I’m from one of those liberal states that closed down early (mid-March) and got flak for it, then opened much later (mid-June) and got flak for that, but have a terrific governor and health system team that took the lead and worked their asses off to really lead us to what would work to flatten the curve. That took a lot of the stress off of the Covid hospitals they set up, so we are now Slowly opening things back up and quickly backing off on that if the daily numbers show signs of weakening (currently showing 98 ICU hospitalized and 10-ish deaths per day). Massachusetts is beating Covid, for now.
In some ways it’s been pretty tough, like not seeing/hugging the grand kids for four months, but we’re getting through it with Zoom and lots of mask and glove wearing, avoiding everything except neighborhood walks and evening rides in the Speedster and doing as little in-person shopping as possible. And it’s not just us two - Everyone wears a mask in public around here. Everyone social distances. Everyone is conscious of elders and tries to keep us safe (our silver/white hair is a fast give-away). We both have immune issues, although not severe, so we do this for two reasons; to protect us both and to protect others. But there’s another reason for this caution; Out in the world, we can never know who might be an a-symptomatic carrier that could infect us and kill us, so the third reason is pure fear on our part.
For that reason, Chris and I won’t be making the trek to “Summer Carlisle” this year, to protect both us and YOU folks as well. Just imagine how bad I would feel if someone went to Carlisle and then returned home to test positive and died. Is a car show worth that? Not for me, it’s not.