Malacka11

Please explain to me how you know that "wide scale lockdowns" didn't work. Are you the Flash? Did you travel to a different timeline to check what things would be like without the safety measures we put in place?

People seem to be forgetting that all of the data we have available to us thus far was generated during a legitimate quarantine. What I'm trying to say is, if everyone but the 1% who are at greatest risk of dropping dead (not being severely ill, which could be anyone, but dropping dead) suddenly stops taking the virus seriously, then you can be DAMN well sure that those hospitals are going to be extremely overwhelmed. And in this case, transiency - or a lack thereof - is entirely irrelevant, because the second that there are people in this country who are unable to obtain adequate medical attention because of a lack of space, we'll know that we have failed as a nation.

Because sadly, like ALEK pointed out yesterday, there is an appalling number of sociopaths in our society who couldn't be Fucked to wear a piece of fabric.

How about we improve quality of life by permanently implementing mask wearing? If it helps prevent all viruses, then let's go.

The difference between ALEK's comments and those that you guys make is that with him, it's obvious that he's being sarcastic. With you guys, not the case.

What really pisses me off about people who deny the benefit of wearing masks is that it's so obvious that they work. Like Christ. Put one on, light a candle, and try to blow it out. You won't be able to. It's really that simple to understand how face masks work. They absorb the larger, more dangerous water droplets from your breath and limit the range of the smaller ones. You really don't need a study to prove that wearing face masks is beneficial. If it were a "hoax" then why the hell are "surgical masks" even a thing?

And it's a correct message. Chances are, if people wouldn't be wearing masks and staying farther away from each other, we'd have wayyyyy more cases than we have had so far (as if that isn't already a high enough number). Just because you do one thing to help doesn't mean that things can't eventually get worse anyway.

I have a hard time coming up with a less intelligent thing to say.

Come again? What the heck are you talking about?

Can you define major country?

I'd honestly prefer that lmfao

Malarkey at least sounds sort of cute you know? I find it endearing in a way

The term "shindig" makes me want to go out into the garage and chug a can of paint thinner.

The sad truth that nobody can deny is that in this instance, America's rampant capitalism and bureaucracy have failed its people. When it really counted, our country chose to pander to the whims of the ultra rich companies and individuals that we oh so love, and you and I paid the price. What's truly the most infuriating, though, is that so many people choose to stand in ill-perceived class solidarity with the top 1%.

Dude. You're comparing an extremely fishy story of her being in a hair salon with like one or two other people, to public officials going out and telling everyone that the virus isn't serious. What's the comparison you're trying to make?

No, she doesn't.

He literally said it contributes. Possibly the very first thing that was concluded about COVID was that if you're obese, or whatever else, then you're likely going to have a harder time with the virus. But what you are suggesting -that Trump should talk about dietary improvements, etc.- is asinine as all hell. What's Trump going to do? Put a link to Weight Watchers in a tweet? How on Earth can losing weight, if you are a chronically obese individual, be compared to looping a piece of fabric around your ears when you're in public? If every single overweight person in America, hypothetically, were to start hardcore dieting today, it would likely be at least a year before the majority of them start to approach safe weights. Compare that, to, wearing a mask. One is an instantaneous solution, that one can do TODAY. the other is something that you can achieve over the course of several months, or likely even years, by which time hopefully this disease will no longer be so relevant. Furthermore, being obese affects you and only you. Wearing a mask, and practicing social distancing prevents you from giving the disease to others, regardless of how badly it affects you. THAT's what's important.

You're right, it probably is. Because, whether you're willing to admit it or not, one side of the room is right, and one side is wrong.

Saying that the left politicized... What? Good health practices? Give me a break. The right immediately picked up the role of victim in what could have been a rare unifying moment in this country.

It's like they want to maximize their potential to look like morons.

Every time I hear someone blame "leftists" for the coronavirus, I want to stick a fork into the electrical outlet in my garage. Your ability to ignore reality in order to play the blame game with us is unreal.

The issue is that at this point we're stuck in this state of acceptance, so unless things get really bad again (maybe not even then) we're not going to be able to convince people to take Covid seriously enough. If things are going to change, in my opinion it's probably going to have to happen at the federal level... Maybe next January at the earliest.

Exactly. If we look at Trump's previous political tactics, he's always tried to circumnavigate the topic of coronavirus. So for him to suddenly fake having it would be very odd. The fact that we're even a little bit skeptical of this situation is, in and of itself, a very, very sad thing.