I hate to hear of anyone getting this crap, but I believe it’s overblown by the media just as everything else is. They thrive on animosity, tragedy, bad news in general. Without it, they would be irrelevant. If they were irrelevant, they wouldn’t make the millions that they crave. Just about all the social problems in the world are caused by greed and the craving of power.
I live in the country, virtually in a corner where three counties come together. The cases go up but the deaths have remained almost static for a couple months now in all three. More testing means more positives and I’ve even heard that the tests are not that reliable. Like Okie, I haven’t changed my habits much. If a business requires a mask to enter, then I will, but I’m not wearing one voluntarily. I’m just not that scared of it. Supposedly, since I’m 73, diabetic, carry a pacemaker in my chest, then I’m squarely in the crosshairs. Maybe so, but I won’t live in fear of something that kills no more people than the flu that we’ve been living with for years. So... I’ll just wash my hands, stay away from crowds, use the brain God gave me, like I’ve been doing for most of my life.