Will this end up being the pandemic that cried wolf?

[RamblingMad]

Gyms as well. Gyms seem like one of the highest risk for cross contact. Are they going to clean the equipment between each person?

I know it has to happen eventually but I think it is a few weeks too soon.

I plan to continue doing what I have been doing, though I really would like a haircut. Going out to get groceries every other week, getting togo food on Fridays.

Pretty much the same routine. I get Fry’s pickup every other week. I’m not ready to go back to a gym. My membership is on hold until October.

 

[dvcgirl67]

Georgia is looking for this Friday at opening up, among businesses, hair and nail salons, barbers, spas, tattoo parlors, body art studios, as long as social distancing is maintained. Hmmm, sounds tough to me. How does that work?

Yes, saw that. That should go well. I know I'd feel super comfortable getting my hair and nails done right now. Or maybe a nice massage. Insanity.

 

[pahoben]

Sweden's death rate/1 mil population is nearly 24% higher than the US. Put another way, if the US had the same death rate/million as Sweden, we'd have experienced an additional 10,000 or so deaths in the last 7 weeks. Imagine if that happened--we'd be talking about a bloodbath.

There are certain groups in this country who say we can't run our economy like Sweden's because their country isn't anything like the US, on many levels. I find it ironic that many of these same people want to be like Sweden when it comes to the coronavirus.

Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn once in a while.

 

[dvcgirl67]

Than this virus must be so much more contagious than the flu, because way more people are dying from covid19 than the flu here. Funeral homes can’t handle the load.

Yes, I don't recall multiple refrigerator tractor trailers that act as temporary morgues during flu season. In the suburbs of New Jersey.

 

[pahoben]

Yes, saw that. That should go well. I know I'd feel super comfortable getting my hair and nails done right now. Or maybe a nice massage. Insanity.

Not insanity at all. People will choose to do it or not based on their evaluation of the risk.

 

[kdonnel]

Not insanity at all. People will choose to do it or not based on their evaluation of the risk.

It looks like the opening might be slow in the beginning.

 

[pahoben]

Yes, I don't recall multiple refrigerator tractor trailers that act as temporary morgues during flu season. In the suburbs of New Jersey.

There is plenty of room in the morgues for say 90% of the country.

 

[DeniseJH]

Not insanity at all. People will choose to do it or not based on their evaluation of the risk.

But what about the risk they'll pose to others if they themselves get sick?

 

[DeniseJH]

There is plenty of room in the morgues for say 90% of the country.

Is that some sort of joke?

 

[pahoben]

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It looks like the opening might be slow in the beginning.

Yes the hair salons may not see the immediate bump in business they hoped for.

 

[pahoben]

Is that some sort of joke?

No. The morgues using refrigerated trucks are an incredibly small number of the morgues in the US. There is not a single morgue in Texas that is using refrigerated trucks.

 

[dvcgirl67]

There is plenty of room in the morgues for say 90% of the country.

Good to know.

 

[DeniseJH]

No. The places using refrigerated trucks for morgues are an incredibly small number of the morgues in the US. There is not a single morgue in Texas that is using refrigerated trucks.

You might want to change the wording on that post - it doesn't read the way you think it does.

 

[pahoben]

Good to know.

I know people on the East Coast sometimes loose track of most of the country so glad I could help.

 

[dvcgirl67]

But what about the risk they'll pose to others if they themselves get sick?

We'll, based on the poll that someone posted, 82% of the residents of Georgia think that it's too soon. That's probably pretty smart based on the fact that their Governor seemed somewhat surprised that there were "asymptomatic spreaders" of the disease. News that had been well documented for well over a month to the general public......psssst, I think he knew.

 

[pahoben]

We'll, based on the poll that someone posted, 82% of the residents of Georgia think that it's too soon. That's probably pretty smart based on the fact that their Governor seemed somewhat surprised that there were "asymptomatic spreaders" of the disease. News that had been well documented for well over a month to the general public......psssst, I think he knew.

No problem. They can continue to self isolate.

 

[kdonnel]

We'll, based on the poll that someone posted, 82% of the residents of Georgia think that it's too soon. That's probably pretty smart based on the fact that their Governor seemed somewhat surprised that there were "asymptomatic spreaders" of the disease. News that had been well documented for well over a month to the general public......psssst, I think he knew.

It wasn't long after he also learned the bad news that Blockbuster had closed.

 

[dvcgirl67]

I know people on the East Coast sometimes loose track of most of the country so glad I could help.

Well, nice of you to jump to that conclusion about me. But yes, here in the NY Metro area, we've been a bit wrapped up in ourselves lately. All of the death and misery tends to do that.

 

[cabanafrau]

There is plenty of room in the morgues for say 90% of the country.

Sinai Grace Hospital in Detroit is waiting to speak with you on line one.

 

[DeniseJH]

No problem. They can continue to self isolate.

Can they? The doctors, the nurses, the grocery store workers? That's not very good risk assessment now, is it?