Sun May 17, 2020, 09:51 AM

MineralMan (136,514 posts)

Keep up the Isolating. Really.

When i looked in on Facebook this morning, there was a post by someone I know who lives in Wisconsin. That person was recounting a return to a local bar after it reopened. That person said that nobody in the bar wore a mask, but it was OK, because she only hugged "the regulars."

We're seeing lots of photos of people in crowded bars and restaurants, returning to "normal." They're not wearing masks. They're not standing 6' apart. They are back to their usual behavior, despite the COVID-19 virus still circulating widely.

I suggest staying away from people for an extended period of time, until a vaccine is available. I advise continuing to follow the guidelines we all know so well by now. Don't be sucked in by those who want so badly to return to "normal" that they ignore all safety precautions. What they are doing now is going to have an enormous impact on public health. They won't stay in those bars. They'll go right back into the rest of society while flouting all safety measures.

They are dangerous to your health. Keep avoiding them. They will cause a resurgence in cases of CV-19. That resurgence will soon be visible in statistics, I have no doubt. Maintain your vigilance.

That's my advice for this Sunday.

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158 replies	Author	Time	Post
Keep up the Isolating. Really. (Original post)	MineralMan	May 2020	OP
I wholeheartedly agree!	Alliepoo	May 2020	#1
And it is good advice	essme	May 2020	#2
Yes. People have to work and earn a living.	MineralMan	May 2020	#20
a friend of mine- someone in the health profession	essme	May 2020	#31
People will get away with being incautious - until they don't.	MineralMan	May 2020	#34
I have an acquaintance who is a nurse practitioner who told me she is going	Tanuki	May 2020	#100
A nurse practitioner, of all people, should know better.	wnylib	May 2020	#145
I would avoid all sit down	wnylib	May 2020	#143
You might remind the person you know in Wisconsin	The Velveteen Ocelot	May 2020	#3
Unfortunately, she is a dyed in the wool Trumpster.	MineralMan	May 2020	#8
"mostly seem to be Republicans of one sort or another." Or stupid or evil. Lots of overlaps there.	erronis	May 2020	#57
Velveteen Ocelot	LuckyCharms	May 2020	#16
Thank you. It was very sudden.	The Velveteen Ocelot	May 2020	#26
I hate losing pets. Just hate it.	MineralMan	May 2020	#33
Yeah, it sucks.	The Velveteen Ocelot	May 2020	#44
One of our cats has suddenly remembered that	MineralMan	May 2020	#48
Cats!	ChazInAz	May 2020	#84
Yes, two cats is just right.	MineralMan	May 2020	#88
Yeah it sucks so bad.	lark	May 2020	#124
I am so sorry about your cat.	crickets	May 2020	#30
Thank you. It is hard.	The Velveteen Ocelot	May 2020	#41
It is awful to lose a pet. I have	Scarsdale	May 2020	#65
That is funny.	The Velveteen Ocelot	May 2020	#67
I love my cats so much.	mithnanthy	May 2020	#80
At my Credit Union in Southern Wisconsin	Scarsdale	May 2020	#96
Good for that credit union	zeusdogmom	May 2020	#105
Credit Unions and local banks are the best. MOVE YOUR MONEY from the Wall St. Banksters	OMGWTF	May 2020	#108
Definitely! I've been using a credit union for almost 20 years	The Velveteen Ocelot	May 2020	#153
I'm sure it's Democrats.	JudyM	May 2020	#115
Yeah, right!	Scarsdale	May 2020	#118
But my hair!	zanana1	May 2020	#152
I'm so sorry	MissB	May 2020	#58
Thanks.	The Velveteen Ocelot	May 2020	#82
Oh I am so sorry for your loss	zeusdogmom	May 2020	#107
Thank you.	The Velveteen Ocelot	May 2020	#120
Matches the empty spot in your heart	zeusdogmom	May 2020	#128
I am so sorry to hear about your sweet cat.	peacebuzzard	May 2020	#117
I'm sorry you lost your kitty, too.	The Velveteen Ocelot	May 2020	#121
It is never easy,	peacebuzzard	May 2020	#122
So sorry about your kitty....	Dorian Gray	May 2020	#141
100% spot on.	madaboutharry	May 2020	#4
It's human nature. We aren't good at assessing the risks of	MineralMan	May 2020	#15
We're good at believing what we want to believe.	wnylib	May 2020	#148
