SC, GA and TN are about to start an experiment - a deadly one

[jpak]

and one that will harm the GOP for long time to come.

I have friends and family in all those states.

I hope they survive.

[still_one]

1. Keep in mind if infections go up because of this there will be at least a two week delay

[regnaD kciN]

8. More like about a one-week delay...

Fourteen days is the near-universal upper limit of the time between infection and symptoms, but they can occur within a few days. My guess is that we'll see a climb in these states a week from Friday.

[BGBD]

17. yup

itll be another week to 10 days after that when we see the spike in deaths too.

[Ilsa]

2. My spouse's employer here in GA isn't

requiring anyone to come in until May, and they might extend that target date. We aren't changing our behavior back to riskier activities.

[still_one]

24. One should always error on the side of safety. good for your spouse's employer and your

families decision

[SheltieLover]

3. Grrrrr

When is SC opening up? I seriously did not know they had a stay home order.

Seems GA & TN racing to see who can kill the most people the quickest. 🤬🤬🤬

[jimfields33]

10. I don't think anyone can beat New York. They've been pretty bad

It’s weird how it skips states. I feel like it’s a tornado.

[SheltieLover]

15. Yes, it is.

Almost as if virus were targeting something. Genetic factors, perhaps, when in crowds.

I'm sure researchers are trying desperately to solve this seeming mystery, despite the resident of our WH. 🤬

[dawg]

4. This is a nightmare.

We will continue to social distance, but, thanks to my doofus governor, Brian Kemp, every interaction I am forced to have will be that much more dangerous.

The odds of me or one of my family members being infected just went way up, even though we will continue observing all the same precautions we have been until this is all over with.

The stupidity of these people boggles the mind.

[SheltieLover]

5. Same here in TN

[Doodley]

12. Same here. Kemp is a simpleton who only two weeks ago discovered the virus

could be spread by those without symptoms. That alone should disqualify him from making any decisions. He will have blood on his hands.

[SheltieLover]

16. All repukes have blood on their hands.

If not from this, the wars they are always fighting, with other people's kids and our money.

I recall Kemp's startling admission of ignorance. How could any literate person legitimately not know that? Trying to take out Stacey Abrams base, I think. 🤬

[CurtEastPoint]

23. I hate that GD Gomer and his Basketball Barbie Senator...hell, all of them.

[SharonAnn]

26. I'm in TN and worried.

[Amaryllis]

6. Context, please. What exactly are they going to do?

[jpak]

7. Open their states

madness

[roamer65]

9. I'd recommend they stay at home if possible.

Don’t allow others into the house. Masks and lots of hand sanitizers.

[SheltieLover]

18. That's what I'm doing for sure!

I dread them opening schools in the fall & you know they will. Without contaonment or a vaccine. I think that's when it is really going to take off everywhere like it did in NY.

In the grand scheme of a child's life, a year of online homeschooling vs possible kidney dialysis heart, lung, or liver problems is a winner, imo.

[regnaD kciN]

11. Unfortunately, not the least bit of a surprise...

I had been saying for a long time that, if self-isolation policies succeeded beyond our wildest hopes, the takeaway for far too many people wouldn't be "Wow, stay-at-home policies worked wonders!" but, rather "See? It was never that big a deal in the first place. All that inconvenience (forced on us by liberal big government) for nothing!"

Sadly, the only way it seems that some people will learn is if we get a massive reopening followed by an equally-massive second wave of COVID-19. Hopefully, it can become evident in these FREEEEEEEEDUMB!!!-loving states in time for everyone else to learn from them and keep it from going nationwide. Still, I weep for people in those states, particularly those who don't share the "re-open now" sentiment but are going to be forced to participate in it ("Now that the governor has said it's O.K., come back to work or get fired." ) who are going to become needless victims.

[Blue_true]

13. The second wave of the 1918 Pandemic was much larger than the first.

The virus was spreading during the first. For the second, it was all over the world, so it was right in communities which it devastated.

[SheltieLover]

19. I concur

And, IMO, I think repukes are enjoying the sickness, sadness & death. It's what they do: perpetuate misery. 🤬

[cry baby]

14. Yep, my grown kids and I are in Tennessee.

I’m scared for all of us.

[SheltieLover]

20. Me too!

Incredible how stupid people can be.

[jojog]

21. Same here - Me my daughter and Mother who just finished cancer treatment all in Middle Tennessee

We will not ease up. Only going out for groceries. I have heart problems so infection is death for me or Mother.

[Jamastiene]

22. Cooper in NC was talking about maybe opening NC up yet.

And the virus only JUST hit my county in NC. I'm down on food because of a power outage. I'm out of essentials. I'm running low on some things I just personally need. If I can fucking stay home anyhow, so can all these assholes who think they are too good for a little sacrifice TEMPORARILY.

I despise the fucking south. I can say it openly, because I live here. I still despise it, well, the people. The south itself is nice. It's the damn morons who run the place that make it miserable. The stupid will always be in charge here because the stupid is the majority. I wish this thing would equalize the south and make it at least vote better in the future. I'm staying the fuck home as long as I can. Fuck these stupid assholes. I wish they would off each other so the votes come through blue as fuck from here on out, forever.

[peggysue2]

25. I hope we survive as well

Since my husband and I seem stuck in this state (TN) at the moment, I’m really rooting for ‘survive & eventually sprint’ back to the northeast.

Our current Governor has expressed his concern for personal freedom over health.

So . . . once there is a clear path (meaning I feel comfortable with strangers walking through my home), we will put the house up for sale and head back to a region that puts science and critical thinking over religious zealotry and cult worship.