2 minutes ago, mr_hunt said:

that has been one perk of this situation. i look a lot less ugly with my mug covered.    

 

17 minutes ago, Kz! said:

LMAO, priorities.

 

Why can't we just go with Wuhan virus?  Blames China without the racism.  How do the others help in any way?

5 minutes ago, dawkins4prez said:

The suburbs lived a very different lockdown than the inner city.  As it should be mind you, but still needs to be said.  In the Suburbs people hung out on the sidewalks and on porches.  They'd have a beer in small groups and chat with proper distance.  The city was straight up, legit, Marshall Law.  Step out of your house without a mask and a visible good excuse and be harassed by law enforcement.

I live in Philly.  I have not seen what you describe.  I seen a decent amount of people out and about without wearing a mask, and no one harassed them.  
The only time I saw law enforcement do anything was when a bar in my neighborhood was serving drinks to a group of people all congregating on the sidewalk.  

8 minutes ago, mr_hunt said:

i don't wear a mask when i'm in my own yard...am i supposed to?      

No.  Wear a mask when you are in a position where you can’t guarantee that you can keep physical distance from others.  So for example going to a store.  Or if you’re out but to a place that may be crowded.  
I wear a mask when I go for a walk in my neighborhood because I live in the city and so there are plenty of people crossing paths.   If there’s no one around I’ll usually bring it down as it can get hot under there.  And then if I see people coming bring it back up to cover my face

16 minutes ago, 20dawk4life said:

I live in the burbs, bucks to be more precise, and walking around I see very little people in masks. To get into a store everyone has one. Tyler state park the two days I’ve been there had almost no one wearing a mask. 

that's because so many snooty people from Richboro & Newtown go there thinking they don't need them because they walk around with their noses in the air.

16 minutes ago, mr_hunt said:

that has been one perk of this situation. i look a lot less ugly with my mug covered.    

Lol.  I tried to cut my own hair.  Epic fail.  Wearing a hat 100% of the time anytime I step outside the house.

Does Buck's county even qualify as suburbs?  It's more like upscale rural to me.

I wasn't wearing a mask to walk around my neighborhood beaches until the weather started to improve recently and more and more people are coming out. Getting harder to maintain distance as people are enjoying the weather. 

8 minutes ago, Phillyterp85 said:

No.  Wear a mask when you are in a position where you can’t guarantee that you can keep physical distance from others.  So for example going to a store.  Or if you’re out but to a place that may be crowded.  
I wear a mask when I go for a walk in my neighborhood because I live in the city and so there are plenty of people crossing paths.   If there’s no one around I’ll usually bring it down as it can get hot under there.  And then if I see people coming bring it back up to cover my face

Sad thing is I've seen in the suburbs groups walking around the neighborhood no masks, kids riding bikes in a group and same. If masks are part of the requirement needed to get back open, then we have 0 chance as people are just to selfish too. Saturday I went down to the Race St Pier. At best 20% had masks on. Place was packed and wasn't as though there was large amounts of distancing either. It is what it is, but don't whine about things being closed if you don't care to follow a simple rule of wearing a dumb mask.

Aside reopening isn't going to all of a sudden make things go. I'd venture many places business is going to be significantly down. I have 0 interest in being in some tight enclosed area with a bunch of people relying on them making good hygiene judgements. Most people I know are the same way, so you'll open up and things will be empty.

2 hours ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

Regardless of difference of opinions, I wish all in here the best during this.  I heard a large portion of PA had its lockdown extended to 6/4.  I Hate to see people lose their jobs and livelihood. I hope things work out in the end.  

Some how my county got lumped in with effing Philly area we are 2 hrs away and only have like 100 cases if that. 

12 minutes ago, Bwestbrook36 said:

Some how my county got lumped in with effing Philly area we are 2 hrs away and only have like 100 cases if that. 

Some counties could have opened up weeks ago with little infections.

There should be more data transparency after asking people to stay in their homes for months.

45 minutes ago, dawkins4prez said:

Does Buck's county even qualify as suburbs?  It's more like upscale rural to me.

Depends on what part. Drive from the NE into lower bucks and you don't notice a tremendous change if you're in the Bensalem area; more noticeable if you drive into the Feasterville/Southampton area though. 

Lower Bucks is pretty straight up suburbs. Starts to transition to an exurb when you get to the Newtown/Richboro/Jamison distance from the city, and around Doylestown/Pineville you're firmly exurb. Keep going more north and it gets relatively rural. Not rural like Schuylkill County for example, but but Upper Bucks is closer Schuylkill County than Philly (or even Lower Bucks) in terms of its rural/urban'ness.

1 hour ago, VanHammersly said:

A friend of my brother in law just died of Covid.  He's 30, so I'm guessing she's around that age.  No idea if she had any underlying medical issues, but people acting like this is only killing seniors are just wrong.  The shelter's been lifted here for a while, but I haven't changed a thing.  No reason to risk it.  

