CarbonFiberJoe wrote:
CarbonFiberJoe wrote:
I'd like gatherings of more than 5 to be allowed again.
I was also planning to visit family in New York, which requires anyone entering to quarantine for 14 days. Perhaps people aren't actually following that.
Lol no one is following that as it isn't enforced at all.
Allen53 is the master of projection. He knows he is the ultimate sociopathic Narcissistic personality. Allen53 actually wants other people to suffer and die. He wants it...
Other guy wrote:
gghiggf678 wrote:
The only things closed are things most people won't do anyway. You could allow theatres to open. Ain't nobody going to go.
Schools?
Gyms?
Restaurants?
Indoor playgrounds?
Here is the extremely conservative northern virginia, i have gone to the gym and eaten in restaurants dozens of times over the last couple months.
i don't care about the other two as I am not a pediophile.
stan the corgi wrote:
Masks are fine. Distancing is fine. Shutting down businesses is asinine (like what the IDIOT governor of Pennsylvania did).
Masks aren't fine- they are useless, bad for one's health and dehumanizing.
People who believe that mask use for the general public is of any value are on the level of 16th century troglodytes who wore charms to ward off evil spirits.
Most people want to relax covid restrictions, but they don't want to get sick, die, or kill people.
Harambe wrote:
CarbonFiberJoe wrote:
Most people aren't that worried about Covid and just want to get back to life. But when pollsters ask they say they support the lockdowns and distancing laws because they don't want to look like heartless people who want to "kill grandma."
"People don't think like I want them to -- so they must be lying and actually agree with me!"
Clever
I think you just stated your whole approach to life. TROLL.
melo seeds wrote:
CarbonFiberJoe wrote:
I was also planning to visit family in New York, which requires anyone entering to quarantine for 14 days. Perhaps people aren't actually following that.
Lol no one is following that as it isn't enforced at all.
Lol good to know.
melo seeds wrote:
CarbonFiberJoe wrote:
I was also planning to visit family in New York, which requires anyone entering to quarantine for 14 days. Perhaps people aren't actually following that.
Lol no one is following that as it isn't enforced at all.
Though it isn't (as near as I know) being enforced, some people most definitely *are* following it anyway. Two people in my building left NYS to visit family and quarantined for two weeks when they returned.
Many of us in NY have lost friends/family/co-workers and are willing to take steps to reduce the chances of more deaths.
Allen53 wrote:
https://twitter.com/charlesbrew/status/1318557048846622720
This is fine as long as the rich and privileged like Roy can continue to participate in the virtue signaling event of a life time. They can remain precious in safely in their homes while the poor and underprivileged suffer. They are saving the life of a poor person's grandma by disinfecting groceries and wearing a mask in their car.
not a 1% er wrote:
Allen53 wrote:
https://twitter.com/charlesbrew/status/1318557048846622720This is fine as long as the rich and privileged like Roy can continue to participate in the virtue signaling event of a life time. They can remain precious in safely in their homes while the poor and underprivileged suffer. They are saving the life of a poor person's grandma by disinfecting groceries and wearing a mask in their car.
+1
Roys and Harambes are bloody murderous fear mongers.
not a 1% er wrote:
Allen53 wrote:
https://twitter.com/charlesbrew/status/1318557048846622720This is fine as long as the rich and privileged like Roy can continue to participate in the virtue signaling event of a life time. They can remain precious in safely in their homes while the poor and underprivileged suffer. They are saving the life of a poor person's grandma by disinfecting groceries and wearing a mask in their car.
And they go to Nextdoor to proclaim their outrage that someone on the Greenway wasn’t wearing a mask.
Polls these days are mostly tailored to fit certain political agendas, and have very little to do with reality.
the media is corrupt wrote:
not a 1% er wrote:
This is fine as long as the rich and privileged like Roy can continue to participate in the virtue signaling event of a life time. They can remain precious in safely in their homes while the poor and underprivileged suffer. They are saving the life of a poor person's grandma by disinfecting groceries and wearing a mask in their car.
And they go to Nextdoor to proclaim their outrage that someone on the Greenway wasn’t wearing a mask.
