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Old 06-25-2020, 09:12 AM
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Wise to be monitoring what's going on even though your plan is to not travel back until October

TV is as safe as anywhere I believe. Some things are starting to open up, softball, tennis, the pools, restaurants, the movie houses...but the squares still look somewhat like a 'ghost town' compared to what we've all come to love and enjoy

today's Daily Sun talks about an uptick in the number of covid-19 cases in the tri-county area...Lake and Marion counties seem to have the most with 530 and 217 new cases (as you know there are only a few Villages in these counties)....Sumter's new cases I believe were under 50 which represents the majority of the Villages

yesterday the line at a Walgreens that was offering testing was huge....folks are concerned, but no panic. Not everyone wears a mask...so perhaps with all that has reopened and people have gathered w/o masks we may see an uptick in cases within TV

IMHO, once you return I believe that you'd be happy to be back in the bubble, regardless of what's open/not open...after 17 years
it's in your blood...and you can play the game as safely as you choose

We were snowbirds for years....I'd actually be more concerned about how I planned to make the trip back down

We've chosen to stay safe and have told our kid's "please no visiting". They'd all be flying down. We are seeing grandchildren in TV...recent reports are that the virus is spreading quickly among the 18 - 25 age group...and I would expect among the younger set too. With Zoom and Marco Polo you can still 'see' everyone...and there's always the phone