PLAYPEN: Covid-19 Everything Political

[JoeKitchen]

Maybe. One could also check alternative sources of information:
See how your community is moving around differently due to COVID-19
https://www.google.com/covid19/mobility/
Swedish people apparently like to visit parks a lot.

So do everyone; tell that to Gavin Newsom, our own Ken Doll in the USA.

[elliot_n]

You’re in a minority, Joe.

‘Two out of three Americans are uncomfortable with returning to their place of work as more and more states begin to reopen their economies while the coronavirus pandemic continues.’

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/495644-two-thirds-of-americans-uncomfortable-with-returning-to-their-workplace

[JoeKitchen]

You’re in a minority, Joe.

‘Two out of three Americans are uncomfortable with returning to their place of work as more and more states begin to reopen their economies while the coronavirus pandemic continues.’

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/495644-two-thirds-of-americans-uncomfortable-with-returning-to-their-workplace

How many of those surveyed can work from home, like for office jobs? 

How about for those that can’t work unless they are at their place of business, like a restaurant or construction or hair styling or architectural photography? 

How about visiting parks or beaches? 

If you can work from home and still get paid, your opinion is not as important then if you can’t.

[JoeKitchen]

I know Peter is going to be upset with one after going long with it. 

Woman Who Blamed Trump after Giving Her Husband Fish-Tank Cleaner Now Under Investigation for Murder

[chez]

You’re in a minority, Joe.

‘Two out of three Americans are uncomfortable with returning to their place of work as more and more states begin to reopen their economies while the coronavirus pandemic continues.’

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/495644-two-thirds-of-americans-uncomfortable-with-returning-to-their-workplace

And a few more plant closures due to infections won't help matters any.

[chez]

How many of those surveyed can work from home, like for office jobs? 

How about for those that can’t work unless they are at their place of business, like a restaurant or construction or hair styling or architectural photography? 

How about visiting parks or beaches? 

If you can work from home and still get paid, your opinion is not as important then if you can’t.

Everyone's opinion matters.

[chez]

I know Peter is going to be upset with one after going long with it. 

Woman Who Blamed Trump after Giving Her Husband Fish-Tank Cleaner Now Under Investigation for Murder

Does that make Trump an accomplice to murder? 

[JoeKitchen]

Everyone's opinion matters.

No they dont, and you’re a fool if you believe this. 

[Craig Lamson]

Just because you can doesn't mean you should.

Why not?

[JoeKitchen]

Damn!  Now that is one hell of a great modern political ad!

Exposed: Democrats’ double standard on believing women

Hats off to the art director who produced that! 

Meanwhile, at the Joe Biden campaign, Biden urges Trump to lower White House flag to honor coronavirus victims.  I was thinking the same thing, and maybe if we find a flag barer that looks as half dead of Joe does here, the virus will disappear. 

[James Clark]

 

[chez]

Why not?

The better question is why?

[chez]

No they dont, and you’re a fool if you believe this.

Just because you say so. I'm retired so I really don't care about getting back to work, but I do care about Covidiots on the loose when I need to shop or excersise. So my opinion matters...just as much as your opinion.

[chez]

There you go all you Trumpateers. Your leader says Sweden did the wrong thing...so I guess you'll all be singing a different tune now...heaven forbid actually going against your sheeple herder.

[John Camp]

"Herd immunity (also called herd effect, community immunity, population immunity, or social immunity) is a form of indirect protection from infectious disease that occurs when a large percentage of a population has become immune to an infection, whether through previous infections or vaccination, thereby providing a measure of protection for individuals who are not immune.[1][2] In a population in which a large proportion of individuals possess immunity, such people being unlikely to contribute to disease transmission, chains of infection are more likely to be disrupted, which either stops or slows the spread of disease.[3] The greater the proportion of immune individuals in a community, the smaller the probability that non-immune individuals will come into contact with an infectious individual, helping to shield non-immune individuals from infection.[1]"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herd_immunity

Thanks for that, Alan. I would point out that we have a vaccine for the flu, and about half of Americans get vaccinated -- yet we still had some 60,000 flu deaths two years ago, and have averaged around 38,000 deaths over the last ten years. I'm not saying that herd immunity doesn't exist, but getting there is very difficult, even when you start out with half the people in the US (as we do with the flu) as the "herd."

[John Camp]

Why not?

Why not carry semi-automatic weapons to a public protest? Because it's stupid, ignorant, dangerous, buffoonish, brainless, foolish, simpleminded and a deliberate provocation that could lead to a tragedy. What's why.

[BobShaw]

1. Thanks for that, Alan. I would point out that we have a vaccine for the flu, and about half of Americans get vaccinated -- yet we still had some 60,000 flu deaths two years ago, and have averaged around 38,000 deaths over the last ten years. I'm not saying that herd immunity doesn't exist, but getting there is very difficult, even when you start out with half the people in the US (as we do with the flu) as the "herd."

2. Why not carry semi-automatic weapons to a public protest? Because it's stupid, ignorant, dangerous, buffoonish, brainless, foolish, simpleminded and a deliberate provocation that could lead to a tragedy. What's why.

1. Herd immunity, as I pointed out about 10 pages back, (yesterday I think) doesn't work because it relies on pretty much everyone getting the virus. That is Ok for some things, but with this virus it means that 1% of your population will die or about 3 million in the US.
They may get there yet.
At the moment:
33% of the global cases are in the US
37% of new global cases are in the US (ie, they are getting worse)
27% of total global deaths are in the US
33% of new global deaths are in the US (also getting worse)

2. It's the American way. They will shoot the virus.

[JoeKitchen]

Just because you say so. I'm retired so I really don't care about getting back to work, but I do care about Covidiots on the loose when I need to shop or excersise. So my opinion matters...just as much as your opinion.

Okay, so Trump’s opinion on using light to kill the virus matters I guess. 

[Alan Klein]

There you go all you Trumpateers. Your leader says Sweden did the wrong thing...so I guess you'll all be singing a different tune now...heaven forbid actually going against your sheeple herder.

Actually Trump is against Sweden's approach and not against that governor in the south for opening up too quickly.  These "head fakes" are to show that he's on board with isolation and shutdown.  He really wanted to take the Swedish approach but then got beat into doing what he did.  So now he has to protect what he's done and go overboard by showing how tough he is on shutting down the economy.  Come November, the Democrats are going to beat the economy over his head.  And he's going to show how he followed all the medical advice, how he was opposed to the southern governor and against the the Swedish approach. 

[Alan Klein]

Why not carry semi-automatic weapons to a public protest? Because it's stupid, ignorant, dangerous, buffoonish, brainless, foolish, simpleminded and a deliberate provocation that could lead to a tragedy. What's why.

It's legal where they did it.  It shows politicians that America still has an armed citizenry who will protect the country's liberties if they don't.