who is not being cautious? I wear a mask when i go into grocer or hd store.
There are 129 cases in my county, 4 deaths since january, in a county of 200,000. Increased testing is showing more cases and the death rate is going down. I am able to look at data and make an informed decision, like most of you.
https://www.apmresearchlab.org/covid/deaths-by-race
while unfortunate for others, my race group has had less deaths/1000.
https://patch.com/pennsylvania/across-pa/2-3-pa-coronavirus-deaths-nursing-homes-county-breakdown
again, very unfortunate for some, i am still living in my own home with dw. We know of nobody in our circle of relatives, friends, tenants, vendors, vineyard owners, grocery store clerks that we ask, nurses, health care workers, police and firemen, who has gotten sick or knows of anybody getting sick. These folks live in pa, fl, ca, co and oh.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/23/health/coronavirus-patients-risk.html
again, i have been blessed with good health, despite w*rking in coal mines for 35 years, and dw in k-12 schools. 88% of hospitalized cases in ny anyhow, are those with diabetes, obesity, and hypertension. My blood pressure has been 130/90 since i was in high school when it was flagged for concern during a usafa physical. I have been medicated for it once i turned 50, but it still runs about 130/90 or less now.
https://www.healthychildren.org/english/health-issues/conditions/heart/pages/kawasaki-disease.aspx
the latest fear mongering is that corona causes a kawasaki syndrome disease or similiar type disease, that effects children. Kawasaki has been around since 1976, discovered in kawasaki japan (can i say that?) and is non infectious. Again it is unfortunate, but to put the image of dying children dropping over from aneurysms on every street corner in our heads, is wrong.
There are folks that are buying gallons of bleach, hand sanitizer, and alcohol to sanitize stuff around the house. If you're not leaving the house, it doesn't make sense. It is a corona virus, it has a mushy oily fluid "nucleus" that dissolves in soap and water. There are no reported cases of transmission via a package, carton, or envelope; my mail lady, and my ups driver, know of no cases, and i haven't heard of any mass infections of those workers.
We keep moving the goal posts. Flatten the curve to prevent hospital overrun, get more testing done. Then it was limit the spread. Then it was more accurate testing, then once we found out more folks had it and didn't know it, now we have to have a antibody test. Then it was we can open as long as cases are declining, well as more people are tested more people have shown they have/had it, and hospital rates are going down. Death rates are going down overall, but on tuesdays they spike up to count those over the weekend because the bean counters don't "work" weekends.
https://www.medicaleconomics.com/ar...s-all-covid-19-testing-treatment-will-be-free
the incentive to count all deaths as the cause of death instead of with corona is purely monetary.
Now, we want no re openings until we get a cure or vaccine. That's not going to happen for a long time. The who, who i trust like some politicians, says corona virus will be here for 5 more years, until it runs it's course. I'm almost 62, my life expectancy is ~77, i'm not going to hide in my house for the remaining third of my life. No, investing 5 years in my basement is not a premium for the next ten years.
Grocery stores in my area are fully stocked except for the short time that toilet paper, bleach, and paper towels, when hoarding was going on. Ground beef is being rationed to prevent a run/shortage and the local butchers are booked until august. If the talking heads on tv would warn of a ketchup shortage, i'm sure one would start the next day. There is too much fear promoted and not enough common sense.
My friend who owns 2 car dealerships, and the three that owns restaurants, 2 that own local distilleries, and the winery where i help out at, are operating at 15-20%. It is devastating for them and their employees. No one in a nursing home is going to buy a car, or have it serviced, go to a restaurant, or to a tasting room. There is no reason why hair styling/ nail salon can't be open, with masks and proper sanitation.
Go ahead with your criticisms of me; for 35 years i got paid pretty damn good for my thoughts, and perceptions despite taking numerous arrows along the way.