@Discombobulated - I hope you stick around. I would miss your contributions.

Case numbers are spiking here with over 8,000 today. The government says it has no intention of new lockdowns, but some groups like the Medical College, which is essentially a doctors' political union, not a professional association, is saying they should be considered.


In the end, I don't think they should impose them. Last time my municipality was sent to lockdown and then was released, cases were higher at the end of the lockdown than when we started. In developing countries like here, people in the informal economy will risk going out because they depend on the money they bring in daily to eat. Small businesses that have to close will take yet another hit. On top of that most pandemic aid programs have expired.

My birthday will have to be takeout, no dining in. My husband is way to nervous about the increasing numbers it even took some convincing him to agree with takeout.