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I live alone and had no contact with people, other than the Grocery store and a large gym I go to. Yet I got it.
If you can go earliest in the day, it would be best. They disinfect at night and there's less buildup of particles in the air.
You can control the times you go and how long you're there. Plan what you're going to buy. Don't go on weekends and dinner times when checkout lines back up. You want to avoid standing in one place for long where others are prone to doing so.
I'm not about to crawl into a cave and hide for the next 4 or 5 years out of fear of Covid. That's just one more thing to add to the list of things that can kill you. So far, we've had about 425,000 deaths attributed to Covid in the US in the past year and that was largely with no vaccinations (until just a few weeks ago) and very little in the way of treatment (although the treatments seems to be improving).
At least with the Covid vaccine and the limited immunity from many people having already caught the virus so far, the next year or two should see a reduction in the number of deaths and serious illnesses from Covid.
By comparison, there are far more fatal illnesses from other diseases in the US. "Cardiovascular disease continues to be the leading cause of death in the US. About 1,400,000 people die from cardiovascular disease annually."
So it pays to be prudent and try to keep yourself in good health, but I'm not going to stop living and hide in a cave just because there's yet another thing that can kill me. I'll just add it to the list of things to worry about when I get around to it. Meanwhile, the golf course is calling me today. See ya.
Pretty obvious it was the large gym or grocery store.
Pretty much! I'm not sure why people think the grocery store is safe, but so many of them believe it.
This denial, it's so commonplace these days. "I just don't know how I got it."
Not on C-D, but I had a lady tell me her son-in-law contracted Covid and "he has no idea where he got it." Really? It just came out of nowhere? I thought he probably had a good idea where but he didn't want to tell his MIL he'd been chatting up another woman.
I take these "It's gonna be with us forever" articles with a splash of skepticism.
Yesterday, I read an article from last April where an epidemiologist said in no uncertain terms it would take 18 months to develop and manufacture a COVID-19 vaccine. He staked his reputation on it. And he was dead wrong.
Keep in mind that sometimes people have the best intentions but are simply mistaken. And sometimes they just want to get some publicity. Doomsday scenarios are good for that.
I'm not about to crawl into a cave and hide for the next 4 or 5 years out of fear of Covid. That's just one more thing to add to the list of things that can kill you. So far, we've had about 425,000 deaths attributed to Covid in the US in the past year and that was largely with no vaccinations (until just a few weeks ago) and very little in the way of treatment (although the treatments seems to be improving).
At least with the Covid vaccine and the limited immunity from many people having already caught the virus so far, the next year or two should see a reduction in the number of deaths and serious illnesses from Covid.
By comparison, there are far more fatal illnesses from other diseases in the US. "Cardiovascular disease continues to be the leading cause of death in the US. About 1,400,000 people die from cardiovascular disease annually."
So it pays to be prudent and try to keep yourself in good health, but I'm not going to stop living and hide in a cave just because there's yet another thing that can kill me. I'll just add it to the list of things to worry about when I get around to it. Meanwhile, the golf course is calling me today. See ya.
No one claimed that cardiovascular disease WAS contagious. The point is that there are MANY things that can kill a person, yet you seldom hear anyone express concern about dying from cardiovascular disease even though statistically that's a greater threat to life and health than Covid.
If people were REALLY concerned about things that could kill them prematurely, then we would have tons of threads about proper diet, nutritional foods, exercise regimens, weight control, and all that stuff. But, nah! That's too boring. It's much more exciting and gives a person a much greater sense of moral superiority to lecture others about mask wearing, social distancing, and vaccinations. I see it here every day on this board.
BTW, I enjoyed the golf today, got plenty of exercise and fresh air, and was able to socialize with other human beings. I'm sure that pounding that little white ball around the course was great for reducing tension and relieving stress. I figure that was a hell of a lot better for me than sitting on my butt, worrying about Covid, and stressing out about all the problems in the world.
Now I'm having a glass of wine and looking forward to a good dinner. Relax, laugh more often, and enjoy yourself. You'll live longer and enjoy it more.
I've had Covid and it seemed to come in waves. I'm not even sure if I got over it and then got it again. I was sick in Oct and then in Dec which was much worse. I would test Negative and then I tested Positive for the antibodies. I'm much better now but I still have lingering effects from it. Hard to breathe at times and a little congestion and cough. I did everything imaginable so I would not get this virus and I did. I never left the house and went into a public place without a mask on. I live alone and had no contact with people, other than the Grocery store and a large gym I go to. Yet I got it. We don't know enough about this disease to know all the particulars on how someone gets it. It could come thru the ventilation systems of buildings for all we know. Legionaires Disease did.
People need to take it seriously but so many are nonchalant about the whole thing. I do understand its been just about a year now of this Pandemic in this country, and it has really taken a toll on people. I know it has on me. People just want some kind of normalcy and who can blame them. Personally I think the entire Pandemic could have been handled much better in this country than it has been.
that's right its not just going to go away and will be around for sometime to come. What an awful thought but that's the reality of this Virus.
The gym is probably where you got it. It`s the worst place to be right now.
I wouldn't be surprised to see it become like the flu, where there is an annual vaccine and some years / strains are worse and deadlier than others.
That's where the science suggests that we are heading.
The longer people refuse to get vaccinated, the longer it will take to even reach that possibility!
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