Money well spent!
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Bad business decisions has been your thing forever!
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Lol no.
I’d say the vast, vast majority of Americans are either back to normal or as close to it as their local restrictions currently allow.
Source: I live in America. In probably the most covid restrictive state.
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This isn’t true. If it were, the economy would have bounced back. Everything is down all across all industries for the most part.
You think more than 50% of people in the US are self isolating?
Guys, life in America today is nothing like February of 2020. Nothing is “back to normal.” There’s cardboard cutouts at MLB games for chrissakes lol. Restaurants aren’t at full capacity, air travel is down, the entire world has banned us.
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Self isolating like in March? No, of course not. But for most Americans, it’s not pre-COVID.
It’s legit insane I can’t find any polling on social distancing rates newer than April! How is this not polled weekly?
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I agree with you there. Isolating doesn’t mean eating at Chili’s with a mask on when you go to a table though. I would guess probably something like 60-70% of people have eaten at an indoor restaurant at this point, which is why I said the vast majority are not “isolating”. If you mean taking any precautions sure most people are doing that.
Lol blasphemy
Which is what Biden is doing. Most Americans don’t view that as weak and being a sheep.
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I think you have me wrong here. Clovis posts that most Americans are “isolating”. I say that is wrong most people aren’t isolating. Biden isn’t isolating. There is a big difference in between taking precautions which most people are doing and isolating which very few people are doing.
The people still isolating absolutely are being treated by most people as the weirdos in this situation. That’s exactly why Trump is trying to paint Biden as isolating even though he isn’t. Because hiding in your basement is perceived as weak by many people in USA #148.
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Ok yea I see what you mean.
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I think most people would call staying home most of the time, with the occasional meal out, still isolating.
I wonder how polls address the definition? Not that I can find many.
Since early March I have:
-Gone on two camping trips that spanned about 19 days total.
-Stayed in a hotel three times.
-Shopped pretty much as normal for groceries.
-Gone and seen family or had family come and see us about 5 times.
-Eaten on patios 4-5 times mostly when I was on the camping/family trips.
-Gone to 3-4 outdoor small get togethers.
-I have worn masks from the beginning.
-Played golf with people 5 times.
-I have not been on a plane.
-I have not been inside a restaurant/bar.
-I have not really done any indoor activities with anyone.
I would posit that I am in probably the top 15-20% of Covid precautions in the US. Maybe higher. I would not consider myself to be isolating even though I am more isolated than ever in my life. I guess others may see it differently and like many things we are really just arguing semantics.
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Not sure that activity puts you in the top 15% in terms of isolating but would be very curious to see a broader study. Since March I have:
-Played online poker
-watched tv
-collected my online delivered groceries from the stoop
-gone for occasional walks
-joked around with the cashier at the liquor store
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It may be very dependent on where you live. For OKC that level of activity probably puts me in the top 5% here. In a more sane place? Maybe more like median. I literally know zero people my age here or in the region that are on your level. That is zero over a several hundred person sample size. The vast vast majority are living it up way more than me.
Define isolating. If dining outside instead of in (mostly) and avoiding packed bars/night clubs counts, then a lot of people are. But notice that there are still packed bars and night clubs, which tells you something about how many people aren’t.
Regarding the bolded: yeah, because we aren’t really isolating enough.
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