[Bill14564]

Originally Posted by PennBF

I know of no other situation where there is a populated area set aside for high risk Covid-19 or Delta Virant virus carriers within a relative small square! This not only increases the risks because there are 300 at risk a day circulating in the relatively small
area but there are no normal controls for masks, etc. Why has the Villages Theater been set up to be a petri dish for the virus? It just doesn't make any sense?

It makes a tremendous amount of sense as previously posted.

This location is not "within a relatively small square." As also previously posted, it is well away from the square, adjacent to a parking lot, with a somewhat isolated entrance.

As has been posted many times before, the risk from Covid is with close (within 6') contact for an extended (10+ mins) time and much higher in an enclosed area. Unless you stop someone heading to that door and chat with them for a while the risk is very low and if you don't happen to come from that parking lot, the risk is zero.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by charmed59

As there are less than 600 cases a week in Sumter county, I’d guess, even pulling in from neighboring counties, they aren’t hitting anything close to 300 a day.

The entrance isn’t close to the square. It is sort of close to the entrance of the golf car shop. If you see a big crowd in front of the back theater door you might want to wait to peruse the golf cars displayed down that street, but they aren’t near the square.

There are many reasonable and intelligent and well read people who post on this forum.

I thank you Charmed for being consistently one of them.

There is so much wrong information and so much plain old being nasty on here, it is sometimes more depressing than it is helpful.

It is good to know that when we see some screen names, we will have something useful to read.

Sometimes, the more I know about people, the sadder I become.

[Byte1]

Originally Posted by Spalumbos62

Sorry buttercup, but let's face it, the Vax and/or mask are not cutting it...hell, there's a veteran poster on here that was in hospital at least 12days. Hopefully he's out and we'll, but he was vaxed.

I dont understand all the sarcasm on these posts. It seems like people get so much joy out of undercutting other posters with sarcasm. Always seems to be older men that get their briefs twisted by something another person says back to them. I know this is very common behavior from young boys, but really shocks me on this site. Who knows, maybe as things don't work right anymore they have to lash out at others in some sort of frustration.
I know one thing, women, in general, prefer a jolly, kind older man.

Hmm, pot calling the kettle black?

[Mrprez]

Originally Posted by Chi-Town

Perhaps you took the term "bad optics" a little too literally.

Perhaps. My point is that the entry being used is not on the square. Some people just can’t seem to grasp that salient point.

[coffeebean]

Originally Posted by Mrprez

That’s a personal decision only you can make. Leaves more room for the rest of us.

Lots of room is great for social distancing!

[coffeebean]

Originally Posted by Mrprez

Let’s not. The door that is being used is not on the town square. It is 500’ away straight line. Much further by the parking lot or the sidewalk.

The entry and exit door location is all well and good but......those folks who receive treatment and those folks who accompany them will most definitely visit the shops and restaurants in the square. That is a given.

[Mrprez]

Originally Posted by coffeebean

The entry and exit door location is all well and good but......those folks who receive treatment and those folks who accompany them will most definitely visit the shops and restaurants in the square. That is a given.

Maybe to you. But it is not a given to me. I was over there. People were coming out and going to their cars. But, I guess you have lost all faith in your neighbors to think that they would do some so reckless.

[Love2Swim]

Originally Posted by coffeebean

The entry and exit door location is all well and good but......those folks who receive treatment and those folks who accompany them will most definitely visit the shops and restaurants in the square. That is a given.

Exactly!! That is the point. These people will congregate on the square, stop and listen to music, stop in the shops, exposing others.Where the entrance and exit are, are of little importance. It is the activity of the people seeking treatment that is of concern to many people. I'm going to avoid the place. Anyways, I like Sumter Landing better, lol.

[coffeebean]

Originally Posted by Bill14564

It makes a tremendous amount of sense as previously posted.

This location is not "within a relatively small square." As also previously posted, it is well away from the square, adjacent to a parking lot, with a somewhat isolated entrance.

As has been posted many times before, the risk from Covid is with close (within 6') contact for an extended (10+ mins) time and much higher in an enclosed area. Unless you stop someone heading to that door and chat with them for a while the risk is very low and if you don't happen to come from that parking lot, the risk is zero.

Early on when the Delta variant first was being reported about, the time frame to contract this variant was one minute of exposure. So, I took that to mean one minute of close encounter of within 6 feet of a Covid positive person with Delta variant. That is why this Delta variant is so contagious and much more contagious than the original Covid strain. For some reason, this time frame is not being reported now so who knows if it really is THAT quick to be exposed.

[Mrprez]

Originally Posted by Love2Swim

Exactly!! That is the point. These people will congregate on the square, stop and listen to music, stop in the shops, exposing others.Where the entrance and exit are, are of little importance. It is the activity of the people seeking treatment that is of concern to many people. I'm going to avoid the place. Anyways, I like Sumter Landing better, lol.

Mere speculation on your part.

[coffeebean]

Originally Posted by Mrprez

Maybe to you. But it is not a given to me. I was over there. People were coming out and going to their cars. But, I guess you have lost all faith in your neighbors to think that they would do some so reckless.

I hope you will prove me very very wrong.

[Byte1]

Originally Posted by Love2Swim

I agree with those that think the decision to house this facility in a Town Square is not a good one. The Savannah Center is more away from people, fine. I personally will avoid Brownwood for awhile, and I know others that will do so too.

I've avoided Brownwood for 8 years...
I bet anyone (even vaccinated) will rush (NOT AVOID) to Brownwood if/when they become infected...........

News flash: you will have no more chance of catching covid at the village square in Brownwood then you would shopping at Publix or Walmart. Better avoid them also..

[Byte1]

Originally Posted by PennBF

I know of no other situation where there is a populated area set aside for high risk Covid-19 or Delta Virant virus carriers within a relative small square! This not only increases the risks because there are 300 at risk a day circulating in the relatively small
area but there are no normal controls for masks, etc. Why has the Villages Theater been set up to be a petri dish for the virus? It just doesn't make any sense?

Maybe they should move the Villages Hospital to a more remote location also. After all, look at all the sick people crowded into one area and look at all the businesses nearby.

[Mrprez]

I know that if I was the one coming out of that theater, I would go straight home.

Those of you who think they will go shopping or dining on the square think so because that is what YOU would do.

[Byte1]

Originally Posted by Mrprez

I know that if I was the one coming out of that theater, I would go straight home.

Those of you who think they will go shopping or dining on the square think so because that is what YOU would do.

Well, according to some (several) that post on here, those that are not vaccinated should or need to die, just to prove to them that they have made the better choice at getting vaccinated. I have even read them saying "I hope they die." They also want the unvaccinated to pay for everyone else's health care. Some on here are soooo charitable. And I should have added soooo convincing and must have surely caused many to log off and rush to be vaccinated. Apparently, they do not seem to understand several points that others (not me) have made regarding this matter:
Having a treatment for covid is a good thing
Having a treatment for covid in a close location is a good thing
Being infected with covid does NOT always mean that person was not vaccinated
Some folks cannot be vaccinated.
Walking past an infected person does not mean that you are certain to become infected.
AND,
Not all "other" persons are less intelligent or lacking in common sense than what some claim to have.
Obviously, those that are being treated will likely head home after the process. A few may even stop at the doughnut shop for a coffee and doughnut on their way home. If you have your vaccination and if either one of you are wearing a mask, then the chances are nil that you will become infected. If you fear infection, then don't go to the square. There are plenty of other places where you can obtain a fat pill and coffee.

I consider the news of this treatment in the Villages to be fantastic and it is a shame that some elitists find the need to criticize.