RFalvo69
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Protests are popping up across the US over stay-at-home restrictions
Apr 16, 2020
https://wreg.com/news/coronavirus/protests-are-popping-up-across-the-us-over-stay-at-home-restrictions/
"(CNN) — Protesters gathered in several state capitals this week to voice their opposition to stay-at-home orders issued to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus.
Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Minnesota, North Carolina and Utah — states led by both Republican and Democratic governors — have all seen protests in recent days as people grow more concerned about the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic.
Being aced by the Coronavirus is a sure way to not have economic worries ever again, I agree.
You are becoming more obnoxious with each post and I am liking Clive less and less with each one.
Just tell the gunman who has a gun pressed against your head to go away: you have my permission to ignore my posts.
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The majority of those protesters are likely working age adults. For most age groups under mine (60s) the percentage chance of death from the virus isn't much higher than that of getting hit by a bus crossing a street.
Except that:
First: this "statistic" is true under current circumstances (quarantine, social distance...) - no one knows what a reopening will bring.
Second: You can be asymptomatic but still a carrier - thus turning your workplace into a hot zone.
Edit: Oh, I almost forgot: the deaths caused by an unchecked Coronavirus will be added to all other deaths; cancer, being hit by a bus, having your cat pushing the hairdryer in the water while you are bathing... those deaths will not be substituted by the Coronavirus - you will only increase the causes of death in your country.
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People are simply not willing to tolerate being told they are not allowed to make a living due to a risk of that magnitude. If we destroy our economies there will be far more death from far more causes than the virus.
Again, we don't know what this virus can do once unchecked. What we do know is that when it went unchecked, before before sanitary measures were put in place, it exploded in hot areas all around the World in a frighteningly fast way. We are still living suffering from what happened in, literally, a couple of days back when we thought "it was just a flu, it will go away with warm weather, it will just disappear." We also know that countries that at once adopted and kept draconic measures (like South Korea) are suffering a lot less than us.
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I can appreciate the potential level of paranoia the experiences in Italy may have fostered in some, but you should endeavor to avoid allowing that paranoia to dominate how you judge others.
I can also appreciate the level of irresponsibility that other countries' experiences (and leaders) can foster in some, but you should endeavor to avoid allowing that irresponsibility to dominate how you judge others.
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Furthermore, the Good Book tells us we shouldn't be judging others in the first place.
Clive Owen just called. He says "Well, thank you!"
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Will please try to reign it in a bit?
And will you please start to understand that "freedom" doesn't mean "I have the right to do what pleases me!", but it means both free will and responsibility? Because every single death caused by someone not following the official scientific guidelines will be on him - and I don't think that this simple fact is being grasped by enough people - at least in some countries.
< Message edited by RFalvo69 -- 4/17/2020 12:38:23 PM >
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