I usually look at the Florida covid19 web site every morning and today, in the five counties surrounding my home county and including my home county, I noticed that more than half of the new cases are under 56 years old. In some of the counties, all of the cases are under 56 years old.
How many young adults do you see out and about?
Hi Billy, great question!
I have a personal theory that if a lot of younger people are getting Covid-19, it's not necessarily because they're not taking this seriously -- I think a good number of them might be the ones who are in jobs in which they are still working with the public and, tragically, have no choice but to expose themselves to potential harm on a daily basis.
The only younger people I see out and about here are those working at the grocery stores and "essential businesses" where everyone else is yelling at them about all the regulations (such as item limits) they've been told to enforce. I was out grocery shopping today and felt so sorry for the employee who helped me, seeing as another customer had just exploded at her, thrown down a product in her face, and cursed at her with a stream of expletives over things she had no control over. The only other younger people I saw shopping were those in uniform (such as in scrubs or from a restaurant with carry-out) who had probably just finished their shifts.
Ironically, I live near a retirement area and many of the older people are ignoring the calls for social distancing. My neighbor has had at least two different sets of out-of-state guests (at least according to the license plates) continuously for over a month, and they're still there.
And every night at exactly 7 PM, my neighbor across the street cranks up his outdoor speakers with 70's rock music that plays for at least an hour, as everyone who hears the siren party call comes and gathers for a large block party. This has been going on every single night for at least the past 2 weeks, with no end in sight. I can set my clock to it. One night I had no less than 6 people all gathered on my lawn, talking and laughing. The people cluster together up and down the street and carry on as if nothing is going on.
The next morning, they set out their garbage for the (much younger) trash workers -- cases of beer and alcoholic beverages over which they've scribbled "Coronavirus Vaccine" across the labels as what they apparently see as one big joke.
I am the only one in this neighborhood who is under the age of 55. Most people here are 65 and above -- but many are in their 70's and just don't seem to care.
God bless our senior citizens here, but do they ever stop to think that they might be carrying the virus, then going out and spreading it to the young people who are still out there working and serving them?
It's just a thought. (I know there are people in EVERY group who aren't taking this seriously -- I shook my head when I read about spring breakers who refused to change their plans -- but ironically, I seem to be surrounded by the opposite end of the spectrum.)
Where I live, the people are retired -- and apparently, every night is a party.
I genuinely feel sorry for the workers they then go and expose themselves to throughout the week.
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