The coronavirus

rgambs

Lock it down.
We are about to swan dive off a cliff into a sea of our freedoms and we will drown there in our hubris.
The economic ramifications of shutdowns aren't going to be any worse than the economic ramifications of skyrocketing death and serious tolls.

Halifax2TheMax

Sideways, on the way to backwards, rounding the corner.

lastexit78

Shame people are so stupid. I haven't locked myself in my home since March. I worked in the office until August when I got a new position and now work from home. Regardless, I've been to stores, visited National Parks in the summer and take walks/hikes frequently. I wear a mask around others and honestly I can count on one hand how many times I've been in close contact with someone else who was not wearing a mask since March. I'm baffled how 150,000 Americans are becoming infected daily, it's not that hard to keep your distance and act responsibly. I don't support a 'Lockdown" because at that point you are unfairly punishing the people who have acted responsibly for 8 plus months. Not to mention the harm to the economy, small business in particular. Unless we get a legit stimulus which seems far fetched at this point. I intend on spending Thanksgiving week at Death Valley, exploring nature while socially distancing and living my life. If the government wants to step in and tell me I can't and that's being irresponsible than fuck them at this point. Go talk to the people having mass gatherings and the rest of the oblivious fucks. 

rgambs

I'm sick to death of the "fuck your feelings" crowd whining about masks, about freedom, about their guns and their President being unseated.  
Fuck your feelings, fuck your bullshit excuses, fuck you.
Put a fucking mask on and quit living like there's no pandemic.
Our county is about to be the worst in Ohio and I'll tell you from experience, if you think Trumpism isn't part of the cause, you don't know your head from your ass.  Get out of your bubble and see what kind of raving lunatic morons populate "middle America".
Fuck 'em all.

static111

rgambs said:

Lock it down.
We are about to swan dive off a cliff into a sea of our freedoms and we will drown there in our hubris.
The economic ramifications of shutdowns aren't going to be any worse than the economic ramifications of skyrocketing death and serious tolls.

This

rgambs

lastexit78 said:

Shame people are so stupid. I haven't locked myself in my home since March. I worked in the office until August when I got a new position and now work from home. Regardless, I've been to stores, visited National Parks in the summer and take walks/hikes frequently. I wear a mask around others and honestly I can count on one hand how many times I've been in close contact with someone else who was not wearing a mask since March. I'm baffled how 150,000 Americans are becoming infected daily, it's not that hard to keep your distance and act responsibly. I don't support a 'Lockdown" because at that point you are unfairly punishing the people who have acted responsibly for 8 plus months. Not to mention the harm to the economy, small business in particular. Unless we get a legit stimulus which seems far fetched at this point. I intend on spending Thanksgiving week at Death Valley, exploring nature while socially distancing and living my life. If the government wants to step in and tell me I can't and that's being irresponsible than fuck them at this point. Go talk to the people having mass gatherings and the rest of the oblivious fucks. 

Plenty of BLM land out there to explore, shutdown won't effect that.. 

F Me In The Brain

Hahaha.  Gambo all fired up, I like it!

gimmesometruth27

mfc2006 said:

gimmesometruth27 said:

just had a mandatory team video call. parts of iowa and chicago are eliminating elective surgeries starting monday due to covid. no timeline on when this will be lifted.

central missouri may be doing the same. this will not hurt me as i do not cover central of western mo anymore, but if western and southern il shuts down electives i could be screwed.

shit is bleak right now.

KU Med is cutting back on surgeries immediately to free up beds. My boss won’t let us work from home until the county makes it official — even though a lot of us are far more efficient at home.

just saw on local news that the biggest hospital system in st louis has kaboshed elective cases until further notice. the news said that the hospital system is even looking at stopping other surgeries and is evaluating on a case by case basis. they have no beds available for patients to have any form of surgery requiring 23 hour observation.

i call on this hospital system. i am probably hosed for hitting my quota now. god damn it.

in all honesty, they should have bagged these cases and shut down electives before halloween.

gimmesometruth27

rgambs said:

Lock it down.
We are about to swan dive off a cliff into a sea of our freedoms and we will drown there in our hubris.
The economic ramifications of shutdowns aren't going to be any worse than the economic ramifications of skyrocketing death and serious tolls.

that bolded part, 100%.

gimmesometruth27

rgambs said:

I'm sick to death of the "fuck your feelings" crowd whining about masks, about freedom, about their guns and their President being unseated.  
Fuck your feelings, fuck your bullshit excuses, fuck you.
Put a fucking mask on and quit living like there's no pandemic.
Our county is about to be the worst in Ohio and I'll tell you from experience, if you think Trumpism isn't part of the cause, you don't know your head from your ass.  Get out of your bubble and see what kind of raving lunatic morons populate "middle America".
Fuck 'em all.

dude you are gonna blow out an o-ring. 

i like it!

Meltdown99

Ford warns of harsher COVID-19 restrictions after data shows Ontario may get 6,500 cases per day

https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ford-warns-of-harsher-covid-19-restrictions-after-data-shows-ontario-may-get-6-500-cases-per-day-1.5185730?utm_medium=trueAnthem&fbclid=IwAR1uoeTj0bM6a_gsXzUDDU0F6-VWpvk9r2irvxutC8UY8bMUlpxGeYVnv9E&utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+New+Content+(Feed)&utm_source=facebook&cid=sm:trueanthem:ctvnews:post

Meltdown99

Ford is a Conservative and has done a relatively good job.  Society is what it is today, selfish. This is not the world war 2 generation...

