Originally Posted by Carl99 (Post 1791751)

I’m already socializing , got tested don’t have it

Originally Posted by Fishers2tall (Post 1791073)

Obviously COVID-19 has caused drastic changes to our everyday life. My question is do you think you will ever go back to inviting people to your home for a meal without worrying about masks or social distancing? Will you ever feel comfortable sitting around your dinner table playing cards with friends? What will it take before you are willing to do that? I guess I am curious if a COVID vaccine takes 10 years to develop how many will spend that entire time living in a state of social isolation.

Originally Posted by Love2Swim (Post 1791858)

Dr. Fauci is the expert and he says he believes a vaccine is a matter of “when and not if.” When we have the vaccine is when I feel safe socializing again. I don't feel safe now. There are too many selfish people running around without masks, putting everyone else at risk.

Originally Posted by birdiebill (Post 1791884)

Your test showing you don't have the virus is only good for the time the test was taken. Anyone with a negative test is still subject to acquiring the virus anytime after that test was taken--whether its 2 days, 2 weeks, or 2 months later.

Likewise the temperature check being used frequently does not really test whether a person is positive. One can be asymptomatic and be positive with no fever at the time the temperature is taken. We used to use universal precautions to assume every patient was carrying a contagious disease, and use infection control guidelines accordingly.

My wife and I use "universal precautions" with Covid-19 and assume everyone is an asymptomatic carrier. Outdoors, we social distance. Indoors, we mask to protect others and minimize our risk. We will resume normal lifestyle once there is an effective vaccine. We are not living like hermits, but we do not socialize without social distancing.

Originally Posted by ts12755 (Post 1791894)

Been hanging out shoulder to shoulder with friends and neighbors since phase I.

Originally Posted by donfey (Post 1791898)

When it becomes "the norm" for folks, that's us, to be responsible about staying home when we're sick, or think we may be, and for the rest of us to call out those who violate this practice. Of particular concern to me is those who NEED to go to work, even though they know they're too sick to be out. There needs to be a way for them to stay home, responsibly, and still provide for themselves or their family. Not an easy fix.

Originally Posted by donfey (Post 1791898)

Originally Posted by Fishers2tall (Post 1791073)

Obviously COVID-19 has caused drastic changes to our everyday life. My question is do you think you will ever go back to inviting people to your home for a meal without worrying about masks or social distancing? Will you ever feel comfortable sitting around your dinner table playing cards with friends? What will it take before you are willing to do that? I guess I am curious if a COVID vaccine takes 10 years to develop how many will spend that entire time living in a state of social isolation.

Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 1791848)

5% Nationally. We are #1 in the world.....dubious achievement award.

Originally Posted by nn0wheremann (Post 1791979)

A safe an effective vaccine, or the mutation of the disease into something more manageable. Maybe all the young beach bums are doing us a favor. As more and more of them catch, pass on, and catch again the Covid virus, perhaps it will mutate into a less harmful disease. Meanwhile, may the Lord bless them, and keep them, far away from me.

Originally Posted by regas56 (Post 1791995)

I'm not sure where you found that number but according to the CDC numbers I googled the fatality rate for those under 50 is 0.2%.. 50-59 is 0.6%.. 60-69 is 1.9%.. 70-79 is 4.3%.. and over 80 is 7.8%.. How many people haven't been tested that are asymptomatic? 100's 0f 1000's? Millions? the fatality percentages can only go DOWN once every person in the Country has been tested..

Originally Posted by Love2Swim (Post 1791858)

Dr. Fauci is the expert and he says he believes a vaccine is a matter of “when and not if.” When we have the vaccine is when I feel safe socializing again. I don't feel safe now. There are too many selfish people running around without masks, putting everyone else at risk.

Originally Posted by merrymini (Post 1791485)

Some of these responses are very funny. Too bad the scientists that are busy telling you what to do have no clue and keep changing their minds using you like a yoyo. I am a reasonable person and refuse to lock myself in a closet for the rest of my life. If you choose to do so, do not assume you are correct and everyone else is wrong.

Originally Posted by birdiebill (Post 1791742)

According to the latest Florida Department of Health data, Florida has had 109,014 positive cases of the Covid-19 virus. Yesterday alone there were 5511 new cases. Sumter County has had 299 positive cases with well over 100 of those in the correctional facility in Bushnell.

The virus has not become less contagious, but perhaps a little less virulent. We can modify our life and social behavior and minimize our risks by showing compassion for each other. We don't have to stay confined to home if everyone would do their part to minimize transmission. I ride my bicycle, I golf with friends but we socially distance at all times, we eat restaurant food at times but prefer to carry out. We are not comfortable eating inside a restaurant with a large number of diners nor in one where the staff does not wear a mask. We grocery shop and go to the pharmacy or a re



store when we need to, but do not just go shopping. We do wear a mask indoors at the grocery and pharmacy. That is not because we know we are carrying the virus; we could be asymptomatic and still be a carrier and transmit to others. We mask to protect others; we also know that even the cloth masks will reduce the chance of viral load by a little bit. We mask to protect others; we hope others mask to protect each other.

Originally Posted by Guest

A beautiful woman.

Originally Posted by Guest

Cases!!!! 5% of the US population has become cases in hospitals. More testing would yield a higher %.

Originally Posted by Rosebud1949 (Post 1792481)

Grandkids are here... no masks, visitors are here No masks, Folk out and NOT social distancing, no masks. I dont suppose they stayed at home when they were told to either.. Going to the beach, eating out, shopping etc.. it will never stop until you change your attitude .. A MASK SAYS YOU CARE.. about your family, friends, and each other. No MASK.. says it all

Originally Posted by birdiebill (Post 1791742)

According to the latest Florida Department of Health data, Florida has had 109,014 positive cases of the Covid-19 virus. Yesterday alone there were 5511 new cases. Sumter County has had 299 positive cases with well over 100 of those in the correctional facility in Bushnell.

The virus has not become less contagious, but perhaps a little less virulent. We can modify our life and social behavior and minimize our risks by showing compassion for each other. We don't have to stay confined to home if everyone would do their part to minimize transmission. I ride my bicycle, I golf with friends but we socially distance at all times, we eat restaurant food at times but prefer to carry out. We are not comfortable eating inside a restaurant with a large number of diners nor in one where the staff does not wear a mask. We grocery shop and go to the pharmacy or a retail store when we need to, but do not just go shopping. We do wear a mask indoors at the grocery and pharmacy. That is not because we know we are carrying the virus; we could be asymptomatic and still be a carrier and transmit to others. We mask to protect others; we also know that even the cloth masks will reduce the chance of viral load by a little bit. We mask to protect others; we hope others mask to protect each other.

Originally Posted by Carl99 (Post 1791751)

I’m already socializing , got tested don’t have it

Originally Posted by coffeebean (Post 1792123)

Good one to lighten up the mood.