Covid-19 discussion, continued...

There’s no science behind this, no well-intentioned concerns about public health… This is anti-science bullying, a form of population and communication control that will end the day after President Trump leaves office.

https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2020/06/21/nolte-im-not-going-to-the-movies-until-the-mask-rules-are-repealed/

posted by Spock

There’s no science behind this, no well-intentioned concerns about public health… This is anti-science bullying, a form of population and communication control that will end the day after President Trump leaves office.

https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2020/06/21/nolte-im-not-going-to-the-movies-until-the-mask-rules-are-repealed/

LOL. JFC dude. 

posted by SportsAndLady

My friend went to athens about 30 days ago. He said you wouldn’t even know athens knows what Covid is.

That’s my point with this shit. 

I was at their farmer’s market and 90% had masks on....went to their Lowe’s and about 40% maybe.

My FB peeps that spend their daily mission to wear masks and how they want to move from Jackson to Athens because Athens takes it seriously....it’s lol, it’s the same here and there. FWIW I wear mine in the stores and for take out. It’s truly no big deal. I’ve not been nearly perfect with it as I’ve been around my daughter who resides in Marietta area and works in the pharmacy and I’ve been around my sister and her family who live in Columbus. Temp checks but unmasked around my athletes outdoors.

Its different in my area for sure. No big cities within an hour. In our 4th month we’ve had zero deaths and only a few hospitalizations. We don’t see the monster crowds like Columbus and others. It’s really not “hit home” so to speak. The FB screamers make me laugh because I’ve seen every one of either their spouses or kids out without masks where they should have them on....the same ones are teachers afraid to return to school they say but just returned from Hilton Head. I at least appreciate your consistency in all of this.

posted by friendfromlowry
(Spock frantically pulls up breitbart trying to find an anti-mask article) 

posted by Ironman92

I was at their farmer’s market and 90% had masks on....went to their Lowe’s and about 40% maybe.

My FB peeps that spend their daily mission to wear masks and how they want to move from Jackson to Athens because Athens takes it seriously....it’s lol, it’s the same here and there. FWIW I wear mine in the stores and for take out. It’s truly no big deal. I’ve not been nearly perfect with it as I’ve been around my daughter who resides in Marietta area and works in the pharmacy and I’ve been around my sister and her family who live in Columbus. Temp checks but unmasked around my athletes outdoors.

posted by Spock

There’s no science behind this, no well-intentioned concerns about public health… This is anti-science bullying, a form of population and communication control that will end the day after President Trump leaves office.

https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2020/06/21/nolte-im-not-going-to-the-movies-until-the-mask-rules-are-repealed/

https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2020/06/stanford-scientists-contribute-to-who-mask-guidelines.html

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/342198360_Association_of_country-wide_coronavirus_mortality_with_demographics_testing_lockdowns_and_public_wearing_of_masks_Update_June_15_2020

https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2020.00818

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0843-2#Sec3

And just in case you're too lazy to read:

https://www.facebook.com/393532697351128/posts/3040375499333488/

posted by Spock

There’s no science behind this, no well-intentioned concerns about public health… This is anti-science bullying, a form of population and communication control that will end the day after President Trump leaves office.

https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2020/06/21/nolte-im-not-going-to-the-movies-until-the-mask-rules-are-repealed/

posted by friendfromlowry
BUT THEIRS NO SCIENE YOUR BEING BULLIED 

I don’t care about the bullied argument. I do t go through life questioning things I have minimal to no control over. I don’t like the speed limit being 60 mph on Rt 35 and Rt 32 around here but I also don’t like $150 tickets and insurance hikes. I don’t like the “need” for masks but it’s also no big deal.

The anti-mask loser movement blows my mind. It's pathetic. 

Sad part is, I see some of the nonsense being spouted off by a few "close" friends or people I grew up with. 

posted by Automatik

The anti-mask loser movement blows my mind. It's pathetic. 

Sad part is, I see some of the nonsense being spouted off by a few "close" friends or people I grew up with. 

I have some family members who mocked me for wearing a mask around Ohio last month. Fucking stupid. No one likes them, they’re pretty uncomfortable. But just wear them when you’re out in public. It’s not a big deal. 

posted by Spock

There’s no science behind this, no well-intentioned concerns about public health… This is anti-science bullying, a form of population and communication control that will end the day after President Trump leaves office.

https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2020/06/21/nolte-im-not-going-to-the-movies-until-the-mask-rules-are-repealed/

It’s truly scary that you are a child educator   

LOL - who knew Chicago had so many inbred Trump supporters?

https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-chicago-lori-lightfoot-case-increase-20200715-evllv7m6jffktp5piozxkqptle-story.html

"Mayor Lori Lightfoot sounded a stern warning Wednesday that Chicago is “on the precipice,” saying she may soon need to roll back parts of the city’s reopening if COVID-19 cases continue to increase, particularly among young people flocking to bars and restaurants."

Time to deputize a Covid Cowboy!!!!

Almost my entire family on my dad's side thinks this is a hoax and are anti-mask. Guess I'll be seeing them sometime in 2021 or 2022.

posted by SportsAndLady

I have some family members who mocked me for wearing a mask around Ohio last month. Fucking stupid. No one likes them, they’re pretty uncomfortable. But just wear them when you’re out in public. It’s not a big deal. 

I’m surprised by some of the people I know on the refusal to wear them. “Well Kroger and Walmart make me wear a mask so I’m not shopping there” I mean that fine but it’s same to me as oh the baseball players took too long to figure it out so I’m not watching people.

If my tv had a scan that made me wear a mask to watch baseball....then I’m wearing the mask. Not like I have to have a dental hygienist clean my teeth to get what I prefer.

What a shit show this thread is, reminds me why I try not to enter the politics board.  My perspective must be tainted since my whole family and everyone we came in contact with must have dem awesome T cells after we were exposed to this virus back in late January, then proceeded business as usual for another 7 weeks until the government shut down education and small businesses. 

posted by gut

LOL - who knew Chicago had so many inbred Trump supporters?

https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-chicago-lori-lightfoot-case-increase-20200715-evllv7m6jffktp5piozxkqptle-story.html

"Mayor Lori Lightfoot sounded a stern warning Wednesday that Chicago is “on the precipice,” saying she may soon need to roll back parts of the city’s reopening if COVID-19 cases continue to increase, particularly among young people flocking to bars and restaurants."

Chicago recently (within the last week I believe) moved to stage 4 which is allowing dine-in and retail stores to open. From everything I’ve seen, it’s been pretty empty at most places. But I guess not lol

I also haven’t seen anything that would suggest the cases are skyrocketing here but maybe I just haven’t seen it yet. 

posted by SportsAndLady

Chicago recently (within the last week I believe) moved to stage 4 which is allowing dine-in and retail stores to open. From everything I’ve seen, it’s been pretty empty at most places. But I guess not lol

I also haven’t seen anything that would suggest the cases are skyrocketing here but maybe I just haven’t seen it yet.

I'm too lazy to find city-specific data, but IL cases have increased about 30% from a month ago.  OH, on the other hand, is up almost 3-fold.

posted by gut

I'm too lazy to find city-specific data, but IL cases have increased about 30% from a month ago.  OH, on the other hand, is up almost 3-fold.

That’s surprising for Illinois. I saw a lot of data from Chicago saying they’ve done a great job of keeping the numbers down. Maybe outside of Chicago is where it’s been bad, idk.