Watching the World News Tonight the USA Looks Like the Worst Place on Earth to Live With All That is Going On--But is It ?

peppermint said:
Thank you for that....We do love Myrtle Beach in SC....We use to have a Condo there, but we sold cause hubby had Cancer....So 2 or 3
years later we decided to go back to Myrtle Beach, SC...We go back and forth to MB and back to NJ....Our house is too big for us,
huge backyard, a pool and we are now have to bring help in....So, we will be going back to SC in 2 or 3 weeks....We have a cute cottage
with 2 bedrooms and kitchen and living room, and a little porch....That's all we need....We had our family there and they were
comfortable...open up coach, a blow up for sleelping….and the other bedroom....2 bathrooms....I have to say they are building all over
here In MB....By the way, we use to live in Ohio...Only lasted there for 2 years and came back to Jersey....
Click to expand...

Use caution when traveling in some areas of the city, there was some gang activity in May. They were outsiders coming in from the Greenwood area.

The previous two sets of neighbors across the street were from NJ and were great folks. They had been here 25 years I guess, two parents, a daughter and son in law. The parents and the son in law have passed away and the daughter moved to a smaller home. I miss them.
 

I am doing fine here in NY state. Our county health department said on their site yesterday that we have a low risk of the virus. People wear their masks in the stores. There are no large groups of people anywhere except the stores.

I live in a small city where people are friendly and helpful to each other. We have crime and drugs too, but for the most part you can walk down the street after dark without being scared.

Our weather is changing to fall weather. My favorite time. No big storms or anything to worry about.
 

katlupe said:
I am doing fine here in NY state. Our county health department said on their site yesterday that we have a low risk of the virus. People wear their masks in the stores. There are no large groups of people anywhere except the stores.

I live in a small city where people are friendly and helpful to each other. We have crime and drugs too, but for the most part you can walk down the street after dark without being scared.

Our weather is changing to fall weather. My favorite time. No big storms or anything to worry about.
Click to expand...

I've been really impressed by NY and the states around it for their Covid response. They had the first spikes and then have had relatively low case counts since they initially died down. I would love to understand why the experience there has been so different. Here in California we had a lockdown early on relative to everywhere except the area around NY. However we've had a second resurgence and are finally trending back down again.
 
peppermint said:
I would never live in another country..It's USA where I die....We traveled all over....the USA, Islands, countries.....Not saying I didn't like those
countries....Some were OK, some were great....I want to be burried in the USA....And I don't give a dam about the celebs....Good riddance ….
My family are Italian....I didn't even want to go there.....I'm not happy what is going on in our country....But I don't get into politics....
What ever it will be, I'll deal with it...But I have a But.....But I will not say....
Click to expand...
I don't know what you are talking about?
asp3 said:
Sorry you had such a horrible experience. We must go to different areas of NYC. There definitely are areas which are sketchy, but overall we has a fantastic time when we were there a little over a year ago. Our hotels were wonderful and only one was expensive because my wife had to stay there with her chorus. We saw three amazing shows, saw a cool taping of The Late Show, ate some wonderful food, did a couple of street art tours in Brooklyn, saw a fantastic museum show, did a wonderful bicycle ride in Central Park and to top it off my wife and her chorus sang at Carnegie hall which was an amazing experience as well.

So to me NYC is far from a hell hole.
Click to expand...
Every one has an opinion....Have a good day...
 
JB in SC said:
Use caution when traveling in some areas of the city, there was some gang activity in May. They were outsiders coming in from the Greenwood area.

The previous two sets of neighbors across the street were from NJ and were great folks. They had been here 25 years I guess, two parents, a daughter and son in law. The parents and the son in law have passed away and the daughter moved to a smaller home. I miss them.
Click to expand...
Yes, I heard....It's all over, even where I live....Have a good day...
 
asp3 said:
I've been really impressed by NY and the states around it for their Covid response. They had the first spikes and then have had relatively low case counts since they initially died down. I would love to understand why the experience there has been so different. Here in California we had a lockdown early on relative to everywhere except the area around NY. However we've had a second resurgence and are finally trending back down again.
Click to expand...
I can't really say anything about the whole state, but where I live in Chenango County, there is probably less people. More rural. I go across the street to the park and I am usually the only person there. Everyone wears a mask when they go in a store or building.
 
