Current Events > With COVID-19 at its highest ever are you going outside?

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I am afraid to go out there it is spooky. The invisible enemy lurking around every corner waiting to get me.

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I have to go in to work five days a week, but I'm not going out much outside of that.

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Not a chance. I'm setting up my shopping list for fresh food, but I'm holding off until reasonably quiet hours later on in the week. If I could afford delivery, I'd go that route. I've got enough dry goods to last a while, but onions and potatoes would be appreciated.

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Work 5 days per week. Gym 6 days per week.
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Walking the dog, seeing girlfriend, grocery store, nothing else

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It's only at its "highest ever" because we're doing more testing. It's likely been worse, but we didn't know about it. And, as that one study in NY found, the scale of infections is far higher than anybody suspects because most people who were shown to have had it got over it easily (ie, the vast majority of cases, a person may have had it without even realizing so not everybody is spending time in the ICU).

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PickleRick2019 posted...

Work 5 days per week. Gym 6 days per week.

A few of my coworkers hate that I don't wear a mask.
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EmbraceOfDeath posted...

I have to go in to work five days a week, but I'm not going out much outside of that.

Same, except four days a week for me. I work in the same building as firefighters though so I suppose my chances of exposure are slightly higher.

Your gimmick isn't funny.

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Besides work, no.

I'll maybe see a friend every other week or something, but beyond that, nothing.

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I work in the hospital. Will be doing an ICU rotation next month during projected peak Covid in Texas. Woohooo. So Im doing the responsible thing and going straight home after work.

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Nope, just been doing delivery and curbside pickup. I'll see how things are in 2-3 months.

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Yeah I'll be going to the gym today.

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I have no health issues, I feel completely safe in public and not wearing a mask. There's almost 0% chance I would become seriously ill even if I got covid.

Please take precautions for yourself if you're in poor health.

Zeus posted...

It's only at its "highest ever" because we're doing more testing. It's likely been worse, but we didn't know about it. And, as that one study in NY found, the scale of infections is far higher than anybody suspects because most people who were shown to have had it got over it easily (ie, the vast majority of cases, a person may have had it without even realizing so not everybody is spending time in the ICU).

Nah man. Hospitals are reaching capacity in some places. Texas, Florida is shitting their pants right now begging people not to act like dumb fucks.

Anyway, I'm In Canada where the cases are much lower, so I'm not scared to go outside but I'm still not flaunting social distancing rules etc and still being responsible with distancing, not crowding in groups, hand washing, social circles, wearing a mask where you can't distance indoors etc.

Compare this to the states where the cases are growing exponentially, hospitals are being overrun and people still aren't following public health advice.

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DarxWingDuck posted...

I have no health issues, I feel completely safe in public and not wearing a mask. There's almost 0% chance I would become seriously ill even if I got covid.

Please take precautions for yourself if you're in poor health.

Take precautions to protect others.

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with covid-19 at its lowest in 3 months yeah i'm going outside.

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Been going outside all along, plus been working as normal the whole time. Outdoor activities were always perfectly fine here as long as you follow the basic safety recommendations - this is Alaska, there's a ton of space to play in safely.

My city (of ~30k people) hasn't had a new case in 12 days, and a grand total of 12 confirmed cases since April 15. Things have lightly re-opened and I've been to the bars a few times on weeknights or mid-day on weekends, been plenty comfortable with how few people have been out.
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I come into contact with hundreds every day. It's nice honestly

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To go to work

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Only for groceries and even then I'm using curbside pickup

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Turbam posted...

To go to work

I called my boss and told him I can't come to work because COVID is on the rise. He told me he understood.

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I'm comfortable going outside. My country handled covid competently, and my province in particular barely have double digit active cases

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The23rdMagus posted...

Take precautions to protect others.

I social distance, that's precaution enough from somebody who has virtually no risk from covid.

If your health is poor, it's on you to go the extra mile, not everyone else.

Yeah unfortunately I still have to go to work.

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DarxWingDuck posted...

I social distance, that's precaution enough from somebody who has virtually no risk from covid.

If your health is poor, it's on you to go the extra mile, not everyone else.

This attitude is exactly why our case numbers are rising.

