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RhodeIslandOne

(5,042 posts)
Fri May 29, 2020, 09:35 PM May 2020

So is social distancing and "no crowds" officially over?

I guess so.

I know I'll be shit on for this. But if everything this message board has been saying for three months is true, we will reap what we sow in several major cities in a week to 10 days.

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jimfields33

(15,462 posts)
1. Nope. I agree. It makes me cringe to see the lack of coronavirus attention
Fri May 29, 2020, 09:38 PM
May 2020

I’m all for this but six feet and masks are still needed. Not to mention being in no more then 10 in a group. We all predicted two weeks would see a big uptake in coronavirus. We just thought it was going to be repugs mostly.

Celerity

(42,662 posts)
6. Riot/Protest COVID-19 Hotspots, but as most are under 45, most will just spread it, not die. It will
Fri May 29, 2020, 09:41 PM
May 2020

be their older relatives and friends, and the comorbidity cohorts who will truly suffer and die. Clusterfuckery, but sometimes people just cannot let injustice go on. No easy answers at all.

LisaL

(44,962 posts)
14. Yep, spread it to their elderly relatives.
Fri May 29, 2020, 09:55 PM
May 2020

I don't see much social distancing going on during the protests.

G_j

(40,366 posts)
8. This post from a local Pulmonologist
Fri May 29, 2020, 09:48 PM
May 2020

This is a FB post from a local Pulmonologist in an Asheville hospital.

Dr. Daniel Fertel
5/29/20

"We are right on the edge of being overwhelmed with critically ill patients due to a spike in Covid 19 cases here in WNC. In a typical late spring year, we might have 15 patients in the ICU. Right now we have 45 and are about to start pulling extra providers to the hospital to deal with this surge of patients- many of whom are in their 30s and 40s and were otherwise fairly healthy.

As tempting as it is to take the relaxation of restrictions as a sign that it’s ok to return to business as usual, I’m here to tell you that it’s not. Covid is not a hurricane that’s blown over, never to return. It’s a pack of lions roaming around the block- if it’s not in front of your house right now, it’ll be there shortly.

Please, please continue to socially distance whenever possible and wear a mask while in public, shared spaces. When spending your money at local businesses, show your support for those who are protecting their employees, customers, and community by erring on the side of caution in regards to how and when they reeopen their doors. The choices you make are vital to preventing Covid in Asheville from looking a whole lot like COVID in NYC."

paleotn

(17,781 posts)
12. Exactly...
Fri May 29, 2020, 09:52 PM
May 2020

To paraphrase a famous British guy.....Not the end. Not even the beginning of the end. But perhaps the end of the beginning.

paleotn

(17,781 posts)
11. Data seems to show that the epidemiology of this virus....
Fri May 29, 2020, 09:51 PM
May 2020

is no different than other coronaviruses. The one's that cause common colds. They wain in the summer as people spread out and spend more time outside, making transmission less likely. Not zero, but less likely. The virus doesn't just go away. It burns slowly, biding its time. When we all go back inside when the weather turns cold, just like with cold and flu bugs, it will take off. I worry far more about October than I do June. This virus will explode again and restrictions will have to be put back in place just in time for the holidays. The only thing that will stop this eventuality is a vaccine. And that won't happen on an industrial scale until 2021 at best.

stillcool

(32,626 posts)
13. yeah...spring break in a big way..
Fri May 29, 2020, 09:53 PM
May 2020

these cities will be hot spots. I'm thrilled to see the passion in these young people, and at the same time fear how it will effect them, and all those they come in contact with. Lots of people have had masks on, but not enough. Covid-19 has been "officially over" for many people for a while now, but none that are at these protests, and I guess none that have been saying things on this message board.

LisaL

(44,962 posts)
15. A lot of people seems to think masks have magical powers and wearing them pulled down off mouth and
Fri May 29, 2020, 09:56 PM
May 2020

nose is going to protect them somehow.

Jarqui

(10,110 posts)
17. I have felt all along that opening threatened worse than what happened
Fri May 29, 2020, 10:02 PM
May 2020

at the outset.

What has changed?
- no vaccine
- little in break throughs for treatment yet
- lack of testing and lack of reliable testing
- little in place for contact tracing
- although improved, we're probably about to hear about ventilator shortages
- although improved, we still lack N95 masks - which is what is really needed with a virus they're concluding is far more contagious in the air than on surfaces. They also should be doing more to encourage protecting eyes because it thrives in the eyes.
- we still have a long way to go for effective education on how to avoid the virus, handle it (when to go to the hospital or how to treat it at home to a point), symptoms (a growing list), etc
etc

I think they said yesterday that 24 states were on the rise ... and we're on the path to open up more.

I appreciate the saw off with the economics but the above is going to damage the economics more anyway and shatter economic confidence further

I think we're better off with fewer disabled and dead and buying time for the doctors to come up with treatments that reduce the organ damage that will reduce death and disability. Get the other items on the above list and then we can discuss opening up.

bamagal62

(3,218 posts)
18. Well people seem to think so.
Fri May 29, 2020, 10:12 PM
May 2020

Currently, my Fox News watching neighbors are having a “get together” of about 10 people in their backyard. No masks, no social distancing. And, we’re in Chicago and are still under a stay at home order for a few more days.

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