Notice how posts like these never get responses? Literally ignored at all costs. Where I live, the only school district to offer zero in person options is the inner city district with the poorest population. As a result, the kids with the least amount of at-home support are the ones who are trying to learn at home. Meanwhile all the rich suburbs are either offering in person school or have tutor 'pods' because the parents can afford it. It's absurd, and the people who think this is the 'right' way are the same ones who have been moaning about the economic gap forever. This is doing more damage to the economic gap than any other policy in the last 25+ years.
Hey, OP, there is nothing revolutionary in this thread. You're saying that people don't like the new normal we're living through?!?!?! I would have thought we would just all commit to this the rest of our lives.
No doubt people are sick of this. We saw that over the summer. People went out more than they had been & people continued to contract the virus. Just because people are human (i.e. they're sick of this) does not mean they're right about what course of action should be taken. We still have a virus that does not have a vaccine and should be listening to medical experts -- not matter how much we do not like the situation.
formerly present wrote:
[quote]melo seeds wrote:
[quote]CarbonFiberJoe wrote:
Though it isn't (as near as I know) being enforced, some people most definitely *are* following it anyway. Two people in my building left NYS to visit family and quarantined for two weeks when they returned.
Many of us in NY have lost friends/family/co-workers and are willing to take steps to reduce the chances of more deaths.
Most of us have not lost a soul and most of us don't even know anyone who has gotten as much as the sniffles from this Pandemic.
33k alleged covid deaths in a state of 20 million people.
CarbonFiberJoe wrote:
Most people aren't that worried about Covid and just want to get back to life. But when pollsters ask they say they support the lockdowns and distancing laws because they don't want to look like heartless people who want to "kill grandma."
I would totally believe this. My conservative friends don't give a s*** and will tell you so. The only Liberal person I know who does not think this is a serious issue and has no problem voicing it is my Dad.
Most of my college friends are very Liberal and "take" COVID very seriously. Yet about 75% of our college group was still down for the annual guys weekend this year. Not sure how seriously you can claim to take it when you're ok flying across the country for a weekend of binge weekend with the boys. But try talking to some of them about maybe we should consider the negative health consequences of our restrictions and you'll get your head bitten off.
Primo Numero Uno wrote:
CarbonFiberJoe wrote:
Most people aren't that worried about Covid and just want to get back to life. But when pollsters ask they say they support the lockdowns and distancing laws because they don't want to look like heartless people who want to "kill grandma."
I would totally believe this. My conservative friends don't give a s*** and will tell you so. The only Liberal person I know who does not think this is a serious issue and has no problem voicing it is my Dad.
Most of my college friends are very Liberal and "take" COVID very seriously. Yet about 75% of our college group was still down for the annual guys weekend this year. Not sure how seriously you can claim to take it when you're ok flying across the country for a weekend of binge weekend with the boys. But try talking to some of them about maybe we should consider the negative health consequences of our restrictions and you'll get your head bitten off.
Can I come???
You won't get an answer wrote:
the media is corrupt wrote:
And they go to Nextdoor to proclaim their outrage that someone on the Greenway wasn’t wearing a mask.
Notice how posts like these never get responses? Literally ignored at all costs. Where I live, the only school district to offer zero in person options is the inner city district with the poorest population. As a result, the kids with the least amount of at-home support are the ones who are trying to learn at home. Meanwhile all the rich suburbs are either offering in person school or have tutor 'pods' because the parents can afford it. It's absurd, and the people who think this is the 'right' way are the same ones who have been moaning about the economic gap forever. This is doing more damage to the economic gap than any other policy in the last 25+ years.
Yes, I have noticed. I live in a genuinely middle class neighborhood. I know several people who had Covid; none hospitalized. I also know:
A VP of marketing for a physical retail chain who has been furloughed since May
A formerly successful craft beer pub owner whose business is being clobbered by restrictions
A family where the wife lost her sales job in May and husband got a pay cut, and they had to sell their home and downsize
A family where the wife (healthcare professional who can’t work remote) reduced her hours to 10 a week so she can supervise her kids virtual schooling
A single mom who lost her restaurant management job and is now working for instacart and using a food pantry
If you are working from home and your household income hasn’t changed during this pandemic, consider yourself lucky