We just went back to purple

And it will only get worse. All the people who decide that their thing is more important than stopping the pandemic will keep the numbers climbing. Their Thanksgiving, their Christmas, their party, their protest. Covid loves it all.

My Facebook feed is filled with people frustrated with Newsom. How about you be frustrated with your fellow neighbors and the tourists that insist on still coming here despite all of the shutdowns? We have skated by the purple tier week after week, something finally had to give.

My husband and I have been staying home, not going to restaurants, I canceled my gym membership, we don’t go to friends homes, I haven’t been inside my parents home since March. We only visit them outside in the backyard from a distance. But every single weekend since September I’ve seen friends going back to normal. Getting together inside each other’s homes, having parties, big gatherings during Halloween....it isn’t shocking we had to roll back. I’m not frustrated with state and city leadership, I’m frustrated with people who can’t just stay home! I’m certainly tired of it after 8 months but nothing is changing any time soon!

Well, Oregon’s numbers are going up an alarming rate and Wishy Washy Kate Brown made an announcement last week that tomorrow restrictions would be rolled back. What the use in delaying it besides making everyone run out and party it up before the restrictions were put back in place I have no idea. When the numbers started getting alarmingly high she should have put restrictions back on immediately.

I understand how hard it is for restaurants and other businesses, but the fact is we are only prolonging the time they will have to be closed because no one is willing to make the tough calls now.


I personally haven’t been to any restaurant for sit down since March, but we have been getting take out twice a week from our favorite places to help keep them open. They all seem very busy with take out orders, so that is a good thing.

I am glad I live in Washington, but schools are starting to open up for kindergarten kids and I worry that a resurgence is going to happen here. One of my family members runs a child care center and a child under 3 tested positive there. She is only operating at 50% capacity as it is and it has been extremely difficult for them as they have to keep each class so small yet have more teachers since teachers are not allowed to switch rooms meaning no floaters for breaks. She obviously had to shut down that entire class for 2 weeks and the teachers had to quarantine as well.

In any event unless EVERYONE is willing to take this seriously it isn’t going to get better.  

Oh, believe me, I'm not thinking the vaccine is going to be widely available anytime soon.

I am finding this ALL VERY DEPRESSING.  But happily I can be distracted by Republicans attempting to invalidate the election in which I was told to "just vote" and everything would be better.

i think my county, Los Angeles, will remain deeply entrenched in purple for the time being. we are large and densely packed. it was reported that most of the new cases are coming from family gatherings. now the holidays are around the corner. you do the math.

Well my MIL thought the cases per day were the total cases period... and then booked a trip up here in December because "what pandemic?" Since we can't talk her out of it and it's somehow cheaper to drive 6 hours and stay in a hotel for 2 nights than to mail Christmas presents MIL and FIL are going to have a nice visit on my front porch. I am not getting COVID for Christmas!

Pretty on I had to flat out tell my mom I wasn’t going to come to the door if she came for her to realize I was serious about not socializing indoors.

My sisters father in law died this morning while the nurse held the phone on speaker so he could possibly hear his wife & 2 children say goodbye.

And it is just going to get worse

I'm so sorry to hear this.

So awful to die alone.  

That’s so sad and heartbreaking. 

That is so heartbreaking. 

I watch my state's updates (Illinois) on FB Live and our amazing public health director literally begging people to listen and follow the guidance. Half the comments being posted during the broadcast are about how it's an infringement on people's rights ("sheeple"), restaurants should get to stay open, it's not so serious/most people survive, etc. I really don't know how to get through to those kinds of people. Hunker down for 2021, basically. Those are the people that won't get vaccinated either, I'm sure.

Purple means no indoor dining/gyms/church, stores are back to 25% capacity (down from 50%) except for "essential" stores, and if your school is not in-person at this point, they cannot go in-person. 

ETA - Actually, red tier is better than purple in our system. Purple is the most restrictive other than complete shutdown.

That’s heartbreaking, I’m sorry.