Coronavirus prep

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  • Theoldguy1
    Theoldguy1 Posts: 2,497 Member
    Theoldguy1 wrote: »
    If we thought laundromats were bad, planes seem to be even worse. Once again, someone with Covid symptoms got on a plane on Dec. 14. This one died from Covid while om the plane. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/clarissajanlim/a-man-with-covid-symptoms-died-on-a-plane-and-the-cdc-is

    So the guy checked off he didn't have Covid related symptoms them as the EMTs are taking him off the planr the wife says he had Covid related symptoms including lack of taste and smell?

    Someone's going to have some explaining to to why she allowed him to get on the plane without notifying anyone.

    I think it’s pretty much understood that he lied to get on the plane. They used fancier language but that’s what the airline said.

    Yeah, I'd like to see the widow changed with something. Per the article she knew he had symptoms.
  • missysippy930
    missysippy930 Posts: 2,577 Member
    Rennie, that’s so heartbreaking. A horrible decision to have to make.

    Getting on a plane has been risky business from the start. It’s one of the ways this spread so rapidly.

    If the airlines want to keep flying, maybe they should do rapid testing for all people before they board flights.

    I’m not so sure that it’s fair to charge the widow. A Minnesota state senator flew to Florida and started having symptoms the day he flew in November. Another Minnesota state senator died the other day from complications from covid contracted at the same function.

    People that still want to fly, have to be aware of the risk involved. Groups of people in small enclosed areas etc.
  • TonyB0588
    TonyB0588 Posts: 9,520 Member
    Theoldguy1 wrote: »
    TonyB0588 wrote: »
    I don’t know what it is about laundromats. My daughter says there are a lot of unmasked people there when she goes too. As far as cough drops go, my mother and husband have them all the time. I guess it helps with dry mouth issues. 🤷🏻‍♀️

    Laundromats, just like any other building, should have a security officer at the door insisting on a mask before entering and possibly doing temperature checks. Also, hand sanitization on the way in. This is all "normal" everywhere I go now.

    In the US many laundromats are unstaffed on a regular basis and often a minimal number of customers at any one time. They aren't going to hire a security guard and nobody is going to apply for a job as an unarmed security to enforce mask mandates at $12 an hour.

    Yes I can see the "business" considerations that go into that operational model. Here, after the lockdown, during the phased reopening, businesses had to show they could comply with the new COVID protocols. Seems like that laundromat would still be closed if they put up that argument here.
  • ElioraFR
    ElioraFR Posts: 91 Member
    edited December 2020


    I too can’t understand why the US would not block all incoming flights from the UK immediately. Would it ruin a political relationship or something? If eu countries are doing so to slow down Cov19 what can be the problem with the US doing so?
  • ElioraFR
    ElioraFR Posts: 91 Member
    Ok so 50, yes that is 50 countries ban travel from the UK, not the US?

    Unbelievable absolutely unbelievable.
  • ReenieHJ
    ReenieHJ Posts: 9,724 Member
    Having just made a 32 hour road trip this weekend to Brandywine, MD (DC area) by way of Nashville TN through Virginia to pick up a 2015 Nissan Leaf EV to use as a parts car to rebuild our 2016 Leaf SL that got totaled last month due to an 18 year old guy running a red light we saw first hand how coronavirus prep seriousness varies.

    To lower our exposure risk we skipped the hotel idea and just got 2 hours of sleep in the truck since the yard did not open to 8 AM then got back on the way to KY. Northern Virigina, DC and Maryland had a lot mask wearers. In TN walking into a Minute Mart wearing a mask could lead to seeing the clerk reaching for the sky and seeing fear on their face. The Covid-19 prep memo DID NOT make it TN!

    Just curious, did you get stopped at any border or during your travels? Glad you made it safely and WTH is up with not wearing masks in TN? Don't people realize it takes a unified effort?