(06-14-2020, 06:10 PM)Sammy Wrote:

(06-14-2020, 08:55 AM)NYC4jags Wrote: I have a friend in NYC whose mother died from the virus - she was 72 and had no underlying conditions.
 I have a friend in South FL who has lost both of her parents to the virus. (mid seventies, both) 
  And I have a relative working in a local (Jacksonville) hospital who updates me of how many positive cases (admitted) they have each week.  They have 3 right now and have quarantined 4 employees who have tested positive. That hospital has seen a half dozen deaths from the virus - one of whom was a work colleague of several of my friends.

I have to admit, I have became a bit nonchalant about it since having zero up close (or even distant) victims that I know. I don't know if that is because of the level of protective measures, or just dumb luck. I really hope the rumors that it is weakening as it mutates through each new level of infection is true. Like each new victim receives a lesser strength, as the previous host immune system did weaken the strain just a little bit. That last statement is the very short version of my readings, so I can't just point to one article, or link.

Had you told me in December we would close the country down, and everyone would be wearing mask ... Oh and the Olympics would be canceled, AND Biden will be the next POTUS, I would think you were on drugs. Like me.

Pretty much breaks my heart how this year has been. My older sister (with health issues) hasn't been off her small property in months. She is scared to death, and it causes her more stress than it probably should. She doesn't do stress well.

I've seen the bolded happen to a number of friends/relatives who are scared due to an auto-immune condition or maybe even a degree of overprotective parenting to their children.  They've cut themselves off from contact with family and friends to an extreme degree  - and I occasionally worry about how they're holding up on the stress/mental-health side.

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