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Old Mar 18, 2020 | 01:00 PM
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Default Re: How has the Covid-19 virus affected you?

Originally Posted by onehundred80
No trouble finding a chair on the beach there.
It’s got to be tough taking that view in every day.
I've only done the Alabama thing for three years, but I'm a native Floridian. If Puerto Rico is anything like 'us', (yes, I'm still a Floridian!) they've closed the beaches and that is why you don't see a soul. So unfortunately someone would come along and upset your serenity if you tried to find any inner-peace on your beach chair. Life is stupid. They closed Miami Beach 3 days ago it seems. I believe Monday is the day they closed the 3 public beaches in Key West. In Florida Governor DeSantis has less-strict state rules he's implemented but localities are free to become as draconian as they wish. In Miami Beach there is an 11PM curfew. In Key West they closed all the bars and restaurant dining rooms. Only restaurants with drive-thru or take-away service or delivery can be open for business. I believe Saturday was the final day cruise ships were allowed to dock. So many locals are in the service industry catering to tourists and they are mostly out of a job and therefore a paycheck now. That is my concern for the public well-being, probably even greater than the threat of a virus as most of those people were just scraping by week to week. I'm one of those people who can be and are working from home but not everyone is that lucky. No one is talking about it but this will soon become a MAJOR issue because it seems like these forced shut-downs will continue for months.