[Love2Swim]

Originally Posted by Madelaine Amee

Di Santis is not going to lock down Florida during high season. Also, TV is probably one of the safest places to be. Many people wearing masks and have had their shots and boosters. All good.

?? We went to the square the other night, and no one had a mask on. Not one single person.

[Love2Swim]

Originally Posted by msilagy

Have you heard of anyone dying in TV? This too shall pass.

Yes, we know several people that have passed as a result of Covid.

[Love2Swim]

Originally Posted by gettingby

Turn off CNN, live your life. My son-in-laws mom just came down with covid a few days ago. She’s had 2 shots and isn’t due for the booster just yet. I txt her yesterday and this was her response: “ Great! I guess because of the vaccine. I felt like I had a cold Friday and part of Saturday. No fever, no aches, no loss of taste or smell. Just congested but even that is almost gone.”.
Looks like we’re all going to catch this cold sooner or later. Good thing we live in a free state.

Turn off Fox News. Too much mis-information. Scary that people believe those falsehoods.

[Madelaine Amee]

Originally Posted by Love2Swim

?? We went to the square the other night, and no one had a mask on. Not one single person.

Did not give much thought to the squares as we don't go too often any more. I must admit I was thinking day to day living.

[Andyb]

No worries, the “pandemic” is ending, it has run it course and cases will be dropping drastically in a few months. I can guarantee it will be over by the mid term elections.

[Ski Bum]

Wow, what a contrast to posts we would have had a year ago. We've learned so much about how to deal with this and live our lives.

[MandoMan]

Originally Posted by riptip

I am so not looking forward to being cooped up again. Am hoping we get through the worst of this in 4-6 weeks. Hopefully cases will stay low in TV because most of us are vaccinated. I prob will refrain from the squares for a bit. Best to all of you!

In another month, the regimen of pills that fight Covid should be available to us, and that will be a huge help for those of us who are at greater risk. Of course, compared to the vaccine, it is barely tested, so I don’t know if anti-vaxxers will be willing to use it.

[garylubbes]

Originally Posted by CoachKandSportsguy

Actually, lockdown is the least of the worries, the original poster has recency bias.

The real worry, which is happening in smaller hospitals, and having reduced services in larger hospitals, is sick hospital workers. Now, everyone's first thought about hospitals are doctors and nurses. But those are NOT the workers who are getting sick:

Janitorial staff is getting thin which results in slower room cleanings between patients, slowing down available rooms.
Food service staff is getting thin, cafeterias closing to only be available to serve patients.
admin and back office staff getting thin, meaning that reports for doctors and management to make decisions are slowing down,
as well as regulatory reporting.

XRay technicians are getting thin, as well as cardiac lab staff in places. . .

All these contribute to less available beds for sick people and for normal car and fall accidents with broken bones, etc.

the math is if hospitalizations are cut in half with less severity, but the transmission is 2x as fast or more, the same or more patients will need beds. . .

So make sure you drive carefully and be up on all your doctor appointments and drug refills or prescriptions so that you don't have to see the doctor to continue medications.

and yes, I listened to internal medical center meetings in the morning, so its not MSM or TV or web site reports, but actual multiple hospitals' reporting and decisions. . .

Spot on

[lpkruege1]

Originally Posted by CoachKandSportsguy

However, if you want real life web pages:

Florida hospital shuts down labor and delivery unit amid staffing shortage

Historic Long Beach Hospital To Close Emergency Department – CBS Los Angeles

Crawfordsville restaurant feeds healthcare workers after hospital cafeteria closed temporarily

More than 200 staff members at Windsor Regional Hospital off work due to COVID-19 or isolation

NJ hospitals face staff shortage as COVID hospitalizations climb

https://www.ksnt.com/health/coronavi...hospitals-icu/

Google: hospital closed shortage

What they don't tell you is the bed shortage due to the vaccine mandates. Estimates at 20% have left the larger hospitals due to the vaccine mandate. You are correct, there isn't a bed shortage, there is a staffing shortage.

[tophcfa]

Originally Posted by lpkruege1

What they don't tell you is the bed shortage due to the vaccine mandates. Estimates at 20% have left the larger hospitals due to the vaccine mandate. You are correct, there isn't a bed shortage, there is a staffing shortage.

Does the blame fall on the vaccine mandate, or the @#$&*’s that refuse to comply with the mandate?

[Bill1701]

Originally Posted by riptip

I am so not looking forward to being cooped up again. Am hoping we get through the worst of this in 4-6 weeks. Hopefully cases will stay low in TV because most of us are vaccinated. I prob will refrain from the squares for a bit. Best to all of you!

I'll handle it the same way I handled the last one. Continue to live my life, but make whatever changes are required by law. I didn't stop doing any of the things I enjoy except for the ones that totally shut down.

[cj1040]

Originally Posted by riptip

I am so not looking forward to being cooped up again. Am hoping we get through the worst of this in 4-6 weeks. Hopefully cases will stay low in TV because most of us are vaccinated. I prob will refrain from the squares for a bit. Best to all of you!

With so many people returning from holiday travel where they were around many people on planes, cruises and family gatherings it is just the calm before the storm here in The Villages I believe.

[Lindaws]

Why a lockdown? Never happen. We need to live with this virus.

[Cliff Fr]

Aren't some of the staff shortages caused by firing employees who refused to be vaccinated?

[fgaba1949]

Originally Posted by Kenswing

I don’t worry about things that might happen. Besides, I doubt our governor would allow another lockdown.

I agree
I used to think our health experts knew what they were doing and now I think they don't really know what is going on and are grasping at straws

and many of those SELF-PROCLAIMED medical EXPERTS have totally different and contradictory views

Back when this virus started it was all about clean surfaces masks and testing.

We waited for the vaccines as we were told that the vaccines were the way to go and when they first came out people thought that was the end of the virus as we would have some form of herd immunity as well

We soon we found out that vaccines sort of worked but not the way THE EXPERTS thought they would work...soon a 2nd shot was needed and now a booster and then maybe another booster? YET MORE AND MORE people got the Virus many of which were vaccinated with a booster.

but even with all of that we are now being told that while its good it does NOT really vaccinate you against the virus but maybe it makes the new virus like the flu ?

Testing has turned into a joke with a ton of different EXPERT opinions

Once considered the best way to go by the experts

now it seems that testing provides results that are confusing and doesn't really protect the folks who tested negative as they might get it an hour later.

Biden said he would 500 million test kits by Mid Jan...will that help ?

and where will he get them

as I believe Abbot makes the most reliable test kit and they can only make a small fraction of that amount

So yes I was a BELIEVER in the EXPERTS at the beginning but not any longer