Pecos said:
Lets see, this is South Carolina:

- We are being stupid about the virus.
- We are being stupid about race relations.
- We are being stupid about domestic violence.
- We are being stupid about keeping our roads and bridges repaired.
- We are being stupid about political corruption.
- We are being stupid about alcohol and drug abuse.

We are just stupid, ... and this summer has been very hot, humid and uncomfortable with lots of mosquitos.

But, we do have good BBQ!
Click to expand...
So you are just the normal American citizens in SC going about their usual business, like everyone else 🤓
 
katlupe said:
I can't really say anything about the whole state, but where I live in Chenango County, there is probably less people. More rural. I go across the street to the park and I am usually the only person there. Everyone wears a mask when they go in a store or building.
Click to expand...

Well the states in the northeast that were hit hard in the initial stages of the infections have never risen to the level of much more rural and sparsely populated areas such as the Dakotas, Montana, Idaho, etc... So I think the citizens of those states should be proud of themselves for doing the right thing once the reality of the virus was known.
 
asp3 said:
I've been really impressed by NY and the states around it for their Covid response. They had the first spikes and then have had relatively low case counts since they initially died down. I would love to understand why the experience there has been so different. Here in California we had a lockdown early on relative to everywhere except the area around NY. However we've had a second resurgence and are finally trending back down again.
Click to expand...

New Yorkers love to pat themselves on the back for their pandemic response. The fact is that New York lost 33,000 dead. Everyone who was going to get the virus and die from it (especially those in nursing homes) did so. The response from the governor and the mayor was vocal but inept.

Case counts are low, but close to half a million people have left the city and it is still massively shut down. Color me unimpressed.
 
JimBob1952 said:
New Yorkers love to pat themselves on the back for their pandemic response. The fact is that New York lost 33,000 dead. Everyone who was going to get the virus and die from it (especially those in nursing homes) did so. The response from the governor and the mayor was vocal but inept.
Click to expand...

I'm a Californian impressed with the response in the state of New York and the other states in that region.

It's reasonable to expect a high death rate in NY and especially NYC for a lot of factors
  1. The infection was well under way before it was caught. One report suggests that there may have already been 11,000 infections before the first one was caught and it might have started in late January before anyone knew to take precautions to prevent the spread.

    https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/loc...-infections-before-first-case-report/2386680/

  2. Unlike most other areas in the US NYC and NY were generally unprepared for the onslaught of Covid patients so their hospitals and personnel were not ready to deal with the number of people coming in. It's easy to see how such a large volume of patients could result in more deaths.

  3. We have developed new treatments strategies and treatments which have resulted in the death rate of those requiring hospitalization going down. The patients in NY were not able to benefit from such information and as a result the death rates were higher there. In fact the rest of the country should thank the treatment teams in NY for learning how to best save people who get hospitalized.

It's somewhat unreasonable to measure NY's success solely on their death toll and death rate. One must take into account other factors such as the ones I've listed above and possibly some I don't know about or don't remember.

So I still contend that NY and the states around NY should be proud of their Covid response.
 
asp3 said:
I'm a Californian impressed with the response in the state of New York and the other states in that region.

It's reasonable to expect a high death rate in NY and especially NYC for a lot of factors
  1. The infection was well under way before it was caught. One report suggests that there may have already been 11,000 infections before the first one was caught and it might have started in late January before anyone knew to take precautions to prevent the spread.

    https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/loc...-infections-before-first-case-report/2386680/

  2. Unlike most other areas in the US NYC and NY were generally unprepared for the onslaught of Covid patients so their hospitals and personnel were not ready to deal with the number of people coming in. It's easy to see how such a large volume of patients could result in more deaths.

  3. We have developed new treatments strategies and treatments which have resulted in the death rate of those requiring hospitalization going down. The patients in NY were not able to benefit from such information and as a result the death rates were higher there. In fact the rest of the country should thank the treatment teams in NY for learning how to best save people who get hospitalized.

It's somewhat unreasonable to measure NY's success solely on their death toll and death rate. One must take into account other factors such as the ones I've listed above and possibly some I don't know about or don't remember.

So I still contend that NY and the states around NY should be proud of their Covid response.
Click to expand...

All valid points.

There were some massive bungles, such as sending sick people back to nursing homes and telling people in January that there was no danger in attending Chinese New Year's celebrations. NY frontline medical people performed heroically and the people aren't "Covidiots"; if anything, they go to the other extreme.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Back
Top