Meltdown99

Ford is a Conservative and has done a relatively good job.  Society is what it is today, selfish. This is not the world war 2 generation...

rgambs

🤣🤣🤣 I'm coming in hot lol

It's tough living in hillbillyland, I probably would have had to fistfight someone by now if this election had not gone well.

mfc2006

rgambs said:

🤣🤣🤣 I'm coming in hot lol

It's tough living in hillbillyland, I probably would have had to fistfight someone by now if this election had not gone well.

Right there with you. It’s insane.

tbergs

rgambs said:

🤣🤣🤣 I'm coming in hot lol

It's tough living in hillbillyland, I probably would have had to fistfight someone by now if this election had not gone well.

Yeah, it's been  refreshing to "see" the Trumpers disappear and all the signs removed from yards. There's still lunatics all around me, but I think they've retreated in to their homes and internet echo chambers to scream at libs and prepare for Biden's Brigade to come take away all their guns.

RunIntoTheRain

mace1229 said:

RunIntoTheRain said:

Holy cow look at all those people in line to get tested at Dodger Stadium yesterday

https://twitter.com/jayberger/status/1326707135158210560?s=20

We have many drive through testing sites in Colorado. The wait time went from about 2 minutes to 15 minutes. I'm guessing this isn't normal. The tweet says many other locations are available in the area with much smaller lines. So I'm wondering if people just don't know about the others, are excite to go to Dodger stadium, or what the deal is. Because I have no doubt that its true many other facilities have a much smaller wait time.

Dodger Stadium extended their hours to 8pm due to the need. They can now do 32K+ tests a day. Other sites close at 4pm.

But I'm sure there is merit in your guess that their excitement to drive their car in the parking lot of DODGER STADIUM!! has overridden any common sense about going to a testing site with shorter lines. /s

mace1229

lastexit78 said:

Shame people are so stupid. I haven't locked myself in my home since March. I worked in the office until August when I got a new position and now work from home. Regardless, I've been to stores, visited National Parks in the summer and take walks/hikes frequently. I wear a mask around others and honestly I can count on one hand how many times I've been in close contact with someone else who was not wearing a mask since March. I'm baffled how 150,000 Americans are becoming infected daily, it's not that hard to keep your distance and act responsibly. I don't support a 'Lockdown" because at that point you are unfairly punishing the people who have acted responsibly for 8 plus months. Not to mention the harm to the economy, small business in particular. Unless we get a legit stimulus which seems far fetched at this point. I intend on spending Thanksgiving week at Death Valley, exploring nature while socially distancing and living my life. If the government wants to step in and tell me I can't and that's being irresponsible than fuck them at this point. Go talk to the people having mass gatherings and the rest of the oblivious fucks. 

Masks only prevent some of the spread. You can wear a mask and constantly sanitize/wash your hands and still get it. A lot of people are doing everything right and get sick. You’re not preventing it, you’re just reducing the risk.

tbergs

mace1229 said:

lastexit78 said:

Shame people are so stupid. I haven't locked myself in my home since March. I worked in the office until August when I got a new position and now work from home. Regardless, I've been to stores, visited National Parks in the summer and take walks/hikes frequently. I wear a mask around others and honestly I can count on one hand how many times I've been in close contact with someone else who was not wearing a mask since March. I'm baffled how 150,000 Americans are becoming infected daily, it's not that hard to keep your distance and act responsibly. I don't support a 'Lockdown" because at that point you are unfairly punishing the people who have acted responsibly for 8 plus months. Not to mention the harm to the economy, small business in particular. Unless we get a legit stimulus which seems far fetched at this point. I intend on spending Thanksgiving week at Death Valley, exploring nature while socially distancing and living my life. If the government wants to step in and tell me I can't and that's being irresponsible than fuck them at this point. Go talk to the people having mass gatherings and the rest of the oblivious fucks. 

Masks only prevent some of the spread. You can wear a mask and constantly sanitize/wash your hands and still get it. A lot of people are doing everything right and get sick. You’re not preventing it, you’re just reducing the risk.

I'd be interested to see the numbers on how many people who are "doing it right" that actually get it? I don't know of anyone who maintained 6 feet, wore a quality mask properly and was good about hand washing who got it. Everyone I have contact traced at work or personally know failed at one or all of those criteria. Obviously certain professions are required to be within 6 feet so there's not much they can do, but nearly 100% of cases I know are social gathering related.

DewieCox

rgambs said:

I'm sick to death of the "fuck your feelings" crowd whining about masks, about freedom, about their guns and their President being unseated.  
Fuck your feelings, fuck your bullshit excuses, fuck you.
Put a fucking mask on and quit living like there's no pandemic.
Our county is about to be the worst in Ohio and I'll tell you from experience, if you think Trumpism isn't part of the cause, you don't know your head from your ass.  Get out of your bubble and see what kind of raving lunatic morons populate "middle America".
Fuck 'em all.

Dead fucking on.