COVID-19 Outbreak (Update: More than 2.9M cases and 132,313 deaths in US)

My wife went to Lowes in Gonzales on Saturday. She said it was the most cars she's ever seen at that location. It was like Lakeside shopping center during the Christmas rush. Oh, and maybe 25% of the folks had masks.

What good is it to have all of these small businesses closed for safety reasons, yet a big box store can reap the financial rewards and the virus (theoretically) can continue to spread amoungst the crowds. That's why I've somewhat taken a different look at this lately. If you are gonna shut down, do it for real. Otherwise, start opening back up in a controlled manner. If there's a concerning spike in cases where health care is getting swamped, take the necessary steps at that time. At this point, our "lockdown" is simply a half assed effort.

i went to Covington Lowes at 8am.

No longer had the line "queue" ( one in, one out ) and it was PACKED AT 8 AM. Had my mask, and probably 50% of those in also had. Aroud 11 am a buddy called from Lowes...never seen that many ppl in Lowes.

Went back sunday- and they had the line queue back in effect.

I guess they said EFF THIS waaaaaaaaaay too many ppl lolol

businesses can control the traffic flow, but cant control what ppl choose to do ( wear mask in public ) unless they go the route of like Fresh Market - wear a mask or shop elsewhere.