[Pairadocs]

Originally Posted by donassaid

We will be having our children and grandchildren from Nashville, TN and our daughter and her family who live here over for dinner. We will be eating inside without masks and thanking God for His grace and provision. We do not buy into the mass hysteria that surrounds a virus that has a 99.9% recovery rate.

Amen ! I use a mask when going to public places, and am very cognizant of the seriousness of the virus (one deceased friend, had multiple health problems, and know four people who had a very difficult battle but recovered out of state), HOWEVER, the mask thing has been carried way too far, yesterday's about turn and now today, tried to back peddle it just a bit. ENJOY your dinner, take "reasonable" precautions (maybe not put you mask on between every single bite ?) and live while you are alive. You CAN live and enjoy life and still be cautious.

[Terriy]

Originally Posted by Singerlady

Hope you’re not in the 2%. I’m thinking down the road...the rest of my life...we still don’t know the long-term effects of this. I’d rather be very conscientious for me, my family, my friends and others now than, regret my behavior later.

More doom and gloom. Live your life like there's no tomorrow!

[Pairadocs]

Originally Posted by donassaid

We will be having our children and grandchildren from Nashville, TN and our daughter and her family who live here over for dinner. We will be eating inside without masks and thanking God for His grace and provision. We do not buy into the mass hysteria that surrounds a virus that has a 99.9% recovery rate.

Originally Posted by Klatu

One son in town now, from out west, quarantining for two weeks as a precaution. Daughter and boyfriend and child from Miami. dinner inside. very traditional. Mental health consequences of not getting together very, very significant, especially in older population....nothing to be minimized. When we go out, will mask if go indoors to shop, Won't mask in open air and not near people. At the lakes and the trails/courses, the animals won't be masking and neither will we Happy Thanksgiving.

And yet another rational voice in the Villages. I am starting to realize it is not just bullies who hate seeing people do ANYTHING who post on here. Even when people are taking RATIONAL precautions and doing anything social (having a coffee outdoors at Starbucks, or a drink with friends outdoors at City Fire, or even eat IN a dining room, the bullies continue to berate them, even though they themselves have NO INTENTION of doing any of these things themselves. Perhaps the only objective is to make sure others are as unhappy as they seem to be ? Now yesterday the CDC once again "revised" the mask thing, hummm, I think one day when all this is over, everyone is going to be very surprised. Probably going to turn out you must be in VERY close contact with a person infected actually ill , but who knows. You can take reasonable precautions, and still LIVE. You can also be killed crossing a busy street ! Enjoy the TURKEY so he/she didn't die in vain.. ! Oh, watch for the bullies to correct you, the survival rate for seniors is around 98.7 or near that. The unhappy bullies will jump on that one !

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by Pairadocs

Amen ! I use a mask when going to public places, and am very cognizant of the seriousness of the virus (one deceased friend, had multiple health problems, and know four people who had a very difficult battle but recovered out of state), HOWEVER, the mask thing has been carried way too far, yesterday's about turn and now today, tried to back peddle it just a bit. ENJOY your dinner, take "reasonable" precautions (maybe not put you mask on between every single bite ?) and live while you are alive. You CAN live and enjoy life and still be cautious.

From another of your posts; "Now yesterday the CDC once again "revised" the mask thing, hummm, "


It appears in the bulletin they are just reinforcing the recommendations. (Not some drastic change)
For your benefit here is the CDC bulletin:
Scientific Brief: Community Use of Cloth Masks to Control the Spread of SARS-CoV-2 | CDC

[Velvet]

Household members only and virtually with family and friends. Because we plan to have many more Thanksgivings in the future.

[Gpsma]

Have barb wire and claymores around your house?

[Velvet]

Originally Posted by Gpsma

Have barb wire and claymores around your house?

If this is meant for me then I’m laughing out loud. Not needed, we know very few suicidal people from Covid and not many in the neighborhood either.

[Cheiro]

Originally Posted by DeanFL

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How will YOU be spending Thanksgiving and DINNER?

Poll - 1 choice - Anonymous poll.
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At home with my Swanson's Dinner. :-)

[tophcfa]

Originally Posted by Terriy

More doom and gloom. Live your life like there's no tomorrow!

Unfortunately, that’s what many people are doing. We prefer to live life like we want to be around, and healthy, for many more years of tomorrow’s.

[Gulfcoast]

We're having a traditional Thanksgiving dinner at our dinner table in the dining room. Charcuterie cheese board as an appetizer. Turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, asparagus, mac & cheese, rolls, pie and wine to toast. We have enough room to socially distance at our large dining room table and I can open windows for added ventilation, as needed.

[Gulfcoast]

Originally Posted by Scott O

We will be going out of town but remain in Florida, visiting family and friends...We refuse to let propaganda and fake fear rule our lives...remember you have one...and Your friends and family might not be there for the next and I don’t mean scare tactic of Covid I mean every day life... cancer, heart disease, suicide, illness, getting hit by a car people need to look at the statistics and stop this nonsense....smdh 98% survival rate even for seniors..

I like your take. Don't be so afraid of dying that you forget to live.

[patfla06]

Originally Posted by Velvet

Household members only and virtually with family and friends. Because we plan to have many more Thanksgivings in the future.

Exactly!

[Scott O]

Hahaha, how can an anonymous poll tell thieves where you are....paranoid much?

[amexsbow]

Many years ago I was talking to a friend who was a few years older than I. We were discussing at that time what was the doomsayers "current" talking point of the day. He gave me these words of wisdom I have taken to heart over the years:

He said, during the Korean War, there was a lot of talk about the end of the world and nuclear devastation as a possible escalation of the war. . He went on to recount that for over a year he worried about the current events to the point that it effected how he lived his life. One day on reflecting about the last year of his life and what he had missed by his myopic view of things due to his worries he came to the realization that it was all for naught.
I came away from this conversation with the philosophy that one should plan for the future, but live each day and not worry that the world might end tomorrow. People live, people die, you have no control over when your time is up. ENJOY LIFE TODAY. Visit friends and family, don't die lonely regretting that you lived in a prison you made for yourself.

[BumpaOompa]

Originally Posted by paulajr

I’m sure thieves know exactly who “BumpaOompa” is and where they live.....

BumpaOompa will be home Thanksgiving waiting for the thieves to walk through the door. Just finished sharpening my turkey knife.

Just advising others to watch their comments if they intend to be away. The better poll would have been to ask the questions AFTER the holiday.