Posted on 03/31/2020 7:55:41 AM PDT by C19fan
Cape Cod’s year-round residents, alarmed by an influx of out-of-state license plates amid the coronavirus outbreak, are petitioning for the shutdown of the Bourne and Sagamore bridges — to keep out vacation homeowners and avoid overwhelming their small hospitals.
A Change.org petition to close the bridges, which had nearly 5,000 signatures by Monday afternoon, states: “Stop the spread of covid-19 close the bridges. only year round residence, medical personnel. Trucks that deliver essential supplies. While we love our tourists and summer residents this is not the time to come to the cape, out hospital can’t handle it. We only have 2 small hospitals here on cape, and limited medical staff. keep the residences and elderly safe on cape.”
(Excerpt) Read more at bostonherald.com ...
Not all condo rules are the same. :)
“We’re in Upstate and have a summer place in Cape Cod. Are they saying we can’t get to our property. BS”
When were you thinking of going? When the infection hits where you are, now? You’re going to be in a mess, when you get there and find someone else living in it.
I am trying to figure out how there is any control over the spread of an epidemic with people traveling all over to their different “properties”.
It appears there won’t be.
When paranoia creeps in the violence is not far behind.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
BLOW THE BRIDGES ........ ! :-)
Too much ad’ bllsht jumping, crackling, popping, bouncing, rolling, scrolling I didn’t read it. Fk it.
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I pretty much only read the excerpt in FR and, of course the Freeper comments, unless I know it’s a half-way decent site.
So many sites these days suck so bad. It shows how stupid advertisers can be. Would you pay for an ad on a site that does what you describe, umping, crackling, popping, bouncing, rolling, scrolling???
I sure f*ing wouldn’t. Probably a bunch of 20 year olds doing all this stuff. A lot of ability, zero class, wisdom and judgement.
We don’t have a condo...it’s a little Cape House.
I’m in a pretty safe area. Just my daughter and hubby will go...but not for a couple months. Not worried about it.
We're not there, yet.
"Bill, the Yankees eliminated the Mariners 4-1 in '01, the last time the Mariners were in the playoffs."
(Thinks a moment. Eyes turn red.) Burn them. Burn them ALL!! Wait, not the Mets fans, they've suffered enough...
Ain’t that somethin’? The containment of the spread of infectious diseases has always been one of the fundamental reasons for a secure national border. Now that the infectious disease du jour (there have been others before, and there will be again) is coming to their cities, everyone wants to cast out anyone who ain’t from ‘round their parts. “Get ‘em out! Turn ‘em around! Don’t bring it here!”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3830188/posts?page=41#20
Condos, we were talking about condos.
Never mind.
You’re just guessing. They can’t keep you from your property.
Don’t step out of line or it’ll be a field day
PFFT!
Have a nice day.
You are correct but I understand the POV of the locals. Their year round stores are not set up to deal with a lot of temps now and the Cape is a pain to get to for deliveries. Same thing here on L.I.. the folks out east, the Hamptons and North Fork are in a similar situation and also having to deal with many more Manhattanites looking to escape. Though given that Suffolk County’s outbreak started on the North Fork it may not be as popular an escape as the Hamptons.
Amazing how this democrat paradise wants border control. F’em, f’in hypocrites.
I grew up in Ostervile and Centerville, was really an idyllic childhood. Stay healthy and blessings to you. Hope you get to go, but if not your home and the beach will still be there when this is over.
Like many tourist dependent communities, usually, businesses wait until teens get out of school to open.
Things are very different this year.
I grew up on the Cape, graduated from high school there. It is a unique place. There is one hospital ( Cape Cod hospital in Hyannis) and it is in no way equipped to take care of ICU patients. Of course people should be able to go if they wish, just don’t expect an ICU bed if you need one.
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