[rrb48310]

Originally Posted by canyonblue

All I need to know is he couldn't stop Microsoft Windows from getting a virus, why would I trust him now.

Now that was funny

If Bill Gates is spending his money for research that’s good, I really don’t think he’s doing the research himself. Out of his lane.

[Mumbles]

Originally Posted by Bill1701

Yes, and this was easy to predict. The flu mutates every year, and while COVID-19 is not exactly the flu, they have some commonalities.

Yeah, I'm with you on that. I wonder if we would have a smaller or bigger panic if this were called an "infection" or "disease" rather than a flu or virus, something more akin to Bubonic plague. And would that put us somewhat at ease with staying home for longer?

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by GoodLife

I hear you. My plan for this summer was to go to Scotland for several months to play golf, escape the heat here. Maybe next year.

The good old days had lots of threads complaining about dog poop, bad parking, bad driving, traffic circles, golf course conditions etc. Now we have lots of threads complaining about lockdown rules, face masks, direction arrows in supermarkets etc etc

Most of the threads I post are based on science, medicines to treat patients, vaccine developments, where and how you can get exposed to the virus etc. Some find them helpful, others not. The only hope we have are good medicines and a vaccine. Believe me, I'd rather be posting about golf from Scotland.

PS News about this virus mutation will probably be all over the news today, so don't watch if it disturbs you.

Good information and your intentions are good. Keep it up.

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

This is what I do as a hobby. I check articles and op-eds, then run a search to find out where the writer got the information, then do another search to find out how THAT information was gathered - and so on and so forth. It's pretty fascinating actually. And it sometimes goes off on tangents and you learn about things only marginally related to whatever piqued your interest in the first place!

There are worse hobbies. Oh, I did NOT mean golf.

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by Dan9871

According to the State of Florida COVID site there have not been any new infections in the zip codes that make up The Villages in the last 5 days or so. The infection count has been stuck at 32159 at 5, 32162 at 54, and 32163 at 7 for the last 5 or 6 days.

Experience

Thanks, good info.

[PugMom]

Originally Posted by Inexes@aol.com

In the grand scheme of things.... just what does any of this matter to us? What can we do to change it? TOTV used to be an interesting forum that I enjoyed on a daily basis. It has gotten to the point that I don't even care to look at it anymore. Between the virus, the golfing, the restaurants, masks/no masks, and the endless questionable statistics by unqualified posters...... it has become tedious. I know...... then don't come here and read it. Good advice.... but I just kept hoping that maybe one of these days TOTV would return to it's "old enjoyable self".

if only