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  1. Hello, Atlanta ladies. Does anyone have a recommendation for an OB-GYN in the Atlanta area that is NOT at Northside? I am looking for a good doctor I feel comfortable with, nothing out of the ordinary. Live in Dunwoody but will happily drive further away for a gooddoctor. Thanks!

  2. I am absolutely floored by the commenters this morning who want things to “get back to normal” even if there is still community spread of COVID-19. Do you not understand how viral transmission works?

    (1) If we re-enter society with a few hundred cases circulating in each city, we will be exactly where we were mid-March. There will be massive viral transmission, a spike in cases, and we will have to do this all over again.

    (2) Have you not seen news reports of how this disease is killing *many perfectly healthy* people in their thirties and forties? And news reports indicating that even in survivors, the virus may cause long-term damage? I know people — healthy, young, active people with no underlying health conditions — who appear to be experiencing significant lung damage after the virus has long left their bodies.

    (3) Many epidemiologists are now regretting using the phrase “flatten the curve.” Now that we understand how deadly this virus really is–and it is very deadly–the point ABSOLUTELY IS to stop most people from getting sick. And to do that, we likely need to maintain social distancing until July. Yes, it sucks. The alternative is *many* people that you know and love dying.

    I find the lack of analytical ability here so unbelievably upsetting. If educated people here can’t muster the patience to hold out until July or August–when all the cases are actually gone–then our country is doomed.

    1. I find YOUR lack of analytical ability more than upsetting. The Dunning-Kruger effect is in full effect here. Signed: an actual expert.

    2. I don’t know how we make it until July or August on lockdown without people dying in the streets of starvation or full on riots…it sounds like no one you know is in the situation where they are seriously worried about how to feed their family, but that’s not the case for most Americans who as of January some 70% didn’t have $400 of cash for an emergency and who are scrambling right now when they have been laid off/furloughed indefinitely and there are no available means to pick up income and the government assistance is no where near sufficient.

    3. Then what’s your end game? You said “while there’s still community spread”- is there any reason to believe that won’t be a factor in July? Or November? Or next April? Do you really think that’s sustainable? It’s not just work (though that’s certainly important if you, like most people you don’t spend much time thinking about, can’t work from home); it’s family and rituals and dreams and religion and sex and just plain life.

      People die every day, and it’s a sad thing. But at some point, we accept risks.

      1. Did you all miss the part where I said, “If we don’t do this until July [when models are showing U.S. cases will be down to near-zero] we. will. have. to. do. this again?”

        Which will cause further pain, suffering, and economic damage–particularly to people who are already hurting financially? Why on earth would you take from that statement that I don’t care thinking about people who can’t from home? My goodness.

    4. People, people, people. Take a chill pill! We are all locked down, but trying to cope. Some people might know more then others, but let’s be nice about it. We are all in it together, and we should NOT have to have Kat come in and moderate our temper’s. When we are over this and back to normal, we can look back and laugh and see how silly we were. Let’s look forward, not backward. OK? Thanks!

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