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The positivity rate has been trending down to below 5% in most counties in Florida. I think take-out is safe if you wear a mask and have brief contact with restaurant staff. Going to Publix, Trader Joes, etc for food is also probably safe - at least in South Florida, masks are still required.sho nuff said:
Georgia has been fully opened for months...even 8 weeks of in-person school has been completed with only minor hiccups in Atlanta beginning of August. Restaurants, nail parlors, spas, gyms...all open with enhanced sanitation measures, but no restrictions on capacity. So I guess I don't see the Florida doom and gloom...a vaccine may never come, so we have moved on for the most part.
Miramar area...we will likely have groceries delivered (though, being in a house vs. condo unit that isn't as much of an issue...but sure is convenient to get there and be unpacking and have the delivery timed out).
Grocery stores have been sporadic and based on your location. Once you get out of downtown Atlanta you still see lots of people not wearing masks. Most stores have some type of mask sign but it’s not enforced most places.
I like this little humble brag in the first paragraph
And then telling them they have two choices stay locked in a dorm room or go home for two weeks.
In the Fox Valley? Because it seems to be surging lately in that area plus Brown Co. (Green Bay).
Admittedly I was just spit-balling because my boss's kid goes to UW Madison and hearing him relay stories from his kid, it sounds like a total mess. Entire dorms temporarily closed due to outbreaks with kids being housed in hotels and such.
Has been like that in a lot of places yes...and does sound awful.
Wisconsin had cool temperatures between Sept 8th and Sept 20th. That probably had a lot to do with it. Winter is going to be bad.
Looking at that one graph and seeing the typical two-week spike we've seen before, I would guess that Labor Day weekend and football (bars, etc) had more to do with it.
I know schools they are at least requiring masks during any transitions, when arriving and leaving, or anytime kids are moving or bunched. When sitting at desks the kids are distanced when able and plastic dividers, so no masks. I am in more middle GA, so nowhere near the size of Atlanta...and this is based off grades K-8, I have no children above 7th grade, so not sure how High schools/colleges are doing. As far as stores, masks are not mandated anywhere...they are being worn, but not by everyone...maybe 50%?
. Taking a trip to the Keys in November.
Hilarious.
On another covid note, our waitress the other night was wearing a mask made out of lace. lol.
This seems short sighted on the scope. In a world where covid tests were as easy as pregnancy test we'd be done with this thing by Christmas. It's still too difficult to get anything that resembles a rapid test.
Waiting for a vaccine is too onerous? And when you say completely discard the advice in the post you quoted, does that mean all NPIs are out the window if you and your family test negative?
Cases are down. Hospitalizations are down. Deaths are down. School has been back for over a month. At some point you have to let businesses and bars/restaurants get back to work.
Do we know what this means? No practice? Is some kind of limited practice allowed (e.g. walkthroughs while masked up)?Titans just had some positive tests. NFL shutting them down until at least Saturday. Impacts three other teams right now, Vikings (who the Titans played last week), Stillers (who the Titans play this week) and presumably the Texans (who the Vikings play this week).
Should be interesting
Our general plan is for families to get tested 2 or so days out from leaving home, then staying isolated shutdown style until departing with negative tests.
Masks required? If so I don't see any difference between doing this and going to Target. Maybe I'm being too loose with this...
Probably, but no masks for some group photos.
This is the part I can’t wrap my head around. My 18 yr old nephew has had a 103+ fever (spiked at 104.7) and felt sicker then he ever has in his life for the last 6 days. Had flu and COVID tests on day 1. Got the flu results the next day, negative. COVID tests results? Still waiting. Unreal! Yet people somehow think we are going to be able to create , produce and distribute a safe and effective vaccine by years end.culdeus said:
I am in the wedding business and oversee 12 locations. We’ve been doing weddings since the start of August, primarily outdoors. We have a massive amount of precautions in place, are limiting capacity (100 or under) so tables can be socially distanced, eliminated dancing, etc etc etc. We’ve had not one COVID case traced back to our events.
Agree with nirad3 here. However, there are A LOT of ways for a group of 75 people to execute this incorrectly.
This line right here would give me serious pause. Not because I don’t believe weddings can’t be safe, I absolutely do I’m in that business as I just said. But it’s a risk reward decision for me with this factored in. The downside here FAR outweighs the upside.
Ah, well then that changes things completely. I would not feel comfortable then. Hope things work out.
Missing a cousin’s wedding is no big wup. Depending on how immune suppressed your wife is, getting covid may be life threatening. It’s reasonable to skip it.
The issue is, cases/hospitilizations/deaths are down because of measures put in place. it is terrible policy to once again resort to opening everything up with no restrictions for we are doomed to repeat this again
Psst - no one with any scientific background thinks a safe vaccine will be distributed widely by years end.This is the part I can’t wrap my head around. My 18 yr old nephew has had a 103+ fever (spiked at 104.7) and felt sicker then he ever has in his life for the last 6 days. Had flu and COVID tests on day 1. Got the flu results the next day, negative. COVID tests results? Still waiting. Unreal! Yet people somehow think we are going to be able to create , produce and distribute a safe and effective vaccine by years end.
Unfortunately the vast majority of the population doesn’t have a scientific background.
Outdoors with spacing is way better than indoors in a church which is likely poorly ventilated.
No access to the facility until Saturday so no practice, no meetings (although I assume Zoom is fine).
Science, math, history...the pandemic has been an indictment of our educational system as much as anything.
