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Old 05-09-2020, 07:54 AM
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If we don’t open, many will die. Yes suicide and depression and mental health issues will rise, but so will deaths from things people do not think about. Elective surgery and screening processes are not being done in some states. How many disease process are being missed leading to death? I am thinking of things like cancer screening, colonoscopies, pacemaker battery changes, cardiac stents, the list could be endless. Damn if we do, Damn if we don’t
The difference is how many people you want to take with you into the grave.

You might kill yourself from depression, if you can't get out to the bocce court.

You might die of Covid-19 AND spread it to a dozen other people, if you CAN get out to the bocce court.

Though, I think the Villages residents are doing a pretty decent job of keeping the virus casualties to a minimum, I'm also glad we're maintaining the social distancing rules now that some of the activities are opening back up.