Re: Nobody wants us recreating near their small Sierra town
Posted: Mon May 11, 2020 6:26 pm
I don't think that is still the situation. 8 weeks of lock down SIP has given mountain communities time to figure out how to move forward once things open back up. Just look at any of the mountain county websites and one will see detailed thorough work and planning being done. There was never an expectation of continuing to keep things locked down beyond a short few weeks although there have been plenty trying to hijack the flattening the curve to that end.
Not only in Sierra communities but everywhere in the state and nation, businesses have been brainstorming with a passion for ways to keep their employees and customers safe. Due to lack of testing and lack of PPE we are still at a less than ideal level, however several weeks have helped enormously versus where we were early March. And importantly, most of we citizens have learned how to play the social distancing game including how to do so going into stores, workplaces, and whatever. That noted, it is also true it will be impossible while the virus is active without a vaccine and treatments, to return to many indoor pursuits we enjoyed in the past like in restaurants, bars, sporting events, and other high density gregarious activities. And in terms of outdoor mountain recreation, yes there are obviously going to be impacts to those used to lodging and or dense car camping with an umbilical cord to local mountain communities. For we more independent backpackers and hikers, not so much.
Weeks from now if the second wave is indeed horrible that I personally expect, we won't be able to regret opening up now because that has never been a practical option given otherwise even more catastrophic economic and employment damage with civilization in chaos and anarchy. There seem to be significant numbers now that have risen up in protest of additional lock down measures because as noted the flattening the curve strategy has been somewhat hijacked by those many now wanting that to continue. In other words many of those whining about opening up too slowly also seem to have forgot that the lock down was only going to be temporary because the hijackers and their media have gotten in their face. Sorry folks but that is and has always been a formula for disaster and is not on the table for discussion despite some politicians and their media puppets joining that camp for their obvious election agendas. That is also why our now locked thread became unproductive because there were members on both sides that had lost sight of the original 2 month flattening the curve goal.
Not only in Sierra communities but everywhere in the state and nation, businesses have been brainstorming with a passion for ways to keep their employees and customers safe. Due to lack of testing and lack of PPE we are still at a less than ideal level, however several weeks have helped enormously versus where we were early March. And importantly, most of we citizens have learned how to play the social distancing game including how to do so going into stores, workplaces, and whatever. That noted, it is also true it will be impossible while the virus is active without a vaccine and treatments, to return to many indoor pursuits we enjoyed in the past like in restaurants, bars, sporting events, and other high density gregarious activities. And in terms of outdoor mountain recreation, yes there are obviously going to be impacts to those used to lodging and or dense car camping with an umbilical cord to local mountain communities. For we more independent backpackers and hikers, not so much.
Weeks from now if the second wave is indeed horrible that I personally expect, we won't be able to regret opening up now because that has never been a practical option given otherwise even more catastrophic economic and employment damage with civilization in chaos and anarchy. There seem to be significant numbers now that have risen up in protest of additional lock down measures because as noted the flattening the curve strategy has been somewhat hijacked by those many now wanting that to continue. In other words many of those whining about opening up too slowly also seem to have forgot that the lock down was only going to be temporary because the hijackers and their media have gotten in their face. Sorry folks but that is and has always been a formula for disaster and is not on the table for discussion despite some politicians and their media puppets joining that camp for their obvious election agendas. That is also why our now locked thread became unproductive because there were members on both sides that had lost sight of the original 2 month flattening the curve goal.