged folks who had serious ugly cases but have mostly recovered, 1 moderate case, and one who only lost sense of smell and taste. the last one though is now having severe fatigue. SO and I will continue to try and avoid interacting with anyone that will put us at risk. And will continue to WEAR A MASK. There are enough likely effective vaccines out there that I hope that by this time next year this will be mostly over. Since SO is a cancer survivor a vaccine, and not getting infected in the meantime, is our only hope.
I know about a dozen people who have had covid - not from work but from my personal life. 2 have died. A man aged 38 and a man aged ~70.
I know two people who know someone who died from it. Those who died was one man in their early 40s, and one 59 year old man.
I just find the idea that seniors should be hiding in their houses (and that's the polite version I'm sure some may think they should just die) because of coronavirus, like they had no right to a life as well, abhorrent. A society that doesn't care about it's old is no kind of society (don't confuse this with taking heroic measures at end of life, I mean people dying well before their time due to the pandemic). There was an article about a depressed senior who relies on social contact to avoid depression sneaking out. In a way good for them (at least if there is no strict lockdown but people are just lecturing seniors), but shame on policy for not controlling this pandemic better.
Many seniors are of course hiding from the world, well yea so is my middle aged self as well pretty much, mostly hiding, but this is because of failure in handling the virus, not some kind of how things should be. I mean I do the necessary errands of course and other than that I stay a lot at home, and noone but bf sees me without a mask!
There has been a lot in the news the last day or so about the privately owned frat houses at Indiana University refusing to shut down. A number of them are under county quarantine orders. At least one had a 90% positive test rate among the students living there.
I also heard that another school had suspended at least one fraternity for 3-4 years because it refused to stop having parties.
And one school on the east coast is going to start fining students who break the rules.
The young folks are a big problem. In Chicago, there are constant reports of large parties in black neighborhoods. Their community is getting hit quite hard and the young folks just keep on with their big parties.