I, for one, decided early not to take the chicken little approach...........I'm 70+ with so many underlying issues that my doctors estates in the islands. That said, running scared has never been as attribute that I've cherished. That also said, I have a healthy respect for the concerns of others and will never disparage those concerns and that said...........don't tell how live my life.

It's a tough choice. Do we continue the stay in place and risk no one having a job to go back to much less money to pay for essentials or do we go out and risk getting this disease. Seems the vast majority of people are asymptomatic. In Wisconsin, their Dept of Public Health has seen no increase in cases due to the recent in-person voting, so draw your own conclusions. As for myself, I'll still "shelter in place" for at least a few more weeks as I am at a higher risk. The government will not be able to fund us much longer as they have no tax incoming revenues, thus a partial reopening seems feasible. I have read articles on both sides of this and it's still an uncertain situation...

Just today I heard a story on TV about the in person voting in Wisconsin. The story was that one polling worker and ?5-7? voters standing in line have tested positive for Covid-19. It's your state, hopefully you can do a little local sleuthing for the exact numbers and update us if the numbers change in the near future. But, the fact seems to be that people did get infected and should not have been forced to stand in line to vote instead of being allowed to vote by mail.

We have an election coming in May for Georgia, much more than just for Presidential candidates. We are already registered to vote by mail for this one. Hopefully we can vote by mail in November also.

This Friday, the Governor of Georgia will begin to allow small businesses to reopen - massage parlors, tattoo parlors, hair salons/barber shops, etc. (but not how to disinfect between each customer). He waited, like the Governors of many other states waited, for the President to say it was OK to close the state due to the Covid-19 infection rate.

Now, in Georgia, the medical professionals of this state expect Atlanta's Covid 'peak' to occur a little after May 1. The virus will continue to spread out to the suburbs, smaller towns and cities and rural areas over the weeks after that. We do not have the massive testing that is needed for everyone in the state. We don't know who is safe and who should be quarantined to help not spread the virus.

But, we will open, beginning this Friday, with more types of businesses and restaurants to open next week.

What will you do when this comes to your state, your community? - I can't believe it. I know people will get sick and some will die. - My wife and I have agreed to social distancing and to wear masks and gloves for the forseeable future - no matter what we are doing outside. We wore gloves and masks when we went to a nearby park this last weekend to enjoy and photograph a little of the new spring season. This will become our 'new normal.'

BTW - I have not seen masks or gloves for sale in any retail store, grocery or drug store that I have visited.

I understand wearing a mask, but why the gloves? If you are out and about without gloves and touch something that is contaminated your hands are contaminated until you clear the contaminate via hand washing, disinfectant, etc. The same applies for the gloves. At the beginning of the stay at home/shelter in place requirements I saw a man wearing gloves entering a grocery store. As he walked around the store he picked up items and placed then in the cart. He touched things wearing his gloves. He then proceeded to check out wearing the gloves, putting each item on the belt in the check-out line. He then proceeded to reach in his back pocket and pull out his wallet and retrieved his credit card, used the card and then placed it back in his wallet and put it back in his pants pocket. If the gloves were contaminated with the virus he potentially contaminated everything he touched while wearing the gloves, it would have been the same if he hadn't been wearing gloves. So I don't see the need for wearing gloves. Handwashing and frequent disinfecting would serve the same protection. Just curious, why the gloves?