Yeah, anyone with symptoms should be quarantining and/or getting tested. Stay out of stores and away from anyone. Masks and distancing aren’t perfect and nobody who is potentially sick should think it’s Ok to go out in public because they have a mask on. Stay home.
Isn’t that situation what we were trying to avoid? But we as a nation decided to just give up cause we were tired of the virus cause it didn’t go away when we told it to.
A person may be most contagious in the presymptomatic phase of the virus, before they start showing symptoms. So yes, people showing symptoms should definitely stay home, but we should all act like we’ve got it (and try not to give it to anyone else), right?
Add to that a large percentage of the population believes the conspiracy theories pushed by Trump and his cronies. Deaths and hospitalizations are fake because doctors are getting paid more for Covid cases. Cases are only up because we are doing too much testing, Covid is no big deal, it’s just like the flu, we can’t have any pull backs on restrictions because of the economy, etc.... I know it’s been said over and over, but I thought the fake news media was going to stop talking about Covid after the election and we would see the virus go away. Instead the coverage and focus on Covid is just as heavy and if anything there‘s more focus. The virus is not political. It’s time people start to understand that and accept that we need to do something or things will get a lot worse.
No, we shouldn't all act like we've got it which means to isolate and not come into contact with anybody. We should all abide by social distancing and other simple protocols when interacting with people outside of our households. Even in the hottest of hot spots there is probably less than 2% chance that you have it and an even lower chance that you are contagious so everybody acting like they have it is not reasonable.
I think there’s a middle ground there. We all don’t have to isolate at home and avoid contact with anyone, I agree with that, but since we don’t know who the 2% in your example are we should all assume everyone around us could be one of the infected or it could be us. Because of that we all practice distancing and wear masks in public, but we should also avoid contact in private homes as well for the same reason.
Not yet. I did order some bulk TP and paper towels from Amazon and I found Lysol wipes on line too. My local stores still have paper products available and there hasn’t been a run on meat or other random food items like the Spring. I bet that’s coming soon though.
Still limits on TP, hand sanitizer, cleaning supplies, ect. here. The meat isn't limited but we are in hunting season so alot of people getting their own for winter.
I think the logistics planners have dropped the priority of shipping pet supplies in favor of other goods since this started and we are using up what supplies there are.
Sorry, forget to mention that this isn’t just my opinion, it’s what infectious disease experts have been saying since the beginning:
Tax cuts are a fait accompli. Go ahead and address those when you have a chance.
Why? The end result is the same. That you and your family have money to live on.
What? A job doesn't end when the handouts end. And it would provide health insurance.
Answer to your question: Yes. that's why we are on page 2268.
I don’t think it’s as easy as just remove restrictions and everyone out of work gets to go back to work. It’s a worldwide pandemic. Even in places like Sweden (discussed continuously as this shining example of not implementing restrictions) their economy tanked, they had bailout plans for businesses and workers, there was widespread unemployment. I think for the economy we need to focus on keeping the virus under control first and at the same time making sure we take care of the people who are negatively impacted. It’s far worse for the economy to allow the virus to rage unchecked, as we are seeing now. The hand out as you call it is making sure that people have what they need to eat and pay there bills until we get to a point where they can return to work. It’s not a permanent welfare situation.