When you have lost Ann Coulter … welp … there goes the “base”.
And she supports Jeff Sessions, the guy who was happy to chuck children into wire cages. He and trump concocted the policy of causing pain and suffering by means of kidnapping and incarcerating thousands of refugee kids. It was supposed to be a deterrent. It is a crime against humanity in my view.
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“thinning the herd” is the scientifically correct strategy with these yozos. Masks interfere
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Donnie has been telegraphing the exact opposite. This is going to be one helluva fun Etch-a-sketch on the Trumptards.
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How do these assholes like Trump and Bolsonaro manage to avoid winding up on ventilators. It’s really piquing my curiosity.
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It’s the joke where the punchline is “professional courtesy.”
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the new study as of May 24 says trump killed 36,000 by delaying action on CV19. imagine if we hold funerals for them at each trump rally? Pictures of them, read their histories and their family stories. Outside. Solemnly. We ignore the MAGATS.
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Yeah, Trump f’d himself in the a by letting the masks become a political thing that only commies do and he’s doing himself a disservice (both politically and personally) by not wearing a mask.
The article is not reassuring to me at all. When Wolf announced that Philly and the neighboring counties would be moving to yellow phase soon despite the fact that these counties are nowhere near the target he had set for allowing a shift toward reopening, he said that teleworking was “encouraged” (despite the fact that the graphics that have been posted in articles have always said that in the yellow phase teleworking must continue if feasible). I work for a small company the president of which is vehemently anti-teleworking. In a few weeks I will be forced to work in a small space where socially distancing for 40 hrs a week will be impossible and where those conversations where one can be exposed to enough of the virus to get sick will happen on a daily basis (I like how the author rounded down to 20 from 33 so that his estimates could be lower… meh…). Even if the workers in our office building know the risks, it doesn’t help if we cannot avoid them.
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Not a very good disguise, though. Maybe a mask would help.
We just were just awakened to a loud crash and the sound of a woman shouting “Run!” Someone had crashed into multiple cars (quite possibly totaling ours), and then fled. Afterwards, there were 20+ people standing around on our block at 3:30 am, only 3 of whom wore masks. Only 3 out of 20+ donned masks in putatively liberal Philly. Happy, happy, joy, joy.
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They do it all the time. Remember when Christians were against adultery when Clinton was President? “If he can’t be honest in his private life, he can’t be honest in his public life”. And they used to be for Bush until he lost, there’s a while list of things they flip on as soon as it’s convenient.
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It’s a crime against humanity.
Period. Full stop.
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Seat belt-wearing took a long, long time before there was widespread public acceptance. The annals of auto safety are rife with NHTSA studies bemoaning the poor use rate. So it is an apter analogy than you suggest. There was a big and sustained public education campaign to get people to change their behavior.
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- Trump’s allegiance lies with Putin
- Trump is in sympathy with & pandering to a base that does not consider Navajo People as actually "people " … it is stunning the level of hate that exists in parts of the Trump base.
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I’m left wondering what would have happened if instead of saying “The general public should leave the masks for health care workers” back in February, the CDC and their counterparts in Europe had said, “Everyone should wear a mask” how many lives would have been saved. Secondarily how many dollars would have been saved by only having to selectively close the highest risk places rather than having to totally shut the economies? Countries like Japan, where people routinely wear masks during flu season, came through with far fewer deaths and much less economic devastation.
And imagine if someone had had the foresight to have manufactured and stored a few billion masks that could be distributed widely. Back before the crisis, even N95s were selling for <$1. Ten billion might have saved trillions, not to mention all the lives saved…
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The article is not reassuring to me at all.
I can understand. My younger son is in a similar situation, has a good job out in Denver with an excellent European based company, and teleworking teleworking for about six weeks. He’s diligent about wearing a mask, not going to bars, events, etc. Soon enough though, they’re going to want him back in the office. Hopefully he’ll be laid off before having to quit, , collect UI, have health insurance for a while, move back here (NC) and live n a cottage we have on the property. Problem is, both the wife and I are old and considered ‘high risk’. You see where I’m going? There are no good answers.
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Interesting imagery, that “bubble” thing might be worth cultivating. It is a very good way for people to visualize their own isolation and how it is affected by others coming and going.
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Most likely yes and I wonder just how much they get paid per cut or does the salon figure that tips are plenty of compensation.
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One thing that I brought back from Vietnam and I feel has turned into a good thing is feeling uncomfortable in crowds. So since 1967 if I plan a beach day, for example, it sure is not on a holiday weekend.
PS: For those who have asked for updates: Chest pains are lessening each day so may have passed the COVID peak. Time, as always, will tell.
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