[FromNY]

Next meeting wear a mask. Social distancing helps also. We are inhaling flu and Covid-19 bugs where ever we go.
How much.. undetermined..How our bodies respond? Depends on your health. Some people never get sick others can die from a common cold. You choose your exposure.You are responsible for putting a mask on, washing hands and distancing. A test may give you peace of mind but good practice of recommended actions may save your life. MASK please.

[bddadler@gmail.com]

29 people are too many whether indoors or outdoors

[Girlcopper]

Originally Posted by John41

get tested and cancel activities for two weeks at least

Dont waste time getting tested. It can take up to 2 weeks to get a positive result if you caught it. If worried. Just monitor yourself and quarantine. Easy oeasy

[rlcooper70]

I love "To be consistent with our conservative approach" .....

Can we be conservatives and still object to people gathering without masks and against spreading the virus that is destroying so many lives?

Or is there a new definition requiring us to make bad decisions?

[Kahiland]

Walgreens at Lake Deacon plaza is testing. Make and appt and they will get test results back to u fast. Good luck!

[rmd2]

Originally Posted by billethkid

Slightly off my topic but in line with the above suggestions:

I always get in front of my cart. this allows me to control how close I choose not to get to the person in front of me and it allows me to control how close the person behind can get.
With a smile of course!

There are just too many who, for some reason, have to be 6 inches on one's back.

I do that too!

[Bill14564]

Originally Posted by bddadler@gmail.com

29 people are too many whether indoors or outdoors

The math says I can socially distance 29 people in my house, much less a large meeting room or outside. I bet there are more than 29 people in the Publix most of the day.

No number of people is too large if properly distanced; no number of people is small enough if not properly distanced.

[rmd2]

I wonder how many people have been tested positive and do NOT quarantine. There is quite a spike around here now.

[Dgodin]

Originally Posted by billethkid

We had a club meeting 11/23 (approximately 20 people).
We have just been advised one of the members in attendance was exposed (for over 30 minutes) to a positive tested co-worker, the morning of our meeting day.

So...options or correct thing to do?

Self quarantine for 14 days?

Try to recall where we were relative to that person to determine our specific exposure (or not)?

Several members of the same club golf together once per week...do we cancel golf this weekend?

We could start to factor in....

was the initial exposure indoors/outdoors?

was our club meeting indoors or outdoors?

even though golf is relatively safe is it a risk to play with those known to have been in a possible exposure venue?

And so on.

We are in our mid eighties and have been very diligent in what we do or do not do during the pandemic. We chose to go to the club meeting as the group was relatively small and it was held out side. We have chosen to play golf as it is an outdoor activity with minimal risks (INHO).

Now the reality of who we have been in contact with since the meeting.....and what do we do from today onward.

To be consistent with our conservative approach to what we do and do not do, we will self quarantine and we will cancel golf this weekend. We will also call those we know we have been in contact with since our club meeting.

Pandemic paranoia? Reality?

We have been in a similar situation with exposure and have taken 2 trips this past year, the first via auto and the second by air.

We elected to get tested at Paramount urgent care. We tested after both trips and my wife, who was exposed was tested a third time.

In all cases we emailed the results, which were negative, to all parties.

[Dlbonivich]

Not everyone should get tested, the person exposed needs to wait 72 hours to get tested and quarantine. Everyone else should quarantine until results are back vIf he tests positive then others should quarantine 10 days with no symptoms and 14 from 1st symptoms This according to my daughter who currently has Covid and had been working every day.

[Bill14564]

Originally Posted by rmd2

I wonder how many people have been tested positive and do NOT quarantine. There is quite a spike around here now.

Probably not many (any?), people around here are more responsible than that. I haven't seen or heard anyone sneezing or coughing in quite a while. My guess (which is also my guiding assumption) is most people who are contagious have not been tested because they are not showing any symptoms. Be careful, wear a mask, and distance from everyone.

Not every increase is a spike. Most of the country has seen a tremendous increase in the last month and it would be foolish to expect this area to not see anything. There has been an increase and people need to be extra careful but is it enough to call it a spike?

[RoseW]

I had a similar situation. The person who had the contact (#1) should be tested immediately and all others should stay apart until #1s test results come back. If negative no worries, if positive get tested. If you are two degrees away from a positive test this is the correct thing to do according to cdc.

[Villages Kahuna]

Proves that opting for even modest exposure might not work. At your (my) age, staying home and waiting for the vaccine might be a good idea. That’s what I’ve been doing and will continue. I really don’t like the odds. And there are way too many people who selfishly and stubbornly refuse to follow the advice of the most expert and experienced doctors and epidemiologists.

[newgirl]

Thank you! Pray you are safe!

[La lamy]

Originally Posted by billethkid

Slightly off my topic but in line with the above suggestions:

I always get in front of my cart. this allows me to control how close I choose not to get to the person in front of me and it allows me to control how close the person behind can get.
With a smile of course!

There are just too many who, for some reason, have to be 6 inches on one's back.

The topic is "paranoia or not" so I think you're not too far off topic. I think you have offered us a fantastic idea!!! I politely asked some man that was 2 feet behind me if he could give me more space, and he started going off on me with "EXCUUUUUUUUSE MEEEEE!!!" crap, so I know there's no reasoning or debate to be had with some people. The cart behind me idea is brilliant.