When will you go back to normal?

[mi*vida*loca]

I'm really surprised by the breakdown on the poll. From the conversations we've been having, I thought the DIS was a more cautious bunch.

I think it shows that if restrictions don’t end soon people are going to start violating the orders. There will be push back coming soon.

 

[soccerdad72]

I think there's various levels of "normal".

I voted June, but like most, that's just a guess. And for me, the "normal" is being back in an office environment, getting back into youth sports and possibly being able to go to a sit-down restaurant and a show or movie. And the latter might be a stretch by June, it seems.

 

[jlwhitney]

I think there's various levels of "normal".

I voted June, but like most, that's just a guess. And for me, the "normal" is being back in an office environment, getting back into youth sports and possibly being able to go to a sit-down restaurant and a show or movie. And the latter might be a stretch by June, it seems.

I am more on the lines of what you are thinking. I want church, my kids activities, library events and such back right now. Our local zoo too, I can wait for a bigger vacation right now. I think it is all possible for mid-may to june personaly. TIme will tell.

 

[mjkacmom]

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/11/...GppmUOYbSpHLV020osHOt7h4moAgU841zyImDZBx8T4hk

 

[choirfarm]

Yeah, I really really want church back. However, singing is one of the best ways to spread this virus. Don't know if you saw the article about the choir that hand sanatized, spread out to do the social distancing and yet 3/4 got it and some died. So what does that do with congregational singing??? Responsive readings? Do we all wave, sit far apart, listen to a solo and a sermon and leave??? How do you do church safely??? I want to cry just thinking about it.

 

[shelemm]

I think the first step in getting back to normal would still mean 6-ft social distancing and no large gatherings. Then see how that works out. One super-spreader event can lead to a disastrous outcome.

But before that even happens, we need to insist that our federal government allocates all the medical supplies and equipment we'll need to limit preventable deaths.

The 'pushback' argument is an opinion. not fact. Where I am. there's little if no pushback and people are not even talking about that. People are focused on saving lives, and showing empathy for the doctors, nurses, sanitation workers, bus drivers, and grocery store clerks who are on the front lines.

 

[Colleen27]

I think it shows that if restrictions don’t end soon people are going to start violating the orders. There will be push back coming soon.

It is already happening in my state. Cases were declining and then the governor imposed a new set of restrictions, which business groups are calling strictest in the nation, with a lot of seemingly arbitrary provisions. Now people are organizing deliberate violations of the order and trying to figure out how to protest the capitol while maintaining some level of distancing, there are two petition drives I've seen to relax specific pieces of the order and a general one to try to demand a recall election. And it is a shame to see it, because all the data suggests we were doing an excellent job of distancing under the original order and cases really are declining (and it is still too soon for the new order to be the cause - only 4 days). Time will tell if law enforcement is able to crack down on the dissenters and force compliance, but in the long run I think it would likely have been better to stick with the original order and preserve the goodwill and cooperation of the masses rather than target relatively low-risk activities for further restrictions and foster this kind of growing resentment.

 

[scoutie]

I'm not a homebody, so for me, everything has changed. I've been following the shelter in place orders 100%. I haven't even been to the grocery store in three weeks. As soon a restrictions are lifted, I'm going back to normal activities. `I can't wait to have friends over for wine on the patio, go to see live music, go to the gym, drive my kids to their sporting events, and get back to real teaching.

 

[choirfarm]

nm

 

[scoutie]

I'm an extrovert as well, a musician and former teacher. How do you see this working for schools when they go back in August?

Many of my coworkers think that things will be back to normal in August, but I'm thinking that may be very premature. I'm wondering these things as well.

 

[LovesTimone]

DH works in essential services... so we are pretty much still on a what our normal daily routine is at home... Weekends are now different... we ride around alot, and have done a ton of smaller project inside and outside our home...we have taken our boat out...

My parents are both compromised with their health... Really I have been doing most of their shopping, and errands since last July... I am using extra precautions when shopping and going in and out of their house... The worst part about this is that I can't hug and kiss them...which just hurts me to the core of my being... my mom suffers from depression, and all of this is making making things worse with it, now other areas are of her health are starting to suffer due to that...

I have always been a hand washer... and I always take disinfecting wipes with me... so that is something that I will always do...

