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Do most of you feel the US should try a lockdown?
No. We aren't at that place. Honestly, I think if people would just wear masks and stay out of big groups we could function fine until there's a vaccine.
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Do most of you feel the US should try a lockdown?
No. We aren't at that place. Honestly, I think if people would just wear masks and stay out of big groups we could function fine until there's a vaccine.
Ask me in a month
I agree. But, as Guido suggested, that could change if we do get that massive second wave that some are predicting. I'm hopeful that if people wear masks and stay out of large groups that it won't be as bad as some fear. But, I should know better than to underestimate the stupidity and selfishness of humans.
More like a third wave in the USA. It is coming. Europe has seen an absolute explosion in cases the last couple of weeks. The trendline in the USA is not as steep, but it is up. It may be slightly blunted by the earliest onset of a level of "herd immunity" in the USA. We are probably approaching 18-20% of the population having been infected now. That could help blunt the increase that is coming.
Let me be clear, I am NOT advocating a move toward "herd immunity" as a goal. Just that, when you have a larger and larger percentage of the population that has been exposed and recovered, the spread of the virus should be blunted to some degree. There is no definitive word that someone who has had the virus and recovered being 100% immune, probably not, but they should have some degree of built in immunity. A lot would depend on how severe a case they had and the level of antibodies that their body was able to develop and the robustness of their overall immune system.
Objectively, I wouldn't say that's the case; if anything, the more 'too late' it is (in terms of the spread of the virus within the community), the more a lockdown is the most effective tool to use in rapidly bringing that down, and hence the more essential it is.Early on, sure, but it's much too late for that now.
Maybe stupid question. I know at the beginning there were travel restrictions to certain parts/nations in Europe. Have those restrictions been lifted so that any mutated strain of the virus over there has a good chance to arrive here?
Maybe stupid question. I know at the beginning there were travel restrictions to certain parts/nations in Europe. Have those restrictions been lifted so that any mutated strain of the virus over there has a good chance to arrive here?
I was wondering that too. I seem to recall someone crowing about implementing travel restrictions when this started. But I think those are gone now. Given what is happening in places in Europe, you would think some travel restrictions would be in order for some places. I know that a few months ago a family friend traveled to Denmark for a couple weeks and came back. Although Denmark has had this under control for quite awhile. Not sure how they are doing now.
Of course, I guess with what appears to be happening in parts of the country where winter has hit, it would just be another drop in the bucket to add in some European strains.
Here's what i found on the CDC website about travelers prohibited from entering the US. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/travelers/from-other-countries.html
Last I heard, I thought there were still restrictions for land crossings to and from Canada and Mexico. It always seemed like the United States restrictions for people entering from those two countries was more a retaliatory thing, or to make it seem like it was more a mutual agreement.
Anecdotal note, a couple weeks ago received an email newsletter update from a travel agency I used in the past for travels to Costa Rica. They gave very specific details on which states from the USA could enter Costa Rica. So if your origin flight was from states they deemed unsafe you could not enter. If your flight origin was from a state they deemed safe, you could enter. If you originated from a safe state and your flight landed in a restricted state before heading to Costa Rica, there were detailed restrictions depending on what kind of stop or layover occurred that would determine whether or not you were allowed to enter their country. I just found it interesting how another country was keeping such close track of how individual states here were handling the outbreak, I'm sure it's because they want the tourist dollars but also manage the risk as best they can.
Interesting. Looks like non-U.S. Citizens can't travel here if they have gone to any of the listed countries in the last 14 days, but they are letting U.S. Citizens and family member return to the U.S. even if they visited one of those countries. I'm not sure how that makes sense.
Why the part in red? It doesn't look like COVID-19 had much of a problem spreading in any climate so long as people congregate (esp indoors).Huh, would you look at that. Covid is starting in the north and working it's way south in the fall. Who'd a thunk? It's going to be more contagious and more deadly then what we saw here this summer too.