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Waiting on PA restrictions

lynnie61 — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 17:56:50 GMT

Been patiently awaiting the new restrictions for PA businesses. Two days ago, the state said “very shortly” information would be released. I thought it may make the noon news......still nothing yet.

And Gov. Wolf tested positive yesterday with Covid.

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Kachina624 — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 18:07:10 GMT

Sorry, but I don't think we can help you with that here. Call you state legislator.

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riley1 — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 18:07:45 GMT

@lynnie61 I wish you luck. We cannot travel to NJ or NY for Christmas this year. Have not seen our grands in a year and I'm heartbroken we won't be there Christmas morning.

Many areas in my state (SC) have been declared red zones.

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Mz iMac — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 18:08:38 GMT

I thought PA had a Covid website to get all the updated/latest info? Why wait for the "noon" tv news?

Joisey & Delaware has one.

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riley1 — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 18:10:30 GMT

@lynnie61 - try going to PA covid website for updates or their Dept of Health.

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proudlyfromNJ — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 18:12:34 GMT

@riley1 wrote:
@lynnie61 I wish you luck. We cannot travel to NJ or NY for Christmas this year. Have not seen our grands in a year and I'm heartbroken we won't be there Christmas morning.

Many areas in my state (SC) have been declared red zones.

@riley1 Are you in SC? If so are you saying SC is not allowed to travel to NY?

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Kachina624 — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 18:13:08 GMT

@riley1 wrote:
@lynnie61 I wish you luck. We cannot travel to NJ or NY for Christmas this year. Have not seen our grands in a year and I'm heartbroken we won't be there Christmas morning.

Many areas in my state (SC) have been declared red zones.

@riley1. You could be there on Skype or Zoom, next best thing. Get it set up and practice ahead of time.

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ValuSkr — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 18:18:37 GMT

@lynnie61 wrote:

And Gov. Wolf tested positive yesterday with Covid.

Fortunately, Governor Wolf is asymptomatic and his wife has tested negative.

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riley1 — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 18:18:18 GMT

@Kachina624 - Yes, that is what we are prepared to do. I will set my alarm so I can shower, dress and have coffee in hand! My grands live in NY and are 8, and twin 5 y/o. And, my daughter has to work and someone in her office tested positive so she had to quarantine for 14 days.

The other problem is my son lives at a facility in NJ and they don't have any of that sort of thing. He doesn't really get why he can't come here and we can't go there. Plus, he just had Covid - thankfully, a mild case it seems.

And, my hubby has heart disease so I really can't take that chance. This is just a screwy year for sure.

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Kachina624 — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 18:21:59 GMT

@riley1. Such a shame as the kids are at such a cute age for Christmas. Hope the teleconference works for you.

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Carmie — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 18:23:35 GMT

@lynnie61 You're right. There is no updated info yet. I don't think too much will change as far as business are concerned, except maybe with our court system.

COVID is really getting bad in the prisons. I don't think they will be transferring prisioners to the court house or allow them to be moved.

Our state is already pretty strict as far as COVID goes. They could cut back on the number of people allowed in a business at a time, I suppose.

It won't impact me, I stay home and away from people if I can.

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proudlyfromNJ — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 18:24:07 GMT

My BIL is headed to NY from SC for Christmas.

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lynnie61 — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 18:24:51 GMT

PA does have a COVID website......it is not released there yet. I was just making a comment, waiting for the new restrictions. I just don’t think 48 hours is “very shortly”.

No wonder so many people don’t want to post here. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but, yes, I checked there first.

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lynnie61 — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 18:32:02 GMT

@riley1 Hope you can enjoy even zoom with the kids! So hard missing your grands.

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Mz iMac — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 18:32:27 GMT

@lynnie61 "PA does have a COVID website......it is not released there yet. "

You did not mention this vital info in your original posting.

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pitdakota — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 18:38:52 GMT

@lynnie61 wrote:
PA does have a COVID website......it is not released there yet. I was just making a comment, waiting for the new restrictions. I just don’t think 48 hours is “very shortly”.

No wonder so many people don’t want to post here. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but, yes, I checked there first.

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Not only you, but I bet quite a few people that own businesses are counting down the minutes, hours as well to see how their business might in fact be impacted. I don't reside in your state, but I can see how one might be following and wondering when and if changes might occur.

So although I don't know for sure, it could be that they are waiting to get the data and analyze that data before making recommendations. They tend to review data in 3 or 7 day averages to determine the direction numbers are moving, so sometimes it takes a while to get the data from all the testing sites, hospitals, etc. plug the numbers in, and review the data.

I sure hope for everyone in the state that stricter restrictions aren't coming, although that tends not to be the current trend for many states.

The governor in Indiana just put a pause on all non-emergency procedures in all hospitals in the state due to the situation with hospitals throughout the state. So sad that once again, people with elective procedures will have to wait until numbers start coming down.

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lynnie61 — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 18:48:21 GMT

@pitdakota . Thanks for your comments. Yes, rumors here, and many friends work in the food industry, and a good friend owns a salon with many hairstylists. The businesses are anxiously waiting, too.

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CelticCrafter — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 18:54:55 GMT

A lot of NJ hospitals are back to no visitors again.

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Buffalogal47 — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 20:02:35 GMT

@proudlyfromNJ People can travel to NY from anywhere in the US. The problem is, you have to quarantine if you are coming from one of the states on Cuomo's hit list. They keep changing the rules for the length of time you have to quarantine, so if you want to go to NY, check NY's covid website to find out the latest info.

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Spurt — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 20:12:09 GMT

@Mz iMac wrote:
I thought PA had a Covid website to get all the updated/latest info? Why wait for the "noon" tv news?

Joisey & Delaware has one.

@Mz iMac

And the great state of Texas has one too, as does each city in Texas.....