Originally Posted by coffeebean (Post 1860979)

No, doesn't sound like the same 22 year old man. His mother was interviewed on TV and she said he was very healthy.

Originally Posted by Kilmacowen (Post 1860951)

Covid patients need Intensive care beds, not just any bed.

Originally Posted by Bill14564 (Post 1860963)

Assuming this was directed at my comment....

This is not exactly true. According to the SD DoH, Covid patients are occupying 20% of their staffed hospital beds. According to the same page, 33.1% of their ICU beds are unoccupied.

Regardless of the type of bed, the fact still remains that there are a dozen states closer than Oregon that patients could have been driven to or flown to if necessary. It's possible that Oregon was chosen for some reason but I would expect to be able to find a source for that claim.

Originally Posted by tophcfa (Post 1860610)

So, entertainment at the town squares were closed when the pandemic was under much better control than it currently is. Fast forward, the pandemic numbers have never been worse, and a massive influx of potential Covid spreaders are migrating south. Then the seasonal influx of high risk children and grandchildren visitors will follow. People from all over the country will be flying to Florida and converging on the 55 plus community that has been relatively safe during the slow season, where the older and more vulnerable full time residents generally take appropriate precautions. Despite this, starting next week the town squares will go back to business as usual, like the pandemic doesn’t even exist, WTF?

Could there possibly be a worse time to decide to open everything back up? I get that the powers that be need to sell all the houses they are cranking out, and it’s hard to sell houses without being able to showcase the Villages experience. But this could backfire in a big way if the Villages Covid numbers spike, which they most likely will. Not only that, but all the new houses they are trying to sell will have to compete with all the new pre-owned homes that will go on the market vacated by unfortunate Covid victims.

OK, all the Covid deniers, let me have it, I can deal with it.

Originally Posted by Dana1963 (Post 1860982)

Since you won't due it I will your assertion was debunked.
Fact check: Does CDC study show '85 percent' of COVID-19 patients wore masks? Not exactly. :: WRAL.com

Originally Posted by coffeebean (Post 1860995)

I Googled it and could not find that information.

Originally Posted by Jpk180 (Post 1860988)

When Biden takes office his COVID task force is already talking about a 4-6 week shutdown of THE COUNTRY so nobody will have to worry about the squares or any other business being open, good luck

Originally Posted by coffeebean (Post 1860998)

Thank you. Maybe those who believe that lie will no longer spread that misinformation.

Originally Posted by Johnsocat (Post 1860749)

Recovery rate is 99+%. You got the same chances of getting pregnant with a condom. I think I'll take my chances and begin living life again. If course I'll wear mask if I cant distance myself.

Originally Posted by mgkw1 (Post 1860863)

This is The Villages giving the seasonal residents and the Lifestyle guests a false sense of safety. If you golf you will see they don't offer their golf staff any protection because they don't want the people thinking they may get sick. This is not a sterile bubble, but it is a controlled environment, and we do not control it.

Originally Posted by Bill14564 (Post 1861010)

A lot of misrepresentation on this one and a CDC contradiction.

No, not 85% of all patients were found to be wearing masks. While Tucker and Trump seemed to be claiming that, it just wasn't true.

However, 85% of the patients in the particular study reported wearing masks most of the time. Of course, this makes sense since ."CDC guidance on masks has clearly stated that wearing a mask is intended to protect other people in case the mask wearer is infected," It doesn't matter if the patient was wearing a mask, it matters whether the others were wearing masks.

The CDC spokesperson goes on to say, "At no time has CDC guidance suggested that masks were intended to protect the wearers." Well, it does now. Which makes you wonder what those 131 patients that reported wearing masks all or most of the time think about that.

Originally Posted by ts12755 (Post 1860977)

Your ignorance is glaring. Don't you understand this pandemic. The only way to stop this pandemic is to shut down the entire world. 100 percent shut down. No grocery stores, no pharmacies, no TV or radio employees. No hospital workers, no police or firepersons leave their homes. No school operate. This has to take place across the world. No travel by car, plane, or ship. No food processing. If the world can do this, for at least 3 months we can stop covid. If not, learn to live with it. The president gave us therapeutics and a vaccine.