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  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    RogueStoner said:
    dankind said:
    https://medium.com/@mjacobwrites/parents-youre-being-lied-to-25646fb8634e

    I think we’re just going to count out the 2020-2021 school year and home school. 
    That was eye-opening. Thanks for sharing. 

    My heart breaks for all the kids out there missing out on all of these important things...and just human contact in general. :(
    :sick:
    I SAW PEARL JAM
  • RogueStoner
    RogueStoner Sunny AZ Posts: 1,716
    dankind said:
    RogueStoner said:
    dankind said:
    https://medium.com/@mjacobwrites/parents-youre-being-lied-to-25646fb8634e

    I think we’re just going to count out the 2020-2021 school year and home school. 
    That was eye-opening. Thanks for sharing. 

    My heart breaks for all the kids out there missing out on all of these important things...and just human contact in general. :(
    :sick:
    Yes, I forgot Dankind does not like mankind. 
  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    RogueStoner said:
    dankind said:
    RogueStoner said:
    dankind said:
    https://medium.com/@mjacobwrites/parents-youre-being-lied-to-25646fb8634e

    I think we’re just going to count out the 2020-2021 school year and home school. 
    That was eye-opening. Thanks for sharing. 

    My heart breaks for all the kids out there missing out on all of these important things...and just human contact in general. :(
    :sick:
    Yes, I forgot Dankind does not like mankind. 
    dankind loves humankind. 
    I SAW PEARL JAM
  • oftenreading
    oftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
    dankind said:
    RogueStoner said:
    dankind said:
    RogueStoner said:
    dankind said:
    https://medium.com/@mjacobwrites/parents-youre-being-lied-to-25646fb8634e

    I think we’re just going to count out the 2020-2021 school year and home school. 
    That was eye-opening. Thanks for sharing. 

    My heart breaks for all the kids out there missing out on all of these important things...and just human contact in general. :(
    :sick:
    Yes, I forgot Dankind does not like mankind. 
    dankind loves humankind. 
    From a safe distance
    my small self... like a book amongst the many on a shelf
  • RogueStoner
    RogueStoner Sunny AZ Posts: 1,716
    dankind said:
    RogueStoner said:
    dankind said:
    RogueStoner said:
    dankind said:
    https://medium.com/@mjacobwrites/parents-youre-being-lied-to-25646fb8634e

    I think we’re just going to count out the 2020-2021 school year and home school. 
    That was eye-opening. Thanks for sharing. 

    My heart breaks for all the kids out there missing out on all of these important things...and just human contact in general. :(
    :sick:
    Yes, I forgot Dankind does not like mankind. 
    dankind loves humankind. 
    I just need some different humans to interact with my kiddos and teach them social skills. So far, they’re about as socialized as feral cats. I’m mostly joking but it’s a real concern of mine. 
  • Poncier
    Poncier Posts: 17,889
    dankind said:
    Poncier said:
    dankind said:
    New cases in Mass are heading in the wrong direction. Fuck a duck!
    Partly blamed on one of the hospital groups with a reporting data dump of tests inflating the overall total.
    The positivity rate has jumped a tick, from about 1.7% to about 2.0% the last week,
    Number still not bad, Covid hospitilazations today hit their lowest number since things ramped up in March. (347, down from a high of about 4,000).
    So if folks smarten up with the parties in Chatham and 33% capacity booze cruises that are more likely 133% capacity (they've been shut down), we'll be OK.
    Well, if my experience at Market Basket this weekend is any sort of indicator, then we'll be locked down again in a month.

    Jesus Christ!

    And Market Basket is one of the "good" (read: safer) places to go around my area.

    And I'm sure you saw this from today's Globe: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/amid-rise-in-covid-19-cases-experts-urge-rollback-of-reopening-in-mass/ar-BB17w0lR.
    Well its a bit early to lock down based on a couple days with small increases. (But Globe is gonna Globe)
    Did Samuel Scarpino tweet "its time for phase 4" after seeing all the numbers improve dramatically on the 8/3 dashboard (positivity rate dropped to 1.34%), would be the logical move after his call for returning to phase 2 after the 8/2 dashboard. 
    Can't go by just a few days' data. There was a blip for a few days(and still not huge numbers, confirmed cases never hit 400, let alone the 10,000 Florida had seen regularly for a few weeks), then yesterday things rebounded dramatically. A small uptick a few weeks after July 4 is far from unexpected. If it becomes a sustained increase, then its time to act, but as yesterday showed, its not there yet.

