The tide turning in Florida?

[Rukh O'Rorke]

Guess I’m still a whippersnapper.

[ken a.k.a OMK]

Just found out a friend from age 12 just passed away from COVID in Fla. He was 74.

[pulmonarymd]

Jul 4, 2020 18:49:51 GMT -5 ken a.k.a OMK said:

Just found out a friend from age 12 just passed away from COVID in Fla. He was 74.

My condolences. Too much of this has happened already, and we will see much more

[dezii]

Jul 4, 2020 18:49:51 GMT -5 ken a.k.a OMK said:

Just found out a friend from age 12 just passed away from COVID in Fla. He was 74.

So sorry ken...since age 12...deep loss....

[Tennesseer]

My condolences, ken a.k.a OMK.

[saveinla]

Sorry for your loss ken a.k.a OMK

[ners]

Sorry for your loss ken a.k.a OMK

[Rukh O'Rorke]

Jul 4, 2020 18:49:51 GMT -5 ken a.k.a OMK said:

Just found out a friend from age 12 just passed away from COVID in Fla. He was 74.

Condolences. So sorry to hear this.

[ken a.k.a OMK]

Thanks everyone.

[NastyWoman]

My condolences Ken 

[dondub]

Jul 4, 2020 18:49:51 GMT -5 ken a.k.a OMK said:

Just found out a friend from age 12 just passed away from COVID in Fla. He was 74.

Condolences Ken. Very sad.

[mmhmm]

So sorry about your friend, Ken. May he rest in peace.

[kadee79]

Sorry about your friend Ken!   

[Opti]

Sorry to read that Ken, condolences to both you and your friend's family. 

[oped]

So sorry to hear Ken. 

[djAdvocate]

Jul 4, 2020 18:49:51 GMT -5 ken a.k.a OMK said:

Just found out a friend from age 12 just passed away from COVID in Fla. He was 74.

my condolences.

do you mind me asking where he or she lived?

[ken a.k.a OMK]

djAdvocate he lived in Saint Petersburg.

[busymom]

So sorry, ken a.k.a OMK.  


Sadly, I wouldn't be surprised if this virus becomes personal for all of us, within the next year.


I can't recall if I mentioned it here on the boards, but some of you know I have a relative currently in a nursing home.  I spoke with some of the supervisory staff within the last week, and they've actually got a long-term plan, expecting the virus to affect residents for the next 18 months.  

[djAdvocate]

Jul 6, 2020 12:45:26 GMT -5 busymom said:

So sorry, ken a.k.a OMK .  


Sadly, I wouldn't be surprised if this virus becomes personal for all of us, within the next year.


I can't recall if I mentioned it here on the boards, but some of you know I have a relative currently in a nursing home.  I spoke with some of the supervisory staff within the last week, and they've actually got a long-term plan, expecting the virus to affect residents for the next 18 months.  

it didn't have to be that way, but I agree.

[busymom]

Jul 6, 2020 19:55:27 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

Jul 6, 2020 12:45:26 GMT -5 busymom said:

So sorry, ken a.k.a OMK .  


Sadly, I wouldn't be surprised if this virus becomes personal for all of us, within the next year.


I can't recall if I mentioned it here on the boards, but some of you know I have a relative currently in a nursing home.  I spoke with some of the supervisory staff within the last week, and they've actually got a long-term plan, expecting the virus to affect residents for the next 18 months.  

it didn't have to be that way, but I agree.

     I agree that it didn't have to be this way.  We are sorely lacking in true leadership right now.  "Doing your own thing" just isn't going to cut it.  

[Deleted]

Jul 6, 2020 12:45:26 GMT -5 busymom said:

So sorry, ken a.k.a OMK .  


Sadly, I wouldn't be surprised if this virus becomes personal for all of us, within the next year.


I can't recall if I mentioned it here on the boards, but some of you know I have a relative currently in a nursing home.  I spoke with some of the supervisory staff within the last week, and they've actually got a long-term plan, expecting the virus to affect residents for the next 18 months.  

One of my coworker’s Mom was in a facility because her physical health was failing and she had dementia. She died a couple of weeks ago, and the official cause of death was COVID-19. This coworker is a man, but he was a Momma’s boy and took care of his Mom by himself before she was moved to a facility. I remember a conversation we had and he said he was bathing his Mom and doing whatever needed to be done and “You know I didn’t want to see my Momma’s lady parts, but I was doing whatever needed to be done”.

