Muh Muh Muh My Corona (virus)

I'm sorry. Stay strong.

Emergency services called me to work on their contract tracing unit. This is significant because I am on the Misfit Toys list due to my age and risk category. (Had to pass, as much as I want to help.) So the spread has gotten so bad they're calling everyone now.

 

Our Deputy Dipshit governor is too busy signing proclamations in support of Trump's claims to worry about COVID. This, after the shambles of the White House said our state needed to do something.
Our school board literally got a waiver from the state to declare teachers critical infrastructure and that we know we can't socially distance students, but that's OK. Teachers who test positive but don't show symptoms, come yourself to work.
I got lucky when I got tested because my doctor is a family friend, and she got me in that day.
Another teacher at my school literally got hung up on when he called about getting tested after positive exposure. "We don't test teachers." Click.
Yesterday, we had two teachers (married couple) sent home because they started having symptoms. They called the health department and couldn't get tested. They called their doctor and were told they had to make an appointment. They were told to go to CVS, but CVS was full yesterday so they have to go back today. Oh, and they were told by CVS to be prepared to swab themselves.

 

I usually go to a friend's house on Thanksgiving Eve for a friendsgiving, a gathering that has dwindled a bit in recent years from a high of 15 to around seven or eight. Most of the time is spent in said friend's backyard, even if it's cold, because they have a killer fire pit setup. Then, we would go the next day to another friend's house for actually Thanksgiving dinner, where there's usually at least 20-25 people.

Waffling on the friendsgiving thing, which may be relatively safe. I can't in good conscience stick around for the actual Turkey Day one, which from what I'm told is still on. I may end up bagging the whole thing altogether. It's a two-hour drive, it's not like I have plane tickets or anything. I can literally make a decision the day of if I need to. I'm just going to follow the numbers, but I suspect they're only going to get worse between now and Nov. 25.

 

He did say it is outdoors.

 

Ultimately, I'm probably going to punt, and to be fair, I would be the only one from a different place at the friendsgiving. The others all live in the same city and run in the same small social circle.

 

This hire is so DeSantis

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...-florida-coronavirus-desantis/?outputType=amp

 

DeWine giving early evening address tonight to coincide with TV newscasts.

Will he announce any new restrictions, or is he just going to ask nicely for people to wear masks and social distance, like normal?

We surpassed 6,500 new cases yesterday, less than two weeks after passing 3,000 for the first time.

Coronavirus in Ohio: New restrictions or similar warnings from governor in tonight’s address?

 

for a virus you can't catch anywhere, it sure seems to be spreading fast

 

We've decided to skip Thanksgiving with both families. We may get catering from a restaurant to kind of make it different and notable.

My wife's family is huge and of course one of her brothers and his family decided it was a good time to visit, cheap flights and all. It would be the prototype for one of those family gathering spreading events. To their credit, I guess, they aren't doing a huge event. But they are allegedly getting together in smaller groups, which I don't think is any better because of you know, the lack of degrees of separation. There's that FB meme going around about living life and the holidays because you never know if it's going to be your last, and I can't help but think, what if your family gathering is what made it the last holiday you or your loved ones have?

 

I think many realize things suck with this thing right now and there isn't much end in sight. But I can't believe how much we've glossed over the fact that as a country we are basically flat at a 1,000 deaths a day and have been since the summer spike ended. One thousand. A day. And it's getting worse again. How this isn't just unfathomable and unacceptable to leaders and citizens and everyone else is amazing. The argument over and over to so many is it's just cases and most survive. How is that death number not flat shocking to all? And it doesn't even count what many survivors may have to live with for the rest of their lives.

 

Who has stated this, my friend?