Smokers, vapers, people with heart conditions are especially vulnerable. 

1 hour ago, 20dawk4life said:

I live in the burbs, bucks to be more precise, and walking around I see very little people in masks. To get into a store everyone has one. Tyler state park the two days I’ve been there had almost no one wearing a mask. 

There were way too many people at Tyler last weekend. I didn't think it was safe enough so we turned around. People are being reckless. 

3 minutes ago, Gannan said:

Smokers, vapers, people with heart conditions are especially vulnerable. 

I smoked for 20 years and now I vape.  So don't tell me that.

But actually, I've read some conflicting reports about that.  I know it sort of defies logic, but it seems like it might be the opposite.

https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2020/05/02/smokers-seem-less-likely-than-non-smokers-to-fall-ill-with-covid-19

1 hour ago, Ride the Walrus said:

1.) I'd say at best in Center City 50% of the people are wearing masks. In the Burbs I've seen almost no one when outside their home. So that isn't happening.

2.) Doubt

3.) LoL yea that one isn't happening either.

So things can't open up as people are nasty, and at best half are wearing masks. Excellent.

When you say outside their home, you talking at stores or out and about?

Walking around the neighborhood, not seeing a ton of people wearing masks (though I have seen some). But it's easy to keep distance, and people are doing so. 

In any place of business everybody is wearing masks.

3 minutes ago, Gannan said:

There were way too many people at Tyler last weekend. I didn't think it was safe enough so we turned around. People are being reckless. 

I went Sunday and yesterday. The initial walk through was packed, the part by the "waterfall” or whatever. After that the big loop was open. Definitely gonna park somewhere different though. 

5 minutes ago, Gannan said:

There were way too many people at Tyler last weekend. I didn't think it was safe enough so we turned around. People are being reckless. 

Yeah I've been avoiding parks. Would have liked to take advantage after they opened, but not worth the risk right now. I figured they'd be mobbed.

Maybe after a few weeks. 

3 minutes ago, VanHammersly said:

I smoked for 20 years and now I vape.  So don't tell me that.

But actually, I've read some conflicting reports about that.  I know it sort of defies logic, but it seems like it might be the opposite.

https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2020/05/02/smokers-seem-less-likely-than-non-smokers-to-fall-ill-with-covid-19

And I have a heart condition, so I'm being very careful. It's going to be a long long time before I go into a crowded place. Not sure when I will have to resume business travel. Probably will be a while from now (I hope).

20 minutes ago, DMMVP said:

Some counties could have opened up weeks ago with little infections.

There should be more data transparency after asking people to stay in their homes for months.

Agree 100% hardly anything they have done makes sense 

2 hours ago, JohnSnowsHair said:

Depends on what part. Drive from the NE into lower bucks and you don't notice a tremendous change if you're in the Bensalem area; more noticeable if you drive into the Feasterville/Southampton area though. 

Lower Bucks is pretty straight up suburbs. Starts to transition to an exurb when you get to the Newtown/Richboro/Jamison distance from the city, and around Doylestown/Pineville you're firmly exurb. Keep going more north and it gets relatively rural. Not rural like Schuylkill County for example, but but Upper Bucks is closer Schuylkill County than Philly (or even Lower Bucks) in terms of its rural/urban'ness.

lower bucks used to be much more wide open beyond Bensalem, Bristol and Levittown. my uncles and cousins used to hunt all over around the oxford valley mall. now its nothing but houses, strip malls and business complexes. the traffic just gets worse and worse, but it gets even more brutal in the area in the summer when sesame place opens up all the water rides.

 

 

I can't remember if this was linked here, but I saw this several days ago, and in case it was from another site, here it is.

 

 

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Was Sundance a "First Petri Dish" of Coronavirus in the States?

A swath of attendees suffered harsh flu-like symptoms, leading a microbiologist to question whether the January festival was "the perfect formula to contaminate everybody."

 

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/was-sundance-a-first-petri-dish-coronavirus-states-1293378

1 hour ago, VanHammersly said:

I smoked for 20 years and now I vape.  So don't tell me that.

But actually, I've read some conflicting reports about that.  I know it sort of defies logic, but it seems like it might be the opposite.

https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2020/05/02/smokers-seem-less-likely-than-non-smokers-to-fall-ill-with-covid-19

 

France testing whether nicotine could prevent coronavirus

https://www.france24.com/en/20200423-france-testing-whether-nicotine-could-prevent-coronavirus-1

3 minutes ago, Esage said:

France testing whether nicotine could prevent coronavirus

https://www.france24.com/en/20200423-france-testing-whether-nicotine-could-prevent-coronavirus-1

man they must really like smoking.