[wilkinson]

When a stupid person without a mask approaches me I tell them off - otherwise you are just enabling them to continue their stupidity and helping to spread the virus. Stand up for what's right.

[Boffin]

Small sample size might require the use of nonparametric statistics. Was the numerical data data nominal, ordinal, interval, or ratio?

[ts12755]

If those that are sick or obese and live in fear would stay home the rest of us can live our lives. Stay home. There is no reason for you to go out around people. Stay home. Families need to work, go to school, socialize. You lived your life, let others live theirs. We are all going to die. When your time is up, your time is up.

[rmd2]

Last night I drove around the square at Spanish Springs. The parking area was packed but the dance area was almost empty because almost everyone was sitting in their cars and golf carts- just enjoying the music.

[Joe C.]

It ain't going away......so get used to it. If it makes you feel good, wear a mask. The vaccine, when you get it, will protect you (they say), but the virus itself, is here to stay.....just like the common cold.

[CDerington]

Yes it is sad, however you had your mask on and you were outside so you were safe and hopefully you went home and washed your hands as well.

[Marine1974]

I guess we are starting to learn something about people living in the Villages and their comments on posts by others concerned about something , they have or show no empathy for their fellow man , unless of course if something happens to them or they get sick with Covid 19 .And they actually put their name on their posts so we can identify them as non caring .
Hard to find safe ground these days if you choose to go out and try to enjoy skittle bit of life and cope with this dangerous pandemic. Sorry that happened to you .

[kenoc7]

Originally Posted by dhdallas

"Misinformation is just as dangerous as the disease is right now," says Erie News Now Contributor, Dr. Becky Dawson. "I think we are spreading misinformation as quickly as we are spreading the disease." News outlets thrive on stories of death & violence. "If it bleeds, it leads" is the age old axiom.

Most deaths occur when the patient has comorbid factors involved, i.e. one foot in the grave already! Hospitals are reimbursed at a much higher rate if COVID is listed as the cause of death. I am a retired RN and Paramedic who worked during both the onset of AIDS and H1N1 epidemics and never saw the level of fear and misleading information as I have seen with COVID.

I have had both H1N1 & COVID. The H1N1 was much worse and was every bit as bad as when I had pneumonia on two separate occasions in the past. My COVID was similar to the flu: chills & fever, coughing, congestion and general malaise. I am not downplaying that COVID is serious. It can be deadly for those with preexisting illnesses. For the rest of us, it is an inconvenience!

The stress, anxiety, loneliness & loss of income caused by the fear of COVID is far more damaging than the virus itself.

In a letter to to John Norvell, 14 June 1807, Thomas Jefferson wrote, "Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. Truth itself becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle. I really look with commiseration over the great body of my fellow citizens, who, reading newspapers, live & die in the belief, that they have known something of what has been passing in the world in their time..."

The deception continues and we, like sheep, are willing participants.
A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves.
Edward R. Murrow.

Sad statement from an RN and paramedic. I respect your service but not your ideas and the foolish meaningless quote about newspapers.
"Most deaths occur when the patient has comorbid factors involved, i.e. one foot in the grave already!"
This may be true for many, even most, but it isn't true for lots of other deaths so it is misinformation e.g. the 42-year-old congressman-elect from LA.

"Hospitals are reimbursed at a much higher rate if COVID is listed as the cause of death."
This has been debunked so many times it doesn't need a response.

[Spalumbos62]

Originally Posted by Topspinmo

Just move when they get too close, it’s that simple.

It bugs me also when people get too close...I respect their space...and expect the same. Sometimes I wish I could attach pool noodles to my waist and spin as others invade my area...lol...give them all a light wack!

[Boomer]

R

Originally Posted by EdFNJ

The real question is: Why does it always bother YOU so much whenever you read about someone who does that. I agree it is useless just as is driving in a car with a mask but it seems to really bug you. If it makes **THEM** feel better why not just leave them to their overdone comfort and security since it is causing NO ONE any harm. Think of ot like sleeping with a security blanket. Constantly making fools of people who are doing nothing that affects you is far worse than wearing a mask while 20 feet from someone or in a car with the windows closed. Seems to be some kind of obsession as you constantly comment on people who do that. Let them take care of themselves as long as it causes you no personal discomfort or harm.

