What chance do we have, when all around us infection soar?

[progree]

6. Looking at the daily new cases, looks like two gentle foothills leading up to a mighty mountain

I dunno. I just see gross stupidity all around and simply that far too few care.

My 2 neighbors, one is a RWer and one is a LWer. Both (at different times) approached me and walked right up within 3 feet to talk to me. None of us wearing masks, as I / we usually don't wear masks just to go outside in our townhouse community. It was outside, yes, but maskless to maskless 3 feet apart spraying at each other.

I generally don't talk directly at someone, so I'm spraying my droplets down and a little to one side (while still making some eye contact), but I don't see that behavior in others -- rather, direct straight to the face. Great social skills in another era.

I'm not at all surprised by the RWer, especially this one is a real lulu.

I am extremely very disappointed at the LWer - he was our Democratic precinct captain (in 2010 and who knows when else), and the townhome communities long-time president (10 years) and currently the vice president. A real pillar of the community. So why doesn't he get this Covid thing.

I added to my number 4 above that some MN health officials think the confirmed case counts are only 1/10 to 1/5 of the total out there. So instead of 2.7% of the population having it or had it, think 14% to 27%. And instead of adding 3.9 percentage points in the next 3 months (assuming the current rate miraculously holds), think adding 20% to 39%.

So the people who think the vast majority of us are going to get it eventually are probably right (barring a vaccine soon that works, not something like the flu vaccine that in a good year is only 50% effective)

Though still to slow it down so our hospitals aren't overwhelmed is worth the sacrifices. But our state officials haven't done shit since mid-September when the cases started rising again and far surpassing anything we've seen before - by multiples for chrissake. They just cluck cluck day after day about the numbers and lecture us to be more careful. Exception: Minneapolis Mayor Frey at least closed bar seating, as well as standing at the bars -- that was a courageous move, at least relatively speaking. Sigh.