Be wary of announcements that things are improving.

[MineralMan]

They may be, but Trump will take that to mean it's time to "Open" again and stop all of this social distancing and get back to normal activities. Watch for him to say something like that very soon now.

DON'T TRUST THAT!

All it will take for the pandemic to explode again will be for people to drop their guards and stop paying attention to what has actually caused a drop in the numbers. What was that? It was the social distancing and shutting down of places where people gather in close proximity.

DON'T BE MISLED!

Even if the green light is given for a return to more normal social behavior, don't listen. Maintain what you have been doing. Minimize your exposure to others. Since inadequate testing has not been done, we have no earthly idea how many cases are out there, waiting to pass the virus on to others.

DON'T TRUST ANYTHING DONALD TRUMP SAYS!

He will lie you you, just as he has been doing all along.

Keep following those guidelines to protect yourself and others. Don't let down your guard.

[Brainfodder]

1. VACCINE VACCINE VACCINE

Aint risking much until that's readily available, not just "available", either!

Good Luck but don't be stupid!

[orwell]

3. Also...

...VALID FDA approved treatments. The soonest any of these new candidates would be available would be September or October, and that is if everything goes flawlessly which it almost never does with FDA approval, fast track or not.

[Brainfodder]

12. The way he is pushing that h-q med, Russia must be making it in bulk or something?

Sniffler is angling all over the place, wouldn't want anything his people are brewing up unless totally desperate?

I am expecting up to 2-3 years of isolating here.

[orwell]

23. I would be surprised if they don't have a working vaccine...

...in 12 to 18 months. There is a lot of brainpower being applied to this right now.

Probably closer to 18.

We have to hope that the virus doesn't significantly mutate in the meantime.

[totodeinhere]

33. And of course we don't know when or if we will get a readily available vaccine.

What if the virus mutates and any vaccine that is developed won't be effective anymore? Then what?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. I'm planning on doing indefinitely what I've already been doing -

which is staying in and behaving as if I had the bug even though I don't. Trump is the last person on earth I believe with respect to anything, let alone this. I'll pay attention to what Gov. Walz and the state health dept. have to say, but I no longer trust anything that comes out of the federal government, even the CDC, because every agency has been either gutted or politicized or both. If I have to stay cooped up at home for the next year or so to save my wrinkly old hide, so be it.

[MineralMan]

10. Excellent plan. My plan is the same.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

37. I have the same plan.

[gristy]

15. I'm waiting for an effective treatment or a vaccine.

Until then, I'm hunkered down. It's going to get old but it beats the alternative - I have a couple risk factors...

[MissB]

4. When Disneyland opens, that's something to pay attention to

They’re reasonably risk adverse. Yes they are a large corporation but they have a lot to lose if they open too soon.

[dalton99a]

6. +1. Or Vegas

[rockfordfile]

7. Disney is desperate

[uponit7771]

11. +1

[Yavin4]

5. There's no return to normal without comprehensive testing or a vaccine.

Without those things, we will set off another spike which will be worse.

[uponit7771]

8. THIS !!! Even if infection rate went to zero we'd still have to SIP without par per capita testing!!

We ... MIGHT ... be able to get out of the soup if there was some par per capita testing on top of those who thought they might be symptomatic but we're not even doing that now.

[cwydro]

9. yes.

Rec.

[AnotherMother4Peace]

13. NO TESTING means numbers/information cannot be known. Covid-19 numbers w/NO TESTING

are being used by trump to lie about severity. Coroners are saying they suspect many deaths are not being attributed to covid-19.

[SheltieLover]

14. TY Mineral Man. Look at these #s!👇

[link:https://finance.yahoo.com/news/hell-coming-mathematical-proof-185019616.html?soc_src=community&soc_trk=fb|
They are lying again trying to "reopen" country. Parts of country are still not closed.

Chase ordered traders back on the floor today, unless they had dr note

This is BS!🤬

[MineralMan]

16. I know. This is going to go very badly, I'm afraid.

[SheltieLover]

17. They will force

schools to reopen in order to kill people.

[MineralMan]

18. Depends on individual states.

Here in Minnesota, our Governor is going to go slowly and take things into consideration.

[SheltieLover]

19. Well, yes

But your G vernor has a functional brain.

