Do your eyes glaze over at yet another statistic about CoVid 19. Mine do. Too many commas to really grasp the scale. I am concerned that as restrictions are gradually lifted people will get careless.
I get it. We don’t like limits or restrictions! We miss our familiar routines and activities. There is hope in the local statistics in Clark County, WA. As of this writing the total cases in our county are 587 and the total deaths are 27.
The bigger picture is that the United States is now the global hotspot with the highest number of cases at 2,619,958 and the highest number of deaths at 115,847. Currently the global totals are 7,461,502 cases and 419,769 deaths. So I am not going to be traveling across the United States or abroad yet. Some countries have experienced spiking case numbers after their quarantines were eased.
The scientists have discovered that about 25% of cases don’t have symptoms and are contagious! So it is very likely that we could be exposed to the virus by someone who is not even aware that they are a carrier. Also Covid 19 tests miss 1 in 5 cases. This is why I keep bringing these new scientific discoveries to your attention. This isn’t over yet. This is all the reason I need to be very careful and enjoy local activities!
Regardless of which phase we are in with the CoVid 19 Pandemic recovery, our best defense is to continue to practice the previous guidelines. Some folks are not wearing their masks properly. They are careless, pulling them down off their nose, down below their mouth or taking them off. And they are gathering in groups without masks. This is dangerous behavior.
It could lead to a spike in cases and another economic shutdown.
We are following guidelines to protect each other and ourselves. Why? To prevent another wave of cases and deaths! This is a pandemic we can end if everyone will cooperate and be very cautious! If there is another spike in cases here we could have to Stay-At-Home again. Since Arizona re-opened, the state is now experiencing a 1,000+ per day increase in cases! Our full recovery requires a team effort. Are you on the team?
