COVID-19\\: East TN

There are over 1,200 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the State of TN, 33 confirmed in Knoxville, and 5 confirmed in Jefferson City where I live...  this increase took place in less than 10 days...  and, the last time I was out and about, no one was protecting themselves at all unless you were coming into a hospital...

How STUPID is stupid?

Of course, that is a rhetorical question.

I two weeks, I have been out-of-the-house twice, once to get gasoline and wore gloves to pump the gas but no face mask since there was no one else within 10 feet of me and then to the Hospital's Cancer Center for my monthly treatment where I wore a face mask and gloves but no one else was except nurses who greeted everyone in the lobby.

NOT EVEN THE CHEMO NURSES WORE FACE MASKS AND/OR GLOVES...

Some patients wore face masks but took them off when they saw no one else was wearing one...  and, I am reminded of Forrest Gump's mother saying:  "STUPID IS AS STUPID DOES..."

For the next two weeks, I will go NOWHERE except to see a Urologist for the first time because my PSA count doubled since last year which is an indication of possible cancer in the prostate...  hopefully, that is not the case, but I requested the appointment as soon as I heard my numbers from my primary physician...

At my age (72) and with two types of cancers already in my body, I don't want to take any chances of let's wait and see...