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In reply to the discussion: All K-12 schools in Pennsylvania shut down for 2 weeks amid coronavirus outbreak [View all]BumRushDaShow
(146,822 posts)there are still places open (supermarkets, hardware stores - some which include garden centers/nurseries and were able to slide in under the hardware store waiver), post offices, UPS stores, pharmacies, pet stores, laundromats and dry cleaners, etc.. I have an appointment scheduled for Monday to get my car inspected (my dealer called to let me know they were open and I could schedule). My neighbors are in and out on and off all day. At least where I am, the "non-millennials" are masked and gloved up. Meanwhile the potential asymptomatic "carriers" - the millennials and younger, are footloose and fancy free.
I agree that when you have communities more isolated from opportunities for infection (e.g., not necessarily in areas where there are big airports - I know Pittsburgh's airport used to be a big hub for USAir/US Airways/American Airlines back in the day and I have been through there multiple times to go to Pittsburgh for work-related travel, but it is not as busy as it was in the past). But I think the main thing that is being worked out now in order to AVOID those places suddenly becoming "latent" hot spots, is to change the way things are operating now in order to mitigate further spread.
This virus will never ever be completely "eliminated", but rules and practices need to be changed so that when the "engine" starts up again, hospitals will not suddenly be overwhelmed with newly infected people in areas that were previously clear. If anything, what we are seeing are the extreme weaknesses and gaps in our current system that need to be addressed for the future. The current under-the-media-radar collapse of the food supply due to sick workers, is one example and a big red flag - and that might not be seen in the immediate timeframe, but down the road, there will be shortages.
One of my fears has been infection getting into the Amish communities in Lancaster and other states. Just like what happened with measles in a number of Hasidic communities in NYC in the past, the same could happen with the Amish (and/or Mennonites).
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