    This weekend we rock Portland
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,378
    Not sure the FED should be listened to, but he makes an interesting point.
    https://thehill.com/policy/finance/510235-top-federal-reserve-official-says-us-needs-another-lockdown-to-save-economy
  • Jearlpam0925
    Jearlpam0925 Deep South Philly Posts: 17,530
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Not sure the FED should be listened to, but he makes an interesting point.
    https://thehill.com/policy/finance/510235-top-federal-reserve-official-says-us-needs-another-lockdown-to-save-economy
    It's absolutely the only answer - the virus is the economy. You cannot do jack shit about the economy until you address the virus. Which entails shutting shit down and paying people to stay home.
  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    Poncier said:
    dankind said:
    Poncier said:
    dankind said:
    New cases in Mass are heading in the wrong direction. Fuck a duck!
    Partly blamed on one of the hospital groups with a reporting data dump of tests inflating the overall total.
    The positivity rate has jumped a tick, from about 1.7% to about 2.0% the last week,
    Number still not bad, Covid hospitilazations today hit their lowest number since things ramped up in March. (347, down from a high of about 4,000).
    So if folks smarten up with the parties in Chatham and 33% capacity booze cruises that are more likely 133% capacity (they've been shut down), we'll be OK.
    Well, if my experience at Market Basket this weekend is any sort of indicator, then we'll be locked down again in a month.

    Jesus Christ!

    And Market Basket is one of the "good" (read: safer) places to go around my area.

    And I'm sure you saw this from today's Globe: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/amid-rise-in-covid-19-cases-experts-urge-rollback-of-reopening-in-mass/ar-BB17w0lR.
    Well its a bit early to lock down based on a couple days with small increases. (But Globe is gonna Globe)
    Did Samuel Scarpino tweet "its time for phase 4" after seeing all the numbers improve dramatically on the 8/3 dashboard (positivity rate dropped to 1.34%), would be the logical move after his call for returning to phase 2 after the 8/2 dashboard. 
    Can't go by just a few days' data. There was a blip for a few days(and still not huge numbers, confirmed cases never hit 400, let alone the 10,000 Florida had seen regularly for a few weeks), then yesterday things rebounded dramatically. A small uptick a few weeks after July 4 is far from unexpected. If it becomes a sustained increase, then its time to act, but as yesterday showed, its not there yet.

    I take it you haven’t been grocery shopping in Route 1-land. 

    If things look better down your way, cool, and let me be the first to apologize for the dipshits north of you when you reap what they have sown. 
    I SAW PEARL JAM
  • oftenreading
    oftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
    I went to my climbing gym today after booking a spot online. The gym is limiting the number of climbers at any one time, so they are allowing people to book a 3 hour slot, and if the gym isn't full they will allow walk-ins as well.

    From the time it reopened about 2 months ago they have been requiring everyone to wear masks, in addition to the distancing. Today I noticed on their website that masks are now only required on Mondays and Wednesdays, and are optional the other days. I asked about this when I got there, and the staff explained that with the province going from Stage 2 to Stage 3 opening, masks aren't required unless the other conditions can't be met, but that some members who are more "risk averse" balked at coming to the gym if masks were optional, so their compromise is to offer two days a week with masks on everybody. They apparently also do deep cleaning on Sunday and Tuesday nights. 

    Climbers are not generally risk averse, but this is an interesting compromise and I appreciate the gym ownership making this effort.
    my small self... like a book amongst the many on a shelf
  • RogueStoner
    RogueStoner Sunny AZ Posts: 1,716
    oftenreading said:
    I went to my climbing gym today after booking a spot online. The gym is limiting the number of climbers at any one time, so they are allowing people to book a 3 hour slot, and if the gym isn't full they will allow walk-ins as well.

    From the time it reopened about 2 months ago they have been requiring everyone to wear masks, in addition to the distancing. Today I noticed on their website that masks are now only required on Mondays and Wednesdays, and are optional the other days. I asked about this when I got there, and the staff explained that with the province going from Stage 2 to Stage 3 opening, masks aren't required unless the other conditions can't be met, but that some members who are more "risk averse" balked at coming to the gym if masks were optional, so their compromise is to offer two days a week with masks on everybody. They apparently also do deep cleaning on Sunday and Tuesday nights. 

