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<blockquote data-quote="Deni D" data-source="post: 757368" data-attributes="member: 22840"><p>That's happening around here too. I see it online mostly. I fear for those who will loose their jobs and small businesses permanently, and those who have fallen through the cracks for unemployment benefits. Also those who even though are getting a lot in unemployment right now feel really shaky with their normal bills and their future.</p><p>But not so much for the people, at least around here, who are ticked off about their "liberties" being taken away but really mean they can't have parties, tie their boats up together on the lake, go to bars and such. In my area we don't have people stuck in high rise apartments who can't get out into the fresh air. Most have their yards, and if not can drive locally to walk around and such. </p><p>The way I work with my worry is by trying to figure out what I can do. I donate to the local homeless shelters and the town food bank we now have increased greatly here. But it doesn't feel like I'm actually doing anything.</p><p>I worry the most about what's going to happen once we open up more again. So I'm taking the online course for "contact tracing" right now my state is looking for, for volunteers. We finally have a drive through testing site as of yesterday in my county so if we get the testing media, PPE and personnel to test I can add something if they choose to pick me to volunteer for them. </p><p>No matter what anyone says about the number of people affected, percentage of people affected, asymptomatic people, I know first hand that people die from it. Not that they were going to die any day anyway but that it shortened their lives by years even with co-morbid conditions. I mean really, does someone die in days from a heart condition, or from being elderly, or from diabetes? It's a fact that even our local hospitals went on divert due to overloaded ER's and ICU's, even with their increase in capacity. We are not in a large city. I know that only a month ago around here people who have been very sick, and were not tested, were told they have it and not to go near the hospital unless they couldn't breath at all.</p><p>I believe we are better prepared in general but not nearly enough prepared in my opinion. I don't think my state has the ability to get enough testing and the support around testing that would be needed to be prepared to identify and isolate as we need right now.</p><p>I hope I'm wrong.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deni D, post: 757368, member: 22840"] That's happening around here too. I see it online mostly. I fear for those who will loose their jobs and small businesses permanently, and those who have fallen through the cracks for unemployment benefits. Also those who even though are getting a lot in unemployment right now feel really shaky with their normal bills and their future. But not so much for the people, at least around here, who are ticked off about their "liberties" being taken away but really mean they can't have parties, tie their boats up together on the lake, go to bars and such. In my area we don't have people stuck in high rise apartments who can't get out into the fresh air. Most have their yards, and if not can drive locally to walk around and such. The way I work with my worry is by trying to figure out what I can do. I donate to the local homeless shelters and the town food bank we now have increased greatly here. But it doesn't feel like I'm actually doing anything. I worry the most about what's going to happen once we open up more again. So I'm taking the online course for "contact tracing" right now my state is looking for, for volunteers. We finally have a drive through testing site as of yesterday in my county so if we get the testing media, PPE and personnel to test I can add something if they choose to pick me to volunteer for them. No matter what anyone says about the number of people affected, percentage of people affected, asymptomatic people, I know first hand that people die from it. Not that they were going to die any day anyway but that it shortened their lives by years even with co-morbid conditions. I mean really, does someone die in days from a heart condition, or from being elderly, or from diabetes? It's a fact that even our local hospitals went on divert due to overloaded ER's and ICU's, even with their increase in capacity. We are not in a large city. I know that only a month ago around here people who have been very sick, and were not tested, were told they have it and not to go near the hospital unless they couldn't breath at all. I believe we are better prepared in general but not nearly enough prepared in my opinion. I don't think my state has the ability to get enough testing and the support around testing that would be needed to be prepared to identify and isolate as we need right now. I hope I'm wrong. [/QUOTE]
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