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

Yeah, I really really want church back. However, singing is one of the best ways to spread this virus. Don't know if you saw the article about the choir that hand sanatized, spread out to do the social distancing and yet 3/4 got it and some died. So what does that do with congregational singing??? Responsive readings? Do we all wave, sit far apart, listen to a solo and a sermon and leave??? How do you do church safely??? I want to cry just thinking about it.

The safest is online. It's the same as other things..no true replication.

Now for however long not sure which we're all kinda in the same boat with that one.

I saw one church gathering they showed on the news..'social distancing' inside by which they just meant spread out in where you sit but you saw one person holding the door for others (which is normally the polite thing to do) and everyone was within 6ft then constantly to get inside, then one person came up and hugged another person, then that person hugged another person, and that person hugged that person and then that person hugged another....

In my state several clusters were identified to be connected to religious activities (as well as long term care/physical rehab facilities).

 

[LovesTimone]

I think it shows that if restrictions don’t end soon people are going to start violating the orders. There will be push back coming soon.

Here in Florida...I think that it has started.... DH works in essential service... and he said that more people are moving around since last week..
Our neighbor several house down, had a big shindig on Easter Sunday ... I have noticed some small places opening up that were closed...like the bike rental place over on the bike trail.. Over at the beaches, the parking cones and barricades are disappearing overnight ( locals moving stuff) which opens up the parking lots, and people are hitting the beach, Some of the parks are open, just not the playground areas.. yet the picnic areas are open with some of the tables marked off with tape...

 

[choirfarm]

The safest is online. It's the same as other things..no true replication.

Now for however long not sure which we're all kinda in the same boat with that one.

I saw one church gathering they showed on the news..'social distancing' inside by which they just meant spread out in where you sit but you saw one person holding the door for others (which is normally the polite thing to do) and everyone was within 6ft then constantly to get inside, then one person came up and hugged another person, then that person hugged another person, and that person hugged that person and then that person hugged another....

In my state several clusters were identified to be connected to religious activities (as well as long term care/physical rehab facilities).

Exactly. Out church is online. We will be doing a drive in service. I could see the first step being very small Sunday School classes. But even that is probably a month or more away. That is my point. THIS is the new normal for as long as I can see. I hate it, but the virus doesn't care what I want.

 

[LSUmiss]

Here in Florida...I think that it has started.... DH works in essential service... and he said that more people are moving around since last week..
Our neighbor several house down, had a big shindig on Easter Sunday ... I have noticed some small places opening up that were closed...like the bike rental place over on the bike trail.. Over at the beaches, the parking cones and barricades are disappearing overnight ( locals moving stuff) which opens up the parking lots, and people are hitting the beach, Some of the parks are open, just not the playground areas.. yet the picnic areas are open with some of the tables marked off with tape...

I said that this weekend here too. Way more ppl in the stores & traffic on the roads. My sister is an ER nurse & said the hospitals are much less busier too.

 

[MrsBooch]

I said that this weekend here too. Way more ppl in the stores & traffic on the roads. My sister is an ER nurse & said the hospitals are much less busier too.

hospitals are LESS busy? or more busy?

 

[LSUmiss]

hospitals are LESS busy? or more busy?

Less here.
eta: it seems we have started to flatten the curve.

 

[jlwhitney]

Exactly. Out church is online. We will be doing a drive in service. I could see the first step being very small Sunday School classes. But even that is probably a month or more away. That is my point. THIS is the new normal for as long as I can see. I hate it, but the virus doesn't care what I want.

I really think you are overthinking it all. It’s not going to be that bad in the end.

This virus has at least a 98% survival, possibly more. At this point as long as we keep hospitals prepared things will go back. We aren’t in the same place as back in March when it spread around for 1-2 months going undetected. Every case that gets isolated and spreads for less days is going to add up and make a difference.

 

[choirfarm]

I really think you are overthinking it all. It’s not going to be that bad in the end.

This virus has at least a 98% survival, possibly more. At this point as long as we keep hospitals prepared things will go back. We aren’t in the same place as back in March when it spread around for 1-2 months going undetected. Every case that gets isolated and spreads for less days is going to add up and make a difference.

You may be right, but with 60 percent of our church being over 60 and multigenerational families in it. I think it would be deadly for at least 20 percent of our congregation. That means approximately 60 or more of my church dead.

 

[Farro]

One of our hospital systems (5 hospitals in this system) now have Covid patients down to one hospital and are starting to see regular patients again, so that's really good news!!!

(Chicago)