    Climbers are not generally risk averse, but this is an interesting compromise and I appreciate the gym ownership making this effort.
    That’s an interesting solution. Our gyms in AZ are rumored to start opening in a couple of weeks. I’m very curious how they’ll handle everything. With our heat, gyms are a bit more of a necessity for physical and mental health. 
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    We need an expert on this subject.

    Ooh!  Here we go!


    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • RogueStoner
    RogueStoner Sunny AZ Posts: 1,716
    brianlux said:
    We need an expert on this subject.

    Ooh!  Here we go!


    :lol:  Both funny and scary
  • bbiggs
    bbiggs Posts: 6,964
    RogueStoner said:
    oftenreading said:
    I went to my climbing gym today after booking a spot online. The gym is limiting the number of climbers at any one time, so they are allowing people to book a 3 hour slot, and if the gym isn't full they will allow walk-ins as well.

    From the time it reopened about 2 months ago they have been requiring everyone to wear masks, in addition to the distancing. Today I noticed on their website that masks are now only required on Mondays and Wednesdays, and are optional the other days. I asked about this when I got there, and the staff explained that with the province going from Stage 2 to Stage 3 opening, masks aren't required unless the other conditions can't be met, but that some members who are more "risk averse" balked at coming to the gym if masks were optional, so their compromise is to offer two days a week with masks on everybody. They apparently also do deep cleaning on Sunday and Tuesday nights. 

    Climbers are not generally risk averse, but this is an interesting compromise and I appreciate the gym ownership making this effort.
    That’s an interesting solution. Our gyms in AZ are rumored to start opening in a couple of weeks. I’m very curious how they’ll handle everything. With our heat, gyms are a bit more of a necessity for physical and mental health. 
    My gym has been open since May and I haven't stepped foot in it.  That's one place I cannot see myself being comfortable in.  It sucks, because working out is a huge part of my life, but an indoor space with no fresh air and everyone deeply inhaling/exhaling, sweating, etc. seems like a recipe for disaster in my opinion.

  • RogueStoner
    RogueStoner Sunny AZ Posts: 1,716
    bbiggs said:
    RogueStoner said:
    oftenreading said:
    I went to my climbing gym today after booking a spot online. The gym is limiting the number of climbers at any one time, so they are allowing people to book a 3 hour slot, and if the gym isn't full they will allow walk-ins as well.

    From the time it reopened about 2 months ago they have been requiring everyone to wear masks, in addition to the distancing. Today I noticed on their website that masks are now only required on Mondays and Wednesdays, and are optional the other days. I asked about this when I got there, and the staff explained that with the province going from Stage 2 to Stage 3 opening, masks aren't required unless the other conditions can't be met, but that some members who are more "risk averse" balked at coming to the gym if masks were optional, so their compromise is to offer two days a week with masks on everybody. They apparently also do deep cleaning on Sunday and Tuesday nights. 

    Climbers are not generally risk averse, but this is an interesting compromise and I appreciate the gym ownership making this effort.
    That’s an interesting solution. Our gyms in AZ are rumored to start opening in a couple of weeks. I’m very curious how they’ll handle everything. With our heat, gyms are a bit more of a necessity for physical and mental health. 
    My gym has been open since May and I haven't stepped foot in it.  That's one place I cannot see myself being comfortable in.  It sucks, because working out is a huge part of my life, but an indoor space with no fresh air and everyone deeply inhaling/exhaling, sweating, etc. seems like a recipe for disaster in my opinion.

    For those suffering without it (to the extent that their health is deteriorating) it’s really a lose/lose situation. Sad. Everyone is struggling in some way. 
  • mca47
    mca47 Posts: 13,335
    Gyms are disgusting even without a virus floating around.  Pass!

  • oftenreading
    oftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
    mca47 said:
    Gyms are disgusting even without a virus floating around.  Pass!

    Disgusting? How so?

    I’ve been climbing at my gym for over two years and the only negative for me was a broken ankle, but I can’t blame them for that. 
    my small self... like a book amongst the many on a shelf
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,812
    Gym Bros, mahogany lockers, weird stains, and naked old dudes walking around.

    A friend told me.  :lol:

    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • oftenreading
    oftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
    “Asking for a friend”
    my small self... like a book amongst the many on a shelf
  • Amongst the Ani
    Amongst the Ani @Wobbie Posts: 7,790
    F Me would not cut it as a gym bro. Too low of a T count. 
    Tom Brady & Donald Trump, BFF's
    Fuckus rules all
    Rob
    Seattle

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