Is your area, City, Town, County, State opening back up now?

JustGrateful
JustGrateful Member Posts: 72
edited May 2020 in General Cancer
There is a lot of controversy about this. Our area is slowly trying to wake up. I hope it doesn't explode again!
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  • Bengal
    Bengal Member Posts: 518
    edited May 2020
    I hope not!!!! My county, although rural, has the fastest rate of increase in cases in the state. We are still on the upward side of the curve. No sign of leveling off yet. To open up now would be insane and result in possibly overwhelming our limited medical resources. I know people are antsy and want this to end but intelligent people are saying no, no No. I am at higher risk. I Wil continue to isolate and wear a mask if I need to go out regardless of what reopening decisions are made.
  • Molly72
    Molly72 Member Posts: 227
    edited April 2020
    Agree with Bengal. I am amazed to see all the people on beaches in the south & in CA.
    I'm afraid to go to the grocery store, and yet here are thousands playing "Beach Blanket Bingo" as if nothing can touch them.

    Our governor is very strict, still the conservative members of our state government are ready to go over her head & open up everything.
    People need to listen to scientists and doctors, not a bunch of know-nothing politicians.
  • MarcieB
    MarcieB Member Posts: 528
    edited May 2020
    My little town is in the process of a soft open. The bakery and florist opened yesterday (limited hours), the Dairy Queen this weekend! The stores have distancing marked and require masks. I, for one, will be there. I am picking up two bouquets of fresh flowers today and I intend to pop into the bakery next door for some fresh bread. I am already looking forward to a hot fudge sundae with nuts this Sunday. I will wear my mask and keep my hand sanitizer in my pocket, but I will not allow fear to keep me a prisoner.
  • JaneA
    JaneA Member Posts: 335
    edited April 2020
    The governor of Georgia has allowed hair salons, barber shops, tattoo parlors, and nail salons to reopen - last Friday. He has also allowed restaurants to reopen for dine-in - but with very strict guidelines. Most restaurants are staying closed. I think that it is insane but he claims he's doing it for small businesses who might go out of business. Many of these Mom and Pop businesses didn't apply early enough to get the first round of loans so hopefully they will get this second round. We have over 1 million people unemployed in GA right now - the unemployment department has been overwhelmed and very few people have gotten a single dollar yet.
  • Gabba
    Gabba Member Posts: 22
    edited April 2020
    MarcieB, enjoy that hot fudge sundae...I’m jealous!
  • LiveWithCancer
    LiveWithCancer Member Posts: 470
    edited April 2020
    @MarcieB ... I am totally, 100% with you!!!
  • BoiseB
    BoiseB Member Posts: 225
    edited May 2020
    Governor Inslee renewed the stay-at-home order until June 4. However he did loosen some restrictions. People can Golf, Fish, and Hike in the State Parks. They must wear masks and stay 6 feet apart. No foursomes on the Golf Course. Only one person in a boat. You cannot sit on the benches or make use of the picnic tables, in other words keep moving. Vulnerable persons are advised to shelter in place. They are considering resuming non-emergency surgery. That date is not yet decided.
    As for myself. I have not attended sporting events, concerts, or movies for years out of fear of mass shootings. I do not think I will go shopping this year. Ever since the shooting in El Paso, I have been afraid of going to the mall. I have only shopped in small shops. I had planned to get a membership to the YMCA but that can wait until next year. That only leaves church activities which I will go to even though there is an element of fear there. Covid19 only made church a little more dangerous the danger of a mass shooting has always been there. I got a hair cut a week before the first death so I will not need a haircut before Thanksgiving. By then we may be in stay-at-home .20
    Marcie, I don't think of this as fear, I think of it as caution.
  • MarcieB
    MarcieB Member Posts: 528
    edited April 2020
    I think it is wise to be cautious when there is good reason. It seems you have a lot of anxiety about a lot of things so for you to go against your fears (you, yourself, called it fear) would likely be painful for you. I would never blame you for making decisions for yourself, nor would I attempt to change your mind. We all react according to our own needs/experience, and it is okay if we choose a different response. I wish you well.
    PS - You must read a lot, BoiseB, any suggestions? :-)
  • LiveWithCancer
    LiveWithCancer Member Posts: 470
    edited May 2020
    I think Texas may be reopening soon - at least on a limited basis. I haven't actually heard how they plan to do it or exactly when - I don't spend much time actually watching the news (though my husband has it on a lot and I hear bits and pieces throughout the day).

    I am meeting a friend tomorrow - we're going to "socially distance" shop together at Sprouts. We're meeting after she sees her heart doctor so she's at least as vulnerable to the virus as I am. But, we will wear our masks, whether or not they are actually effective (still get mixed reviews on whether they are), and stay distant. At least we can still visit and laugh and have a good time for a little while. We're both looking forward to it. Government nor Coronavirus is going to completely hold me a prisoner in my home forever and ever.

    l live in a town of 60,000. There have been 48 cases diagnosed in my town and 2 deaths (both of whom had underlying health problems). In all of North Texas, population 7.1 million, there have been 7,470 cases diagnosed, 214 deaths, 1,363 recoveries. I have a .105 percent chance of catching coronavirus, based on the North Texas stats ... or .08 percent chance of catching it locally ... I wonder what the chances are that I will have an automobile accident? Or fall and break my neck? It is true that if I am one of the very few unlucky folks who contract the virus that I am more likely than many to succumb to it, but I suspect I will succumb to something else before I do coronavirus.

