Ccwatercraft wrote:_txchilibowl_ wrote:Ccwatercraft wrote:
Florida here, do you live in the city? if yes, maybe lay low if you are nervous, If not then go out a few more times and you'll get over it. By my 3rd visit back to the store it was business as usual from a customer perspective, I don't even think about it now I just go.
My spouse was considered essential and works in a high traffic area, so I hunkered down only for a couple weeks in early April then did split shifts at work for a bit, but now life is and has been 100% normal for some time, i'm back to eating lunches at restaurants, going to the grocery 5-6x a week, I've only put a mask on three times (haircut and flights to and from Texas).
This probably freaks people out, oh well.
At this point based on traffic congestion and how busy the stores are that the number of people peeking through the curtains from home is dwindling quickly. We've had a total of 2600 deaths in FL, 1.24 per 100K, which doesn't freak me out, most of them were very old, more than half were in miami/dade, and the normal death rate in the state is 974 per google.(2016)
The massive drop in unemployment validates that things are picking up as well, we were just talking at work earlier this week and somebody mentioned that they were puzzled how UI numbers keep going up when everyone around us has been back since May or is heading back to work now, I knew at least 15 people that were laid off in some fashion and now only 1 is still on UI. One massage therapist I know starts work officially today and said that once the news came out her phone was blowing up, prebooked 100% through July in less than 24 hours.
Meat shortage? At least round me that was 100% blown out of proportion, zero issues finding whatever I needed, but the media sure pushed that angle hard but I never saw a change except moderate price increases.
Travel/tourism is an interesting one, my neighborhood has several vacation rentals which were closed all of April, I know the homewatch/property manager and she said that once the were allowed to resume they booked every unit to 100% capacity through August already, dozens of units.
Everything you just said, every number you cited, was done with pretty strict regulations and shut downs.
But I'm sure that now that you're back to going to the grocery store 5-6x a week (who does that under any circumstance?) and going wherever you please without a mask on that things will obviously stay the same. Except for you Grandma and Grandpa....you're just S.O.L.
I'm sorry but this kind of brazen attitude suggests that you've either never wanted to take this seriously (which I suspect) or you're just incredibly selfish and can't be bothered by having your life inconvenienced by a mask and 6ft barrier.
Strict regulations? sorry gotta call BS on that, at best we did lockdown lite, from day 1 with incredibly packed grocery stores as everyone raided the toilet paper, walmart was packed, lowes and home depot full of people buying garden supplies to kill time during the first two weeks, it was impossible to avoid people unless you locked the door and pulled the shades. I was extra cautious in early April but if you have a spouse that Is exposed to 300+ people every day you realize quickly that sitting home chewing your nails isn't going to change the odds very much in your favor.
My grocery is about 1/2 mile from my home, I shop daily for whatever is for dinner.
sorry, but its is what it is... and literally my entire county (and the rest of the state from what I know of) is doing exactly the same thing, we are working, shopping, living just like normal with extra hand washing (certainly practicing social distancing much better than the looters)
I respect your right to stay home as much as you wish, I have no desire to drag you out into the world against your will, but since obviously you have concerns I also suggest not visiting Florida, we're open for business here.
You can be open for business and still respect the global pandemic going on. That's what someone who cares about their fellow man would do.
I grew up in Florida. Spent 35 years there before I left. I care about the state and always will. But I still have 20+ relatives who live there, including at risk parents and grandparents. Should I tell them not to visit?
Again, the country can reopen and we can (SHOULD) take some simple precautions. You have decided to ignore them. You can say that's your choice but in reality if you're wrong it directly effects everyone else.
CC, I have nothing against you. Hell, I don't even know you. But I'm still out here doing the right things for you and yours. Why can't that be reciprocated?
110,000+ Americans dead and counting. Please put on a mask.
