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murielm99

(31,433 posts)
Sat Jun 27, 2020, 11:29 AM Jun 2020

Friend exposed to the virus

I have a friend here who is a fairly new activist. He is doing a great job as a member of our Democratic Central Committee and precinct committeeman. I have some fairly detailed voter lists for him, with notes and phone numbers. I was happy to pass it off to him, because now I have to cover only two precincts instead of four.

He works with the public, and has been under strict guidelines, for everyone's safety.

One of his co-workers went to a bar to celebrate the limited reopening. He says the co-worker stayed outside, but even that has its dangers. Two people there came up positive. She interacted with both of them. Now my friend has to stay home. Fortunately, he lives alone.

We have all been happy and proud that our state has moved to Phase 4. IMO, it is too early to celebrate. I am worried for this guy. And I am madder than ever at Trump.

This is the first time I have been impacted personally by the virus. Stay safe. Be kind to your friends and family.

I know this is anecdotal, but I don't want to put this guy's personal information out here. I just wanted to share how angry and helpless I feel today.

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Friend exposed to the virus (Original Post) murielm99 Jun 2020 OP
I agree our positives are rising. It's scary. I'm a nurse. It feels like all our hard work in IL mucifer Jun 2020 #1
The employees in some of our local stores murielm99 Jun 2020 #2
Not Seeing That Here ProfessorGAC Jun 2020 #3
Don't Get Too Down ProfessorGAC Jun 2020 #4
Thanks! mucifer Jun 2020 #5

mucifer

(24,828 posts)
1. I agree our positives are rising. It's scary. I'm a nurse. It feels like all our hard work in IL
Sat Jun 27, 2020, 08:44 PM
Jun 2020

could soon go down the drain.

murielm99

(31,433 posts)
2. The employees in some of our local stores
Sat Jun 27, 2020, 11:24 PM
Jun 2020

have stopped wearing masks. I have called them on it, in a polite way. I think they are being very rude and uncaring toward their customers and the members of our community. Wearing masks is a shared responsibility.

Also, they had a beer garden downtown today, courtesy of one of the local pubs. They did practice social distancing, but I can't see doing this so soon. The pandemic is not over.

I did my errands and went home. Yes, it could go down the drain.

ProfessorGAC

(69,860 posts)
3. Not Seeing That Here
Tue Jun 30, 2020, 06:15 PM
Jun 2020

Employees around here have been totally compliant!
In grocery store, 90%+ customers masked. Same with pharmacy. We only have one, as the township is only around 8,000 people.
Liquor stores (3) and the hardware store, not so much.
Maybe 60%, maybe 2 in 3.
Oddly enough I went to a totally outdoor nursery last Friday. 100% masks! But, hardware store, no.

ProfessorGAC

(69,860 posts)
4. Don't Get Too Down
Tue Jun 30, 2020, 06:23 PM
Jun 2020

This is the IDPH info as of today!
Scroll to see the lower right graph (out of 6), for each region.
Positivity is still trending down in all but the southern region. And their uptick is small.
As a state, positivity is under 3% state wide over the last 19 days.
Edit: forgot link

https://www.dph.illinois.gov/restore

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