I was sad when I heard that she had passed, supposedly from COVID-19, but I knew that her youngest son had done everything he could do to do right by her. He said they let him see her the day before she died, only because they knew the end was near. He hadn’t been able to visit her since this coronavirus shit started. The day they let him see her, he told her he knew she was tired, and she’d fought a good fight, but it was ok for her to stop fighting if that’s what she needed to do. And the very next day, she was gone.

His Mom’s death was the beginning of this shit feeling personal to me. My best friend’s Mom’s death on Saturday definitely made it personal. But I still feel powerless, and that makes me very angry.

[busymom]

<sigh>  I guess killing off seniors just isn't enough.  It's just been announced that public schools in Florida will be reopening in August.  All students will be on a 5 day a week schedule.  

[MN-Investor]

Trump wants nothing more than for life to go back to what it was before the virus hit. He wants businesses to be open, for students to be in school, for amusement parks and movie theaters to be filled with people enjoying themselves and spending money.

The reality is, especially with Trump and certain governors failing at leadership, by election day many of us will personally know someone who had died from COVID-19. Many of us will know people who have gotten the virus and may still be suffering symptoms months later. The unemployment rate is not going to bounce right back and that's going to have a real drain on the economy. People are going to lose apartments and homes. Folks won't have food. And the farmers will still be suffering from Trump's Trade Wars. By election day, the farmers will have a good idea on how Trump's lack of actions re trade will impact them for this year's harvest.

Trump wants to make this election about Law & Order, about Immigrants, etc. But those aren't the issues that will be affecting the majority of voters in November. I predict that the economy and the virus are going to be the main issues and those are issues Trump can't win on. It will be interesting to see which demographics he does have support from come November.

[thyme4change]

[kadee79]

I heard one governor...a GOPer...but don't remember who..say, well the kids have to go to school so the parents can get back to work.  So they really care about taxpayers!!!!!!!!!!!! 

[happyhoix]

Jul 6, 2020 22:43:22 GMT -5 MN-Investor said:

Trump wants nothing more than for life to go back to what it was before the virus hit. He wants businesses to be open, for students to be in school, for amusement parks and movie theaters to be filled with people enjoying themselves and spending money.

The reality is, especially with Trump and certain governors failing at leadership, by election day many of us will personally know someone who had died from COVID-19. Many of us will know people who have gotten the virus and may still be suffering symptoms months later. The unemployment rate is not going to bounce right back and that's going to have a real drain on the economy. People are going to lose apartments and homes. Folks won't have food. And the farmers will still be suffering from Trump's Trade Wars. By election day, the farmers will have a good idea on how Trump's lack of actions re trade will impact them for this year's harvest.

Trump wants to make this election about Law & Order, about Immigrants, etc. But those aren't the issues that will be affecting the majority of voters in November. I predict that the economy and the virus are going to be the main issues and those are issues Trump can't win on. It will be interesting to see which demographics he does have support from come November.

What trump never grasped was the virus and economy are the same issue. If we had worked together to put a lid on the virus we would be opening our economy rather gut now, like most European countries. Instead we had no federal leadership, we halfassed our response, and we’ve now got 3 million people who were infected, and it doesn’t look like it’s getting better anytime soon.

[pulmonarymd]

Jul 8, 2020 6:53:50 GMT -5 happyhoix said:

Jul 6, 2020 22:43:22 GMT -5 MN-Investor said:

Trump wants nothing more than for life to go back to what it was before the virus hit. He wants businesses to be open, for students to be in school, for amusement parks and movie theaters to be filled with people enjoying themselves and spending money.

The reality is, especially with Trump and certain governors failing at leadership, by election day many of us will personally know someone who had died from COVID-19. Many of us will know people who have gotten the virus and may still be suffering symptoms months later. The unemployment rate is not going to bounce right back and that's going to have a real drain on the economy. People are going to lose apartments and homes. Folks won't have food. And the farmers will still be suffering from Trump's Trade Wars. By election day, the farmers will have a good idea on how Trump's lack of actions re trade will impact them for this year's harvest.

Trump wants to make this election about Law & Order, about Immigrants, etc. But those aren't the issues that will be affecting the majority of voters in November. I predict that the economy and the virus are going to be the main issues and those are issues Trump can't win on. It will be interesting to see which demographics he does have support from come November.

What trump never grasped was the virus and economy are the same issue. If we had worked together to put a lid on the virus we would be opening our economy rather gut now, like most European countries. Instead we had no federal leadership, we halfassed our response, and we’ve now got 3 million people who were infected, and it doesn’t look like it’s getting better anytime soon.

Almost like competence matters. Who knew