Life during the pandemic (Columbus, Cleveland: salons, hotel, unemployment rate)

[WRnative]

Put-in-Bay offers health assurances, lacking any specific details, to potential visitors willing to visit the party island during this epidemic summer. My hunch is the island will be populated by those with a "spring break" mentality, but not by families, middle-aged, and especially not baby boomers. Social distancing will be a joke.

Here's something that I never knew.

<<There are no doctors or medical facilities on the island, which has about 500 residents year-round.>>

https://www.cleveland.com/news/2020/...ronavirus.html

Given the great influx of summer guests, many often inebriated, you would think that Put-In-Bay would open at least a summer season health clinic, even if just staffed by a physician's assistant or a nurse practitioner. Aren't there any retired doctors who would enjoy such a job, perhaps just to entertain visiting family.

[ferraris]

Originally Posted by WRnative

Given the great influx of summer guests, many often inebriated, you would think that Put-In-Bay would open at least a summer season health clinic, even if just staffed by a physician's assistant or a nurse practitioner. Aren't there any retired doctors who would enjoy such a job, perhaps just to entertain visiting family.

I swear I remember a Promedica sign on Catawba Ave near the school. I can't find anything about it online though. All I could find was this mention of a Mercy clinic opening up in 2015. I can't find any mention of it on Mercy's website, so perhaps it changed hands to Promedica and has since closed entirely?

Mercy opens urgent-care clinic in Put-in-Bay

[on3]

Originally Posted by WRnative

Put-in-Bay offers health assurances, lacking any specific details, to potential visitors willing to visit the party island during this epidemic summer. My hunch is the island will be populated by those with a "spring break" mentality, but not by families, middle-aged, and especially not baby boomers. Social distancing will be a joke.

Here's something that I never knew.

<<There are no doctors or medical facilities on the island, which has about 500 residents year-round.>>

https://www.cleveland.com/news/2020/...ronavirus.html

Given the great influx of summer guests, many often inebriated, you would think that Put-In-Bay would open at least a summer season health clinic, even if just staffed by a physician's assistant or a nurse practitioner. Aren't there any retired doctors who would enjoy such a job, perhaps just to entertain visiting family.

People want their cake and want to eat it too. If you choose to live on a tourist island, you need to take the bad with the good i guess.

[WRnative]

Consumers will have several considerations to ponder as retails reopens in Ohio 5/12.

Should consumers wait several days to visit retailers to avoid a possible rush when retailers first reopen their doors?

Should consumers avoid retailers that don't ban customers who aren't wearing masks? Apparently, at least initially, few retailers are making masks mandatory. A Cleveland TV station reports only Costco and Menard's have mandatory mask requirements. To avoid political pressure, Gov. Mike DeWine reversed a state-wide, mandatory mask requirement, leaving mandatory requirements up to individual retailers.

https://www.cleveland.com/community/...nd-stores.html

Geiger's, a small chain of Greater Cleveland apparel and sporting gear stores, plans to steam all apparel that either is tried on or returned. Likely, few, if any, other retailers are doing the same. Will consumers value such precautions?

<<“Unique to our store is that we have apparel and footwear,” Geiger said. “What if someone tries on a pair of pants or shoes? Our solution is we’re going to steam anything that’s been returned or tried on before it’s put back onto the sales floor.

“It’s commonplace in clothing stores to get wrinkled things in from manufacturers. A steamer works at 210 degrees and from what we understand is the virus doesn’t survive above 160 degrees. We think that’s going to help.”>>

https://www.cleveland.com/community/...nd-stores.html

Perhaps consumers should use disinfectant wipes to clean the insides before trying on any shoes. Remember that the disinfectant must remain on a surface for four minutes or more to accomplish sterilization.

[on3]

You won't see me going anywhere on 5/12 unless it's to a grocery store (at early hours when no one is there) or an outdoor park. Nothing changes for me. I'm perfectly content to continue to work from home as my job already involved working from home. The only thing that changed was being healthier than I've ever been. Now that there's nothing to do but jog in the park and eat healthy home cooked meals, life couldn't be any better! Once everything calms down, I'll be too set in my current ways to ever go back to an unhealthy lifestyle. Gotta ride this health train for as long as I can because you never know if you'll be the next corona victim.

[Mick St John]

Originally Posted by on3

You won't see me going anywhere on 5/12 unless it's to a grocery store (at early hours when no one is there) or an outdoor park. Nothing changes for me. I'm perfectly content to continue to work from home as my job already involved working from home. The only thing that changed was being healthier than I've ever been. Now that there's nothing to do but jog in the park and eat healthy home cooked meals, life couldn't be any better! Once everything calms down, I'll be too set in my current ways to ever go back to an unhealthy lifestyle. Gotta ride this health train for as long as I can because you never know if you'll be the next corona victim.

If you want to stay in lockdown mode, that's your choice. Most of us would like to return to our real lives and forget that this goofy thing ever happened. You could be right about one thing, though. Despite the lifestyle changes, you could still be hit by a stray germ and be the next victim. No matter what you do, there are always risks.

[on3]

Originally Posted by Mick St John

If you want to stay in lockdown mode, that's your choice. Most of us would like to return to our real lives and forget that this goofy thing ever happened. You could be right about one thing, though. Despite the lifestyle changes, you could still be hit by a stray germ and be the next victim. No matter what you do, there are always risks.

I will remain in lock down until it is more safe and the % chance to catch the virus is reduced. I keep hearing about the economy and how people are protesting to open up their businesses. It will cost these people MORE to open their business back up this early as their customer base will be much much less than what it was. These business owners don't get it. What people don't realize is that if more people catch this virus and the hospitals become over run, there won't be much of an economy left. Our # one priority is keeping the hospital counts low because if we don't, then we are royally screwed.

[bjimmy24]

Originally Posted by on3

I will remain in lock down until it is more safe and the % chance to catch the virus is reduced.

Great news!

The word you're looking for is "safer."

[on3]

Originally Posted by bjimmy24

Great news!

The word you're looking for is "safer."

Although safer is commonly used more often in casual speaking, more safe is grammatically correct. More safe is however, more commonly used in writing, rather than spoken.

[Mick St John]

Originally Posted by on3

I will remain in lock down until it is more safe and the % chance to catch the virus is reduced. I keep hearing about the economy and how people are protesting to open up their businesses. It will cost these people MORE to open their business back up this early as their customer base will be much much less than what it was. These business owners don't get it. What people don't realize is that if more people catch this virus and the hospitals become over run, there won't be much of an economy left. Our # one priority is keeping the hospital counts low because if we don't, then we are royally screwed.

I think you underestimate people's dissatisfaction with the government's over reach and distrust of the so called "experts" who have orchestrated this catastrophe. When things start to open up, there will be an uptick in infections. No argument there. But the hospitals will not be over run. The fear mongers want to push this vision of doom, but this outcome is highly unlikely. Looks to me like the virus is starting to burn itself out, but that's just my opinion. I'm not an "expert".
What is clear is simply this. Continuing our lives in lockdown mode is NOT an option. We can't afford this kind of mentality either economically or psychologically. We can either surrender and live our lives like frightened sheep, or we can reclaim our lives and move on. If you choose to remain in lockdown, that's okay with me. Makes more room for me on the roads, in the grocery stores, hair salons, and in the malls.