dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida

In a sense, we humans are committing mass suicide by ignoring the virus attack. I was going to compare us to Lemmings but found out via Google that "Lemmings do not commit suicide."

With this administration, science takes a back seat... or is thrown off the bus. The 1918 Flu actually started in 1917... the 2019 flu, COVID-19 will be remembered as the 2020 slaughter, unless the vaccine is ready for the fall attack.

1Feathercrest Loc: NEPA

Damn it! Stop with the idiotic, biased, stupid, un-informed CRAP!

5dogsken

Tex-s

Nah. "Society" will moderate temporarily. "Society" MIGHT change greeting habits like cheek kissing, hugs, or shaking hands, but once the COVID stats are accurate and the media reports facts instead of snippets aimed only at fear and Trump-bashing, people will see COVID as it is, a highly infections, mostly asymptomatic, seasonal disease that is particularly able to assail those with health that is already compromised.

The older population, especially men, might make permanent behavioral changes, but I doubt it, and younger healthy people, statistically, should stop driving before they worry about COVID. The last stats I saw showed COVID was responsible for 0.8% of all deaths of people 15-44 this year, but car incident was at 9%.

WessoJPEG Loc: Cincinnati, Ohio

Will disappear after election.😂

Runninglate Loc: Saint Cloud, Florida

Living in Florida I would have to ask what Ron Desantis are you talking about? Surely it cannot be the governor.

JeffL Loc: New Jersey

There is a really simple answer to what drives the politicians and corporate officers. It doesn't matter whether it is blue or red. FOLLOW THE MONEY!!!

gvarner Loc: Central Oregon Coast

And all of this while Florida's governor stops the reporting of COVID deaths. We don’t have free speech when the government refuses to comply.

Blair Shaw Jr Loc: Dunnellon,Florida

WessoJPEG Loc: Cincinnati, Ohio

Let the Tide Pod Eaters drink Clorox.

StanMac Loc: Tennessee

The same issues exist in the print world. There are no restrictions on what one can publish masquerading as the truth. Whatever the publisher thinks has salability is what counts - it’s all about the money and notoriety.

Stan

olemikey Loc: 6 mile creek, Spacecoast Florida

It is easy to check sources on any story/post/news online or in print, just takes a little effort. Everyone should do that for anything that appears controversial, or looks as though it was posted to "divide us", or to paint a party or group as evil, or others as too squeaky clean (the truth is rarely that simple), and trolls of all types are numerous.

How this re-open deal will work out remains to be seen. Several countries now in the process of trying to re-open have seen new spikes, and we may/may not see the same, time will tell. Our medical/scientific communities are telling us we may see a general spike later this year, and some states/counties may not yet be near the initial spike for their area (remember some did very little to stem what may be coming for them). It may cause us to alter the way we live, but that too remains to be seen.

Ron Desantis by all I can tell so far, appears to be a decent family man and a decent politician and from what I can tell seems genuine, but he too can make mistakes/misteps along with successes (Note - I am a Florida Resident and Independent/NPA Voter) - meaning I have no party affiliation, I vote for who I consider to be the best candidate, based on performance, not rhetoric. He is not a medical scientist, he is a lawyer/attorney, so he should listen to the medical/scientific community as well as citizens and business owners, and respond in rational ways, as should we all. He is a good public speaker, so he seldom makes huge gaffs, and he "fact checks" fairly well. His other huge challenge now is to fix Florida's Unemployment System/Re-employment System process, the system he inherited from crooked ex-govenor/senator Rick Scott was built to fail, built to underserve, and fail it has, in a most dramatic way.

For Florida, getting through this and the upcoming hurricane season, safely surviving and thriving are goals I support.

Picture Taker Loc: Michigan Thumb

What ever any one does we will have someone else tell us what the should have doe better after see it in hindsight.

5dogsken

https://www.allsides.com/media-bias/media-bias-chart

Bias and facts are totally different things.

https://www.google.com/search?q=most+factual+news+sources+2020&rlz=1C1VFKB_enUS696US696&oq=mos&aqs=chrome.0.69i59j69i57j69i65l3j69i60l3.2877j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

WessoJPEG Loc: Cincinnati, Ohio

It will all go away after election. Or after Fauci, Gates, and big Pharma inject you.