Covid cases are increasing in my area

[LibinMo]

Another reminder…it’s not over yet…
JUST IN CASE YOU NEED IT EXPLAINED ONE MORE TIME:
You wake up with a terrible cough, a fever, and severe body aches. Immediately, you rush to the doctor. Unfortunately, you’re diagnosed with COVID-19.
For the last two weeks, you’ve been unaware that you were infected. For the last two weeks, you’ve ignored "the rules," gotten together with some close friends for pizza, had a few people over, even visited some parks and beaches. You figured, “I don’t feel sick," and "I have the right to keep living my normal life!"
With your diagnosis, you spend the next few days at home on the couch, feeling pretty crappy; but then you’re well again because you’re young, healthy and strong. Lucky you.
But your best friend caught it from you during a visit to your house, and because she didn't know she was contagious, she visited her 82-year-old grandfather, who uses oxygen tanks daily to help him breathe because he has COPD and heart failure. Now, he’s dead.
Your co-worker, who has asthma, caught it too, during your little pizza get-together. Now, he’s in the ICU, and he's spread it to a few others in his family, too--but they won't know that for another couple of weeks yet.
The cashier at the restaurant where you picked up the pizza carried the infection home to his wife, who has MS, which makes her immuno-suppressed. She’s not as lucky as you, so she’s admitted to the hospital because she’s having trouble breathing. She may need to be placed in a medically-induced coma and intubated; she may not get to say goodbye to her loved ones. She may die surrounded by machines, with no family at her bedside.
All because you couldn't stand the inconvenience of a mask; of staying home; of changing your familiar routines for just a little while.
#SocialDistancing = It’s not about YOU.
Copied from a friend.
Feel free to do the same.

[SheltieLover]

1. Same here! More than 2,700 cases reported in my cty yesterday

Previous report which I saw was around 300 new cases.

Not surprising, though. Was at Kroger a few days ago. I was the only one with mask on.

Stay safe! 😷

[Ferrets are Cool]

2. Our area has been raised to high risk

[CrispyQ]

3. Masks are practically non-existent in my area.

My husband experiences a lot of rude behavior because of his mask, mostly from men, but some women, too. Snide comments, people infringing on his space. Our society has gotten so rude & confrontational.

[Maru Kitteh]

4. Don't exaggerate (2 weeks) it costs you, and all of us, credibility.

The pre-symptomatic but infectious period of Covid is likely about 1-3 days with infrequent instances outside of that range. An asymptomatic person (NOT mentioned in your scenario) is rarely infectious after 10 days.

We should NOT make things up about Covid.