I ran by two houses throwing parties today ?

How does a house throw a party? If you think you saw this happening, you were probably on drugs and hallucinating.

All that is out the door now that it’s ok to gather by the hundreds to riot.

LoneStarXC wrote:

See title. I ran by TWO houses throwing parties IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC. One was kids’ birthday party (probably); there were little kids in party hats running around in the front, parents sitting on lawn chairs. No masks. And kids don’t get social distancing or hygiene; they’re going to be picking their noses, hugging their friends, and spitting on the birthday cake when blowing out candles.

The other party wasn’t actually in progress, but there was a giant sign in front of a house that said “Welcome to Abby’s Sweet 16 Bash!”. So it probably took place last night or will happen tonight.

Seriously, why are people throwing parties during a pandemic!? Do they literally not care about potentially spreading a virus that’s killing people? ?

Don't be a sheep.

Yes. This is insane that there are a few people who don't realize that thousands of people rioting is a bit more dangerous than some innocent kids getting together.

lone star huh?

just went to a pool party yesterday haha

Elvin wrote:

How does a house throw a party? If you think you saw this happening, you were probably on drugs and hallucinating.

Lol, poor choice of wording on my part. ?

My new next door neighbors had a party today.

Smoker cooking food in the driveway.

Four or five extra cars parking down the narrow street. Kids running around.

Star wrote:

My new next door neighbors had a party today.

Smoker cooking food in the driveway.

Four or five extra cars parking down the narrow street. Kids running around.

No one in my building has thrown any parties (yet). Hoping it stays that way.

The purpose of these drastic measures over the past 3 months has been to not overwhelm hospitals. Hospitals aren’t overwhelmed. There is less than a half percent fatality rate. The elderly, obese, and those with existing health conditions are at risk. Most of us are ready go to back to a semblance of our normal lives. Yes, we should be more careful, wash our hands more, not touch our face, practice social distancing in public. But it’s time to move on with our lives.

HospitalsArentOverwhelmed wrote:

The purpose of these drastic measures over the past 3 months has been to not overwhelm hospitals. Hospitals aren’t overwhelmed. There is less than a half percent fatality rate. The elderly, obese, and those with existing health conditions are at risk. Most of us are ready go to back to a semblance of our normal lives. Yes, we should be more careful, wash our hands more, not touch our face, practice social distancing in public. But it’s time to move on with our lives.

It’s NOT just the elderly; children can develop Kawasaki-like symptoms from coronavirus infection. It’s called MIS-C, and causes multiple organs to become inflamed (including the lungs, heart, brain, GI tract...).

Plus, even if you survive COVID, patients may be left with lasting lung and organ damage (from severe infections). Young people are at a lower risk, but by no means safe.

LoneStarXC wrote:

See title. I ran by TWO houses throwing parties IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC. One was kids’ birthday party (probably); there were little kids in party hats running around in the front, parents sitting on lawn chairs. No masks. And kids don’t get social distancing or hygiene; they’re going to be picking their noses, hugging their friends, and spitting on the birthday cake when blowing out candles.

The other party wasn’t actually in progress, but there was a giant sign in front of a house that said “Welcome to Abby’s Sweet 16 Bash!”. So it probably took place last night or will happen tonight.

Seriously, why are people throwing parties during a pandemic!? Do they literally not care about potentially spreading a virus that’s killing people? ?

Terrible, considering all the young kids who have gotten sick and died from this!! Oh ... wait ...

Give it up. 20 times as many children will die of the flu than from Covid-19 related causes.

LoneStarXC wrote:

See title. I ran by TWO houses throwing parties IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC. One was kids’ birthday party (probably); there were little kids in party hats running around in the front, parents sitting on lawn chairs. No masks. And kids don’t get social distancing or hygiene; they’re going to be picking their noses, hugging their friends, and spitting on the birthday cake when blowing out candles.

The other party wasn’t actually in progress, but there was a giant sign in front of a house that said “Welcome to Abby’s Sweet 16 Bash!”. So it probably took place last night or will happen tonight.

Seriously, why are people throwing parties during a pandemic!? Do they literally not care about potentially spreading a virus that’s killing people? ?

Second one was probably just one of those things where people drive by and honk their horns. Had it been an actual party there would have been no need for a sign explaining it was a party.

People want to live their lives again.

You are much more likely to be killed in a car accident than you are by some strange Wuhan respiratory virus. Does that stop you from driving?

Germs/diseases have been around for the entirety of human history.

Govt. imposed lockdowns never work well for anyone except the elite and the super wealthy. Most people cannot afford to stop living life and just do nothing.

If you think they should, then you are massively privileged and should consider yourself lucky.

Count your blessings and maybe just let people do as they wish. If you have loved ones that are immuno-compromised, take steps to protect them. Spoiler alert, not everyone is at risk of being affected by this virus AT ALL...

LoneStarXC wrote:

Seriously, why are people throwing parties during a pandemic!? Do they literally not care about potentially spreading a virus that’s killing people? ?

I see you are well on your way to becoming that crazy cat lady that lobs cats at anyone that gets close to her.

Have you not been following the news and seen how it's been shown the mortality rate of the coronavirus according to the WHO is now 0.26% and likely dropping once they bothered to actually do a bit of population sampling? Or the news that a large number of the coronavirus "deaths" in the US were faked by the doctors under order of the CDC so they could collect more sweet federal money?

I had a pizza party yesterday. For myself. If you had run by and I knew you, I might have said 'Hey, come and have a slice

Pandemic fear mongering is over my friend. People are out in the streets all over the country in close contact protesting and rioting. Get over it.

Rhodium Nights wrote:

People want to live their lives again.

You are much more likely to be killed in a car accident than you are by some strange Wuhan respiratory virus. Does that stop you from driving?

Germs/diseases have been around for the entirety of human history.

Govt. imposed lockdowns never work well for anyone except the elite and the super wealthy. Most people cannot afford to stop living life and just do nothing.

If you think they should, then you are massively privileged and should consider yourself lucky.

Count your blessings and maybe just let people do as they wish. If you have loved ones that are immuno-compromised, take steps to protect them. Spoiler alert, not everyone is at risk of being affected by this virus AT ALL...

Going to work with precautions in place (masks, enough distancing) =/= throwing a random party

There is more than life than sheltering in place because you're scared of the big bad world out there. At a certain point the opportunity cost of stopping your whole life and doing nothing become way too high. That opportunity cost is this: Poor mental and physical health for you and your children (kids need social interaction hello!!), poor financial health if you can't work, and fractured relationships with every single person you care about because you don't see them anymore.

After a month or two of lockdowns, these costs are waaaay too high for most average families to bear. So they accept the risks and they move on with their lives and return to normalcy.

You do realize that in an URBAN economy, like the 21st century world, that long term social distancing is literally impossible don't you?! People are in close quarters all the time, our society is built that way and for good reason. We are social animals and we need constant social interaction or we go insane.

Do you really not grasp how untenable social distancing really is?!?

Only the elite and super wealthy and afford to live a "socially distanced" existence. These people don't care about the lockdown because it doesn't affect them.

I am astounded that you don't have more empathy for average people whose lives have been shattered by this lockdown. over 40% of the MILLIONS of jobs are gone FOREVER...this is a catastrophe.