Tex-s

I figure this ends up in the Attic, so I'll save time and just post it here.

Skipping irrelevant bits of preamble.... I went to purchase a lawn mower in the nearest 'medium large' city near me. In said city there has been a reopening of restaurants at 25%, of salons, etc. What that means is that 100% of the population are trying to go and do things that were locked up, but that said 'things' are at 25%. I've lived in this area for most of the last 30 years and the crowds out today looked 99% like Black Friday crowds......

After getting my mower (after waiting outside the store for over an hour, maximum occupancy means one in one out) I went to go home. A few blocks away, a general chicken restaurant's drive through line had 23 cars in line and at least 30 people in line outside the actual dining area. The drive through line wrapped beyond the chicken place's parking and into TWO adjacent business lots and blocked access to all three lots. In so doing, the drive through line also forced the patrons in line for the dining area to either abandon social distancing or dodge traffic.

To me, this is the ultimate case of unintended consequences. Thousands of people who still cannot go to work trying to get access to dozens of places allowed to partially open means inordinate crowding, waiting, stress, and more crowding.....CROWDING.

It seems listening only to health experts for 3 months means we are effectively forced into close proximity as we wait our turn at trying to live normal life. I physically touched no one I can recall at a public store at anytime in the last 30 years prior to today, where it happened twice, both because people tried to stay 6 feet from one another and then ran into me instead.

In short, mandating we not crowd each other in area 'A' seems to guarantee we crowd each other in area 'B'.

travelwp Loc: New Jersey

And the political group, that orchestrates the closing and opening of area 'A', are mostly from area 'D'.

DaveO Loc: Northeast CT

Don't ever pass up a chance to show how sick you are. What a maroon!

thom w Loc: San Jose, CA

I was going to jump in and defend him, but every excuse I came up with sounded like an insult.

soba1 Loc: Somewhere In So Ca

Again it’s not about the virus it’s about control

Rose42

Yep. And see how easy it is.

LWW Loc: Banana Republic of America

Coming to America?

soba1 Loc: Somewhere In So Ca

Ouch LDub

Checkmate Loc: Southern California

The DemoKKKraps have been front and center of the incompetence of controlling the rise of deaths from covid-19. If it is a blue state it
probably a death trap. New York, Oregon, California, Michigan, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, etc. What more proof do
you need to show that DemoKKKraps are responsible for spreading this disease to a large degree.

soba1 Loc: Somewhere In So Ca

Yep too easy

DaveO Loc: Northeast CT

LOL, looks like a trumpette!

soba1 Loc: Somewhere In So Ca

Thinking is free I use it quite often.
I’m not saying it’s not real it’s just that it doesn’t warrant the response.
Definitely not worth giving up our freedoms for.
We didn’t have a lock down for aids ebola which is much worse and the flu

DaveO Loc: Northeast CT

It's a difficult call when some personal freedoms are jeopardized by public well being. Too much unknown to act hastily....

trainspotter Loc: Oregon

"LOOKS" like a Bidenist to me... ( I can hear his son now: DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD

soba1 Loc: Somewhere In So Ca

Look it’s a personal choice. Again I take supplements to boost my immune system. Keep hand sanitizer at all times and wash my hand frequently. The numbers simply aren’t adding up. I get yours and others concerns.

As for me I don’t want to die but I’m not afraid of dying.

I mean really are long lines necessary waiting like cattle before we go into a store.
I go into Wal Mart I have to wear a mask.
We know dogs animals can carry the virus.
Why don’t the require dogs to wear masks.
Something to think about.