Except we don’t have big green lights above peoples heads saying they are infected so acting like you might be is a measure that makes sense just like not driving when you are drunk. The difference is when I’m drunk and I crash I may only harm a handful of people. But if I’m infected it might end up being hundreds.
I think it’s a good idea right now period. Waiting until you have a lot of cases seems to defeat some of the purpose. Why not be proactive? “I’ll start taking measures to reduce the spread once my town has a ton of cases instead of a few” doesn’t seem like the right play here.
Yeah. After taking all of the precautions, trying to do the right thing and instill the value of good and correct actions in my son, but being called a coward and told by assholes that only got mad when the bars got shuttered that I’m the problem and need to stay home, go fuck myself, hide in the basement, what ever,
I’m going to just start swinging for the fences on people.
There is not a single soul that would ever talk any of this kind of shit to my face, but put them on a message board or Facebook and all of the sudden they get those big internet balls.
It’s actually only by God’s grace and the help of a very skilled therapist that I haven’t done this or run into any of the real shit talkers IRL yet.
You’re not wrong lol! I was just thinking about the conception everyone has that “scientific research” is super well funded and shiny new labs, etc. People don’t realize how much of most labs is held together by duct tape because they have a vision of CSI lol.
It’s also the fact that I’m 100% for the economy being back open as fast as possible. Always have been. I hate this shit just as much as anyone. And I absolutely know how important things going back to normal is for the nation. Which seems like all the reason to do things to prevent the spread of this shit. But all the people who said we can’t shut down and protested the shutdowns are now the same people saying “well a mask while buying hamburger at the store is annoying fuck that.”
The other difference is that if you are drunk and driving a car you pose an immediate threat to people around you, with masks it’s not really comparable. Not only is the WHO is saying that if you have no symptoms there it is very unlikely you can infect other people, but most of Canada was able to get the virus under control without mandatory masks. I just don’t think it’s a good analogy.
But some places have no cases at all, where is the risk? Do you walk around with a bullet proof vest too?
I think a big difference exists between no cases at all and saying if you live in an area with a lot of cases of course wear a mask. If you’re in a state that has 0 cases I think that is much different scenario than being in Missouri and saying you know we don’t have nearly the amount of cases as California so we shouldn’t wear masks until we get a lot of cases.
Right now at least in America it makes zero sense to not err on the side of caution.
As good as it might feel, no one ever responded well to being told they’re an ignorant asshole.
… Actually, fuck it. They aren’t changing their ignorant, simple minds anyways, and you need to not bottle in emotions for your hearts sake. Swing for the fucking fences. Do it for the Gipper.
Maybe they should wear masks around other people, quarantining for 14 days might not be a bad idea too but I’m sure they won’t be into that. If you know they might be infected then you should keep your distance, but then when they go out in public places there is no way for other people to know they might be infected.
I actually think that restricting travel between cities and states/provinces is not a bad idea right now. Some provinces in Canada did that, but cities could do that too. You have places like Toronto and Windsor where most of the cases in Ontario are, if they really want to stop the spread of the virus then why should people be travelling back and forth between there and other towns just for fun or to visit friends? Unless it’s for the purpose of providing some sort of essential service I don’t see the urgent need to travel right now.
The biggest single disease in America is way to many people don’t mind their own business, but definitely mind your business. There is a word for it that escapes me, concussion repercussions.
I reckon as long as your judging someone else you don’t have to look at yourself. If someone wants to were a mask and social distance at a stoplight with their car, what the hell do I care?
Sure, they can take vitamin D. Or they can go get tested, but quarantine isn’t going to help unless they are actually sick. You can be in a ‘hot spot’ and not know anyone, who knows anyone, who got covid.
My problem is that there is widespread misrepresentation about the numbers and too many fraudulent positives rendering ‘case numbers’ unreliable.
If they want to… We have a problem called ‘Liberty’. When all this first hit, like most people I was shocked and terrified and willing to comply. Then the erosion of our rights, particularly our 1st amendment rights were… are still being trampled on and I said, “Wait a damn minute!” Then the riots hit and all these experts said that it was cool for BLM to do it, but nobody else can… That’s when I flipped.
My logic was 'Well if you can gather together in mass and march and scream and break shit, but you tell me I cannot go to church… something is wrong with this picture."
At that point I decided, I will do what I do. I will be respectful to others and businesses, but I don’t give a shit about covid anymore. Come what may…
I am just glad the gym is open.
The point of the query was to illustrate that people can go from a hotspot a thousand miles away and be home in a place much less active in a matter of hours.
The whole sunbelt down through the gulf was enjoying a pretty charmed existence for a while, then restrictions were lifted and Boom!
Sure, migration is the number one spreader of any disease. But this disease has been weaponized as a political missile and the info is unreliable at best.
I don’t think it’s a good idea to make life altering decisions based on bad data or unreliable data at best. I don’t trust the data at this point.