    With all of that said, sheltering-in-place has really not been much of a burden at all for us. I think in a lot of ways, we've actually enjoyed it - no pressure to be anywhere else or to do anything more than what we put on our own plates. It is going to be difficult to gear back up and start committing away my time when things open back up again.
  • Mmeurs
    Mmeurs Member Posts: 1
    edited May 2020
    Houston or opening with cases still climbing! I’m 60 miles from there in a small town. Out little town wasnt affected bad but glad I’m far away from ground zero .
  • BuckeyeShelby
    BuckeyeShelby Member Posts: 196
    edited April 2020
    Gov Dewine is going to start opening Ohio as of 5/1. A lot of stuff didn't close completely. Like restaurants. Sounds like a lot of places they closed completely -- we've had carryout or delivery the whole time. I think our office is going to do a slow roll back in 5/11. Since a lot of our business is the call center, they can't have everyone off the phone at the same time to drag their computers from home back to the office and get them set back up. I am SO not looking forward to the setting back up part. We have one on-site IT guy, and he won't be back for awhile because he's high risk. Yeah, we had to take our own computers apart in order to take them home with us.
  • ChildOfGod4570
    ChildOfGod4570 Member Posts: 100
    edited May 2020
    In Palm Beach County Florida, they're opening community pools and some recreation facilities, but not our community pool ... and that's the only pool I can get to independently. :'( Churches are still closed, and so are hair salons and dine in restaurants. The governor said we'll have to re-open very slowly. HUGS and God bless.
  • Dawsonsmom
    Dawsonsmom Member Posts: 99
    edited May 2020
    Our governor extended our stay at home to May 8 in NC. He also has said this date is open for review and may be extended again depending on where our cases/decline are. I am a native Michigander and have to laugh at all the complaining about garden centers not opening until next week......it’s not safe to put anything in the ground there until Memorial Day. Their cases are very high and I think their governor has been wise, despite all the controversy. This quarantine has certainly not been easy, but watching the health care providers talk about the poor patients has put a spin on this that makes it more tolerable. Also, seeing all those raw faces from wearing PPE reinforces that we need to continue to stay home.
  • Gabba
    Gabba Member Posts: 22
    edited May 2020
    Here in Massachusetts our lockdown was just extended from 5/4 to 5/18...and then, who knows?
  • Molly72
    Molly72 Member Posts: 227
    edited May 2020
    Thanks Dawsonmon, our garden centers are now open, and it is a little early to plant as it just started to warm up in MI. I think it's still very cold up in the U.P..
    Many little businesses are still closed, and many will sadly never open again. Golfing (a real necessity) is open! Many still are protesting & fussing about freedoms lost. But I think the worst freedom lost is being hooked up to a ventilator!
    Masks are the law out in public, and most wear them. I don't know about the Detroit area, though.
    We stay away from that area even in good times!
  • Dawsonsmom
    Dawsonsmom Member Posts: 99
    edited May 2020
    Molly, it sounds like Detroit is a real hotbed. It’s good you are staying away from that area. I talked to my sister-in-law yesterday and she said the weather was beautiful....sunny and 70 degrees! Enjoy your spring!
  • ChildOfGod4570
    ChildOfGod4570 Member Posts: 100
    edited April 2020
    It makes no sense to me how golf and tattooes are considered essential businesses. Aren't those luxuries? HUGS and God bless.
  • Molly72
    Molly72 Member Posts: 227
    edited April 2020
    ChildOfGod4570 --- I for one, have never thought that tattoos are essential & cannot understand why the younger generation thinks they are attractive. My old-fashioned opinion only. Why scar up your body? I have enough scars from cancer!
    At least golf is outside & a fresh air sport, it gets people out of the house-- hope they take precautions while playing.
    Essential for me, besides the basics, is opening our library. I am running out of books!
  • Bengal
    Bengal Member Posts: 518
    edited May 2020
    I can see opening golf courses. Not essential but potentially, if done right, not dangerous. Tattoo parlours? Seriously! Molly72, libraries? Yes! They could figure out a way to have curbside pickup at the least. I had been checking out books for my mother in senior care. (She blew through the tiny in-house library in no time.). I've started taking her some of her own books from home to read again just so she has something to read. She has a Kindle but with only one useable hand it is difficult for her to use and she prefers real books. Problem with libraries they are very touch intensive. So if people could call in their order and then pick it up sorta like food service why couldn't that work?
  • Carool
    Carool Member Posts: 787
    edited May 2020
    Here in NYC, we’re still in lockdown (or whatever it’s called), and for good reason. Many people I know haven’t gone out since four or so weeks ago. They order food delivered. My partner and I stay home as much as we can and then one of us goes food shopping nearby. Everyone must wear a mask. I, too, am not convinced that masks really protect us.

