RobertSul

It won’t even go that far - there’d be limited capacity. Though I think you attributed the original quote to the wrong person.

As someone who stridently supports the 2nd Amendment myself, I find your statement goes against all of us responsible gun-owners, who far outnumber the irresponsible ones. And I doubt there are going to be many cookouts and weddings in November-March, at least in the Northern tier.

It’s like sucking the lime before the tequila shot.

I’m optimistic that we won’t be going through another hard lockdown. You couldn’t get masks in March, and treatments have been improved with a better understanding of the virus, not to mention that most have adapted to the mentality of social distancing and testing is more widespread. Having a mask mandate helps a lot, too. Sure, you’ll still have people who’ll disregard it, but the 10% (accounts for a million or so in MI) of people who’d go around maskless without a mandate will have a far less likely chance of infecting a million more, so hospitals should hopefully withstand this round.

You don’t think wearing a mask during a pandemic should be introduced as a temporary “decency law”?

I’ll agree. In late March, I was really hopeful. We were finally being told upfront just how serious this would be, and it seemed like everything was cohesive, and that our leader was being compassionate. If he kept that up over the summer, I’d have been first in line to vote for him. Instead, it turned into a shit show.

People are “forced” to wear pants when they go out, or risk being arrested. Where are the anti-pants brigades?

He’s been trained into thinking this administration can do no wrong, and if something does happen, it’s either someone else’s fault or it’s an “impossible” situation.

Why was controlled spread *possible* for other countries? Why is it impossible for us?

The only reason this was an impossible situation is we have someone who yields a lot of influence on impressionable minds saying from the start that this was a hoax. And then there were less than 15 cases and it’d be gone. And then it’d go away in April. And then belittled reporters/political opponents for wearing a mask. The fact that you don’t see the trend here speaks volumes.

“Impossible situation” for the most powerful country on Earth. https://www.emsworld.com/news/1225033/us-has-highest-covid-19-death-rate-developed-world

An impossible position? We have the worst death rate of developed nations. Why do you even bother voting for such an important position if you don’t think the person you’re voting for should be held accountable for anything? Also, how are these therapeutics going to work when hospitals are already having to ration supplies, while cases are still going up? Utah is going to have to in a week or two, and hospitalization rates lag behind positive cases. https://www.sltrib.com/news/2020/10/25/with-coronavirus-cases/

How many more months until a vaccine comes out? How are uninsured people going to get access to any of this after ACA is struck down? Long-term effects still aren’t fully understood, but let’s give up on trying to control the spread.

I’m really disappointed that the party of “personal responsibility” has turned into “I take no responsibility” in just a few short years. It’s amazing the damage that a cult of personality can do in such a short amount of time.

“We’re not going to control the pandemic.” — White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, Oct. 25, 2020.

I’ve never met anyone from Evansville and am convinced it doesn’t exist.

Needs a shot of penicillin.

Geez, with all the people in the Midwest desperate to live in South Carolina, there must be a very difficult and exclusive vetting process since the state has less than half the population of Illinois, Ohio and Michigan. How long did it take to complete the South Carolinian citizenship exam? Recommend any good study guides?

Looks like Lake Shore Advisory season has started in SE Michigan.

That is the perfect amount of snow if you have no snow. Bury that picnic table! (Though I really like the aesthetic of this, too.)

The accumulated snowfall maps for the next week or so looks more like a late November pattern. Hopefully we can keep something like this going through winter!

We do pretty well with GDP PPP per Capita, too. Again, really good for a country our size: https://www.worldometers.info/gdp/gdp-per-capita/ Wealth disparity is a different issue and does skew these numbers from an equity standpoint, but not by a HUGE amount.

Our cheap imports have gotten a bit more expensive since the Trade War started. Our Human Development Index is pretty high up, tied with England. It’s especially good for such a populous country. http://hdr.undp.org/en/composite/HDI

Why isn’t it he on it now if we’ve had this correction for over a month now? Also, it was heavily promoted back in April, WAY before any kind of real trial and scientific-based conclusions could’ve been made.

“or maybe big pharma' $$$ is to important.” Did you get whiplash from that pivot? The tweet wasn’t about passing, it was about the step BEFORE that, talking/negotiating, in which the “non-COVID crap” could be discussed. But even that preliminary step has been delayed by 4+ weeks.