RVMommaTo6 said:
I've never seen that said anywhere by the people making that decision. That's a great side effect, but the POINT of the shut downs was to flatten the curve and not overwhelm medical establishments. I know it's different in other areas, and I admit to not following what it's doing numbers wise in other places, but where I live, it was grossly over estimated and although the vulnerable population or anyone else who chooses may still stay home, it doesn't make sense for me to stay home anymore. That was my point. I'm not making recommendations for anyone else because I don't know your specific situations, I speaking of my own situation.Gizmo said:
AND that is exactly what's going on, right now, accross the country. Folks are sick of the "stay at home" orders/mandates/recommendations/etc. They are getting out and there will be nothing that can stop that. Do what you need to to protect yourself.SeilerBird said:
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Nope, no relation! There are quite a few Coffeys around the country. Most of the lines started out in Virginia and the Carolinas.Tom said:
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I understand what you were trying to say. I live in a city of 175,000 people. We've only had 3 covid deaths in people under 60 (one was a 57 year old overweight man who had diabetes and high blood pressure and smoked his entire life and I don't know who the other 2 were) yet schools are closed and, at least in our city, drug ODs are WAY up and suicides are significantly up, which leads me to believe that drug use is way up, which means you have kids stuck at home all day in bad environments, and mental health is being effected. Kids here need to be in school for their physical safety as well as their mental health. At what point does the cure cause more damage than the disease? I'm obviously not saying all kids live in bad homes and need school as an escape, but in a city with high poverty levels, there are quite a few. I feel like I'm on a roll, so I'll sit my butt down lol, but I get your point.Robert K said:
Not me, I am not sick of the stay at home order, in fact I love it. I only venture outside about once every two days and then I wear a mask and avoid people.phil-t said:
I live about 10 miles from a Tyson plant in Iowa. Officially they closed down for cleaning and testing of employees, but word on the street from employees say it really was for huge absenteeism. They literally did not have enough people healthy to operate the lines. They kept telling the public they were taking temperatures of all employees, but they let people with fevers go to work. They they left them shoulder to shoulder with others while providing no PPE. Our county public health organization and local (not states politicians forced them to accountability. I have no sympathy for the meat packing company, and a huge amount of sympathy for their poor workers.jayc2640 said:
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