Originally Posted by EdFNJ

The old modified for forums use saying that "It's not WHAT YOU SAY (WRITE) it's HOW YOU SAY (WRITE) IT" would fit here. LOL, if he wants to make someone "worry less" it can easily be explained in a way that does not embarrass, insult or make someone look or feel like a fool. IIRC he says he's a doctor. Would that condescending attitude be considered good "bedside manners?" If the intent is to educate someone there certainly is a better way to express that knowledge in a nicer manner.

Thank you, EdFNJ,

You said it for me.

That tone of condescension makes me wonder, too.

The mask-wearing OP was well aware that Scooter would draw a crowd and therefore, decided to wear a mask, even though outside , and to maintain distance in order to do what they could to see if it was possible to enjoy the show while taking precautions to try to protect their own health.

There is nothing about what they did that deserves to be mocked. Why on earth would “a doctor” belittle someone who is trying?

(Btw, when I see the bald-faced space invaders, I must confess that I assume they are in some kind of cult and have been programmed to show their devotion to their leader by their “in-your-face” behavior.)

[Spalumbos62]

Originally Posted by karostay

HELLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Your in the Villages

Do you mean that as its because its so crowded here...or because they are all so selfish and stupid,?

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by Boomer

Thank you, EdFNJ,

You said it for me.

That tone of condescension makes me wonder, too.

The mask-wearing OP was well aware that Rocky would draw a crowd and therefore decided to wear a mask, even though outside and to maintain distance in order to do what they could to see if it was possible to enjoy the show while taking precautions to try to protect their own health.

There is nothing about what they did that deserves to be mocked. Why on earth would “a doctor” belittle someone who is trying?

(Btw, when I see the bald-faced space invaders, I must confess that I assume they are in some kind of cult and have been programmed to show their devotion to their leader by their “in-your-face” behavior.)

You can't serious. They're "trying". Trying to do just WHAT?????

I'm not necessarily describing the OP. but these are the people who go around making comments to people who are not wearing a mask when they don't need to, riding alone in their car with a mask, playing golf in a mask, etc. So yes, they deserve to be mocked and belittled

[UpNorth]

With regards to masks, the only type that can filter out the Covid virus is a N95 mask, the kind used by medical professionals. The face diapers people are wearing are no match for the virus particle size.

[OhioBuckeye]

Originally Posted by collie1228

People can be just obnoxious. Two examples. Last evening we went to Spanish Springs to watch Scooter the DJ for a few minutes. We stood well outside of the fence, just the two of us, masks on with no one within thirty feet of us. In other words, relatively safe and respecting the personal space of others. Within five minutes, some guy comes right up behind me, with his head no more than two feet from mine, almost looking over my shoulder. I politely asked him to move back and give me at least six feet of space. Then, even worse, a youngish woman decided to leave the venue, and rather than leave at the designate entrance/exit point, she tiptoed along the little stream on the side of the square, and pushed the plastic guard chain aside, so she could squeeze in front of us and go on her merry way. Another close encounter of less than three feet! I was less polite with her. Two very nerve wracking encounters in less than fifteen minutes. I guess we can't be safe anywhere as long as there are folks around who won't respect others. Sad.

Collie 1228, no matter where you move to & no matter what sales or anybody say how nice a community is or how nice the people are, every place have people like you’re explaining! Welcome to “The Friendliest Place in America”.

[GPGuar]

Originally Posted by shut the front door

It's going to happen, and you know it's going to happen (because we read a post about it on this board every freaking day), yet you went anyway.
There are inconsiderate people in every place in the world. If you can't deal with them, stay home. Pandemic or not, inconsiderate people do not warrant all the pearl clutching and message board rants. They are living in your head rent free, and you are letting them.

Thank you... couldn’t have said it any better! I think that there’s been a thread just about every day on masks and social distancing.... Enough Already!!