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  • MikM Offline
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    Mik
    wrote on last edited by
    #4

    Whining. Really. Yes, I suppose you may have been a better person fifteen years ago.

    No one, and I mean no one, has suggested we have to wait until it is completely eradicated. but there is a vast range between throwing the doors open and staying shut down. DeWine is supposed to outline the plan for reopening today, but these jackals decided to throw their nonsense out before he did.

    “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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    • Doctor PhibesD Offline
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      Doctor Phibes
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      #5

      Who's going to vote Republican once all the old people die?

      I was only joking

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      • MikM Mik

        Whining. Really. Yes, I suppose you may have been a better person fifteen years ago.

        No one, and I mean no one, has suggested we have to wait until it is completely eradicated. but there is a vast range between throwing the doors open and staying shut down. DeWine is supposed to outline the plan for reopening today, but these jackals decided to throw their nonsense out before he did.

        CopperC Online
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        Copper
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        #6

        @Mik

        Yes, whining

        “We oppose any plan that disproportionately prioritizes the economy over people’s lives,”

        That is whining.

        There is absolutely no indication that either lives or the economy can be measured.

        It is just making virtuous noise.

        That's nice but it doesn't lead anywhere.

        I like lives as much as anyone. Go ahead and suggest that it has to be completely eradicated. At least that is something that can be discussed.

        MikM 1 Reply Last reply
        • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

          Who's going to vote Republican once all the old people die?

          LarryL Offline
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          Larry
          wrote on last edited by
          #7

          @Doctor-Phibes said in The GOP revolts against DeWine on reopening:

          Who's going to vote Republican once all the old people die?

          What you're really asking but don't realize it is will there be any intelligent life left in the human race once the boomer generation is gone.

          The answer is yes. Step out of the crippled den of liberals where you live and visit the real America. You'll find tons of them.

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          • LarryL Offline
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            Larry
            wrote on last edited by
            #8

            I might add that given the way democrats have acted over the past 12 years, and the gaggle of absolute morons leading their party today, I'd look for the Democrat party to continue to get smaller. You do know the Democrat party is getting smaller, don't You?

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            • LarryL Larry

              @Doctor-Phibes said in The GOP revolts against DeWine on reopening:

              Who's going to vote Republican once all the old people die?

              What you're really asking but don't realize it is will there be any intelligent life left in the human race once the boomer generation is gone.

              The answer is yes. Step out of the crippled den of liberals where you live and visit the real America. You'll find tons of them.

              Doctor PhibesD Offline
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              Doctor Phibes
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              @Larry said in The GOP revolts against DeWine on reopening:

              @Doctor-Phibes said in The GOP revolts against DeWine on reopening:

              Who's going to vote Republican once all the old people die?

              What you're really asking but don't realize it is will there be any intelligent life left in the human race once the boomer generation is gone.

              The answer is yes.

              So you're saying things are going to improve?

              I envy your optimism.

              I was only joking

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              • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                @Larry said in The GOP revolts against DeWine on reopening:

                @Doctor-Phibes said in The GOP revolts against DeWine on reopening:

                Who's going to vote Republican once all the old people die?

                What you're really asking but don't realize it is will there be any intelligent life left in the human race once the boomer generation is gone.

                The answer is yes.

                So you're saying things are going to improve?

                I envy your optimism.

                LarryL Offline
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                Larry
                wrote on last edited by
                #10

                @Doctor-Phibes said in The GOP revolts against DeWine on reopening:

                @Larry said in The GOP revolts against DeWine on reopening:

                @Doctor-Phibes said in The GOP revolts against DeWine on reopening:

                Who's going to vote Republican once all the old people die?

                What you're really asking but don't realize it is will there be any intelligent life left in the human race once the boomer generation is gone.

                The answer is yes.

                So you're saying things are going to improve?

                I envy your optimism.

                Yes. There will be fewer demoxrats.

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                • Doctor PhibesD Offline
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                  Doctor Phibes
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                  #11

                  There's going to be fewer of all of us if these fucking idiots have their way. Something that no sane person wants, I would hope.

                  I was only joking

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                    #12

                    @Mik got a link to news reporting that might give more details on this?
                    I Googled The GOP revolts against DeWine on reopening and the results mostly point to articles that are a week old or older. At the time, the protesters was protesting to get DeWind to re-open Ohio sooner rather than later. Thanks.

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                    • MikM Offline
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                      Mik
                      wrote on last edited by Mik
                      #13

                      Sorry, Ax, I thought I had included it in the first post.

                      https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2020/04/27/coronavirus-gop-legislators-roll-out-their-open-ohio-plan-ahead-governor/3032423001/

                      “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                      • CopperC Copper

                        @Mik

                        Yes, whining

                        “We oppose any plan that disproportionately prioritizes the economy over people’s lives,”

                        That is whining.