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Work, groceries, walking the dogs, fishing and turkey/pig hunting. Thats it for me.

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Depends. Can I take this literal even though I now realize no one literally means just going outside?

Now serious, I'm just opening up my circle from just my one sisters family to also a cousins family and my best friend maybe. My best friend still says it's a hoax because he's dealing with too much and it's inconvenient to believe it's real. Not gonna abandon him over it, but it is worrisome. Other than that he's a good dude and he respects how I feel about it regardless of what he thinks. It's hard to to go this long and just feel like I'm abandoning him right after his mom died last year and he hated how the rest of his family dealt with it.

This shits tough, but hey, we're all going through it.

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we have no choice we all have to go outside at some point i wear a mask always outside

CADE FOSTER posted...

we have no choice we all have to go outside at some point i wear a mask always outside

I just social distance outside. Mask indoors. I'm not going anywhere with a lot of people outside tho. Maybe that's the difference here.

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NOM posted...

Yeah unfortunately I still have to go to work.

How important are these jobs that you/we have to risk our lives for them? My job isn't necessary so I told them to stuff it. I'll get a job I can do from home or live off the government.

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Things are going fine over here in Europe. The ICU's in my country are almost entirely COVID-free. Restrictions are being partially removed.

America just doesn't know how to deal with a pandemic.

Im good here in Louisiana...still in Phase 2 but I still get my gym time.

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My state's still going down, fortunately. I've been walking my neighborhood the whole time, but I do need to start getting back to the parks. Gonna have to confront the anxiety sooner or later.

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Every time you go outside you're taking a 50/50 chance at death. No thanks.

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I dont have a wuss immune system so im good. I do take precaution to for others tho. Im not that much of an ass

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gatorsPENSbucs posted...

People not going outside like this is The Happening and not Coronavirus.

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I dont live in the USA. Things seem to be under control where im at.
That being said, i wear a mask when i am out. Im not a monster.

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Drug_Smoker posted...

How important are these jobs that you/we have to risk our lives for them? My job isn't necessary so I told them to stuff it. I'll get a job I can do from home or live off the government.

lol you can't just quit your job and get government checks, you gotta be fired/laid off.

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Yes because I live in a state that didn't handle this like absolute shit.

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REMercsChamp posted...

Nah man. Hospitals are reaching capacity in some places. Texas, Florida is shitting their pants right now begging people not to act like dumb fucks.

Anyway, I'm In Canada where the cases are much lower, so I'm not scared to go outside but I'm still not flaunting social distancing rules etc and still being responsible with distancing, not crowding in groups, hand washing, social circles, wearing a mask where you can't distance indoors etc.

Compare this to the states where the cases are growing exponentially, hospitals are being overrun and people still aren't following public health advice.

This. I work at a hospital in a state with higher numbers right now, and I can tell you for a fact it's getting worse.

General_Secura posted...

Things are going fine over here in Europe. The ICU's in my country are almost entirely COVID-free. Restrictions are being partially removed.

America just doesn't know how to deal with a pandemic.

we have a moron at the head of america otherwise we would be fine

Luckily I'm in Australia, my state only has 3 active cases.

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CADE FOSTER posted...

we have a moron at the head of america otherwise we would be fine

It's a shame that we have so many morons following his lead too.

They passed an order in our city where you have to wear a mask outside your house. People are crying that rights are being violated. Its disgusting

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I go out for blood work once a month. Other than that I've become a shut in basically.

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i thought we reached the peak weeks ago, multiple times too

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Well, i work in the COVID unit, so i dont go out, for your sake

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MT_TRAEH posted...

i thought we reached the peak weeks ago, multiple times too

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/

Just look at the "new cases" graph. We hit a peak in mid/late April, then cases started to decline, and now we're back up again to where we were before. Former hotspots like New York, New Jersey, and Illinois have seen numbers go way down while states like California, Texas, Arizona, and Florida have had huge spikes driving this peak.

Well now that its reached my city about an hour from Dallas I'm doing what I have the past few months during work shutdown..but ofcourse we started too early and now that we all have to go back to work we get hit...Like myself and many have said here,this should of been based on local stats and not New Yorks.

So besides work,food,gas ect. I'm staying home and saving money.

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