Do you think the pandemic is winding down?

I believe it's slowing, but I see it as nothing more than the calm before the storm.

We've moved past the winter months now, a time when the cold and flu season runs wild, so seeing a slowing of the virus doesn't at all surprise me. My concern lies in the fall season ahead, what's next?

Even more concerning to me is the high number of news reports that tell of people going back to the old ways again, relaying to me that society hasn't learned a thing related to the whole pandemic, so I see a slow simmer of the pandemic continuing, and I also suspect we will see a resurgence or second wave in the coming months once we are into the fall season again.
 
No, and I think it's going to get worse because of the too-soon reopenings.
Governor here, for example, had been saying various businesses are reopening- including nonessentials like tanning salons and gyms- while the last 24 hours' death toll was the second highest since they started keeping track.
Plus she refused to put in a stay-at-home order, despite recommendations.
 

IMO the virus is not winding down but I do believe that the American people are wearing down.

IMO we will see a second spike of infections due in large part to people not continuing to follow the basic CDC guidelines that have been in place for the last couple of months.

Go back to work, get a haircut, go to the park, do the things that are important to you but please continue to follow the basic CDC guidelines to protect you and the people around you.
 
It is slowing down....temporarily. Then, within the next few weeks, as everything starts opening up, and people start mingling again, we may see a resurgence which could be even worse than what we've already seen. OR, as some have predicted, the virus my slow down naturally during the Summer months, only to come back with a vengeance as Fall/Winter arrives.

We plan to remain vigilant and limit our activities until a vaccine is found....which means months more of limiting our public exposure, and wearing a mask, etc.
 
Things have started opening here already.. we're totally jaded here with the lockdown, as every country in the world is who is suffering with this pandemic... but,much as I'd love things to be open again, I am very concerned that as soon as they do people will forget and just return to their old ways..as witnessed in the media with some stores which re-opened here in the last week or so... .
This week Garden centres re-opened, people are now permitted to play Golf, and Tennis.. and everyone can now go out for as much exercise as they please to parks, and coastal areas.. and sunbathe, and meet up with friends or family as long as they keep a 6 ft distance...hmmm...

2 weeks hence they want the year 1 and 6 children to return to school ( however they will not penalise parents who refuse to send their children back)

Many have returned to work this week, and the London public transport which has been running at only 20 % capacity since the lockdown is now crowded out with commuters throughout the day with no way of being able to social distance, yet the Government transport secretary and the London Mayor staunchly refuse to lay on more trains, buses and tubes, suggesting people should cycle or walk into work..or at best take their cars.


Well Parking in central London is at least £20 per day, so unaffordable to the average blue collar worker ..the vast amount of workers into the Capital come from outer or Greater London , so no chance of being able to walk or cycle into the city , and many construction workers have to carry tools , so they have no way of getting those heavy things to work on a bike...

A second wave coming very soon?...I absolutely dread the idea of it, and I sincerely hope not..but I have a terrible sinking feeling that it will, and it will be very much worse than this one :oops:
 
StarSong said:
Why would they only include two different grades? Am assuming year 1 kids are about six years old and year 6 would be around twelve. Is that correct? What about all the others?
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year 1 are 5 years old... year 6 are 10 or 11....

According to the govt release notes...

"Children in Reception and Year 1 are at the very beginning of their school career and are mastering the essential basics, including counting and the fundamentals of reading and writing, and learning to socialise with their peers," says the report.


"We know that attending early education lays the foundation for lifelong learning and supports children’s social and emotional development."


It adds: "Year 6 children are finishing Key Stage 2 and are preparing for the transition to secondary school, and will benefit immensely from time with their friends and teachers to ensure they are ready."
 
No, I do not think it is over. Ontario took a jump back in new cases to almost 500. 48? something. Slow internet up here won't let me check. Thousands and thousands came up to their cottages this weekend. I have made sure no visitors bother to visit, nothing personal of course.:giggle::giggle::p:devilish::devilish:
 
I think it's far from being over. I've noticed in the last few days, people are starting to group, with no safe distance. Retails that are open continue to practice safety. Now, there's the kids, mostly young teens, i know it must be hard without contact with their friends, but.......my next door neighbour's place has turned into grand central station with boys, no distance, in and out of the house, showing no safety at all, she is a daycare worker, had gone back to work a week ago, so far kids of essential workers are only allowed to use the daycare right now, her 4 year old is not allowed to attend right now, so with all the traffic of the teens at her house, how safe is it for the daycare from her attending work. Scarey.
 
MickaC said:
I think it's far from being over. I've noticed in the last few days, people are starting to group, with no safe distance. Retails that are open continue to practice safety. Now, there's the kids, mostly young teens, i know it must be hard without contact with their friends, but.......my next door neighbour's place has turned into grand central station with boys, no distance, in and out of the house, showing no safety at all, she is a daycare worker, had gone back to work a week ago, so far kids of essential workers are only allowed to use the daycare right now, her 4 year old is not allowed to attend right now, so with all the traffic of the teens at her house, how safe is it for the daycare from her attending work. Scarey.
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This is exactly what I was afraid of. :mad:
 
I know it's all fashionable to compare this virus with the Spanish flu back in 1918, but the fact is we are living in the 21st century. Our healthcare is way better, our knowledge of how this spreads is better, we are able to protect ourselves better. It's not 1918 anymore, folks.
 
Lakeland living said:
No, I do not think it is over. Ontario took a jump back in new cases to almost 500. 48? something. Slow internet up here won't let me check. Thousands and thousands came up to their cottages this weekend. I have made sure no visitors bother to visit, nothing personal of course.:giggle::giggle::p:devilish::devilish:
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My older sister lives in a Toronto suburb with her husband who has stage 4 COPD and an immunocompromised daughter. They are being very, very careful and don't see themselves going to a restaurant again soon.
 
I don't think it's winding down, either.

I don't really see any science or medical or facts or logic even, that support that it is.
And from my prior knowledge, that is not how these types of viruses work. By their nature, They happen in waves, and this one is more highly contagious than most.

Besides, it would need to wind down a LOT, in order to lower the cases and the suffering and the deaths, enough for me personally, to think it isn't serious any more.

I don't know how much of the present time view, that it is possibly winding down or seeming to be,
is just some actual natural optimism people have, and LOTS of wishful thinking , going on in general. Or that we know we cant trust how other very wide-ranging opinionated issues, have effected the info we get.

I think some people are de-sensitized to hearing about it, which is understandable. So, it doesn't sound as serious any more.
We all are tired of hearing about it, and we are all very weary of taking extra precautions in most everything we do, or think about doing, or did do, or would do. It's draining, so we wish it would stop, so we hope it is. Yes, we can hope.

We all wish and hope that the epidemic is, and will be, winding down.
We'd all like to get some more of our normal activities and interests back. And to lower our anxieties, whichever ones we each have.

But the new cases keep coming, and the deaths keep happening,
and now with rules being changed and relaxed, and people sick of the rules anyway (understandable but...)
I expect resurges of cases and deaths, while I hope I am wrong.
 

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