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@imallears
Good evening Mary,
I’m not at all trying to diminish the seriousness of this crisis however common sense seems to have gone by the wayside. I have been home since last April rarely venturing out since I had to take care of my Mom. Since August I go out even less only to donate Platelets twice a month or if the pharmacy screws up my medicine. I did go buy a bed and to the lab a few times but I always carry a bottle of hand sanitizer in my pocket hopefully that does a little good. At last count I understood there to be 17,000 cases in California. I'm sure that’s a low number however I can’t guess I have to go by what the numbers are.
As of yesterday California tested 362 per 100,000 people. The national average is 596 tests per 100,000. New York’s testing has reached 1,748 of every 100,000. California had a backlog of 60,000 tests but now the backlog is just a fraction of that. The governor said that testing in California will increase by five fold by the end of the month, let’s hope so. There have been 450 deaths in California.
Stay safe everybody and be vigilant,
Jake
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@jakeduck1
You’re right about common sense going by the wayside in regard to hoarding of groceries and paper products. But it’s also a survival instinct that comes into play. Our supermarkets had to limit the amount you could buy for nearly every item in the store. We won’t run out of food but when you see shelves emptying you start to wonder and I can understand the panic.
I see the same thing when there’s a hurricane on the way even though we know we should all be prepared during Hurricane season.
Maybe stores will take a lesson and limit the number of batteries, flashlights and generators you can buy this year.
Miami is now mandating face coverings in public which is a good idea for that area. We have About 15,860 cases here as of today.
Unlike the Hurricane season here when we are reminded so far in advance about preparedness , we had this virus thrust upon all at once which caused a lot of understandable panic.
FL Mary