Americans, how is the Covid situation in your place?

Massachusetts has been very cautious and somewhat restrictive. Could be a combination of the propensity of leading hospitals we have plus a cautious governor, but I see almost everyone wearing masks where I go and businesses and schools are mostly making smart decisions.

Even though I know the infectious numbers are going up, I don’t personally see a lot of evidence of that, so I think we are doing okay.

The university I teach at (on the NH-MA border) had only a few cases when the semester began in August and haven’t had any cases in the past 10+ weeks, so that’s good. We are teaching a variety of hybrid models. Some classes entirely online. Sports are practicing but no games.

Not to bad here in Central Tx. Middle and elementary schools open, some restaurants open, stadiums open for school sports. 25 % capacity. More recoveries than people getting ill. So not too bad for a Republican state. Stay tuned : )

I’m in NY right next to the CT border. CT, things are rough in the city closest to me. Schools are all remote (public schools). Dining has a curfew. Gyms and spas have a curfew.

In NY, my daughter’s school is 2 days in school and the rest remote. Many towns in my area are reporting increased numbers of the virus and their schools are all remote.

The stores have paper goods but people seem to be preparing for a shutdown in that it seems that everyone has a supply of toilet paper on hand. I know I’m good with toilet paper until the spring of 2021.

I’m in Florida. We had a small spike in my city the week following the Trump rally here, the surrounding areas also are up, and I think maybe worse. Where I live it came back down again. In the city where I live a lot of us stayed close to home for the two weeks following the Trump rally.

Too many people won’t wear masks. It’s frustrating.

Overall, things are fairly steady here, but snowbirds are starting to come to town and the holidays are coming.

I’m thinking of writing the governor to ask him to do a mask order for anyone coming to Florida from out of state. Mask required inside and out in any public place.

My county has over 5k cases, 2050 active cases, 3106 released from isolation, 49 deaths.
Currently hospitalized 108, ICU 29.
Overall tests 130,456. 6845 just from 10/18–10/24, positive rate 9%.

Not good, but we have a ton of anti-maskers here.
Schools are open, colleges open but moving online post holiday.
Many restaurants and business are open still, but social distancing with masks required in urban areas.

Most rural areas did not pass the mask ordinance for individual, small communities like mine.
I’m on month 9 of working from home and limited public exposure.

@KNOWITALL: For the most part, do people wear you live wear the mask when in stores and malls and places like that? I’m curious.

Here, they do, pretty much. If they don’t, they get told off or are not allowed in the store.

I saw the other day that Costco now has a national rule about masks in the store, as Walmart has had for a while. I’m curious if it’s enforced in other parts of the country. Walmart they won’t let you in without a mask, at the one I go to in CT.

@jca2 I would say less than half are masked when I go to the local rural grocery store.
In the metro area down the Interstate, there is a mask ordinance enforced.

A few people still think only ‘sheep’ wear the mask and look at us like we’re nuts. I don’t care though, I want to keep my family safe by any means necessary.

Sniff ,You’re not concerned about us Canadian Jellies I am hurt.

@SQUEEKY2 North of the Border has their shit together !

North Carolina numbers are all going the wrong way, 77% of hospital beds are occupied, 8% with COVID-19. Daily new cases are going up and up. Positivity of tests is over 7.7 % way too high.

State is going back to inside groups of 10 it was 25; that will be in place until December 11 (I think that was the date – - four weeks).

I’m in Connecticut, things are getting bad again. Twice as many positives in our town this week from last. High schools going back to all remote learning, pretty sure the younger ones will soon. Stuff like that. We had been doing so well, but the second wave is starting to slam us.

I’m in West Virginia. Our numbers of infection and death from Covid-19 are climbing. Our governor just came on TV and said he was shutting down all schools for a week. Also, there would be no sport activities until January 8. Parents are mad about the sports being closed down, apparently they could care less about people dying.

I live in a quiet mountain town.
A couple weeks ago, a lot of tourists came through, and apparently infected the local shop keepers. That caused it to spread like wildfire here.
The local medical office just announced our positive tests are at 30%.
Up till now, we’ve been at very low rates.

@filmfann That is so sad.

A friend who teaches nursing and needs weekly Covid tests because she goes into nursing homes to teach clinical just spent four hours on line for the test, today, Friday 11/13 in CT.

We’re battening down again in New Jersey. It doesn’t seem as out of control as the flare ups in the Midwest but there is a definite uptick in the state. I now know of two people around my age who have died of it.

@SQUEEKY2 Oh my God! I’m so sorry! I almost forgot about Canada. How are you doing there?

Hi @Mimishu1995 ,it’s getting scary here as well we are going into our second wave,just trying to be careful and hope for the best.

Little bit late on that one Mimi ; )

@SQUEEKY2 I’m so sorry to hear that. The reason why I forgot about you is because the news here only talks about America, so I automatically assumed that other countries are doing fine. I hope you will make it.

Vietnam is getting their guard down now. The TV occasionally talks about how people are ignoring basic safety precautions and how another wave is coming if people continue this way.

Europe isn’t doing fine either. We’re on lockdown again in Germany, though here, that means you can still go outside whenever you please. It’s just illegal to gather in groups bigger than ten, or meet up with more than one other household. Also, restaurants, cinemas, gyms, museums, pools – all closed. Mask ordinances for stores, some schools, public transport, even outside spaces where crowds might gather. I stay home most of the time, and basically only leave the house for forest hikes, doctor appointments, and family visits (where I sit outside, wrapped in a warm coat and drinking hot chocolate, while relatives talk to me through the open door). Occasionally, I meet up with a friend and we walk together. Everything has become very quiet and predictable.

Surrounding countries are much more strict. France allows only one hour of outside time to exercise or let kids run around per day. I agree with the restrictions in general. However, I think it’s incredibly dangerous to essentially lock up young kids with their parents for 23 hours a day.

@longgone The last I heard from France, the schools were still open during the lockdown. That may have changed.

We are plummeting downhill. Schools just went back online, college and k-12. New fairly extreme restrictions for dining out – lucky me that I work in a restaurant. I just finished a two week quarantine because my roommate tested positive. Luckily I stayed healthy. Restaurants and social gathering sorta things just need to be shut down. There is no reason to keep putting us through this – with all the restrictions no one is making any money. I feel bad for the owners. I did not sign up to be a frontline worker, this is not a responsibility I desire, to say the least. I do not need to be putting myself at risk so people can have someone else cook them a cheeseburger.

Over the weekend, a lot of towns (including ours) in CT have decided to go full remote for all schools until after the holidays as our numbers surge.
And yet I still hear people talking about family get togethers for the holidays.

@janbb I think it depends on the region. I’m sure school is a welcome escape for many kids right now.

@longgone Yes, that was the news from Paris from my son.