"We can protect ourselves if we so desire. I started going out regularly once I saw the number of deaths drop dramatically. And, I don't know anyone in my area that knows a covid patient. My dr has even started back up with in person visits instead of video appointments."
Protecting oneself should not be based upon desire and should not be an option, it should be mandatory. Protecting one's self is protecting others as well.
By my reckoning, ~3% of Americans who have gotten covid are no longer with us. By today's #'s ~ 955 deaths and 40,929 new cases =~2.3%(I realize there is a lag between new cases and deaths). Somewhere between 2 to 3 people of the lucky covid recipients will perish shortly after diagnosis.
Our 18 yo son came down with it this summer(lost senses of taste and smell for ~ 5 days, other than that just sluggish. Two of his other friends also got it, both just before him. The first one diagnosed was having heart palpatations- the kid is fit as fiddle. When confirmed he notified his friends. The other friend, also fit as a fiddle, caught it as well.
The first worked at a private country club, the second at a nursing home. Our son worked for a landscaper b4 heading out for his freshmen year in CO.
My wife and I have been daily visitors to Mass. Eye Ear in Boston the past week, and next couple. It's currently slow(I asked one of the employees), they are only seeing 900 patients/day vs 1500/day pre covid. It is very organized with. They require everyone to sanitize hand, replace masks with hospital provided masks, do not allow visitors beyond the lobby, and space out all chairs.
I'm in my 50's with type 1 diabetes(nearly 41 years). Covid must be respected and am still rooting for Brilacidin to be helpful against covid as well. My frustration has lied with management for nearly 3 years and hope they quell my concerns- nothing would make me happier.