    Governor Cuomo and the governors of NJ and CT are in dialogue with each other about opening up things. Cuomo is studying what’s happening in the various parts of NYS. Some may have fewer restrictions than now.

    Since there’s still a paucity of testing kits, no state can say with accuracy how many people have the virus. However, Montana can’t be treated similarly to, say, NYC. Where there are far fewer inhabitants, it might make sense that more businesses be allowed to open. To me, it depends on what the scientists say.
  • Dawsonsmom
    Dawsonsmom Member Posts: 99
    edited May 2020
    Carool, it certainly seems like Cuomo & the other 2 governors are proceeding cautiously and recognize all the costs of this virus, but ultimately are not willing to risk lives. I make it a point to watch Cuomo’s press conference every day. I trust what he says and he is an example of leadership. NY is lucky to have him.
  • Carool
    Carool Member Posts: 787
    edited May 2020
    Dawsonsmom, I agree. He sends everyone daily emails, updating us on what’s happened since the prior day. He’s a great source of comfort at this time — for the entire country. Gov. Newsom is also excellent, as are some others.
  • MarcieB
    MarcieB Member Posts: 528
    edited May 2020
    The thing I do not understand is - why isn't the homeless population WIPED OUT? We are told to stay in our homes, wash our hands constantly, do not come within 6 ft of each other...and there are a zillion people living in garbage bag tents, peeing on the sidewalk and eating garbage and they are not succumbing in huge numbers? Of course there have been cases and deaths in that particular kind of community, but one would think they would be the most vulnerable of all if our lives depended on social distancing? I know there are shelters, but they sleep hundreds of people in two rooms, then stack up the sleeping mats during the day and lay them down for the next night.

    What I am hearing on the news is reports about nursing homes and people with underlying conditions, which vary, but diabetes appears to be the worst. Very little is said about these back streets lined with tents full of unwashed, malnourished people. If close contact is the thing that spreads this disease I would think these poor homeless people would be dropping like flies.

    I'm not saying we shouldn't follow the rules. But, I AM saying we have a right to question the rules. I don't think we are going to have a real clear picture about all of this until it is a ways behind us.
  • LiveWithCancer
    LiveWithCancer Member Posts: 470
    edited May 2020
    @MarcieB, I've wondered about the homeless population, too. And the fact that we don't hear anything about them, one way or the other.

    It seems to me, for the most part, the people who are vulnerable are those of us who are older (not sure what age that means) and that suffer from some lung disease or diabetes or heart disease or are currently immune-compromised. And, it sounds like older men are more at risk than older women.

    I still don't know anyone personally who has had COVID19. I know OF a man who died - he had been auditing a bank in NYC when the virus hit there ... came home sick (no telling how many people he infected on the airplane home, but it seems certain he was unaware he was sick at the time), his wife got sick, too ... He had underlying health conditions (probably diabetes, but I don't know for sure). She recovered. He didn't. He was in his 50s or 60s, I think.
  • MarcieB
    MarcieB Member Posts: 528
    edited May 2020
    UPDATE***UPDATE***UPDATE!

    I did have the Dairy Queen hot fudge sundae with nuts and whipped cream, but I had it Saturday night instead of Sunday. My husband and I stopped after being a part of a drive-by wedding celebration. It was joyous and safe - we made signs, beeped our horns and never got out of our cars. Then we went into our little town and were surprised to see heavy traffic and the town square full of people (most without masks). We social distanced ourselves to get our ice cream while observing the park across the street with picnic tables full of people - talking laughing, walking dogs, eating ice cream...all kinds of things. Governor Whitmer would have peed her pants.

    I think it is not so hard to convince people to stay home and stay inside when it is cold and dreary. But, now the earth is waking up and we are not content to nap inside anymore. It is going to be REAL hard to enforce these stay-at-home orders when spring birds are already teaching their babies to fly and the Canada geese are nudging their young to get across the street quick.I think most people would rather see that than another re-run of BlueBloods.
  • Gabba
    Gabba Member Posts: 22
    edited May 2020
    MarcieB, I bet that sundae was delicious...my mouth is watering!
  • Molly72
    Molly72 Member Posts: 227
    edited May 2020
    MarcieB I know just where you had your sundae! I am jealous! And hungry too!
    Did you ever try the new ice cream place, just down & across the street from the Dairy Queen?
    I am surprised that so few people had masks. We went to Krogers in Hamburg the other day & everybody but 2 had a mask.
  • MarcieB
    MarcieB Member Posts: 528
    Sorry, Carool, but you don't live here, do you? So you worry about your space and I will worry about mine and I don't choose to make any ugly comments about NYC, so there is where we are different.
  • Carool
    Carool Member Posts: 787
    MarcieB, fine.
  • MarcieB
    MarcieB Member Posts: 528
    edited May 2020
    Molly, I know the ice cream place you are referring to and everyone loves it, but I don't see it opening anytime soon because of the self-serve aspect? I don't know how they could safely manage that and that was the main draw! But that little store has been a huge help to the community by supplying curbside pick-up for milk and other dairy products. The owners are such nice people, I hope this won't force them to close.

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