I am so tired of hearing this. This isn’t how real life works! My son is high risk as an asthmatic. DH’s job won’t let him stay home unless it’s mandated. My girls’ school won’t let them unless it’s mandated. So then my only solution is to self-isolate my 11 year old to keep him safe? For how long?
I said this on another thread, but almost all of us have somebody high risk in our families, so then we all stay home and you still have no workforce for all the precious places you “need” to go. Except now there is no financial help for those needing to stay home.
Lastly, you’re off on your recovery rates. But even if you were right, recovery in your sense is simply not dying. But more and more studies are coming out that there are going to be so long lasting effects for people who got sick, so recovery is sort of a loose term right now.
Thank you for saying all of this. My husband has mild asthma, so are concerned enough that I do all of the trips out that need to happen. We're also doing all of the shopping for my in-laws (deliveries to our house....I schlep it down to them), they're 88 and 85. My sister is taking care of plugging the holes for my late 70s parents, my father being incredibly compromised with COPD. I don't think he'll ever leave the house again. It's hard for me to even talk about that.
We're also beginning to see studies that people with "less severe" cases that did not require hospitalization, may have long term lung damage, even if you are young. I'm just so weary of COVID-19 being compared to the flu, whether it be from a contagion standpoint (not even close), a mortality rate (not even close)...and just from the obvious standpoint that I'm reading new discoveries about this virus every day.
Also, keep in mind that according to the CDC guidelines on the "reopening of America" on the whitehouse website it isn't until Phase 3 that "Vulnerable Individuals" should head back out, and when they do this is what the CDC says, not just about the Vulnerable, but also about the rest of us.
VULNERABLE INDIVIDUALS can resume public interactions, but should practice physical distancing, minimizing exposure to social settings where distancing may not be practical, unless precautionary measures are observed.
LOW-RISK POPULATIONS should consider minimizing time spent in crowded environments.
That's Phase 3. Low-Risk populations should minimize time spent in crowded environments. Vulnerable need to social distance and minimize social settings. A social setting to me sounds like...a party, a wedding....certainly not Disney world.
Also, when you take a peek at who the vulnerable are, well, let's face it, we're not the healthiest lot in America. And Disney in particular has a fan base that lines up well with America. Morbid Obesity is preexisting condition in young people. I'm reading a lot about obese and morbidly obese young men either getting very ill, or dying for this virus. Diabetes and Hypertension are vulnerabilities listed. That would be an awful lot of just overweight people with those. Any type of lung issues, breathing issues puts you at an increased risk, including asthma. And anyone taking medications to suppress their immunity, like chemo patients, and those with diseases like Crohn's disease, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, transplant recipients and multiple sclerosis.
That's a lot of people.
