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Jul 27, 2020 23:23:08   #
rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA
 
Longshadow wrote:
Consistency in recommendations also.

They have trouble giving ‘consistent’ recommendations when the facts and their understanding change.

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Jul 28, 2020 01:02:55   #
RowdyRay Loc: MN
 
I love how everyone is quick to blame, "The idiots in Washington", and not the idiots around them. This isn't a political issue and I wish people would stop turning it into one. They know no more about this virus than you and I. It's the first of it's kind in our lifetime. To blame them is asinine. People didn't stay home, or wear masks. Yet, it's their fault. Really?

I've been saying for years that people are getting dumber by the day. Even wished for a bug that would wipe the stupid out. Kind of like an industrial chlorine that would clean the gene pool. Unfortunately, the stupid are wiping out the smart. Careful what you wish for.

Hope you find the member and pay up.

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Jul 28, 2020 07:03:00   #
Collhar Loc: New York City.
 
LFingar wrote:
Some months ago I made a bet of sorts with another member that if Covid 19 hadn't run it's course and things were getting back to normal in 8 weeks, I would send him $100. Obviously, that hasn't happened. In my defense I must admit that didn't factor in the inability of our idiots in D.C. to bandage a scraped knee, much less handle a pandemic. Anyway, I can't find the thread where I made that bet but I am sure the person I made it with remembers. So, refresh my memory, send me your address, and I will mail you a shiny new $100 bill! This is what I get for thinking that politicians could actually be useful!
Some months ago I made a bet of sorts with another... (show quote)


"The idiots in DC"
You can add NYC to that list.
The spread of Covid was more to do with stupid people who failed to follow simple guide lines. Even now these morons have yet to understand the need for precautions. It's people not politicians who are spreading this virus.

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Jul 28, 2020 07:15:38   #
Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States
 
rehess wrote:
They have trouble giving ‘consistent’ recommendations when the facts and their understanding change.

That too!
Things are consistently inconsistent.

That's the problem with new things like this.

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Jul 28, 2020 07:48:55   #
Dannj
 
camerapapi wrote:
Let me give you my take on this. I have to agree that our "public servants" could be public but not servants. This is a pandemic of which we do not know very much. I hope you have noticed that periodically something new comes up about the virus. By now I am sure there have been mutations and that could be the reason people are not dying like it was the rule around March of this year.

Nice...but what’s it got to do with the op?

I am sure the government has been doing the best they could and understand that most of the information about the virus in Washington comes from the WHO and as far as I know its director in the beginning covered up the facts along what the Chinese government did and it was to deny the pandemic was starting in Wuhan. In the meantime people from all over the world were visiting China being exposed to the disease that we know ended up spreading to all countries in the world. Medical authorities have been working around the clock trying to find a vaccination to prevent infections.

Now lets talk about the public. I bet you have seen a majority of people not wearing a mask. Here in South Florida, where the number of infections are already a record I see lots of people not obeying the local authorities that have declared that not using a mask is against the law. The police has begun to give tickets to those not obeying the local authorities. I have seen entire families, including children, not wearing a mask. Believe me, with such a behaviour it is practically impossible to control the pandemic.

I do not blame everything on Washington.
Let me give you my take on this. I have to agree t... (show quote)

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Jul 28, 2020 08:27:06   #
Waxhouse Loc: Tampa Via Philadelphia
 
This should turnout to be the longest thread on UHH!

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Jul 28, 2020 08:35:38   #
Architect1776 Loc: In my mind
 
LFingar wrote:
Some months ago I made a bet of sorts with another member that if Covid 19 hadn't run it's course and things were getting back to normal in 8 weeks, I would send him $100. Obviously, that hasn't happened. In my defense I must admit that didn't factor in the inability of our idiots in D.C. to bandage a scraped knee, much less handle a pandemic. Anyway, I can't find the thread where I made that bet but I am sure the person I made it with remembers. So, refresh my memory, send me your address, and I will mail you a shiny new $100 bill! This is what I get for thinking that politicians could actually be useful!
Some months ago I made a bet of sorts with another... (show quote)


Election year.
It will be milked for all it is worth until Nov. 4th.
Then it will miraculously become a non issue.
You should have given the Nov. 4th as the date sure.

