I'm sorry I was talking about my particular area because my local news makes it sound like thousands in my area including zip code have been infected, including the cashiers at the grocery stores I go to.
That's because they are stating the number of ALL cases in your area. They aren't telling you how many people are currently sick and infectious. That's my point. When the media reports that 160,000 people in the US have died, that's the total - not the number that died in the past two weeks. I used the dashboard for my town as an example. If you look at it again, there is a line of gray dots for the total of cases and at the bottom, a solid blue line for cases in the past two weeks. The media usually reports the totals, or gray dotted lines, instead of current totals. That makes it a lot more frightening than it really is.I'm sorry I was talking about my particular area because my local news makes it sound like thousands in my area including zip code have been infected, including the cashiers at the grocery stores I go to.
It's pretty frightening anyway in that it spreads so easily and a person can be asymptomatic and pass it on. I don't pay attention to how many have tested in my area, but not that many are getting tested anyway. I can't go out because people are refusing to wear masks and distance, which would make it safer. Both husband and I are in high risk category, and I have no interest in getting infected or having him get infected. I guess I'm luckier than some since I'm an introvert. I've settled in pretty good here, but it would be nice to shop for my own groceries.That's because they are stating the number of ALL cases in your area. They aren't telling you how many people are currently sick and infectious. That's my point. When the media reports that 160,000 people in the US have died, that's the total - not the number that died in the past two weeks. I used the dashboard for my town as an example. If you look at it again, there is a line of gray dots for the total of cases and at the bottom, a solid blue line for cases in the past two weeks. The media usually reports the totals, or gray dotted lines, instead of current totals. That makes it a lot more frightening than it really is.
In no way am I saying this isn't a dangerous disease. It is, and we need to protect ourselves as best we can.
I saw a young couple at the store last weekend with what looked to be close to a newborn. Tiny, tiny little person. No mask on baby, of course, which is appropriate, but would you take your new baby out into a public place full of potential virus-infected or virus-carrying people???In Ohio they aren't required for kids under 10 but I think most kids will wear one if the parents approach it right. I know some kids are more oppositional then others but most kids will respond to some variation of the grown ups are wearing them and you are getting to be a big boy or girl. Add to that having a mask with a favorite character or animal on it and most kids will wear one without making it a huge battle. Of course I wouldn't put a mask on a baby.
LOL! I know! Although with me it's usually a piece of cat fur that tickles my nose or it gets in my mouth...Masks are making me crazy. Why is it that no matter how carefully you put on your mask a piece of hair works it’s way underneath and pokes you in the eye the entire time?
Always!!LOL! I know! Although with me it's usually a piece of cat fur that tickles my nose or it gets in my mouth...
I wouldn't unless I absolutely had to. Single parents often have no choice but a couple, I think I would make the decision that one goes to the store while one stays home with the baby.I saw a young couple at the store last weekend with what looked to be close to a newborn. Tiny, tiny little person. No mask on baby, of course, which is appropriate, but would you take your new baby out into a public place full of potential virus-infected or virus-carrying people???
In the grocery store, I always wet a finger to open those produce bags that come on a roll. Now I can't because of the mask, so I stand there, struggling and struggling to open the bag. It's a pain.Masks are making me crazy. Why is it that no matter how carefully you put on your mask a piece of hair works it’s way underneath and pokes you in the eye the entire time? Or your nose starts to run and you have to sniff your way through the store. With fall allergies around the corner I may need to stuff a tissue inside my mask.
When my youngest was 7, his appendix ruptured. He was in the hospital for a week and then at home (per Dr's orders) for another week. I went to the school to get his work to make up. I had already called them prior to explain why he wasn't in school the previous week. Got a letter in the mail not too long after saying my child was facing retention for missing two weeks of school. You DON'T want to know how that phone conversation went.One local principal said (and was quoted on the front page of the paper) "the biggest thing parents can do to help is keep their kids home when they're sick. I know we have a tough-it-out mentality in the midwest, but we have to swallow our pride and just keep them home if they're showing any symptoms at all."
Is he serious?!? He thinks people send their kids to school when sick because they have a "tough-it-out mentality" and not because the school penalizes the child for taking sick days and calls Social Services if the kid misses more than 9 days (less than 2 weeks!) per year of school, for any reason? And the parents will lose their jobs if they take too many days to stay home with their kid! He seriously can't see that his own policies are responsible for this? I'm not sure if anybody is learning anything from this experience :/.
Not to mention a lot of parent jobs not allowing them to take off to keep their kid home. That's why we would have kids sent to school having taken tylenol to cover up a fever. And in the past I literally have had parents say to me they knew their kid was unwell, and to call their job if it got worse or the medicine wore off, because that was the only way the job would allow the parent to have that sick time - if the school called about the kid.One local principal said (and was quoted on the front page of the paper) "the biggest thing parents can do to help is keep their kids home when they're sick. I know we have a tough-it-out mentality in the midwest, but we have to swallow our pride and just keep them home if they're showing any symptoms at all."
Is he serious?!? He thinks people send their kids to school when sick because they have a "tough-it-out mentality" and not because the school penalizes the child for taking sick days and calls Social Services if the kid misses more than 9 days (less than 2 weeks!) per year of school, for any reason? And the parents will lose their jobs if they take too many days to stay home with their kid! He seriously can't see that his own policies are responsible for this? I'm not sure if anybody is learning anything from this experience :/.