This must be "share the virus with your extended family" weekend

[milestogo]

OK, I'm just guessing. I went grocery shopping at Walmart. The parking lot was absolutely packed, which surprised me. Last Saturday it was 25% full. Tons of cars out there. When 80% of the businesses are closed, the ones that are open are mobbed.

They had a rope line to get in, and you had to stand 6 ft apart. But they were letting EVERYBODY in. This was big Sunday dinner type of shopping, not stocking up for the hoard shopping.

So maybe people think its ok to ease up for the day - or maybe they're just having a big dinner this weekend. I hope so.

[mucifer]

1. People can still be buying food to celebrate with the nuclear family

[Sherman A1]

2. Agreed

It is still Easter and folks may wish to celebrate the holiday in some fashion. We are cooking a turkey that was in the freezer and doing a few other side dishes.

[elleng]

3. Easter Sunday

[KY_EnviroGuy]

4. Many will pay dearly for the Easter merriment.

One of the worst exposures we can have is being in a confined area with an infected person (symptomatic or not) for an extended period of time, even when they're not coughing or touching anyone. This has been proven.

Too many Americans simply cannot accept that we really need to break with a lot of traditions this year and isolate as much as possible.

KY....

[IcyPeas]

5. there was a post here earlier this week

with somebody mentioning the numbers seemed to spike right after the weekend.....

[Marrah_Goodman]

6. I was watching local press conference (RI) and the comments left me SMH

People out right refusing to head the Governors warning about Easter. They are going to do what they damn well please.

[DeminPennswoods]

12. Hate to break this news, but doing what they darn well

please is as American as apple pie.

[ismnotwasm]

7. I never celebrate Easter, so the entire holiday is wasted on me

One of my more religious daughters asked me “What I was doing for Easter” and I had to pause...I never do anything for Easter once the kids got passed the Easter bunny stage...
In other words, I’m doing the same thing as I usually do. Work and get holiday pay.


I have three daughters, two are persons of faith, one Catholic, and I forget what the other one is, one of those evangelical churches that haven’t lost their entire minds, she says they are doing online church services and we rented them a bunch of movies on Amazon the kids want to see.

[2naSalit]

8. I'd say that activity in my rural area

has declined to about 20%. A lot of work happens outside, ranching activities, you can't take a day off when you have livestock at this time of year. Planting is "time" in many rural areas, though not here yet as we're expecting another two days of snowfall.

Some folks may have started receiving there relief money and are restocking. And then, I'm sure there are cultists out there too. I have one next door, she doesn't think this whole virus thing is as bad as they say it is. She has no intention of wearing a mask. Scary.

I have to go to a gas station today but I use a card at the pump. Really what I need is air in my tires. Seems I need a new set of rims, they leak when it's cold weather - I know what I'm doing with my relief money. But then I'll come right home. Don't need to shop for another few days.

[cyclonefence]

9. A neighbor who had a huge Trump sign on his lawn

had about a dozen cars packing his driveway today (Sat.), so I guess they'll whoop it up tonight and celebrate Easter tomorrow morning and infect each other and everybody else they come into contact with. Assholes.

OTOH another Trump-supporting neighbor may have seen the light. They called us a couple of weeks ago offering to do any shopping we should need, and yesterday they made me smile when their 6-and 4-year-olds were out in their yard trying to fly a kite.

[LizBeth]

10. I heard a mayor or gov, maybe in Calif say they were going to be getting license plates of cars in

parking lots and there will be fines, ect... That they were going out hunting for people breaking the isolation thing. I forget who or what state but he was pretty serious.

[Windy City Charlie]

11. There's some

There's some that are still in denial. Went and got a quick set of groceries today and saw someone and they think the amount of deaths being reported are "fake news" and that "they're just trying to scare people."