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  • https://twitter.com/brontyman/status/1436470303136235521?s=21
    Damn sad state of affairs this nation is in.
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  • St. Paul, MN Posts: 2,529
    https://twitter.com/brontyman/status/1436470303136235521?s=21
    Damn sad state of affairs this nation is in.
    A person on my volleyball team was talking about a friend of hers with cancer currently doing chemo. Earlier in the week this person started having issues. Went to a ER here in the Twin Cities, and was told to go home as they had no beds available due to the large amount of COVID patients. 27 hours later the hospital called letting them know they could accommodate them as space had freed up.
  • A person on my volleyball team was talking about a friend of hers with cancer currently doing chemo. Earlier in the week this person started having issues. Went to a ER here in the Twin Cities, and was told to go home as they had no beds available due to the large amount of COVID patients. 27 hours later the hospital called letting them know they could accommodate them as space had freed up.
    Good for her man it’s incredible that it has come to this 
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  • Toronto, ON Posts: 9,387
    Hahahaha.  Nice trry.  What a conundrum you dems find yourselves in as you’re slaves to govt when it suits you and against the hand that feeds you when you’re not.  Glorious hypocrisy 
    Call it nuance or context or whatever you'd like, but as you've already ignored, there are fundamental differences between these two scenarios, and luckily for us all, people in charge recognize that where you don't.

    Society incurs zero additional risk by permitting abortions. Society incurs massive additional risk by allowing unvaccinated people to continue to freely expose others to it. 

    Governments are supposed to help manage the hardships they (usually correctly) assume society will mishandle. 


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  • Brigadoon, foodie capital Posts: 4,130
    As i stood at the  school gates. There were about 100 parents  in a queue because  they refuse to open gates so we cqn spread out in play ground.  So i said to the woman next to me. This is silly especially  in  pandemic  . And i shit you not. She turned and said "i dont believe in covid. I do believe  in the flu"
    At that point i turned and stood the other way and just wished i didn't  have school aged kids. Like we still have the  worst  rates in europe . This is what we are up against.
    "I don't  believe  in covid"🤯mind fuckin blown

    In the endless coverage here of people who refuse to believe in covid/masks/vaccines, there was a memorable quote from a woman who noted that people were not dying in their yards and/or lying dead in the streets, so clearly there isn't a pandemic.

    That's when I realized that since what's happening doesn't look like a scene from "The Stand"' or "I Am Legend," people don't believe there's a problem. Too many of us think movies = real life, because we are an unserious nation. :-(


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  • Posts: 44,602
    I want to say this is unbelievable. but I know its not....


    Student heckled for saying grandmother died of COVID-19 because someone didn't wear mask

    Scott Broden
    Murfreesboro Daily News Journal
    • Central Magnet junior Grady Knox told school board 'We're killing people' by not wearing masks
    • Grady and other speaking students impress board vice chairwoman
    • CNN interviewed Central Magnet students who spoke in support of mask requirements in school
    • The heckling of the Grady Knox speech went viral and displayed by Newsweek to national audience

    MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — "...I’m worried about my family. If I get COVID, I’m going to bring it to my family, and I talk to my grandparents a lot. They are higher risk than me, so I don’t want to give them COVID.

    "This time last year, my grandmother, who was a former teacher at the Rutherford County school system, died of COVID because someone wasn’t wearing a mask."

    Tennessee High schooler Grady Knox's passionate plea for the health of himself and others was mocked earlier this week at a Rutherford County Board of Education meeting, a scene which has drawn national attention to this hyper-divisive debate

    Knox was ridiculed, even laughed at, Tuesday evening by some in the school board meeting audience when he said his grandmother died of COVID-19 after being exposed to a person without a mask.

    Knox was among the seven students who asked the Rutherford County Board of Education to require masks. Six of the students represented Central Magnet School, which serves high achievers in downtown Murfreesboro. 

    Knox: "This is going to continue if we don’t have a mask mandate. Contact tracing has been a big issue for students this year because all of us know that if we get contact traced we’re going to miss at least a week of school. That’s a week of instruction, a week of teacher contact that we’re going to miss.

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    Knox remained calm while getting heckled. His composure impressed his father, Kerry Knox, a Murfreesboro attorney, who had a sense of disbelief that a crowd would act like that to a child. 

