The chamber of commerce told the paper that the return of people to the Keys amounted to a trickle.
When I drove home around 6 o'clock the first day of the re-opening I saw large groups of cars on the highway driving toward Key West and each had more than one person inside, which is the usual sign of a visitors. Single occupant travel is the norm in the Keys for commuters. Not many people commute with kayaks on the roof either.
It may I suppose have been a trickle but after two months of empty streets it felt like a flood.
The official statistics are good too with only one person hospitalized at the moment and 110 cases reported throughout the Keys.
I haven't been to check out the open bars but I plan to stay on the sidelines for as long as I can before returning to normal. I find the level of certainty among amateur epidemiologists to be rather disturbing but I am keeping my fingers crossed for a vaccine. Then of course the anti vaccination mob will descend with fury I am sure. I cannot understand why anyone would run for public office.
The van shop called and said the van is finished and should be tested detailed and ready for pick up sometime next week, We haven't got the final bill yet so the details are being polished I expect as we said we would be able to pick it up the last week of the month. They are a fussy lot at Custom Coach Creations as they don't like to hand over the vehicle until they are sure all details are correct and they won't send me pictures because they like a big reveal.
We did get one picture as they wanted to make sure we are okay with the placement of the faucet...Looks okay to me as the idea is it will also work as outside sprayer for Rusty and so forth.
I have a vacation planned for mid July when we want to test this mad retirement plan out. Suddenly traveling like this becomes an exercise in social distancing and self reliance in a way I had never imagined. Life really is becoming interesting.
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" I find the level of certainty among amateur epidemiologists to be rather disturbing."
People facing immediate danger want to hear an authoritative voice they can draw assurance from; they want to be told what will occur, how they should prepare, and that all will be well. We are not designed to live in uncertainty.
When things are truly important , we prefer to be wrong than to believe nothing at all.
At first the experts ( CDC / WHO ) told us we don’t need to wear masks, then they changed it to wear mask. There are numerous studies by disease experts telling us that cloth masks will not protect you and then there are those that say they will……or at least they are better than nothing.
Not only do most people fail to possess superior expertise-as well as the ability to know it- but they lack the ability to figure out who does have it.
The catch is you may have to be an expert in a field to determine who the experts are, and then again even the experts don’t agree with the other experts.
So that means that individuals must have a practical wisdom, an expertise in judging expertise….
just the one sneak peek of your van, shows how great its going to be.. what an exciting time ahead for you guys
I think that first comment sums up the dilemma precisely. This virus is running rings round us.
And in two weeks he quarantine machine will be here.I hope.
I don’t think that it’s the virus running rings around us. Hundreds of people standing, sitting, and walking side by side, not to mention storming into buildings without the proper mask, is so disturbing. For such high I,Q. Individuals, sure seems irresponsible and selfish. Here’s hoping no one gets sick. That would be awful.
"high I,Q. Individuals" - ?
ok kids, here's the deal: at least some folks are smart enuff to know when they DON'T understand something.
As for the uninitiated, they blither on with not realizing that one must "Learn something so they can forget it." I mean what can you remember unless you already know it?
Only high I.Q. because we keep hearing how smart and caring everyone is. Seem neither to me.
Can't wait to see pictures of the van!
People who lack the cognitive skills required to perform a task typically also lack the metacognitive skills required to assess their performance. Incompetent people are at a double disadvantage, since they are not only incompetent but also likely unaware of it. – Behavioral Scientist, April 13, 2020
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