The s/e area of Pennsylvania is now a hotspot. Schools are closing, intermural and interschool sports suspended, every Wa-Wa convenience store in my county is now closed after a worker tested positive over the last weekend. Just across the Delaware River in New Jersey bars and stores are under maximum occupancy restrictions and 10:00pm curfews.
I have to go on record as believing this all was Donald Trump’s big gamble. Numerous campaign rallies here by him, Pence, and other Republican leaning politicians were shown to be attended by masses of non-mask wearing tightly huddled citizenry. The COVID chemistry was fully engaged, a social Petrie dish in the making. Trump touted an election eve COVID vaccine would miraculously put him over the top on Election Day. Of course neither of those things happened. He’s toast and now we're in the grip of a 2nd COVID wave, ubiquitously linked now with a rising seasonal influenza pandemic of its own. Lafayette College near me is already reporting a spike in new flu cases within one dorm.
And... if all this isn’t enough to want 2020 to take a flying leap into outer space ASAP... there’s this 👇😱
1/5 of COVID patients develop new mental health symptoms within 90 days of initial exposure
please Please PLEASE stay safe out there! Mask up, change or wash your mask at least every other day USE PROPER HYGIENE - hand washing, sanitizer, etc! Please don’t become another statistic