    "I wanted to defend him but he handled it so much better than I could have," said the father.

    Knox's grandmother lived at Adams Place retirement community in Murfreesboro before she died of COVID-19.

    Prior to that, she retired from a career as an English teacher at Oakland High, Kerry Knox said.

    The board's indecision on changing the policy followed a three-hour debate that included hearing a few dozen speeches from people on both sides of the mask issue in a packed meeting room.

    Knox: "I talked to one of my classmates today, and he said that he was worried about a test that he had to take because he had missed the entire last week of school and hadn’t seen his math teacher until that day. This is not something that we want to be going on in our schools."

    Some of the people against masks heckled and laughed at Knox to interrupt his speech while others defended him. This video recorded moment went viral as national media outlets shared the story

    Knox initially talked about students missing out on instruction days because of the COVID-19 spread before he mentioned his concerns for his family's health.

    Central Magnet High School student Grady Knox is mocked by some as he speaks of losing his grandmother to Covid and said that she got Covid because someone didnt wear a mask around her as he addresses the Rutherford County School Board on Tuesday Sept 7 2021 People for and against masks had the opportunity to speak during the meeting

    Grady: 'We're killing people'

    Knox stopped for a few seconds when the audience heckling occurred before board Chairman Coy Young spoke.

    "Hey guys, we’re here to act professional," Young said before Knox continued.

    "This is an avoidable issue, and by not wearing masks in schools, it’s irresponsible. We’re killing people. This is not something we should be doing for the education of our students. Thank you."

    Knox was part of a group of six Central Magnet School students organized by classmate Will Severn to speak.

    Grady and other speaking students impress board vice chairwoman

    Knox also impressed board vice chairwoman Tiffany Johnson. She recalled hearing one man in the crowd speaking in the direction of Knox: 

    “Oh come on son. That’s not true.”

    Johnson said Knox demonstrated maturity and professionalism, unlike some of the antimasking audience members interrupting him.

    "At that moment," Johnson said, "those people should have have been removed from the meeting." 

    Johnson recalled looking at the Rutherford County Sheriff's deputies in hopes they'd remove the hecklers.

    "It was deeply troubling," Johnson added. 

    continues.. 

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  • Posts: 9,277
    mickeyrat said:
    I want to say this is unbelievable. but I know its not....


    Student heckled for saying grandmother died of COVID-19 because someone didn't wear mask

    Scott Broden
    Murfreesboro Daily News Journal
    • Central Magnet junior Grady Knox told school board 'We're killing people' by not wearing masks
    • Grady and other speaking students impress board vice chairwoman
    • CNN interviewed Central Magnet students who spoke in support of mask requirements in school
    • The heckling of the Grady Knox speech went viral and displayed by Newsweek to national audience

    MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — "...I’m worried about my family. If I get COVID, I’m going to bring it to my family, and I talk to my grandparents a lot. They are higher risk than me, so I don’t want to give them COVID.

    "This time last year, my grandmother, who was a former teacher at the Rutherford County school system, died of COVID because someone wasn’t wearing a mask."

    Tennessee High schooler Grady Knox's passionate plea for the health of himself and others was mocked earlier this week at a Rutherford County Board of Education meeting, a scene which has drawn national attention to this hyper-divisive debate

    Knox was ridiculed, even laughed at, Tuesday evening by some in the school board meeting audience when he said his grandmother died of COVID-19 after being exposed to a person without a mask.

    Knox was among the seven students who asked the Rutherford County Board of Education to require masks. Six of the students represented Central Magnet School, which serves high achievers in downtown Murfreesboro. 

    Knox: "This is going to continue if we don’t have a mask mandate. Contact tracing has been a big issue for students this year because all of us know that if we get contact traced we’re going to miss at least a week of school. That’s a week of instruction, a week of teacher contact that we’re going to miss.

    'Things moved downward rather quickly':Airlines say rise in COVID-19 cases is hurting ticket sales

    The 'come on, man' speech:Why Biden's COVID-19 vaccine mandate was the fiery TV we needed

    Knox remained calm while getting heckled. His composure impressed his father, Kerry Knox, a Murfreesboro attorney, who had a sense of disbelief that a crowd would act like that to a child. 

