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Originally Posted by Scott O
COVID-19 has a survival rate of 99.99% for those under the age of 40. Even people over the age of 60 who aren’t residents of nursing homes have a survival rate of 98.29%, yet residents in many areas are now told, in great detail, how they can and cannot celebrate their holidays
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, loneliness had reached epidemic levels. In 2018, 54% of American adults over the age of 18 reported feeling lonely. By January 2020, it was 61% and now, nine months into the pandemic, we’ve reached 66%
Loneliness isn’t relegated to the elderly. In the 18 to 34 age group, 75% report feeling socially isolated, compared to 61% of those over 50. Among those aged 18 to 34, 19% say they’ve gone as long as two to three months without interacting with another person
10% of 35- to 49-year-olds, 9% of 18- to 34-year-olds and 7% of those over 50 say they’ve not interacted with anyone outside their household or workplace since the pandemic began
If safety requires us to indefinitely forfeit the most valuable parts of our lives, what exactly are we trying to save?
PLEASE THINK LONG AND HARD ABOUT WHAT IS IMPORTANT!! FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN WRAPPED IN FEAR, THERE IS REALISTIC STATISTICS....LIFE WITHOUT HUMAN INTERACTION IS VERY DEPRESSING! SHUT THE TV OFF, LIVE YOR LIFE!
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Don't know who the doctor who wrote this is, but fear is certainly ruling the lives of many here. Some are afraid to go to the grocery store, or even go enjoy the music on the squares. Some even make really vial remarks on this forum about anyone who take reasonable precautions to protect their health, but enjoys their life going out for dinner, coffee and doughnuts, or drinks, they are trashed on here all the time. There are those who say "we haven't SEEN OUR OWN GRANDCHILD for nearly a year" ! Why ? The planes are flying again, cars are not stopped at the Florida line and made to turn back, and gasoline prices are relatively low right now. Now as of yesterday we get yet another 180 degree turn..... all of this fear that fueled the sale of Lysol and other brand wraps, people wiping down their door knobs, counters, etc. several times a day, constant hand washing (always a good idea but really pushed to the max by the CDC), and the myth that masks are to PROTECT OTHERS, all reversed yesterday. It's now wonder that people are angry, frightened into NOT seeing their own grand children when in all reality, they may not live to see tomorrow and not connected to the virus in any way. How very sad what has been done to the PSYCHE of this entire country, and especially what it has done to us in our "golden years". Not seeing family and enjoying a meal or event out, could effect us for all the years we have left. One poor woman was hoping for a vaccine because she had not even had the pleasure of the simple act of shopping in a grocery store for close to a year ! Not sure about that one, the stores (thankfully) are open. But, perhaps, there is some special circumstance like going through cancer treatments which would make it wise to stay in until immune system recovers.
But with few clubs meeting, doing my shopping at Publix is one of my simple pleasures these days (imagine that ladies, I who dreaded taking time out from golf and craft classes, now look forward to going to Publix, Walmart, and Winn Dixie....LOL ! In summary, God bless the doctor, M.D. or Ph.D. who gave the advice to seniors to LIVE.... while you are still ALIVE.