Our freeway signs are saying wear masks, but I haven’t received an alert. I think government officials who opened early are regretting it and trying to back up quickly. I suspect parts of CA will follow as well. 🙁

I have never Seen an alert like that. I would go to your governors website. All covid recommendations/orders should be there.

I'm in New Mexico. When the stay at home orders first went into place, we did get those alerts. We haven't had one for a long time.

Tina, what the governor says and what local authorities have said or put in place are different. I am 60 miles from Austin and their orders are different from ours. It is a very liberal city with a liberal mayor. I think that obviously makes each county/city different. It is weird.

The problem is there is no uniform orders that cover a state (or the country). Your alert came from a city government. My closest city, Tampa, mandated mask wearing before the county it is within did. Two counties nearby mandated masks, but another hasn’t. Your alert is probably a suggestion, not an order.

We have not received such an alert, but that's pretty much the identical message given in a Harris County press release within the past day or so, and I would not be surprised if the alert you received is legit. Abbott is finally admitting that the state reopened too quickly.

I would check your county's website over the state. Our health officer is for the county and she kept my county closed after the rest of the state started opening up.

Thanks you guys. I know it is legit. Bunny, I went to the county website (should have said county and not city) and it says the same thing as the alert. I was just trying to figure out if it is a suggestion or an alert. (thanks Maddie).

Ida, yeah Abbott is not doing us any favors. At least he admiitted his fault.

Just saw this (below). I can’t wrap my mind around them doing this. I know it shouldn’t surprise me, but still.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/27/trump-campaign-stickers-social-distancing-tulsa-video

I haven’t received any alerts.

The removal of those stickers was an abhorrent act. And possibly a murderous one as well. Stupid, stupid idiots!

Ida, that is shocking! What is going in this country/state etc?????

Jinx, pretty much nothing surprises me anymore. We have seen so much that it is almost expected. It is sad but true. One almost becomes immune. I am not immune but not in the least bit surprised (well maybe a little).

aktillery, I sure wish I could become immune as my blood pressure would be more stable.

btw and totally OT I watched Liar and Defending Jacob at your suggestion. Enjoyed them both immensely and got my mind off of current affairs for a number of hours :-)

That is great Marlene! Glad you enjoyed them.

I have tried to learn to expect the worst these days...just to keep myself prepared and if anything less that insane happens I feel better. lol

Real life imitates satirical comedy. Mindblowing stuff, innit?

What I meant to say was the website on the alert, which is a government site. But I was thinking of our state where all counties follow our governors mandates, other than I believe 6 counties. Interestingly, one

mod those counties reversed and is following the governor now. I believe it is our 6 largest counties that were allowed to make their own decisions.

We make at least one Idiocracy reference a day, in jest, of course, but there is a layer (or 14) of truth in damn near everything from that movie.

In April my mom's town in ct did send out alerts weekly revealing positive test results, number or deaths and reminders to stay home. Our area is doing very well now so no more alerts in her town. My town had almost zero public news releases(2 in the last 5 months) and we had three times the cases and deaths as my parents town. In your state you are seeing high numbers of new cases I would heed the message and start hunkering down when possible for now. Stay safe.

Sounds to me like a stay at home recommendation but not a legal order. Several states, including mine, are experiencing rapidly increasing cases and concerns over hospitalizations and capacity. Yesterday our governor approved orders from two counties for mandatory masks to try to slow the spread. I know governments are struggling to make the right choices weighing health and safety, economy, unemployment, liberties, etc and I don't envy that job. I wish my state would put out more notices about not gathering with people outside of household because I feel like that message has fallen by the wayside. It's not just interactions with strangers at stores, but gatherings outside of the household have an incredible ability to spread this virus since people are highly contagious several days before symptoms show. Hope everyone here stays safe and stays sane!

So, during our stay at home orders (quarantine).... the parking lot at my apartment complex would be full off cars and difficult to find a space to part. Now we are at our highest numbers ever with Covid and this is what it looks like now.

It scares me a bit.

Our state is now under a mandate to wear masks, but some counties have phased beyond the total shut down. Of course the covidiots are whining about wearing masks, but since the stores are now mandated to have everyone masked (shoppers and staff) those whiners are going to find it difficult to buy food or anything else unless they wear a mask (yay!).

The sheriff in the next county was filmed with a group of good old boys telling them to not be "sheep" (regarding wearing a mask). None of them was wearing one, no one was social distancing. I figure they're not going to have to worry about masks because they'll soon be wearing respirators or toe tags.

A tea shop (tea!) in a very, very liberal part of Seattle posted a sign that no one with a mask would be allowed in the shop without first removing their mask! People thought it must have been a joke, but it wasn't. The owner confirmed it to customers. Or former customers, I would guess. Now the shop is closed and the sign is gone. No one knows what's up.

I'm not signed up for alerts on my phone, but did see an alert on Next Door about the new total mask mandate.

I haven't gotten any alerts like that.

I hope it works and think that San Antonio should be commended for trying everything they can...

I specifically signed up for my county's alert system after too many fast-moving fires in California got me a bit paranoid about getting accurate and timely information during an emergency. So yes, I get similar notices, but I opted in. I don't know what, if anything, people who haven't opted in see in my area.

They sent out an alert like that for Harris County the other day when the alert level went to red. It has not been resent, at least not to me. We actually live outside Harris County where the county judge has said he will not issue any orders -- closures or masks. If the governor doesn't do it, it won't apply here, and the governor is doing more to keep things open and blame young adults (who mostly don't vote for him) and bars. I've seen the grocery store parking lot when I picked up groceries and the line waiting to go into Trader Joe's when we went during the senior hour. I've seen more mask on younger folks than I have middle aged, and that's not saying much.

We got those alerts toward the beginning of lockdown (early March). My province is down to 0 active cases but we are letting some vacationers in with the stipulation that they self-quarantine for 14 days - but no enforcement or follow up. So I expect we’ll have some more outbreaks soon. Too bad as I am loving being back out on the playgrounds and seeing friends and family.

I play it safe by wearing a mask, but I am not really that worried. I know the Covid positive tests counts are up, but the reports are not transparent. I know for a fact, in two people I know, one individual was counted twice and the other individual has been counted as three positive counts. So, those are two individuals, counted FIVE times! If I know of two individuals personally counted five times, it is happening all over. Also, one of the individuals I'm talking about, who was asymptomatic, had her boyfriend test also, he tested negative. If asymptomatic people were so contagious, there is no way he couldn't have gotten it. What I am hearing, is asymptomatic isn't as contagious, or even contagious at all. Still a lot of unknowns, but I truly believe it has been blown out of proportion. I do STILL believe, the older compromised and ALL (any age) people with comorbidities, should be very careful.

So, they should be counting positive INDIVIDUALS, instead of each positive test, to get a true count. But, they are not.

eta: I have had my family taking a multivitamin, vitamin D and melatonin for about 4 months now, to keep our immune systems up. My son doesn't take melatonin, since younger adults still have plenty in their immune system.

Yes, in Los Angeles county we got several alerts like this, but it was related to the curfew hours during the protest and riots a few weeks ago. The curfew hours changed daily and they usually had to send 2 alerts because the first one would have the incorrect information ...