and while I am over 60 which I suppose puts me in the "high risk" group. I am barely over sixty, I am in PERFECT health, I haven't smoked in well over thirty years AND I don't live with or come into constant contact with people truly in the high risk group, like an elderly mother or wife that I need to care for.
Many of the decisions I would have to make for myself have already been made for me. ALL bars and restaurants in Texas were shut down a couple of days ago, and most of the places where I might go and encounter large groups of people have already been shut down. I am single, I live by myself and I don't have anyone in the high risk groups that I interact with on a regular basis.
Sometimes the cure is worse than the disease itself. Because of a 0.01% chance of coming down with Corona and/or passing it on to someone else, or the less than 0.001% of actually dying or even coming down with a severe case of it myself, should I REALLY risk the 100% chance of one of the girls I see ending up "going without" food, gas, diapers or any of the other necessities of life that they have come to depend on me for just because the entire world has gone fucking nuts over Corona?
Most people are still going to have contact with dozens of people every single day even if they do follow the guidelines for "social distancing" I can limit my contact to less than single digits every day. I do have an 82 year old mother, but she lives 1,500 miles away from me. Sometimes the cure is worse than the disease, the one thing I know for sure is that if people don't eat they will die, I also know that we can't ALL just hunker down in our homes without income waiting for the "all clear" from the CDC. I don't plan on hosting any block parties for the next couple of weeks, but OTOH, life has to go on, and many people, a lot of SB's included just don't have the option of suspending their lives for the next several weeks/months.
Once again, our situations are VERY different, If I were in your situation I am sure my POV would be much different.