Absolutely agree	mokawanis	May 2020	#5
You're being wise.	MineralMan	May 2020	#10
Vaccine?	central scrutinizer	May 2020	#61
A question: Has a vaccine ever been developed for a Corona virus?	LastDemocratInSC	May 2020	#69
There are some animal vaccines against coronaviruses, but no human	MineralMan	May 2020	#74
They've been trying to come up with one for the common cold,	The Velveteen Ocelot	May 2020	#119
You are So right	snowybirdie	May 2020	#6
I keep posting this;(stolen)	gab13by13	May 2020	#7
Perhaps so.	MineralMan	May 2020	#12
Agreed	Gothmog	May 2020	#150
That doesn't make sense for most people	democrattotheend	May 2020	#9
People will do as they think best, I suppose.	MineralMan	May 2020	#11
Since you'll be staying home, I won't be a threat to you	democrattotheend	May 2020	#40
the reason the goalposts have been changed	barbtries	May 2020	#138
There's a big difference between carefully restoring some services	The Velveteen Ocelot	May 2020	#14
+1	crickets	May 2020	#32
I agree it's too early to be crowding bars and hugging strangers	democrattotheend	May 2020	#43
I seem to remember reports of healthcare systems being overwhelmed, especially NYC.	erronis	May 2020	#60
They never got overwhelmed the way they did in Italy	democrattotheend	May 2020	#132
Thank you	TheFarseer	May 2020	#97
+100000	Celerity	May 2020	#126
Or a federated TTQ like other countries were tons of its citizens aren't dying along with economies?	uponit7771	May 2020	#130
if that whole testing/tracing thing...	stillcool	May 2020	#113
+1, anyone else notice these post throughout DU now totally skipping over a federated TTQ process	uponit7771	May 2020	#129
+100000	Celerity	May 2020	#125
Thank you for a sane response.	a la izquierda	May 2020	#142
"The regulars" might kill you or someone in your family	dalton99a	May 2020	#13
Exactly. That kind of behavior in society	MineralMan	May 2020	#22
Roger that, 10-4!	Brainfodder	May 2020	#17
Thanks. I'm being careful, for sure.	MineralMan	May 2020	#23
Agree wholeheartedly. As an older guy with virtually all	justhanginon	May 2020	#18
Well stupid is indeed stupid..I have had pneumonia more than once.	Stuart G	May 2020	#19
It IS going to happen to them. That kind of behavior	MineralMan	May 2020	#25
Yes, you are correct. It's inevitable..	Stuart G	May 2020	#35
Yes, the polio thing in the early 50s was a real eye-opener.	MineralMan	May 2020	#39
I'm sure that polio thing was just a hoax to allow the gummint to get more control!!!!	erronis	May 2020	#79
I'm about to learn ya then :)	mr_lebowski	May 2020	#98
Many thanks! 🌞	erronis	May 2020	#103
Trying it too: 🗽	Habibi	May 2020	#135
In rural Minnesota it's the same thing	NickB79	May 2020	#21
Too stupid to know that they are stupid..!!	Stuart G	May 2020	#24
Well, so far, rural areas have not been hard hit.	MineralMan	May 2020	#27
My mom works at Jennie-O. They had dozens infected	NickB79	May 2020	#55
Meat processing plants and nursing homes.	MineralMan	May 2020	#64
Rural counties have had the highest growth rate of deaths for at least the last two weeks.	Salviati	May 2020	#75
Yes, they have.	MineralMan	May 2020	#77
Wise advice.	crickets	May 2020	#28
People trust people they know. So, they don't think those people	MineralMan	May 2020	#29
Until the experts tell me it's ok	Butterflylady	May 2020	#36
Yesterday, I went to the doctor's office for a visit..When he came in to see me, he had on	Stuart G	May 2020	#46
My wife had a teleconference with her physician.	MineralMan	May 2020	#72
Absolutely.	tavernier	May 2020	#37
I live one house away from a church and can see cars in the parking lot,	yortsed snacilbuper	May 2020	#38
I hope churches don't suddenly decide to reopen in large numbers.	MineralMan	May 2020	#42
I do.	roamer65	May 2020	#47
I wish ill on almost nobody.	MineralMan	May 2020	#51
That may be what it takes for the them to have the "epiphany".	roamer65	May 2020	#52
I am listening right now to the live online sermon of a Lutheran pastor	The Velveteen Ocelot	May 2020	#93
You're right. I had forgotten the date.	MineralMan	May 2020	#95