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Jul 28, 2020 08:47:37   #
will47 Loc: Indianapolis, IN
 
LFingar wrote:
Some months ago I made a bet of sorts with another member that if Covid 19 hadn't run it's course and things were getting back to normal in 8 weeks, I would send him $100. Obviously, that hasn't happened. In my defense I must admit that didn't factor in the inability of our idiots in D.C. to bandage a scraped knee, much less handle a pandemic. Anyway, I can't find the thread where I made that bet but I am sure the person I made it with remembers. So, refresh my memory, send me your address, and I will mail you a shiny new $100 bill! This is what I get for thinking that politicians could actually be useful!
Some months ago I made a bet of sorts with another... (show quote)


Politicians are the most vile creatures on earth.

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Jul 28, 2020 08:50:54   #
rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA
 
Architect1776 wrote:
Election year.
It will be milked for all it is worth until Nov. 4th.
Then it will miraculously become a non issue.
You should have given the Nov. 4th as the date sure.

It will not become a "non issue" until a vaccine is readily available - probably several months after the election - or until some other 'accommodation' is found with the virus.

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Jul 28, 2020 09:17:13   #
Architect1776 Loc: In my mind
 
rehess wrote:
It will not become a "non issue" until a vaccine is readily available - probably several months after the election - or until some other 'accommodation' is found with the virus.


We shall see after Nov 4.

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Jul 28, 2020 10:00:39   #
FrankR Loc: NYC
 
Collhar wrote:
"The idiots in DC"
You can add NYC to that list.
The spread of Covid was more to do with stupid people who failed to follow simple guide lines. Even now these morons have yet to understand the need for precautions. It's people not politicians who are spreading this virus.


I don’t know what part of The City you’re in, but the vast majority of people I see on the streets, in stores, etc, are masked and keeping their distance. I don’t think NY would have gotten a grip on this virus had not New Yorkers used their heads. City Hall may have left a lot to be desired, but people are still acting responsibly and complying.

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Jul 28, 2020 10:06:34   #
BigDen Loc: Alberta, Canada
 
LFingar wrote:
Some months ago I made a bet of sorts with another member that if Covid 19 hadn't run it's course and things were getting back to normal in 8 weeks, I would send him $100. Obviously, that hasn't happened. In my defense I must admit that didn't factor in the inability of our idiots in D.C. to bandage a scraped knee, much less handle a pandemic. Anyway, I can't find the thread where I made that bet but I am sure the person I made it with remembers. So, refresh my memory, send me your address, and I will mail you a shiny new $100 bill! This is what I get for thinking that politicians could actually be useful!
Some months ago I made a bet of sorts with another... (show quote)


So, how would YOU have “bandaged the knee?”

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Jul 28, 2020 10:35:24   #
LWW Loc: Banana Republic of America
 
Bigmike1 wrote:
If no one else steps up to the plate you can always send the money to me.(:


If something happens to him, send it to me.

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Jul 28, 2020 10:40:51   #
StanMac Loc: Tennessee
 
LFingar wrote:
Some months ago I made a bet of sorts with another member that if Covid 19 hadn't run it's course and things were getting back to normal in 8 weeks, I would send him $100. Obviously, that hasn't happened. In my defense I must admit that didn't factor in the inability of our idiots in D.C. to bandage a scraped knee, much less handle a pandemic. Anyway, I can't find the thread where I made that bet but I am sure the person I made it with remembers. So, refresh my memory, send me your address, and I will mail you a shiny new $100 bill! This is what I get for thinking that politicians could actually be useful!
Some months ago I made a bet of sorts with another... (show quote)


It was me! It was me!

Stan


(Just kidding)

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Jul 28, 2020 11:15:29   #
williejoha
 
Why would anybody in Florida wear a mask. Weeks ago your bright governor took a victory lap.
WJH

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