My son and I were down to Wildwood today to see how they were handling opening during the Covid-19 pandemic. Unfortunately, not many people seemed concerned about social distancing or wearing a mask. We were some of the few people on the boardwalk actually wearing a face mask.
Here is some footage I took. The audio in the recording is a message that they play every 15-minutes on the boardwalk.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YrLm9o9bSU
Great news blues. Stay well and know we'll get through this.
thanks everyone. she finally got the results back last night- negative. whatever she has IS viral, and is knocking her out. but we're happy it's not the corona.
This whole discussion has gone south very quickly and we should move on. Let's just hope for some kind of normalcy this summer. blues_range. I hope all is well with your mom.
The economic devastation caused by this will far surpass any fake death numbers posted by any government agency. The death numbers are just that . Fake numbers to satisfy an agenda. Soon as everyone realizes that, the sooner everything will go back to normal.
I just hope we don't all get so polarized that we forget that there are two sides to this. Health and economic. Both are equally as important. We might think being broke is better than being in the ground but tell that to someone who is losing their business, life savings, home and every bit of security they thought they had. My personal thoughts on this are people are going to start coming out over the Summer regardless of what Governor Murphy or anyone else says and some immunity will hopefully be built by the regular old exposure method. This will make it all the more important the immune compromised be careful and those of us with those people in our lives are careful on how we act so we don't bring anything home to them.
You make two extraordinarily great points Blue. That of health and finances. Kudos to you for teaching those things. Your points are well said......Warren.
It is a very tough discussion. Warren you make great points. One of my co-workers lost his father who was in the nursing home. The worst part is, he wasn't informed of the death until a week later. Our society should value the elderly, as it once did, and as many other cultures and countries still do. Our very own Native Americans put the highest value on elders and we really should all do the same. This virus has exposed how unhealthy this country is too. This is something that sorely needs to be addressed but it doesn't seem like it is. We just hear the politicians or news reporters say "oh if you have an underlying diseases your chances of survival are low" . But where is the encouragement to try to better our health in the long run? There is none (probably because there's no money behind being healthy) . Speaking of money, this also goes to show how dire the economic situation is for many people. I don't fully blame, but partly blame, the lack of financially literacy available for most people (in many cases, not their fault) . Unless you either do your own research, or have friends/family that explain financial literacy, many are lost. I have been teaching my 6th graders about health and financial literacy throughout the school year (off curriculum, but I don't care, they need to know it! ) and I'm grateful for that.
I appreciate your response and I do take and consider your points. I agree 100 percent on your point about people over 60. And I believe that over the coming years the elderly will become more "inconvenient". .....Warren
I really considered if I should join this discussion or not and I have decided to post my opinion, worth what you pay for it, and just leave it at that. It is NOT my intent to offend anyone here with whom I hold a dear love of the Wildwoods in common. When I see the policy reactions of our leaders over this event, it scares me to see how easily people can be led into a sort of herd mentality. We live in a time when every facet of life has been invaded by personal and political ideology and that most definitely includes "science". Experts? Most are either infected with their own ideology or know very little of what they profess. The shutting down of the economy is and will have a devastating effect for a decade. People have lost jobs, hopes and dreams and I'm sure some have lost or will lose their homes. The numbers of deaths and the categories of people dying does not justify what has been done. No I am not ignoring the virus , I know it is real and the loss of human life is heartbraking. Things like limiting crown size on a beach are just plain moronic and I am sorry to speak that way. I think that we should have been told about the virus, told how it spreads and then be allowed to all act in our own best interest of our own accord. I do hope that no one takes offense to my opinion. Sometimes hard discussions are just that....hard.......Warren
Please keep us posted
she's ok, thank you for asking. still not feeling great, was told yesterday that she has to wait until sunday morning for a test. they checked to see if it was other things, such as strept throat and it's not. symptoms about the same as yesterday. she's trying to convince herself it's a really bad case of allergies. for her sake, I hope she's right.
Blues_range, how is your mom doing?
sorry Bill for derailing your thread. I'm going to stop now.
what makes perfect sense is that so many people fall hook line and sinker for information without doing research. sorry I used facts which linked various sources to back up my claim, unlike you. next time, I'll use a public library for my sources if that makes you feel better since it wouldn't be found on the internet. research is key. I learned that from earning two master's degrees. science is also a subject I teach.
..but believe your memes. it's all good.
so.. What you post is true (found on the internet) but my post(also found on the internet) is not true. Makes perfect sense
all sarcasm aside, I wish people did research. please do some fact checking when you come across things on the internet. this is a major problem and it's why there's so much venom on both sides.
here is the fact check to that very picture. took 15 seconds to find.
you're welcome.
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/21/facebook-posts/disposable-homemade-masks-are-effective-stopping-a/
Thanks for the well wishes everyone.
Oh hey look, a Facebook meme. Yes, I'll trust and believe a facebook meme. My mind is TOTALLY convinced...it must be true, I saw it on the internet!!!
Sorry for your losses Bill.
Blues_surge. Prayers for mom. I hope she will be ok.