Good Lord, Kathy...
My original post was two sentences and you still didn't read it?
Acute care facilities hardly fall into that category, do they?
Purchasing limits is not the same as rationing.
Just because a few stores ( Aldi's in this case ) limited purchases did not stop you from going to another store to buy the same item, did it?
Rationing is done on a national/federal level.
Exactly... Minor inconveniences. You found it "uncomfortable" and, collectively, people are losing their damned minds. Lord, help us when we face a real and prolonged crisis like the great depression or a world war.
I'm calling a spade a spade.
Of course I read it. We live in basically the same area and I respect you enough to pay attention to what you are saying instead of blowing you off.
Rationing occurs at any level where there is a restriction on purchases, not just at the national/federal level.
And SAMs and Wallyworld called what they were doing "rationing."
I don't know what it is like for other people but most medical offices are still rationing care by only seeing patients by teleconference, a few people on this forum have said they are having trouble getting their prescriptions filled, etc.
I call a spade a spade as well. I listed my discomfort ... not the fact that I was losing my crap over how things were which is the broad brush you were painting with. And we've always knowns that a prolonged crisis makes most people come unglued. You've been in Florida long enough to have witnessed it multiple times. That's not news. But "most" is not "all" people.
We ( generally speaking ) are a nation of pussies who can't go any time at all without small inconveniences.
What I may find a small inconvenience because I have deeper pockets or more resources to access is not saying that the exact same issues might not be a SNAFU, FUBAR, disaster, or EOTWATKI for others. I'm not going to categorize everyone with a crudity like that.
I will not wear a mask. My choice. My right. Nor am I going to go around and be held accountable by other people to build their wall for them to keep them safe from Covid19. If someone is that fragile then they need to stay home and stop having the expectation that other people can be used in some fashion.
I am not calling this a hoax, but the two-faced nonsense that some people are spouting about their right to take away other people's rights is getting to the point of ridiculous rationalization. You know what the numbers are here in Florida. At best the CFR is a thousandth of a percent for our state population. Not one percent, not a tenth or a hundredth of a percent ... a thousandth of a percent. Our state has still experienced significantly more seasonal flu deaths than covid19 deaths even with the number games the WHO and CDC play.
As for some hypothetical second wave, there's nothing but fear mongering. There's no proof of any kind of traditional "wave" behavior in this virus. The only "wave" will be from their suppression methods when everyone has to come out of the hermitically sealed bubbles people imagine they somehow have a right to exist in.
People need to have some courage. And some commonsense for their personal behavior ... don't go french kissing the guy with TB, wear a condom and be in a monogamous relationship to avoid STDs, if you have COPD give up the cigs, if you are a 14 year old white girl don't go snogging the muzzie, etc. I shouldn't have to wear a mask because other people have TB, or the flu, or whatever if that is my choice. You don't quarantine healthy people.