    "I wanted to defend him but he handled it so much better than I could have," said the father.

    Knox's grandmother lived at Adams Place retirement community in Murfreesboro before she died of COVID-19.

    Prior to that, she retired from a career as an English teacher at Oakland High, Kerry Knox said.

    The board's indecision on changing the policy followed a three-hour debate that included hearing a few dozen speeches from people on both sides of the mask issue in a packed meeting room.

    Knox: "I talked to one of my classmates today, and he said that he was worried about a test that he had to take because he had missed the entire last week of school and hadn’t seen his math teacher until that day. This is not something that we want to be going on in our schools."

    Some of the people against masks heckled and laughed at Knox to interrupt his speech while others defended him. This video recorded moment went viral as national media outlets shared the story

    Knox initially talked about students missing out on instruction days because of the COVID-19 spread before he mentioned his concerns for his family's health.

    Central Magnet High School student Grady Knox is mocked by some as he speaks of losing his grandmother to Covid and said that she got Covid because someone didnt wear a mask around her as he addresses the Rutherford County School Board on Tuesday Sept 7 2021 People for and against masks had the opportunity to speak during the meeting

    Grady: 'We're killing people'

    Knox stopped for a few seconds when the audience heckling occurred before board Chairman Coy Young spoke.

    "Hey guys, we’re here to act professional," Young said before Knox continued.

    "This is an avoidable issue, and by not wearing masks in schools, it’s irresponsible. We’re killing people. This is not something we should be doing for the education of our students. Thank you."

    Knox was part of a group of six Central Magnet School students organized by classmate Will Severn to speak.

    Grady and other speaking students impress board vice chairwoman

    Knox also impressed board vice chairwoman Tiffany Johnson. She recalled hearing one man in the crowd speaking in the direction of Knox: 

    “Oh come on son. That’s not true.”

    Johnson said Knox demonstrated maturity and professionalism, unlike some of the antimasking audience members interrupting him.

    "At that moment," Johnson said, "those people should have have been removed from the meeting." 

    Johnson recalled looking at the Rutherford County Sheriff's deputies in hopes they'd remove the hecklers.

    "It was deeply troubling," Johnson added. 

    continues.. 

    Fuckin people man. Not surprising. 
  • Asia Posts: 4,528
    edited September 2021
    My brother, his best friend and their wives went camping.

    Friend:  I am getting a really bad cold

    Brother:  Uh, are you vaccinated?

    Friend:  Wife won't let me.

    Friend Wife:  DON'T GET POLITICAL!


    4 days later he is dead.

    His wife says he died of heart failure, not covid.

    Edit:  52 years old
    Post edited by Smellyman on
  • This is heartbreaking. I can't take all the  loss of life. This disease is horrible


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  • It’s incredible that people are willing to just live like this is a normal part of life!
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • Posts: 5,112
    mickeyrat said:
    I want to say this is unbelievable. but I know its not....


    Student heckled for saying grandmother died of COVID-19 because someone didn't wear mask

    Scott Broden
    Murfreesboro Daily News Journal
    • Central Magnet junior Grady Knox told school board 'We're killing people' by not wearing masks
    • Grady and other speaking students impress board vice chairwoman
    • CNN interviewed Central Magnet students who spoke in support of mask requirements in school
    • The heckling of the Grady Knox speech went viral and displayed by Newsweek to national audience

    MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — "...I’m worried about my family. If I get COVID, I’m going to bring it to my family, and I talk to my grandparents a lot. They are higher risk than me, so I don’t want to give them COVID.

    "This time last year, my grandmother, who was a former teacher at the Rutherford County school system, died of COVID because someone wasn’t wearing a mask."

    Tennessee High schooler Grady Knox's passionate plea for the health of himself and others was mocked earlier this week at a Rutherford County Board of Education meeting, a scene which has drawn national attention to this hyper-divisive debate

    Knox was ridiculed, even laughed at, Tuesday evening by some in the school board meeting audience when he said his grandmother died of COVID-19 after being exposed to a person without a mask.

    Knox was among the seven students who asked the Rutherford County Board of Education to require masks. Six of the students represented Central Magnet School, which serves high achievers in downtown Murfreesboro. 

