The Bright(er) Side of Being Housebound During COVID 19

Discussion in 'Sun City General Discussions' started by aggie, May 8, 2020.

  1. BPearson

    BPearson Well-Known Member

    Let me also wish everyone a great holiday season, and more importantly, a safe one. It has been a particularly ugly year and frankly, it cannot be over soon enough.

    I will tell, we have been overly cautious. Nope, not hiding under the bed but when we go out, we have limited it to an as needed basis on almost everything. I say almost because i have given a bunch of tours at the museum. It is by reservation and you can't get in without a mask and a temperature check. Social distancing is also a given.

    Let me just conclude with this: I know 6 people who have recently contracted covid19 in the past few weeks. Each of them leans way more right than left. Nope, not an attack on them personally, i hope and pray for a swift recovery. Anyone can get it, unfortunately the less you believe in the science of it, the more likely you are to get it.
     
  2. IndependentCynic

    IndependentCynic Active Member

    I guess the implication is it's a hoax b/c you can't trust the number infected and it's derivative numbers? That's the beauty of most conspiracy theories -- your friend presented things in what seems like a logical way even though the underlying assertions are probably not true. Nonetheless, your question is interesting, and I don't know the answer -- but, since the official health dept. statistics are done by scientists/mathematicians, I'd assume there's little double counting. Perhaps that's why most things (eg, school opening/closures, etc) are driven by the positivity rate, not cumulative infection figures. Positivity rate is a snapshot in time -- ie, number that tested positive today/number tested today -- thus comparing yesterdays PR number to today's is a good indicator of increased/decreased spread. So your friend of a friend potentially skews the positivity rate numbers only if he gets tested multiple times the same day, which isn't very likely. Positivity rate numbers are actually available by zipcode -- my friend who's a teacher had her school shuttered while other zips in the district remained open until recently (when the PR rate started increasing most everywhere) and they closed the entire district to in-person learning.

    The population of Maricopa County is just under 4.5-million. Per the ADHS dashboard, the number of reported Covid cases so far is a little less than 500K. That leaves a lot of people still susceptible to infection and spread Covid to others. The current positivity rate is just shy of 12% -- thus, on average, 1 in every 8-9 people you come in contact with has Covid (and likely doesn't know it). So, every time you go to the store and pass 8 or 9 people without masks, or without their noses covered, there's a good chance one of them is spewing Covid droplets as they exhale to potentially infect those nearby.

    I can only speak for myself -- I work to help those that can't do for themselves. I know my customers, I insist they wear a mask, I wear a mask, plus liberal amounts of hand sanitizer is used. I can't imagine working in a commercial setting -- yesterday I watched a grocery store employee talk to a mask-less customer leaning over the counter with their faces no more than a foot apart. Scary is all I can say.
     
  3. aggie

    aggie Well-Known Member

    It's getting harder to find something on the bright(er) side. A small item is that our electric bill for the month of December was much lower this year due to the fact we had no family staying with us. Less cooking, less laundry and fewer electronic items being used.

    Next week the next group(including those 75+) can start receiving the COVID vaccine. The sooner we have more people vaccinated the better chance there will be hospital beds available for those that really need them. Masks and vaccines are our only weapons right now.
     
  4. carptrash

    carptrash Active Member

    That and avoid large crowds of people, very few of whom wear masks.
     
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  5. Say What

    Say What Active Member

    Heard it from a friend ooo poo
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    Heard it from another conspiracy theorists at their finest. They get that warm and fuzzy feeling when they can spread lies! Puts them on top of the garbage dumpster.
     
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  6. aggie

    aggie Well-Known Member

    Who'd have thought that just being able to go get the emissions tested in our vehicle and then pick up food at McDonalds would be the high point of our week??
     

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