Coronavirus in the United States - news and thoughts

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/05/17/coronavirus-reopening-shopping-mall-georgia/

Now I will say, obviously they used the quotes to helped tell the story the writer wanted. I’m sure there were some people with masks besides the workers. I definitely get the vibe around my part of north east, metro Atlanta that lifting restrictions translates to “we beat this thing”.

 

Yeah, we are in Cobb County. The day restrictions were lifted (by a guy who didn't know you could be contagious while asymptomatic), many people acted like it never existed.
I think opening up parts of the country is the thing to do, but acting the idiot isn't going to help anyone.

 

Interesting article on business insider. My wife and I have been pretty strict on social distancing but we have to shop every now and then and we are constantly outside exercising. Recently we picked up social hour with the neighbors but always outdoors and always with distance.
Some common sense stuff. It reinforces some of my thinking so I am a little biased to the article.

The risk levels of everyday activities like dining out, going to the gym, and getting a haircut, according to an infectious disease expert

 

Good article. Interesting that the grocery store may be the lowest risk on her list.

 

Strip clubs are reopening: Wyoming club throws 'masks on' party

Party on!

 

hazmat suit lap dances?

 

Yeah I noticed that. She does have qualifiers on all the activities and the ones for grocery are pretty easy and common sense. I have gone to the store or Home Depot a couple of times and just kept right on driving. If the place is packed, there is nothing i really need that bad.
My wife and I are fumbling through this, like everyone else. No decision is perfect but we try making the right ones for our family with the information available. She goes to the store a lot more than most because she is shopping for our neighbor whose child is going thru chemo and has zero immunity.


Shopping in a grocery store or a clothing store can be low risk if you keep a distance from others and wear a mask.
Fitting rooms should be closed, or if people are allowed to try on clothes, anything that isn't purchased should be quarantined for a couple of days, Hassig said.
The place in stores with the most risk is the checkout, where interactions with cashiers or other customers could help spread the virus.

 

While I understand your sentiment comparing the US to New Zealand is like comparing NYC to Sioux Falls ND.

Far easier to CLOSE and Island nation of 5 million residents than close the entire US.

 

He knows this but wanted to have a gotcha moment. The Coronabros won't miss a chance to say the US is doing a terrible job.

 

Is that a cucumber in your hazmat suit, or are you just happy to see me?

 

I apologize if this has been posted. But ... Georgia Tech football fans during 1918 Spanish flu



In 1918 College Football had to overcome the Spanish Flu and the end of World War I. But there was a season.

 

Coronabros....another cute nickname. Do you get gold star for your red flag if you go trendy with this one?

 

Some promising news on the vaccine this AM:
Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine shows encouraging early results in human safety trial

 

Smdh.

Churchgoer potentially exposed 180 others to COVID-19

 

This makes me wonder. Who here wears a mask when going to a public indoor space like the grocery etc?

Found this

https://theweek.com/articles/914220/conservative-victimhood-complex-made-america-impossible-govern

 

I guess it doesn’t surprise me that wearing a mask has become political and that usage skews heavily with affiliation.
For me it is easy, do I wear a mask to help others or do I act like a self centered d-bag?
Seems like an easy decision.

 

So in the span of about 3 weeks California went from no sports for the fall in college to Pro teams can start up June 1. Tells me they were too quick to make the decision to cancel attendance for the University system.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom says pro sports may open up in his state by early June

 

Part of the reason things become political is due to our fascination with creating polarizing binaries.

A much more nuanced approach to this is the process of evaluating comfort, cost, accessibility, perception, utility, and risk assessment. Pretty much everybody knows where everybody is on the first three, utility will have a little more variation, but risk assessment is obviously the biggest variable here. It's not even just the challenge of defining risk, but also leveraging the wide ranges of risk tolerances people have for themselves and those that they will interact with.

If usage skews heavy with affiliation, it may also be more region-based than party-based. Higher density areas have been hit harder, higher density areas tend to have more democrats. If those two statements can be taken as factual, it would make sense democrats are more likely to put value in wearing masks. But I do agree that there may be a team element aspect of it for some folks.

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