tallpaul
Well-Known Member
Darwinism in action.
Cops are the bad guys now thanks to the media. No wonder they are not around.My wife and I earlier today dropped off a birthday card to my sister. We decided to just check out Newport Beach while we were down that way. Holy damn crap!! Good thing we had our windows rolled up and recirculating air on. Weekday and the beaches were packed!! Thousands of people, huge groups, zero social distancing and no masks. Even one of the bars was open passing drinks outside. We only counted a very small handful wearing masks.
Here is the mind blower: Not one cop anywhere to be found on the whole peninsula. ZERO law enforcement except a few life guards. I have never seen this in my whole life!! The LEO presence is always around during the summer months. It was mayhem!! No parking enforcement and people arguing in the lots over parking spaces. I could not get out of there quick enough.
Consequently Newport Beach has some of the hugest number of covid cases in my county. This is damn horrible.
Made me remember this article from several months ago:Unfortunately lots of folks choose to learn the hard way.
I have always respected authority when it's warranted. In the case of enforcing the COVID rules it is.Bottom line is “Actions are driven by emotions, not rational thought” regarding the way many people reject authority or go into fight mode when stressed. I'm sure that all the police on the forum can tell long tales about this.
As CW said. The idea was to flatten the curve so our hospital capability could grow to meet the demand and not be overwhelmed. New York was overwhelmed but hopefully some of your other cities are now ready.The big question is whether or not the shutdown of life and the economy saved any lives at all, or did it just spread the same number of infections and deaths across 9 months instead of 5, for example? And the next big question is how will we respond to Covid-20 next year or the year after? Shut down the world again? Can we afford it? I always thought that the common cold would wipe out mankind: now I realise that it's mankind's lemming like response to the common cold that will be the end of us.
Makes sense. Cloth masks work but are not as good or effective as medical grade masks.Here I am again, gonna hit and run....https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4420971/
Brain and lung damage regardless of age and fitness.Not much new; another article that even "mild cases" are not something you want to risk getting and even if you are younger with less risk of dying.
Think a 'mild' case of Covid-19 doesn’t sound so bad? Think again | Adrienne Matei
Otherwise healthy people who thought they had recovered from coronavirus are reporting persistent and strange symptoms - including strokeswww.theguardian.com
Exactly what I'm thinking when I hear BS like:Brain and lung damage regardless of age and fitness.
Yeah, but we are averaging over 800 new coronavirus cases everyday. For some reason houses are selling like crazy around here. You can't even find one to buy. They are being sold before they are even listed for way over fair market value. I see lots of foreclosures coming.Lots of things are not as bad as they were a month ago, Farm milk prices are way up, real estate is selling very well, business is having a very hard time finding workers, most meat plants are back to full scale work, there is definitely no shortage of jobs in central Wisconsin.
Totally agree that we are not as bad as a month ago however we are in the calm ahead of the financial storm. Things ought to get ugly after the election.Lots of things are not as bad as they were a month ago, Farm milk prices are way up, real estate is selling very well, business is having a very hard time finding workers, most meat plants are back to full scale work, there is definitely no shortage of jobs in central Wisconsin.