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Post by myshelly on Nov 10, 2020 23:34:30 GMT
Purple isn’t even on our scale here. What does that mean? Is it the worst? Ours is like red, yellow, green. Stop, caution, go. Makes sense to me. But purple? 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. So is it the worst on the scale? If not what color is worse?
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Post by Dani-Mani on Nov 10, 2020 23:35:20 GMT
We don’t have colors here. Just phases. What’s purple mean?
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Post by katlady on Nov 10, 2020 23:37:16 GMT
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. So is it the worst on the scale? If not what color is worse? I updated my post, but purple is the worst, before complete shutdown. The rankings here are purple-red-orange-yellow.
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Post by iteach3rdgrade on Nov 10, 2020 23:59:23 GMT
We had a county school shut down due to not enough subs for the classroom or buses. I guess a teacher with small groups helped spread it around. We are reminded to stay 6 feet away from kids.
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Post by Sarah*H on Nov 11, 2020 0:11:10 GMT
I've kind of mentally given up. I'm surrounded IRL and on social media by people who say they are taking it seriously and following all of the rules but then post photos of indoor dinner parties, eating inside restaurants, unmasked big group hug photos, hot tub parties, etc. My faith in people is basically non-existent anymore.
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Post by maryland on Nov 11, 2020 0:19:34 GMT
I think we should too, but they already said our state will not go back to the phases. Even though our numbers are high.
Our school shut down for a week, and will go back to cohort 2 days a week. We have been back to regular school 5 days a week for a month.
Stupid kids went to homecoming parties (their own, homecoming was cancelled), Trump rallies and Halloween parties. My daughter does not go to any party or socialize (but does go to school and dance where masks are required). Well, she tested positive on Friday and was devastated! She was so sad and we couldn't be near her to give her a hug. The girl she sits next to at lunch tested positive. I will tell everyone, wear masks, don't have parties and gatherings. It's scary and not worth it!
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Post by beaglemom on Nov 11, 2020 2:21:02 GMT
Even when the vaccine is available, it will be a full year or longer before it is available to everyone. It will be staged - rightly so - in who gets it. And then there will be time before it is actually effective - it looks like it will be a 2-dose vaccine. So it may not be until March 2022 until we turn the corner. I was reading last quarter next year, but I don’t think 2022 is out of line. Already prepped DH for losing another triathlon season so we are buying a LOT of specialized equipment for him. Might as well, he’s not paying gym, therapy and pool fees, entry fees, etc. Dh is bummed about missing another season too. He had planned on doing a number of half Ironman races this year. They are opening some, we had some tri-team members that did the ones last weekend, but we don't think it is worth the risk. We are happy with my peloton, his tribike on Zwift with a smart trainer, and our treadmill. Thankfully if he really wants to go swim our "club," since the pool is outdoor and you reserve lanes and they leave every other open.
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Post by fredfreddy44 on Nov 11, 2020 2:37:05 GMT
California county tier system requirements: covid19.ca.gov/safer-economy/Santa Clara has been Orange for 3 weeks but we are heading back to Red I'm quite sure. Everyone here wears a mask but there are so many people out everywhere. I have eaten out 5 times (3 on a camping vacation) and leisure shopped twice at a bookstore. Otherwise, in and out!
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Post by dewryce on Nov 11, 2020 2:40:02 GMT
I was reading last quarter next year, but I don’t think 2022 is out of line. Already prepped DH for losing another triathlon season so we are buying a LOT of specialized equipment for him. Might as well, he’s not paying gym, therapy and pool fees, entry fees, etc. Dh is bummed about missing another season too. He had planned on doing a number of half Ironman races this year. They are opening some, we had some tri-team members that did the ones last weekend, but we don't think it is worth the risk. We are happy with my peloton, his tribike on Zwift with a smart trainer, and our treadmill. Thankfully if he really wants to go swim our "club," since the pool is outdoor and you reserve lanes and they leave every other open. Ugh, I’m so disappointed for them! Whichever races was your DH going to do? I saw they were doing those races and with all that heavy breathing I am skeptical about the measures taken. How are they working transition? Because even if they give them 10x the space they are still on each other’s heels breathing deeply in and out on the way to their racks. His team was in Lubbock earlier this year, I think, that they called off last minute, so they’re doing some races. But we are both just too high risk for the travel and the race! He’s already got 2 IM races from this year rolled over to next year. What I keep thinking is that sure, these are mostly super healthy, not terribly old athletes so you’d hope they would get a mild case. Well ignore the implications for spreading it to others. But even some of those with “mild” cases are getting serious lung damage. They can lose the ability to do this, and any other endurance sport, for life. No safe swim options for him here now that his team isn’t meeting for open water swimming anymore, so he’s getting some sort of swim equipment that he compares to the bike smart trainer. Found a great deal for a used one and pick it up this weekend. He’s upgrading from a regular bike trainer to a smart one. I wonder if the workouts his coach gives him could be combined with Zwift. Is that something your DH does? I couldn’t tell from looking at the site. He got a Smith Machine so he can safely do his weights at home, he’s lost quite a bit of muscle mass, and me as a spotter is a joke. And our treadmill is SOOOO old and really needs to be replaced but after everything else we had to draw the line somewhere. And the line was “you live in Texas, the weather is fine, get your butt outside.”
