Ya.
I’m not worried about dying.
I’m worried about weeks in the hospital, medical debt that will never be able to be paid off and possible long term health issues that will ALSO cost a lot of money.
And let’s be honest, even the 30 somethings can have this whup their A@@es. The 30 something we know that had it early on was out of the office for FIVE WEEKS. How many employers can have important people gone for that long? And if one has it, the rest probably do as well. Then what?
Flubros would probably just fire the sick people.
It’s crazy-making. I get people being upset with their businesses being shuttered, but they act like it’s permanent and it’s only temporary. I even get people not wanting to be locked down for a long period of time. I think those sorts of things should happen wherever breakouts occur, not everywhere simultaneously. You just have to know if you go statewide with lockdown, you will have cases in the entire state, and you hope the rural hospitals can handle it.
What I simply cannot grasp is the pushback on masks. It is the most unbelievably selfish thing. My husband has to stay open as an essential business. He would LOVE to stay home, but cannot. His age puts him in the hospitalization risk pool. If he brings it home, we have 3 high risk people here.
His employees are the same, they would like to stay home but they choose to put themselves out there. He has been very blessed that none of his employees have gotten sick, but 90% of his customers wear masks. Many are donating masks to his employees. It’s courtesy. If two people are face to face, and only one wears a mask, it protects them partially. If they both wear masks, it protects both by a great deal more.
Either there are a lot of really selfish people on FR who don’t give a rat’s a** about others, or they are trolls. Open business, lift lockdown, but for crying out loud, a MASK? Even a freaking bandana offers some protection to the other person.
Anyway, on a personal note, I have been expanding my coop and nearly destroyed my wrist stapling chicken wire. Hubby bought me a battery operated stapler for Mother’s Day!! I cannot tell you how much easier that has made my life! Lol!