F--- it, I'm going to Thanksgiving.

And no I'm not a boomer nor Redneck. You are free to label me as this is what team Donkey does. I don't care.

I’m not, but my brother is....and guess what: he’s driving across several states to join us!

Agingrunner wrote:

Except, I am.

You are a nurse or a doctor and believe we should let the pandemic continue uncontrollably? I'm sensing you are taking a political position, which is fine, but don't you think we should take some personal responsibility here? Voluntarily?

For chrissakes people it's just a few more months until the vaccine starts getting distributed. Can't you just hang in there a few more months?

You can't shut the economy down for what would be 12+months, and not expect even more deaths due to the pervasive poverty that would ensue. Believe it or not, funds are not infinite, and if you shut down the economy the government does not have the capability to bail out every single business, along with provide enough funding on a monthly basis to get the entire country by for more than a year. Shocking news, it would be impossible to plan as well, because you are dealing with perpetually moving goal posts when you are facing a new pandemic. As someone who is a non voter, I find it interesting that the democrat voters tend to be the ones that are always the least educated on economics, or struggle the most to grasp the basic tenants of economics. They also struggle to understand the system of checks and balances within our government that require a process to get funding approved each time it is proposed.

The thread was about thanksgiving not shutting the economy. Is it so hard to wear a mask?

Of course we should. My family wears their masks in public. I remind them to wash their hands. We social distance. We don't lockdown. We don't cancel holidays. We respect, but aren't scared of a virus that kills less than 1% of people infected. Look, Biden has won, back off of the rhetoric.

I laughed at this. Sad how many people won’t get it

We don’t want your kind in the northeast this week Johnny Reb ???

Agingrunner wrote:

Of course we should. My family wears their masks in public. I remind them to wash their hands. We social distance. We don't lockdown. We don't cancel holidays. We respect, but aren't scared of a virus that kills less than 1% of people infected. Look, Biden has won, back off of the rhetoric.

You state you social distance, but then you talk about celebrating Thanksgiving (which in the context of this conversation implies you'll be celebrating with family that doesn't live with you). So you don't social distance. You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

Per the CDC: "Social distancing, also called “physical distancing,” means keeping a safe space between yourself and other people who are not from your household."

Also, you state you work in the medical field - what area? Obviously not epidemiology if you state "My body, my choice." Do you understand what a pandemic is? Do you understand that it has nothing to do with just your body at this point? The real statement should be "my body and a bunch of other peoples' bodies, my choice", that way its more accurate and you can just own up to how selfish you are. This isn't like people asking you to wear a helmet when you're riding a bike or to not free solo a rock wall.

Also, having compassion for your fellow humans isn't being scared of a virus.

How are we in California supposed to take Governor Newsome and others like him seriously when their action are so hypocritical.

We are the most populous state in the nation. Less that 20,000 have died. This is about control, not science.

It doesn’t take an army to conquer a state or a nation, only fear.

As someone who graduated summa c*m laude with a degree in economics, I like to believe I'm educated on economics. Not trying to flex, but if you're going to try to act like somehow taking this virus seriously means I know nothing about economics, I want to make it clear I know a thing or two. It's people insisting on getting together for holidays and treating the virus as if it were not a big deal that are causing the economy to shut down. If people followed the CDC guidelines we wouldn't even be having a conversation about shutting down the economy.

The Unkle wrote:

I simply made the observation that I have never heard of a virus where you needed to take a test to know you were sick.

How ignorant are you? Remember HIV, where people could have the virus for years before developing AIDS? They would never know until it was too late. Unless, of course, they got tested.

Elliott long wrote:

380,000+ American humans have died due to Covid and this is what you think about? Wow.

Yep!

How big is everyone’s typical Thanksgiving gathering? The most people I’ve ever sat down to dinner with for the holiday is 6 people. Maybe when I was really young and my moms extended family would get together it was more than that. But the last few years have been myself, my mom, sister and nephew.

Was never a fan of getting together with a lot of people.

Also when did grandparents become so selfish at the expense of their grandchildren? And when did the next weaponize compassion?

So selfish. You need to lock yourself in your room for 4 months and not come out. If the lights get cut off know you saved a life.

I follow the CDC guideline to wear a mask when I bang my wife. Anyone else?

pandemic'd out. wrote:

Everything's been cancelled all year, nothing's gotten better, so f--- it let's eat a turkey.

Hey , it’s your funeral Johnny Reb and your grandma’s too.