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In reply to the discussion: Anyone else getting the feeling COViD-19 is on the verge of defeat or at least becoming more minor? [View all]Jamastiene
(38,187 posts)No, they are telling you wrong.
If anything, it has exploded in states that have reopened.
I'm in one of the states that reopened "cautiously" and it is outrageously spiking here. In my smaller rural home county, it sat on just 2 deaths and less than 50 total cases for over a month and a half. It looked like we might be on top of it, then the governor reopened the state. Since they reopened the state, "cautiously," it has jumped to 5 deaths and over 200 cases in just the last couple of weeks. It is exploding here, for such a small population area.
It's not going anywhere. In some areas, it is getting worse as far as spiking in the numbers of cases and at least in my area, in a very short time, over doubled the number of deaths. Even the ones who survive Covid-19 often times have permanent damage in their lungs and other organs. They are basically maimed for life. I don't like gambling with something like that.
I wish the idiots around me were more than what they think of as "cautious," because reopening has been a bad bad idea. I would rather they be my definition of "cautious" and wear the stupid mask over their nose and mouth instead of around their neck. Even Walmart workers in my hometown are wearing masks around their necks. That's not helping anyone. Why bother?