Shocking what you felt you had to do @Tricia but needs must, huh?I opted to sit at the bar because restaurants and bars at the airport had social distancing practices in place with blocked seating/tables, etc.
Shocking what you felt you had to do @Tricia but needs must, huh?I opted to sit at the bar because restaurants and bars at the airport had social distancing practices in place with blocked seating/tables, etc.
Ya I guess we need to differentiate or better define "sit this one out". I think most if us would definitely take a drive, maybe even a long drive to ski for a few hours if that's doable. We may not be able to make that decision for ourselves though..After Thanksgiving & Christmas....you can't fix stupid.
If folks would follow a few simple rules and use common sense it might help. I turned down my SS job this year. It seemed like a gamble at best. I will still ski but on my terms. We will not visit family for the holidays out of respect. They're in their 90s.Ya I guess we need to differentiate or better define "sit this one out". I think most if us would definitely take a drive, maybe even a long drive to ski for a few hours if that's doable. We may not be able to make that decision for ourselves though..
How does this tool match up with your method? I can’t speak to its methods, assumptions, or anything else about it, but it's a nice reminder to be careful.I keep track of active cases per square mile and per 1000 population in my area and use that to guess how many active cases are in the store with me or on the street. I just multiply the current active number by 4 and divide by the population. That tells me how worried I should be. And I leap away like I've been shot if a kid wearing no mask starts coughing near me.
Just read an article in the paper about attitudes in the heartland (BTW, I grew up in Indiana, so no stranger to that country). Interesting/depressing. Basically, lots of folks there know the virus exists, don't believe it's a hoax, know the possibilities of serious illness or even death, but.... choose not to wear masks or really do much different. Kind of a resigned fatalism: "I don't want to get the virus, but if I get it, I get it". Perhaps influenced by fact that many folks don't have terrible symptoms and that treatment is getting better. But this is still amazing to me. Even if the individual doesn't suffer the worst, the group impact is intense.
The lack of will to DO something, to alter their routines in any way, boggles my mind.
I definitely am not sitting this year out, I just booked a flight to SLC in early January, I will be very careful, get tested before I go and when I get back, Mask up, social distance, do the things I have done for 8 months. I am a carpenter and have worked every day during this pandemic. I just am careful. The things that make the virus spread for the most part is not in my life. The most dangerous thing I have done is grocery shopping ( today) . everyone is wearing a mask keeping social distant at the store but I was still nervous. so my plan is the same as the last 8 months , be careful
Wow, really? 4 in the same family? What about your wife? What was it like? Did you discuss it in another thread?I'm heading to Jackson Hole with three of my kids in January. We've all had the virus and figure we are immune for a while. I picked Wyoming as I figured it would be the last state to lock down if things go south.
I'm heading to Jackson Hole with three of my kids in January. We've all had the virus and figure we are immune for a while. I picked Wyoming as I figured it would be the last state to lock down if things go south.
Wow, really? 4 in the same family? What about your wife? What was it like? Did you discuss it in another thread?
I've seen that tool, but it's event based. I'm not going to any events. I occasionally have to get groceries or go to the drug store or the vet, etc. Events? Not even up for discussion.How does this tool match up with your method? I can’t speak to its methods, assumptions, or anything else about it, but it's a nice reminder to be careful.
COVID-19 Event Risk Assessment Planning Tool
covid19risk.biosci.gatech.edu