I know a  retired couple who pretty much have not left the confines of their house for almost a year- groceries are purchased on line and  left by the basement garage door then carefully  pulled inside and left for the 24 to 48 hours before being wiped down and  put away.
No visitors unless in the driveway about 20 feet apart and masked but only for a very short time.
They simply dont go out at all.
They both are really really having a hard time with this - that said- they may be the smart ones.
 
At 73 I have COPD and am on Metformin daily and taking this very seriously - all scardey cat about it to somewhat of an extreme myself.
Would do most anything for the shots and get sick and tired of the ever changing timelines for it here.
 
This is serious stuff and some of us believe we likely wont make it if we get the disease before we get the shot.
Not a time for throwing stones at folks who think differently but each has to do what is best for themselves and their loved ones. 
 
I too wanna scream  every time I see some self centered idiot in a store with no mask- and employees who havent the onions to enforce the mask sign on the front door.

Not at all fichy. I got facts straight. A buff is no different than a non surgical Chinese throw away mask that everyone is wearing.
An n95 are not feasible and readily available to public people. It's exactly what we wear per msha regulations daily for dust protection in the workplace. Try and find them for $13.00 a box of 10.
If any mask you see that has an exhaust valve for better breathing and less fogging, its only exhaling tremendous vapor. The valve is filtered ( closes) on inhaling. Whose protected now.
Believe me , I'm truly the sheep and try to avoid the big bad wolves

I think we should all wear 2 masks now, because the one's that mother gives you don't do anything at all..
Maybe just go ask Alice instead.

To coin a phrase, a mask on the face is better than two in the wash.  You can ask Alice, but she's six feet down the rabbit hole, not  ten feet tall.
 
 

Sadly, again today another of those I know lost their life to the deadly virus. He was and did everything to the letter of the T but still somehow contracted it. Possible assumptions would be from visiting medical facilities. Those who we think are the sanitary of places.
My buffs are probably the best of protection I could think as they are double layer and better fitting than a Chinese paper mask so I'm quite comfortable using them over any other of the reccomend chin straps.
As one who works in an environment governed by the mine safety and health administration, unless there is a clean shaved tight fitting seal of a respirator ( mask) you fail the fit test of protection. I'm talking dust protection which particles are much larger than airborne vapor and water droplets.

Stay safe

Few who go to medical facilities on a regular basis  think they are safe. What was this persons co-morbidities?   What isn't safe is people who have a limited knowledge pontificating like they are smarter than those who've spent their life studying medicine.   Conspiracy theories are rife.  I'll stay with my surgeon's mask that is approved by my doctors,  not  someone's guesses.   The density  and weave of the masks are the key, not  how many layers. Social distancing and hand washing likely has more effect right now. We may be in for a rough ride with  the new strains. Hey,  if I disappear off of here I probably died from not listening to HT!

Now it's my turn. I couldn't give a rats azz about those who studied medicine and became basically weathermen. Things have been done to the T with the best of care and medical advice.
This picture was taken 3 days ago. It's a vastly different scenario today now with an oxygen monitor to make sure levels don't drop to the danger zone and trying to keep blood sugar levels down.
If I disappear from this site, it's because I probably died from a broken heart.

Oh, no HT, I pray your sister is OK if that is what you were referring to in your post. 
 
I know that low O2 sats and high sugar levels are often things I see in infections, and not just Covid. 
I pray that your sister and family have the strength to get through...

Thank you Fisherlady. We are aware of the possibility of infection. Both my wife and daughter are nurses. Her primary doctor gave a covid test on the suspicion. Now we wait.
I'm heading to get tested in a few minutes

No matter what the test results are I hope that medication and TLC get it taken care of, for the whole family's sake. It is a scary time for any illness right now....