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Post by Peamac on Nov 11, 2020 2:59:23 GMT
I just did a house closing with the buyer, the seller, the agent (who helped both), and the loan officer. NONE of them wore masks! The loan officer can't because of health reasons, but the other three- they were in their 50's and should have known better. No wonder the numbers here in Colorado are going up! I kept mine on the whole time and tried to keep a distance, but we were at a couple of tables pushed together.
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Post by beaglemom on Nov 11, 2020 3:20:45 GMT
Dh is bummed about missing another season too. He had planned on doing a number of half Ironman races this year. They are opening some, we had some tri-team members that did the ones last weekend, but we don't think it is worth the risk. We are happy with my peloton, his tribike on Zwift with a smart trainer, and our treadmill. Thankfully if he really wants to go swim our "club," since the pool is outdoor and you reserve lanes and they leave every other open. Ugh, I’m so disappointed for them! Whichever races was your DH going to do? I saw they were doing those races and with all that heavy breathing I am skeptical about the measures taken. How are they working transition? Because even if they give them 10x the space they are still on each other’s heels breathing deeply in and out on the way to their racks. His team was in Lubbock earlier this year, I think, that they called off last minute, so they’re doing some races. But we are both just too high risk for the travel and the race! He’s already got 2 IM races from this year rolled over to next year. What I keep thinking is that sure, these are mostly super healthy, not terribly old athletes so you’d hope they would get a mild case. Well ignore the implications for spreading it to others. But even some of those with “mild” cases are getting serious lung damage. They can lose the ability to do this, and any other endurance sport, for life. No safe swim options for him here now that his team isn’t meeting for open water swimming anymore, so he’s getting some sort of swim equipment that he compares to the bike smart trainer. Found a great deal for a used one and pick it up this weekend. He’s upgrading from a regular bike trainer to a smart one. I wonder if the workouts his coach gives him could be combined with Zwift. Is that something your DH does? I couldn’t tell from looking at the site. He got a Smith Machine so he can safely do his weights at home, he’s lost quite a bit of muscle mass, and me as a spotter is a joke. And our treadmill is SOOOO old and really needs to be replaced but after everything else we had to draw the line somewhere. And the line was “you live in Texas, the weather is fine, get your butt outside.” He normally does Santa Cruz because it is local and then 3-4 other half irons and then a handful of olympic races. He don't think he actually signed up for any when Covid hit so there weren't any issues. But he had done La Qunita December 2019 and that qualified him for the US triathlon championships, which he has done the last couple of years. He actually got to go to Worlds in Australia in September 2018 to compete on the USA Tri-team. He has been doing the workouts from his tri coach on Zwift. His team has "team" rides and races at least once a week on Zwift. The Tour de France even did a vritual Tour de France earlier this summer on Zwift (you can watch it on YouTube) and then they opened up those courses for anyone to ride after the fact. He also does Zwift on the treadmill and likes that as well. We have a refurbished Woodway treadmill that he really likes. Some day when we have a workout room I want to get one of the peloton treads, we tried it out in the showroom and it as amazing.
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Post by jackietex on Nov 11, 2020 3:43:12 GMT
I finally put my food down with my husband's family last week. I told my husband that he can either wear a mask when he visits with his parents or goes to his brother's house, or we can both wear a mask when he is home. He chose to wear it with his family. One of my nieces came to town last weekend and everybody got together for dinner and football--except me. I don't know if my bil and sil are hosting their usual Thanksgiving dinner, but I already told my family that I'm not going anywhere.
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Post by seaexplore on Nov 11, 2020 4:13:54 GMT
Purple isn’t even on our scale here. What does that mean? Is it the worst? Ours is like red, yellow, green. Stop, caution, go. Makes sense to me. But purple? This is what California looks like in terms of our coding and cases, etc.. covid19.ca.gov
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Post by seaexplore on Nov 11, 2020 4:18:01 GMT
Purple isn’t even on our scale here. What does that mean? Is it the worst? Ours is like red, yellow, green. Stop, caution, go. Makes sense to me. But purple? 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. "luckily" my school district went back in person hybrid/live-stream yesterday. Effing Bastards. We are headed back to purple (our numbers are there this week, one more week and we'll be there) but since we already opened school yesterday, we won't go out again unless mandated at the state level. I'm praying for a full shut down to put us back into remote. I DESPISE this hybrid shit.
