@GrailSeeker wrote:
@dulwich wrote:
Just heard on our local news that two family gatherings over Memorial Day have resulted in 16 people now sick - just two families getting together for a cookout. Go figure!
I went to a family cookout on Memorial Day. Me, 2 brothers, 2 sisters, ages 55 to 65; My brother's spouse, two of his kids and their spouses, 4 grandkids. That's 14 people.
My brother also invited a co-worker and his wife. That made 16. I did ask what they were doing here and got the response, "He's my FRIEND!" (said jokingly, of course.)
It is the first gathering I've been to since the day before my birthday, February 2.
They have all been out working, for the most part. They seem to think that the virus blew through here in January. They are done thinking about it.
I had the option to stay home. This is the third get together since my younger brother has been up here staying with me, from Texas. It was the first family thing I attended. I had already passed on two of them. I'm the oldest of the bunch at 65. The younger brother who has been staying with me has been seeing two friends from high school, off and on, for the last couple of months.
My youngest son just finished his quarantine after working in Detroit, donning and doffing PPE for workers at a field hospital. 100% of his unit released, all tested negative.
He and two of his friends drove down to "Flora-bama" to see a friend from here who is in the Army, and his wife. They had been planning this while my son was in Detroit. They did visit a beach. He's almost 22, he no longer listens to me.
Among this bunch, one RN working in a nursing home, an automobile mechanic, the wife of the manager of a grocery store, a security guard at a hospital, a forktruck driver, an over the road truck driver, a receptionist, a safety inspector.
My older brother and sister-in-law just sold their old house and moved into a different house. We sat in the back yard of their new house under a huge beautiful bald cypress tree.
It was 85 degrees out, but nice in the shade of that tree. Nice breeze. Ate hamburghers and drank beer. Some smoked a little pot. It's legal here. Seems to have thrown some back into their second childhood.
While I sat there, I thought "oh my god, if the girls on the forums could see this..."
Five days later, NONE of us are sick. (I will keep you updated)
I think this is the problem. If you sit home all day, listen to the news, or read on this forum to fill the time, you are going to feel differently than the ones who basically WERE NEVER under stay at home orders.
They have been out and about this whole time, not getting sick, not wearing masks, except for the healthcare workers at work.
Meanwhile, the 80 and 90 year olds in our families are remaining in self-isolation. But the younger ones? No way. Too much energy, too much work to do, getting on with their lives. They are not going to listen to you and if you don't want to participate, stay home. This is no different to them than any other bug circulating. Just a part of life and the risks that come with it, from the moment you are born.
@GrailSeeker
I hear you loud and clear and I agree with you 100%.
To your point, over two weeks ago, a co-worker came in to use our office copier.
We hadn't seen each other in over a month.
We're both huggers, and we hugged each other, not once, but twice.
Long hugs at that.
Over two weeks later, not so much as a cough or a sniffle.
Oh, did I mention that her daughter is a surgical nurse, whom she has regular contact with?
Plus, in the office, we don't wear masks or keep six feet away from each other.
We wear masks when dealing with the public, but not in the office, and guess what?
Not one single person has gotten sick.
Not.
One.
Single.
Person.
So, is this virus contagious?
Sure, but so is the common cold, and no, I'm not saying that Covid is just a cold, and yes, people have died as a direct result from Covid.
What I am saying is that I don't think that it is as communicable as they have led us to believe, but, the dye has been cast.
So, people will have to decide for themselves what their comfort level is.
If someone feels more comfortable staying home, then that's what they should do.
But by the same token, soon the number of people gathering in large groups, with or without mask will outnumber those who choose to stay home.
Will that result in a large number of people getting sick?
Time will tell.
Nobody can say for 100% certainty that it will, or that it won't, unless, of course, they have a time machine and have already seen the future, which as we all know, time machines don't exist.
The Sky looks different when you have someone you love up there.
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