Well educated, otherwise intelligent folks here expected this to ne "over" in a couple of weeks! 😳🤯🤯🤯🤯

So most will buy the bullshit & many more will die prematurely for greed. 🤬

[ProfessorGAC]

24. He's Not Forcing Pritzker To Do Anything

Pritzker is a landslide winning governor, who is getting B+ from the outfit in SoCal that has metrics for CV response.
If he had pulled the trigger 2 or 3 days sooner, probably an A.
Illinoisans indicate high approval for his handling of the situation.

[SheltieLover]

25. With good reason!

I had thevmisfortune to live there dring the felonious repuke govs.

now in a repuke state. fml. lol

[htuttle]

20. We're a month away from the expected peak in Wisconsin

Going to stay bad for a while yet.

[MineralMan]

21. Yes. I Minnesota, too.

If we hold to our sheltering in place, it could work out pretty well. If we do not, it will explode here, too, and quickly.

We need our Governors to hold the line. Let them act as leaders and defy Donald J. Trump's greed and selfishness.

[cayugafalls]

22. Here in Texas we got Trump lite running things.

I expect our governor will follow whatever trump says. Not sure if the city governments will follow suit though and that is my only hope.

I plan on following the guidelines until there is a working vaccine and treatments. Who cares what people think of me. I want to live and see my son graduate college. I want to keep my wife safe. Guess I am selfish that way...

[apcalc]

26. He and aides are reportedly working on a plan to open up the country the beginning of May.

[Just_Vote_Dem]

27. Unfortunately, I'm in Florida

Home of one of Trump's main bootlickers...I fear that things are not going to go well here

[jimfields33]

36. We will see. So far it's been pretty tame compared to NY and NJ

Those two individual states account for almost half of everything. They were hit hard. Hopefully they are out of the mess almost.

[DonaldsRump]

28. Our family ain't doing a damn thing

Until good folks like Governors Newsom and Cuomo tell us things are improving. Even then, we will continue to wear masks and gloves.

Trump has no relevancy in our calculus as to what to do. Well, on second thought, maybe he does: whatever he says, do exactly the opposite, and you will do/be fine. He's like the anti-oracle!

I totally agree: a national shutdown was the ONLY reasonable way to have the best chance of reducing the contagion. That didn't happen (and apparently won't happen because of those God-awful mid-west states).

[Newest Reality]

29. Good warning! Thanks.

I would suggest suspending judgement and not projecting the false hope of an unjustified optimism. We all might be prone to wishful thinking at this point and there will be those who will try to exploit that, of course, especially in this country the way it is now.

It is better to take a stance that this may take months or go well into next year, possibly. That way, you won't get depressed or overwhelmed by false expectations and will plan accordingly, but if it does fade out and things get better, you will feel more relieved.

At least, that's the way that I am framing it.

Be Well!

[emmaverybo]

30. Thank you MM. You are so right. We can not trust his prescriptions. This can die down and rise

up again before solid treatment or vaccine. What experts say happens is that when we go back to
some biz as usual, cases not yet identified and cases imported “seed” the next epidemic wave.

Trump is going to try to push us out there prematurely for his re-election prospects. He and Cons
will want to cut any safety nets to force Americans back to work.

[totodeinhere]

31. I don't trust Trump either but there are indications that things might be turning around.

Fauci: 'Looks like' US deaths will be lower than original projection

https://thehill.com/homenews/coronavirus-report/491779-fauci-looks-like-us-deaths-will-be-lower-than-original-projection

Of course if anyone should get credit for this trend if true, it's Democratic governors such as Governors Cuomo, Inslee and Newsom.

Also, things are starting to turn around in several European countries and gradual lifting of some restrictions may start soon in some parts of Europe.

‘Like walking the tightrope’: Some European countries are starting to lift coronavirus lockdown measures

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/08/coronavirus-some-european-countries-set-to-lift-lockdown-measures.html

[Tipperary]

32. I agree.

Appreciate this op.

[mercuryblues]

34. That's what my household

was just talking about. If things open up, we are still staying in. When the shelves stock back up we are going to bulk up supplies to last us through the winter. This way even our grocery shopping will be held to a minimum.

The only thing I am actually planning to do in Nov...VOTE

[2naSalit]

35. +1