D&D and the rising pandemic

[Theo R Cwithin]

This is the first weekend of a partial opening here in rural TX, so a lot of little churches have re-opened their doors this morning. My 70-something parents have chosen to attend. * sigh *

I'm dreading a spike in cases in a couple weeks, and getting locked down again harder and longer than before. I kind of want to flee while things are relatively open for us here, but that would be counter-productive, I suppose.. .

On the positive side, the weather is already topping 100°F/37°C, so maybe it will melt the coronavirus away.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Our church is doing limited reopening. No masses, but they will be holding events with limited attendances- funerals, weddings, those kinds of things. That way, they can still adhere to the 25% capacity rule and monitor social distancing.

 

[Theo R Cwithin]

This particular church is a little bitty one, and sensible I think. The normal congregation is probably smaller than the 25% capacity limit for the building, so the social distancing isn't a problem. It's mostly seniors, though, so that's a concern. On the other hand, church is often the only social outlet for some people--especially elderly-- so I certainly understand the desire to open back up.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

In our case, our church is one of (as I recall) the 5 biggest Catholi churches in the USA, with a total enrollment of something like 25-30k- bigger than many so-called mega churches.

We don’t have a huge arena, though. Instead, we offer several standard masses, a teen mass, and a couple of Spanish masses spread out ftom Saturday evening through a Sunday evening. Of course, being Catholic, that means not everyone goes to weekly masses, soooo... ahem

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Not good:

Russia is rapidly becoming one of the world's coronavirus hotspots, and it just reported a record 10,000 new cases in a day

A total of 134,687 people are now confirmed to have had coronavirus in Russia, making it the seventh most-infected country on the planet.

www.yahoo.com

 

[Zardnaar]

Not good:

Russia is rapidly becoming one of the world's coronavirus hotspots, and it just reported a record 10,000 new cases in a day

A total of 134,687 people are now confirmed to have had coronavirus in Russia, making it the seventh most-infected country on the planet.

www.yahoo.com

Talking to Russians in my other forums. They're saying the deathtoll is large. A few non Russians are saying the numbers are massaged. I don't see why they would admit to 100k cases though if they were massaging numbers.

Health systems not the best but they're a bit more inclined to follow orders, can manufacture and use ventilators and seem to have more masks than the west.

My favorite comment was "we don't normally believe the government but believed them in this for whatever reason".

They're used to economic problems every 10 years.

 

[Eltab]

Indiana is opening up churches in the next two weekends. I forwarded the suggestion to my church admins that the first in-person services be aimed at our elderly / fragile members, since they will have other restrictions on them for longer. We can be confident after this long quarantine period that they do not have the virus so they cannot infect each other. Let them see each other, their friends, &c. The rest of us can wait a week or three longer.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Our houseguest- who still thinks this is a lefty exaggeration/hoax- has a Russian daughter in law. A Muscovite, in fact. I don’t know that they’ve discussed the pandemic itself, just the possibility of our guest moving in with them post-lockdown.

It will be interesting to see if her D.I.L. can convince her where an MD could not. Of course, if the D.I.L. is in denial...

 

[FitzTheRuke]

Indiana is opening up churches in the next two weekends. I forwarded the suggestion to my church admins that the first in-person services be aimed at our elderly / fragile members, since they will have other restrictions on them for longer. We can be confident after this long quarantine period that they do not have the virus so they cannot infect each other. Let them see each other, their friends, &c. The rest of us can wait a week or three longer.

I see what you mean, and I think the risk is probably worth it - social isolation is hard on everyone, particularly the elderly - but it's still relatively risky. Definitely better to do in smaller groups, for sure.

 

[ccs]

Talking to Russians in my other forums. They're saying the deathtoll is large. A few non Russians are saying the numbers are massaged. I don't see why they would admit to 100k cases though if they were massaging numbers.

Because that IS the massaged #?