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Post by happyOCgirl on Nov 11, 2020 7:01:27 GMT
I'm a southern CA teacher who had 2 positive students in my class this week. I watch our numbers go up everyday and am shocked we are still in red. I have never felt like a sitting duck more in my life.
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Post by smginaz Suzy on Nov 11, 2020 7:05:32 GMT
I am in SoCal. One of my employees tested positive after taking a week off for her visiting parents. Her dad had no symptoms, her mom had a few. Only reason they knew was because her dad was having some minor surgery the following week so COVID testing was pre-surgery requirement. The minute she got the call, she left to get herself tested and isolated since. She had some symptoms and worked from home when she felt well enough and took sick hours as she felt she needed them.
No one else in the office got sick and I believe it had a lot to do with our office protocols and being pretty rigorous in following it: -half my team is remote all the time. By that, I mean we alternate days in and remote on opposite schedules, so we have some staff onsite, but fewer each day. -we have cubicle farms for most of my team, but they are double the average size so there is a minimum of 6' no matter where people are sitting. With people remote, it is more like 20' between people anyway. -we mask for any interaction, and in any open space. So I have a private office, and if anyone stops at the door, we both mask. If I go to the copy machine, the restroom, etc, I mask. -always social distance, no exceptions -Daily temp checks -Hand sanitizer everywhere, wiping down with Lysol frequently -All tele-meetings unless 1-1 and with plenty of distance and masks She was at work, perhaps contagious and asymptomatic for one full day and the 3 or so hours before she got the call. One other person who had a conversation with her had a severe headache 3 days later-he immediately took a test, worked entirely remote, and ended up a negative test. We are now fully in the clear. I feel like all of the precautions when combined really help. But it is no different than the car analogy. You have licensing, speed limits, seatbelts, air bags--they all mitigate but it is not foolproof. Accidents still happen. Mitigation.
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Post by peppermintpatty on Nov 11, 2020 14:36:54 GMT
Can I be honest here? I have eaten inside and outside at various restaurants. There has been more than one occasion where we did not feel safe eating outside. This was because EVERYONE was outside and despite the fact that they have the tables spread apart, there were people walking around us all the time. Inside, we feel safer because VERY few people were eating there. Maybe 2 or 3 other parties in a large restaurant plus very few waitstaff running around. My entire family felt the same way. I will continue to eat inside as long as we are allowed to. That may make me a bad person but we wear masks whenever the server comes to the table and we follow all the guidelines.
We also eat at restaurants that have over the top air filtration systems. There is one chain that has 3 levels of filtration in each restaurant. 2 air and 1 UV system. You can see the systems when you walk in and they give you a card explaining what they are.
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Post by Scrapper100 on Nov 11, 2020 17:36:33 GMT
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 Big hugs to you and your family. This is just so heartbreaking that people can’t even properly say goodbye. I’ve been watching the Good Dr and they are showing this and some of the complications that can come from it.
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Post by SweetieBsMom on Nov 11, 2020 18:26:57 GMT
I'm in MA. Since Labor Day, new cases have increased by about 300% and hospitalizations jumped by almost 200%. They're preparing to set up the field hospitals again as hospital capacity is at 67% and ICU capacity is at 50%.
On Monday, our governor announced a new stay at home advisory. There's a curfew between 10pm and 5am only allowing for going to work, critical errands (grocery store/pharmacy) and talking a walk. Anything not deemed "essential" has to close no later than 9:30pm. Masks are now required indoor and outdoor regardless of social distancing. Gatherings at private residences are now limited to no more than 10 inside and 25 outside (mask requirement still in effect) and the limit on gatherings held in public spaces/venues remains the same. All gatherings have to end by 9:30pm regardless of size/location and there will be a $500 fine for each person above the limit at a particular gathering. He's not shutting down the economy or schools, at this point, because most the spreader events we've been seeing in the state trace back to "super spreader" events.
My friends/family are all "gotta go on living your life" and they are. And because they are, I'm not having any, in-person, interactions with them. And when I'm questioned or given crap for it, my response is "you do you and I'll do me and I'll see you when the pandemic is behind us". I'm prone to respiratory illness (pneumonia) so I'm not taking any chances, my doctor told me I need to be extremely careful. Plus, my son just lost his father last year, I'm not looking to make him an orphan this year.
So yeah, I'm not going anywhere. I'm back to having my groceries delivered. I'm back in lock down because I'm not comfortable taking the chance. That's my biggest issue with the "gotta live my life people", that's fine go live your life but you may not be the one getting sick. If it was you getting sick, then go ahead and live your life but I'm not letting you near me if you're out living your life because I'm not comfortable with taking the chance.
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