"The meek shall inherit the earth"	roamer65	May 2020	#45
Just one problem	hurple	May 2020	#49
Vaccine development has come a long way in the past decade.	MineralMan	May 2020	#53
Even with the very optimistic view of widely available effective vaccine by early next year	DesertRat	May 2020	#112
From everything I have read and studied, this is not realistic, sorry.	Celerity	May 2020	#140
I hear you	spinbaby	May 2020	#50
+1. Being comfortable with ones self	yonder	May 2020	#85
The problem is you may not be able to avoid people like this, and they may even be the civil	CivicGrief	May 2020	#54
I'll do my best.	MineralMan	May 2020	#59
Good advice.	orangecrush	May 2020	#56
Saw one of my hometown friends on Facebook going to a WV restaurant and celebrating being out.	Efilroft Sul	May 2020	#62
It's a lot of stupid people out there.	MineralMan	May 2020	#63
USA doing kind of well now with isolating. Divide daily New cases by Active Cases. US is about 2%	Bernardo de La Paz	May 2020	#66
That's interesting, but like all stats on this, it's a look backwards.	MineralMan	May 2020	#68
Unfortunately, I am afraid you're right.	crickets	May 2020	#90
Absolutely. Given what we knew in late January, the US should have	MineralMan	May 2020	#92
Most people can't live like that.	Warpy	May 2020	#70
There is a difference between "living like that," and	MineralMan	May 2020	#76
Do notice the word "can't" instead of "won't."	Warpy	May 2020	#110
I agree!	2naSalit	May 2020	#71
Very good advice MineralMan - thanks. nt	iluvtennis	May 2020	#73
Take good care!	MineralMan	May 2020	#78
Since I gave up	musicman65	May 2020	#81
I've been in training for missing haircuts	MineralMan	May 2020	#83
Maybe they think only black people get it?	Dream Girl	May 2020	#86
Who knows what they think?	MineralMan	May 2020	#89
Anarchy is now the name of the game.	BarbD	May 2020	#87
It does sound like you might have had it.	MineralMan	May 2020	#91
People can take their pick ,	duforsure	May 2020	#94
yep, staying away from other people and washing your damn hands is the best strategy for avoiding it	Kali	May 2020	#99
There you go. That's what I plan to keep doing.	MineralMan	May 2020	#101
I'm staying the hell away from them	ismnotwasm	May 2020	#102
And many of those people are "A" personality types, so they'll push themselves on you.	C Moon	May 2020	#104
Hospital responds to nurse caught at crowded bar (Wisconsin), 5/15/20	progree	May 2020	#106
Absolutely correct.	BlancheSplanchnik	May 2020	#109
I agree that it's too way early to be crowding bars, but	DesertRat	May 2020	#111
We are just on the brink of opening up in my area of WI.	Heartstrings	May 2020	#114
No one can convince me, we aren't gluttons for our doom.	miyazaki	May 2020	#116
I agree, also only go places where people are self distancing.	lark	May 2020	#123
Those who don't want to isolate or wear masks..	Marrah_Goodman	May 2020	#127
MM...I am so with you on this....	diverdownjt	May 2020	#131
I'm sorry about your kitty. 💔	onecaliberal	May 2020	#133
Especially for we older people who are at high risk.	PatrickforO	May 2020	#134
+100000	Celerity	May 2020	#136
It makes sense when you go back and look at one of those 'how old are you?' threads here.	Ace Rothstein	May 2020	#151
yep, the last one had almost 500 respondents & only 3 of us under 25 years of age (and the other two	Celerity	May 2020	#154
LOL, yeah this is kind of a 'skewed older' type site.	PatrickforO	May 2020	#157
It also skews suburban.	EllieBC	May 2020	#158
Wow! You are only 24 years old. Honestly, I barely remember when I was 24.	PatrickforO	May 2020	#156
bars and churches.	barbtries	May 2020	#137
So much data now..	Maxheader	May 2020	#139
Yes, and it won't be easy because	Joinfortmill	May 2020	#144
I have a "quaranteam".	mwb970	May 2020	#146
The original Jaws movie comes to mind.	Dr. T	May 2020	#147
I've gotten to the point where I DON'T CARE ANYMORE	Ferrets are Cool	May 2020	#149
"Not too bright folks; not too fuckin' bright." RIP George Carlin. They are trashing all the work	Evolve Dammit	May 2020	#155

