It's being widely reported that a "tidal wave" of New Yorkers are buying property in Connecticut to escape the wrath of Covid 19:
Even as Connecticut towns endure continuing tragedy in their communities, the coronavirus...
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This is somewhat ironic because Connecticut has been hard hit and yesterday recorded the highest number of fatalities since April 24, which marked the most deaths in one day. Some Yale researchers are opining that CT is about 4 weeks away from the peak and cases will not decline until 6-12 weeks.
Meanwhile there is a huge political fight over the phased reopening of CT restaurants starting May 20, when restaurants with outdoor dining will open and all customers must weak masks except when shoveling food in mouth and must maintain social distance. Governor Lamont has suggested indoor dining will not begin until late June with social distancing blueprints and guidelines are being given to restaurants on how to space out their operations. I know of at least one local restaurant that has spent enormous time and money redesigning and reorganizing it's dining area so that it is "socially distancing appropriate."
A lot of restaurants are getting financially hammered and for them, these measures go too far and the indoor dining ops are not opening fast enough. Some others have criticized Lamont for moving too quickly on this. There seems to be a crossfire on this with Lamont in the middle. His suggestions seem reasonable, but I personally find the idea of dining while wearing a mask to be objectively bizarre and weird, and I am going to stick to takeout for now.
We are also being required to wear masks in Court and jury trials are still suspended and probably will be until 2021. The biggest problem is the jury rooms. They are fucking tiny and meant to be crammed full of people in sardine like fashion. The Courts here just were not built for this. The result is jury cases will drag out endlessly. Advantage to insurance companies.