Cape SportsPlex closed temporarily due to employee testing positive for COVID-19

Be Best the Cape Girardeau, MO City Hall Change Public Health Policy to Wear a Mask, Life, Health & Safety, and Close all Public Buildings, until the HVAC System is cleaned by UV Lighting and install UV Lighting in the HVAC System, I thought Cape Girardeau City Hall had smart people? Be Best go to Science-Based way of Cleaning and Keeping Voters, Taxpayers, Citizens Safe

If you've been there lately, you'll see no precautions at the events. So don't be surprised if this does become a hot spot. But neither does most of Cape.

I have not heard our City leaders, i.e. Mayor, Councilmen/women, Chamber, give any kind of advice or recommendations to try to keep our City safe.

Agree with above comments ....we are obviously headed for another close down...still no warnings about the seriousness of not wearing a mask and distancing ...(except for Jon Rust) since the beginning ...we're seeing what's happening to other states...what will it take? Tired of hearing weak excuses for not being safe...personally I want to live.

Sorry John, but pushing out information isn't the same as taking actions. I see Chamber businesses where precautions aren't observed. Even members aren't masked at your own gatherings or appearing in public. They aren't even good examples for the community. And I doubt if businesses are being seriously encouraged to follow guidelines--they obviously are not.

Hi John,I don't want to get into a debate with you but I will defend myself to a certain degree. I did not get any information regarding stay safe in my mail. I do have a computer but you must realize there are a lot of people in CG who don't. When is it the media's responsibility to give us safety guidelines. I do take the newspaper (Jon Rust has done more than any city official) and I watch KFVS. Just from my observation the city officials have been more worried about the Revenue for CG than the health of its citizens. I didn't know about the 10,000 masks you handed out; that is great. I hope you handed some out at the food pantries.

We went driving around cape yesterday and were shocked how people were gathering and acting as if this were over! Downtown was crazy with people in groups (no masks) Arena was flooded with people in the stands and else where (no mask). Looks to us like the people are not taking it seriously. I had no idea about web sites. A lot of older people do not. Also not on Facebook. I hope Cape is smart enough to shut down when needed. Sooner than later.

Wow John... that’s all I can say. It's fine if you or the rest of the chamber decide that you do not want to wear masks because we still live in a free country. I also understand that not everyone believes this is a real problem but I can't do anything about that. But to close out your post with a glib comment about smoking to deflect how you are handling this issue is troubling to me. I agree no one should smoke but a lot of people do and this pandemic is a more pressing problem now than whether someone smokes. If someone smokes and I don't want to be exposed to it there are indicators that I can assess to determine my course of action. Cigarette in their hand. Bilious clouds of smoke coming out of their mouth, and in most cases I am going into a place where they allow smoking so I can make an informed decision. If someone contracts COVID-19 I have very few clues that tell me they have it, until it might be too late. You should know better and you should respond better. There are a lot of people out here that are worried and now is not the time to be cute. We’ve been very lucky that for the most part that this pandemic has not impacted us the way it has other areas. But think about how it spreads and how 1 person can infect dozens. I am hopeful that the person that tested positive recovers and that he or she did not pass it on. But I am also hopeful that you truly understand that some people might take this a bit more seriously than you appear to.

Was it this hard to get people to wear seat belts or have car insurance or to quit drinking and driving.

Common sense people not politics!

Understand what you are saying Turtle but maybe we need to have some fear at this point if that's what it will take...I'm more fearful now than when we first became aware of this virus....it was so unbelievable most of us didn't take seriously. I'm over that age that is worrisome and I still work in the public ...so I do wear a mask so much I'm one of those thst people make fun of because I'm driving with my mask because I forget I'm wearing it. Not aimed at you at all but I don't smoke nor am I afraid of "catching" smoking if I come into contact with one who does.

Try as Jon Rust might to encourage people to do the right thing, the truth is that the elderly, co-morbid and others are being consigned to thumbs down de facto death panels in order to preserve the priority of economic over public health interests.

According to the article there are around 60 cases in Cape County which has a population of around 79000 people. I think that's 99.924 percent of the county that doesn't have the virus. Wearing a mask is a choice and if you're elderly or have a comorbidity then be careful going out and wear a mask. Also it seems irresponsible to talk about shutting down again when we've seen the terrible damage that has caused the country. Businesses can't survive for long at 25 percent capacity. People need jobs to provide for their families and pay mortgages.

Oh sure, let's shut down Cape again because someone has a positive case of the disease associated with the coronavirus. Still trying to wrap my mind around that statement. Not sure what "associated" means exactly. However, just more fear being spread about a virus that has a VERY low death rate. We have yet to see the repercussions of the the economic shut down we jumped into months ago. The media's along with our government and scientist have yet to get it right in my opinion. I have but one life to live and I refuse to allow this virus to put a hold on it. Mask deprive me of needed oxygen as it does for most people. They are seldom cleaned and they spread more fear. Y'all go ahead and let fear consume you but please don't tread on my freedom of choice. What has affected most people more then this virus is the fact that they cannot pay their bills. The six hundred dollars the fed is giving folks who are on unemployment benefits will see that run out very soon. Many of them do not want to go back to work as they are making upwards around three thousand a month if they receive full benefits in Missouri. Even more in states that have higher maximum benefits. What do you think will happen when thousands cannot pay their bills and mortgages due to no jobs and their unemployment runs out? This nonsense has to stop sometime or we will all suffer dearly, much more then we have to date. I would also add, this virus has become more of a political issue then a health issue it seems. In short, I believe much of this is hurting us socially, economically and emotionally. I also believe that we will feel the pain from these things and they will,and have, outweighed the virus itself. Hey, but this is just my opinion and my CHOICE!

Jackson Walmart employee tested positive but store employees not to talk about it keep it secret.... good job Walmart!

Greywolf...amen.

Jackson Walmart employee tested positive but store employees not to talk about it keep it secret.... good job Walmart!

the truth is that the elderly, co-morbid and others are being consigned to thumbs down de facto death panels in order to preserve the priority of economic over public health interests -- Posted by stevemosley on Sun, Jun 28, 2020, at 2:06 PM

There's a common panic-demic response. The charge that valuing money over life is a complete false narrative pinned on those who disagree with socialist democrats like Steve. The fact is that people like Steve don't value life any more than those who don't wear masks. Here's the "science and data" that proves that:

The most conservative estimates on the cost of Covid-19 to the US is around $8 TRILLION dollars. Some say it is higher. Let's go with $8 TRILLION though. Divide that by 108,000 US Covid deaths (CDC on June 24th) and you get a cost per Covid death of $74 MILLION. Keep that number in mind... 108,000 deaths at a cost of $74 MILLION per death.

Cancer... estimated deaths at 606,000 this year. Cost of cancer to US (cancer.org) is around $80.2 billion this year. Do that math... $80.2 BILLION divided by 606,000 deaths equals $132,000 per cancer death.

So why don't we shut down the country over cancer deaths that are 6 times higher than Covid? Why don't we spend $48 TRILLION to stop cancer vs. the $8 TRILLION to stop Covid? Do you people not value life?

Remember... so far the "value" of a Covid life is $74 million. The value of a cancer life is $132,000.

$74,000,000 vs. $132,000.

Don't let democrats like Steve try and shame you into the "if you don't shut down the economy and spend endless dollars then you don't value life" argument. Apparently they don't value life any more than you or they'd be rasing all kinds of protests over cancer deaths. But they aren't.