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On Sun, 19 Apr 2020 17:53:19 -0500, amdx wrote:

On 4/18/2020 8:40 AM, wrote:
On Sat, 18 Apr 2020 08:53:50 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:

On 4/18/20 1:10 AM, wrote:
On Fri, 17 Apr 2020 21:22:43 -0400, Alex wrote:

Bill wrote:
Keyser Soze wrote:
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is allowing some beaches in northern Florida
to reopen, The Associated Press reported on Friday, even though the
state has continued to see an increase in coronavirus cases.

As of Friday, Florida had reported over 24,000 cases of the virus and
nearly 700 deaths.

DeSantis, who initially left it up to local officials to close their
beaches and other establishments, said at a news conference on Friday
that some counties could start reopening their beaches if they wanted,
adding that it was important for people to get fresh air, the AP reported.

"Do it in a good way," DeSantis said. "Do it in a safe way."
As long as social distancing is done, what is different than going out to
walk the neighborhood?

Northern FL is far less affected than southern FL, too.

Particularly in the pan handle but I doubt Harry has ever actually
been there

More imagining on your part. Your incorrect conjuring never ends.

So tell us about your extensive travel on the Florida pan handle
beaches.
If they want to keep the beaches closed in Broward and Dade, I can
understand it but up on the north gulf coast? Why? For that matter it
really doesn't even make that much sense here. Most of the beaches are
deserted at this time of year and social distancing is not a problem.

They were slow to close the beaches in Panama City Beach. We had a
bunch of college kids here from out of state, which I thought was
stupid. But it ended up not seeming to bring it here. We now have about
40 cases with a pop of 185k in the county. First reported case was a guy
that came from Texas.
Our cases seem to be spread out a bit around the county, so I suspect
multiple sources.
Mikek

When you toss the one near a cruise ship port, the beaches turned out
to be pretty safe. The zip codes near the gulf beaches have the lowest
counts in those counties. The pan handle counties are all pretty low
as soon as you get away from the Alabama border where the NOLA people
came to stay with friends.
There is a leaked government report saying bright sunlight kills this
virus pretty fast so maybe that explains low rates at the beach.
Things you touch are probably pretty safe if they say in the sun a
while since the last infection. (Beach chairs, coolers etc). The sand
itself and the salt water should be fine.