Response to MineralMan (Original post)

Sun May 17, 2020, 09:56 AM

Alliepoo (1,780 posts)

Keep up the Isolating. Really.

1. I wholeheartedly agree!

2. And it is good advice

20. Yes. People have to work and earn a living.

31. a friend of mine- someone in the health profession

34. People will get away with being incautious - until they don't.

100. I have an acquaintance who is a nurse practitioner who told me she is going

145. A nurse practitioner, of all people, should know better.

143. I would avoid all sit down

3. You might remind the person you know in Wisconsin

8. Unfortunately, she is a dyed in the wool Trumpster.

57. "mostly seem to be Republicans of one sort or another." Or stupid or evil. Lots of overlaps there.

16. Velveteen Ocelot

26. Thank you. It was very sudden.

33. I hate losing pets. Just hate it.

44. Yeah, it sucks.

48. One of our cats has suddenly remembered that

84. Cats!

88. Yes, two cats is just right.

124. Yeah it sucks so bad.

30. I am so sorry about your cat.

41. Thank you. It is hard.

65. It is awful to lose a pet. I have

67. That *is* funny.

80. I love my cats so much.

96. At my Credit Union in Southern Wisconsin

105. Good for that credit union

108. Credit Unions and local banks are the best. MOVE YOUR MONEY from the Wall St. Banksters

153. Definitely! I've been using a credit union for almost 20 years

115. I'm sure it's Democrats.

118. Yeah, right!

152. But my hair!

58. I'm so sorry

82. Thanks.

107. Oh I am so sorry for your loss

120. Thank you.

128. Matches the empty spot in your heart

117. I am so sorry to hear about your sweet cat.

121. I'm sorry you lost your kitty, too.

122. It is never easy,

141. So sorry about your kitty....

4. 100% spot on.

15. It's human nature. We aren't good at assessing the risks of

148. We're good at believing what we want to believe.

5. Absolutely agree

10. You're being wise.

61. Vaccine?

69. A question: Has a vaccine ever been developed for a Corona virus?

74. There are some animal vaccines against coronaviruses, but no human

119. They've been trying to come up with one for the common cold,

6. You are So right

7. I keep posting this;(stolen)

12. Perhaps so.

150. Agreed

9. That doesn't make sense for most people

11. People will do as they think best, I suppose.

40. Since you'll be staying home, I won't be a threat to you

138. the reason the goalposts have been changed

14. There's a big difference between carefully restoring some services

32. +1

43. I agree it's too early to be crowding bars and hugging strangers

60. I seem to remember reports of healthcare systems being overwhelmed, especially NYC.

132. They never got overwhelmed the way they did in Italy

97. Thank you

126. +100000

130. Or a federated TTQ like other countries were tons of its citizens aren't dying along with economies?

113. if that whole testing/tracing thing...

129. +1, anyone else notice these post throughout DU now totally skipping over a federated TTQ process

125. +100000

142. Thank you for a sane response.

13. "The regulars" might kill you or someone in your family

22. Exactly. That kind of behavior in society

17. Roger that, 10-4!

23. Thanks. I'm being careful, for sure.

18. Agree wholeheartedly. As an older guy with virtually all

19. Well stupid is indeed stupid..I have had pneumonia more than once.

25. It IS going to happen to them. That kind of behavior

35. Yes, you are correct. It's inevitable..

39. Yes, the polio thing in the early 50s was a real eye-opener.

79. I'm sure that polio thing was just a hoax to allow the gummint to get more control!!!!

67. That is funny.