    Knox: "This is going to continue if we don’t have a mask mandate. Contact tracing has been a big issue for students this year because all of us know that if we get contact traced we’re going to miss at least a week of school. That’s a week of instruction, a week of teacher contact that we’re going to miss.

    'Things moved downward rather quickly':Airlines say rise in COVID-19 cases is hurting ticket sales

    The 'come on, man' speech:Why Biden's COVID-19 vaccine mandate was the fiery TV we needed

    Knox remained calm while getting heckled. His composure impressed his father, Kerry Knox, a Murfreesboro attorney, who had a sense of disbelief that a crowd would act like that to a child. 

    "I wanted to defend him but he handled it so much better than I could have," said the father.

    Knox's grandmother lived at Adams Place retirement community in Murfreesboro before she died of COVID-19.

    Prior to that, she retired from a career as an English teacher at Oakland High, Kerry Knox said.

    The board's indecision on changing the policy followed a three-hour debate that included hearing a few dozen speeches from people on both sides of the mask issue in a packed meeting room.

    Knox: "I talked to one of my classmates today, and he said that he was worried about a test that he had to take because he had missed the entire last week of school and hadn’t seen his math teacher until that day. This is not something that we want to be going on in our schools."

    Some of the people against masks heckled and laughed at Knox to interrupt his speech while others defended him. This video recorded moment went viral as national media outlets shared the story

    Knox initially talked about students missing out on instruction days because of the COVID-19 spread before he mentioned his concerns for his family's health.

    Central Magnet High School student Grady Knox is mocked by some as he speaks of losing his grandmother to Covid and said that she got Covid because someone didnt wear a mask around her as he addresses the Rutherford County School Board on Tuesday Sept 7 2021 People for and against masks had the opportunity to speak during the meeting

    Grady: 'We're killing people'

    Knox stopped for a few seconds when the audience heckling occurred before board Chairman Coy Young spoke.

    "Hey guys, we’re here to act professional," Young said before Knox continued.

    "This is an avoidable issue, and by not wearing masks in schools, it’s irresponsible. We’re killing people. This is not something we should be doing for the education of our students. Thank you."

    Knox was part of a group of six Central Magnet School students organized by classmate Will Severn to speak.

    Grady and other speaking students impress board vice chairwoman

    Knox also impressed board vice chairwoman Tiffany Johnson. She recalled hearing one man in the crowd speaking in the direction of Knox: 

    “Oh come on son. That’s not true.”

    Johnson said Knox demonstrated maturity and professionalism, unlike some of the antimasking audience members interrupting him.

    "At that moment," Johnson said, "those people should have have been removed from the meeting." 

    Johnson recalled looking at the Rutherford County Sheriff's deputies in hopes they'd remove the hecklers.

    "It was deeply troubling," Johnson added. 

    continues.. 

    Murfreesboro…
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  • Posts: 20,841
    Looks like early October approval for 5- to 11-year-old children has been kicked down to late October now.

    Great. I look forward to another month of crippling anxiety.
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  • Posts: 44,602
    dankind said:
    Looks like early October approval for 5- to 11-year-old children has been kicked down to late October now.

    Great. I look forward to another month of crippling anxiety.

    understandable, but it does provide some measure of confidence they want to get it right, doesnt it?
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  • Posts: 20,841
    mickeyrat said:

    understandable, but it does provide some measure of confidence they want to get it right, doesnt it?
    Understandable, but when one suffers from crippling anxiety, confidence is something a foreign concept.
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  • dankind said:
    Understandable, but when one suffers from crippling anxiety, confidence is something a foreign concept.
    Word.  Im right with you. Im about  done  with this  . I can't  take anymore 


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  • I have  a 4 a 14 and a17 year old all thrown into the  fire here. Its more than i can take


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  • i come from downtown. Posts: 7,095
    dankind said:
    Looks like early October approval for 5- to 11-year-old children has been kicked down to late October now.

    Great. I look forward to another month of crippling anxiety.
    Why the extra wait time? They say?
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  • Posts: 4,968
    Stay strong. We have to stay strong for those around us. One day, it will be over.
    We'll do our part to stay safe and keep others safe too. Big virtual hugs.
    Falling down,...not staying down
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