Let us begin week 18 of quarantine life.
Sounds like you need to get out? I had to chuckle I was at the stores over the weekend and anything recreational is completely Gone!
I'm pretty much only going out for essentials right now, though, we did venture out yesterday to get some shave ice. Went there because my youngest saw they were offering Harry Potter stuff, so I needed a butterbeer slush. But our county has had a spike in cases, so we're at a stage where masks are mandatory now if you're going somewhere, so not much going out for fun here.
I'm pretty much doing the same thing. Only going out for essentials but I'm staying active. Only golfed 3 times. Biking, dog walks, etc. I can see it now schools are trying to reopen. It's a cluster F.
Haven't golfed yet, and honestly, I don't really expect to this year. Though, have been going on walks with the kids, so trying to stay at least a little active.
And yes, the thought of them trying to open schools now is laughable at best. This thing had just started, and everyone made the right call to go remote for the rest of the year. Now, the number of cases in the country is many, many times what it was, and people are like, fuck it, I need the kids out of the house. There's just no good way to open schools, and anyone who tries is going to see a surge in cases. Maybe when teachers and kids start dying, people will get their heads out of their asses? We'll see, but somehow, I doubt it.
Well, yeah, but...let's do keep in perspective that the mortality rate on this thing is extremely low, especially among those under the age of 60. So it won't be like the bodies start piling up. The more immediate crisis will be when it sweeps through a school and there aren't enough teachers available. That will shut things down real quick.
But there are no good options here. Just like the economy, you can't keep the schools shut down until this thing is eradicated. That's a fast track to a lot of really unpleasant and dangerous scenarios that are a lot likelier than people think. American myopia has romanticized the Great Depression, glossing how over how many people it killed and the fact that it was a major contributor to WWII.
It's all a fustercluck.
The mortality rate may be low under 60, but the mortality median age IS trending downwards as things open up and people neglect to take simple precautions. Also, I feel that would be a little comfort to the parents whose kids wind up as one of those "low mortality rate" statistics.
The immediate concern upon schools opening up would not necessarily be the kids, but the parents, grandparents and great-grandparents the kids are exposed to, and who are now exposed to the virus. Not to mention any of those people who come in contact with the parents, grandparents and great-grandparents in stores and whatnot. Especially since people are so against wearing masks because "it violates my rights waaaaaah" or some other such dumbassery.
And for the record, I'm not in the "shut everything the fuck down" camp, because that is not reasonable for any economy. What IS reasonable is taking precautions while you're out, and limiting going out if you can. Unfortunately, this isn't happening here right now, which is why we're setting records for new cases on a daily basis. And don't give me the "but we're testing more" argument, because the percentage of positive tests is also rising, which blows that theory to shreds.
