Sorry I have not responded before Bacali but I just missed seeing this.
No,, I definitely do not agree with our governor even though he is my step-daughters brother-in-law which is a long story.
Our whole state is going up in the number of cases but in the county where I live that isn't very big we had a rapid rise since one man died that worked at a prison hospital here. the administration which is a state department would not allow the workers to wear mask as they said "it was not part of the uniform" and now there are many more who work there or are patients there that have gotten sick. Therefore it has spread to the rest of the county and surrounding counties where people come here to work.
A woman reported what the administration said on Facebook so she was called in thinking she was getting an award for her hard work and was fired.
As of today we have 260 cases with 10 deaths. That was up from 239 yesterday which doesn't seem that many but we are a small county. Our town Milledgeille has a population of about 45,000.
I think it is dumb to especially open up beauty shops and bowling alleys. In fact the owner of our bowling alley said they were not going to open and expose people until things got better.
The Walmart here has never closed and sometimes I use the pick up service I order on line. When I pick them up I see so many go in even without mask and taking little children in too. It makes me so mad because they are contributing to making this last longer.
I long to go out and eat with my friends. to go to church, to hug my gamily. Like you bacali I have seen them but not gotten close enough for a hug.
Just to have something to enjoy my daughter and I have ordered food to pick up at some of the restaurants but since we live 20 minutes out of town it is cold when we get home.
I hope we are able to have our sister reunion in Indiana this summer. My sister who lives there has cancer again so I don't know how much longer she will be here and I want to see her so bad at least one more time. She called me today and I didn't think she sounded too good.
I'm sorry about your friend Bacali. We well all probably lose someone before this is over.
You all stay as safe as possible.