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@Hoosier might be time to shut this down. This has turned into a meme war followed by sanctimonious replies from meteorologists. Time to end this thread.

I remember reading about it in the Toledo Blade. People were doing the same exact things, traveling way out of town just to go to saloons and what not. https://www.toledoblade.com/news/medical/2018/12/08/the-spanish-flu-epidemic-that-shut-down-toledo-1918/stories/20181206003

Nah I have to disagree with your rebuttal. You can be more productive from home, but with kids and the wife working there as well, that goes out the window. I've always worked from home periodically, especially after days of travel, but this is unlike anything I've ever done with everyone removed and distanced. Also co-worker cohesion seems to be going down, I've noticed some HEATED arguments lately that would have never happened if we were all still together. Being in your own space all the time makes it easier to be combative.

Not at all. Lol people don’t have a lot of patience and perseverance. It’s clear at this point fatigue has set in

Distractions! Haha I’m going to lose my mind with all these Zoom meetings and calls that have to wait because people are home schooling their kids and what not. I so miss people being in an office so I could just give them a ring or walk into their office. The pace of work seems to have slowed down

We’re having problems with training and onboarding due to this pandemic. We’ve got a few people in positions hired similar to mine that are basically doing intern-type work because we cannot relocate them or train them properly at this time. I swear when all this dies down the amount of business travel I’ll have to do will be enormous. [mention]Stebo [/mention] I think it’s okay to work from home, it’s not okay to make it illegal for a supply chain analyst or accountant to go into work.

Well said sir! It's the biggest issue I have with this, Governors can do as little or as much as they want. If Ohio's Governor comes out tomorrow and says that everyone must wear an Ohio State ballcap with a face shield attached to the bill before entering indoor places, what check is there to stop this? As I said previously my company has two main offices in Chicago & Ann Arbor. Because of the WFH restrictions Michigan's governor has imposed, we're having a difficult time hiring people because it's so difficult to align people into the office.

Ready for some drier air in Charleston. 80's and humid is no fun this time of year

Absolutely! The only problem currently is the mugginess, recently has became humid once more due to Hurricane Delta

I remember last year it was incredibly cold in November around the Great Lakes. Was in Chicago during the time it got down to 6 degrees in mid November, absolutely froze walking around. How is the foliage up there? It's very odd being October 12th and still going swimming in the pool daily but that's life in Charleston

That has to be terrifying to fly through hail. I can only imagine what the noise onboard was like. I remember on my way to West Lafayette driving through something like this. Had 60-70 mph winds and downbursts so intense it brought hail & what seemed like snow to the surface at 50 degree temps.

Haha I’d be shocked if any SEC school tested before students returned. Like I said, I fully expected SEC stadiums to look like that. No one has cared about this pandemic since June when the numbers got really high. In SC we had a few days about 2,000 new cases because spread is so bad on campuses

It just seems so foreign is all. Heck turn on ABC and ESPN right now, games are packed and mask wearing is almost zero. Also Florida’s head coach is asking for full capacity crowds as A&M’s large crowd affected them today. Haha we may get 88K in Gainesville

Don’t really understand this reaction or comment. Government here is so limited they don’t even have an official state ban on indoor smoking. Only thing this state cares about is liquor, casinos and abortion

Bingo. People are tired of being told how to live their lives and that’s why the pushback is so extreme. It’s obvious watching football today, SEC games are packed with fans. Had to be 40K+ at A&M. Thats why I laugh at so much of the reaction on here, the government operates totally different down here compared to how it was in Ohio for me.

The massive upticks can all be related to numerous spread at state universities. It's absolute bologna that these state governments sit here and complain about numbers/threaten more restrictions, and yet sanction the housing of thousands of young adults in close proximity in order to earn tuition money.

I agree, it's a tough balancing act. I think you hit the nail on the head with that last part, why did Americans not accept those types of restrictions? Lets face it, this is less on our government and more on our citizens. I've been wearing a mask in public places since March and quite frankly that is a rarity down here. https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/08/27/more-americans-say-they-are-regularly-wearing-masks-in-stores-and-other-businesses/ We can go back and forth but the reality is this country for whatever reason really didn't get into mask wearing until August. I have no clue why Americans are so adamant against this. Also in reply to Stebo most Governors have an approval of their handling of this quite high. In fact this article shows her 28th in the country in overall approval at 63%. It's pretty wild how well the governors are favored, and Congress is not. https://stacker.com/stories/4227/approval-ratings-how-every-governor-handling-covid-19?page=3

I didn't say there was not debate, I said it can be taken to Columbia & Lansing. Provinces do not have near the authority that states do, so most things need to be taken to Ottawa. Also I said our country loves the center-right with a relatively weak central government, not our President. I agree, he has some disconcerting tendencies and I think most of the country agrees with that. It would help if you accurately read my post and then offered rebuttal.

I understand this is a highly liberal forum and that's what makes this a somewhat enjoyable conversation, but would you guys want a European/Canadian system ran by Donald Trump & Mike Pence? Or George Bush & Dick Cheney? In the last 40 years we've had Republican control of the Executive Branch for 24 of those. Our country loves the center-right with a relatively weak central government, that's why Trump won. Obama was fairly liberal and Trump winning was a reaction to that. Likewise Trump has some far-right beliefs that are going to cause a jump back to the left with a Biden win in November. Would you guys rather live in a world where we debate the coronavirus rules or a world where it doesn't matter because DC does whatever it wants? I personally believe Gov. Whitmer has gone too far, and likewise Gov. McMaster here has not gone far enough. Regardless I am glad we live in a country where this debate can be taken to Columbia or Lansing.

I feel like I need my British girlfriend to come on here and explain these things to you guys lol. Really you guys have no idea how wealthy we are compared to just about every other country. It’s a hell of a combination of high incomes/low taxes/cheap imports that we have

Ha we easily beat them. We’re considerably better off financially than those countries.

I’m saying move there.

We have the most competitive economy in the world, by far the highest standard of living for a major country. This has led to the second highest percentage of people with a bachelors degree in the world. Its certainly not perfect but we do live pretty damn good lives in this country. Honestly this thread needs to relax. Like damn guys Canada is right there if you guys don’t like it that much?

He said I have made it apparent that I don’t view this as a big deal. Lol I mean come on I can’t fully do my job, have kept most dining to outdoor and wear a mask in public places. Just because I don’t think everything needs to be shutdown doesn’t mean I’m so hardcore anti-masker. We can have balance folks.

Dude shut the hell up. I’ve said multiple times this is legit and continue to work from home. Also have worn a mask since March. Just because I don’t live my life in terror like you do doesn’t mean I’m not being precautious. But I choose to work from home, in Michigan it would be illegal for me to go in. That’s the whole problem. Quit watching MSNBC all day, you might actually learn something