Coronavirus in Massachusetts (Boston: house, colleges, restaurants)

[in_newengland]

Originally Posted by redplum33

This is a really irresponsible message.


Most recent tweet: https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/...86529058136070

Of course he "feels great." He's on a STEROID.

I was on Prednisone for poison ivy a few weeks ago and wow, I felt wonderful! But it didn't last.

[msRB311]

I think the problem is that if businesses open, people are going to go. Keep them closed and no can go. There are no easy answers...but it seems unrealistic to think that if places are kept open that people are going to follow rules at all times. Indoor dining seems to be under the most scrutiny right now.

[charolastra00]

I was given dex as a result of serious lung damage during chemo thanks to one of my drugs. I got that via IV during chemo, and then had oral prednisone in between treatments.


Aside from eating everything that wasn't nailed down, I felt awesome. Couldn't breathe, but felt great!

[mdovell]

Originally Posted by msRB311

I think the problem is that if businesses open, people are going to go. Keep them closed and no can go. There are no easy answers...but it seems unrealistic to think that if places are kept open that people are going to follow rules at all times. Indoor dining seems to be under the most scrutiny right now.

sort of reminds me. Remember back in the day when governor Patrick actually ordered roads to be closed due to winter storms? I heard of places that tried ignoring that at the time.

[bizcuit]

Originally Posted by BostonMike7

Your right. That show was pretty close. I liked it, disappointed it was cancelled but felt it was trying too hard in the final season. It felt like the didn’t have any plot for the FBI agent lady but tried really hard to keep her in the show.

The show lives on (with new seasons!) on Netflix.

[OutdoorLover]

[bizcuit]

Originally Posted by BostonMike7

Wife and I attempted to do a dinner date Sat night. We couldn’t find any outdoor seating that wasn’t a 2 hr or more wait. We drove to several restaurants (and went to Market Street in Lynnfield) and it was just packed. Restaurants were jamming as many people as thy could inside. We went to one of our pre-covid usuals and every table was filled with no additional spacing between tables. Tried to do to Yard House at Market Street and even where they expanded outdoor seating, they really seemed to be jamming people in. We ended up just getting take out and having our dinner date at home instead.

We’ve eaten out before, but now it feels like volume is starting to get quite heavy. It was, however, a really nice Sat evening so people were likely out trying to squeeze in a last day or two outside.

We likely will refrain from dining out from now on. Just not worth the risk. I’m fine with takeout.

I stopped by a local restaurant to pick up some takeout the other day and was shocked to see people sitting elbow-to-elbow at the (indoor) bar. It's going to be a long time before I will be ready for anything like that.

[rach5]

Now assuming that T doesn't take a turn for the worse, are our ERs going to be overrun by people in the first stages of the infection demanding the same treatment?

[LeavingMA]

Originally Posted by htfdcolt

And...we remain 4 - 6 weeks away from ending this if we choose. My only hope is for a regime change which might drive this from the top down. No doubt that 4 - 6 weeks of a 90% nationwide lockdown would have had less economic impact than what we did...which was 4 weeks of 50% lockdown, followed by a long drawn out mishmash of state/local reopenings.

https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2020...IuK9yPy20z972Y

How? Does the virus disappear because we locked down for 4 to 6 weeks? We did this before in March and April and the virus didn't disappear. Remember it was just 15 days they told use. Influenza hasn't disappeared and we have had to deal with that for centuries.

[LeavingMA]

Originally Posted by bizcuit

I stopped by a local restaurant to pick up some takeout the other day and was shocked to see people sitting elbow-to-elbow at the (indoor) bar. It's going to be a long time before I will be ready for anything like that.

I just took a road trip throughout many parts of the country, some with mask mandates others without. I can tell you most wore masks, but it almost makes them seem they are safer. They wear their mask expect others and don't expect to ever be infected. Mask wearers are out in droves thinking now its safe to go out.