A long way from herd immunity

[jon-nyc]

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2020/09/23/cdc-director-says-more-than-90percent-of-americans-remain-susceptible-to-the-coronavirus.html?__twitter_impression=true

[Horace]

I believe society is best served if everybody adopted the strategy of go out and live your life and wear a mask. Except those who need to take more extraordinary precautions, who are welcome to do so.

[Loki]

Such great news as we go into autumn. I predict the level of despair will rise faster than Covid cases now that we are entering a new season, jobs dim more, kids stare at zoom screens all day near their parents, college graduates have protesting as their one thing they can do and people migrate indoors and have to cope with seasonal affective disorder.

Not good at all. The fear we are creating is the worst thing we can do for mental health. Just watch.

[jon-nyc]

Seems like fear has been waning since May 1st.

But that just might be here.

[Horace]

It is reverting to an inevitable mean. As long as people aren't watching others dropping like flies around them. Which only nursing home residents ever have, for COVID.

[Loki]

@jon-nyc said in A long way from herd immunity:

Seems like fear has been waning since May 1st.

But that just might be here.

Fear of Covid and fear for meaningful existence are very very different. Could be a clue as to how people might vote.

[Mik]

I think fear has given way to caution for the most part. I know we are going out a lot more than we were in the spring. We know more about the virus and how it is transmitted, what activities are more or less risky.

[Loki]

@Mik said in A long way from herd immunity:

I think fear has given way to caution for the most part. I know we are going out a lot more than we were in the spring. We know more about the virus and how it is transmitted, what activities are more or less risky.

Says the retired one who has saved enough to ride out anything.

[jon-nyc]

Seems true across the board.

I see people for the most part doing the things that are safe to do and avoiding or minimizing the things that aren’t.

Subway ridership still down a lot. Bus ridership less so.

[Mik]

A whole lot of people are working from home. You go by large office complexes and you will see nearly empty parking lots. Companies have adapted just like schools have and will continue to do so.

I don't see any great fear in the ones who are not, and those kind of jobs are plentiful around here right now. In July both my daughter and her roommate got multiple jobs in NC within a couple weeks.