                        There is absolutely no indication that either lives or the economy can be measured.

                        It is just making virtuous noise.

                        That's nice but it doesn't lead anywhere.

                        I like lives as much as anyone. Go ahead and suggest that it has to be completely eradicated. At least that is something that can be discussed.

                        MikM Offline
                        MikM Offline
                        Mik
                        wrote on last edited by Mik
                        #14

                        @Copper said in The GOP revolts against DeWine on reopening:

                        @Mik

                        Yes, whining

                        “We oppose any plan that disproportionately prioritizes the economy over people’s lives,”

                        That is whining.

                        There is absolutely no indication that either lives or the economy can be measured.

                        It is just making virtuous noise.

                        That's nice but it doesn't lead anywhere.

                        I like lives as much as anyone. Go ahead and suggest that it has to be completely eradicated. At least that is something that can be discussed.

                        Your argument doesn't wash. One could turn your same argument on the pro-life movement. All that whining about unborn lives is just virtue signaling.

                        “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

                        CopperC 1 Reply Last reply
                        • MikM Mik

                          @Copper said in The GOP revolts against DeWine on reopening:

                          @Mik

                          Yes, whining

                          “We oppose any plan that disproportionately prioritizes the economy over people’s lives,”

                          That is whining.

                          There is absolutely no indication that either lives or the economy can be measured.

                          It is just making virtuous noise.

                          That's nice but it doesn't lead anywhere.

                          I like lives as much as anyone. Go ahead and suggest that it has to be completely eradicated. At least that is something that can be discussed.

                          Your argument doesn't wash. One could turn your same argument on the pro-life movement. All that whining about unborn lives is just virtue signaling.

                          CopperC Online
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                          Copper
                          wrote on last edited by Copper
                          #15

                          @Mik said in The GOP revolts against DeWine on reopening:

                          @Copper said in The GOP revolts against DeWine on reopening:

                          @Mik

                          Yes, whining

                          “We oppose any plan that disproportionately prioritizes the economy over people’s lives,”

                          That is whining.

                          There is absolutely no indication that either lives or the economy can be measured.

                          It is just making virtuous noise.

                          That's nice but it doesn't lead anywhere.

                          I like lives as much as anyone. Go ahead and suggest that it has to be completely eradicated. At least that is something that can be discussed.

                          Your argument doesn't wash. One could turn your same argument on the pro-life movement. All that whining about unborn lives is just virtue signaling.

                          No.

                          I want a reason to reopen anything. What is that reason?

                          For abortion, the reason is the mother's choice. When she chooses, the baby dies, end of story. It is private.

                          When do we reopen? When the governor says. That is not supposed to be private, there has to be some criteria.

                          Nobody seems to even be talking about it. What is the goal? How is it measured?

                          A bunch of virtue signals doesn't get the job done, I want concrete goals. I'll don't even care if they change, just be a leader and put a stake in the ground.

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                          • HoraceH Offline
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                            Horace
                            wrote on last edited by Horace
                            #16

                            the "do more to contain it, just shut up and do more to contain it" side is perfectly content with condemning the other side as evil until they manage to think up something measurable by which we'll know we no longer have to do more, at which point each of us will finally be able to put a price on a single human life. That will be nice. I'm going to save up and buy one.

                            Education is extremely important.

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                            • jon-nycJ Online
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                              jon-nyc
                              wrote on last edited by jon-nyc
                              #17

                              This really isn't that hard to specify at least. The idea has been spelled out for ages now. Lock down until two things happen:

                              • we build testing and tracing capacity
                              • new case count diminishes to a manageable number

                              Those two are are each other's metrics. The definition of 'manageable number' is that which can be handled by our testing and contract tracing capacity.

                              Then you can open up gradually as long as you stay within the limits of contract tracing capacity.

                              This is how you get society going again while maintaining a reproductive rate below 1. But it isn't really 'back to normal' until we have a vaccine and/or a reliable treatment. It is a 'dance'.

                              Many countries will do this successfully.

                              We probably won't, because of a lack of political will.

                              Only non-witches get due process.

                              • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                              • CopperC Copper

                                @Mik said in The GOP revolts against DeWine on reopening:

                                @Copper said in The GOP revolts against DeWine on reopening:

                                @Mik

                                Yes, whining

                                “We oppose any plan that disproportionately prioritizes the economy over people’s lives,”

                                That is whining.

                                There is absolutely no indication that either lives or the economy can be measured.

                                It is just making virtuous noise.

                                That's nice but it doesn't lead anywhere.

                                I like lives as much as anyone. Go ahead and suggest that it has to be completely eradicated. At least that is something that can be discussed.

                                Your argument doesn't wash. One could turn your same argument on the pro-life movement. All that whining about unborn lives is just virtue signaling.

                                No.

                                I want a reason to reopen anything. What is that reason?

                                For abortion, the reason is the mother's choice. When she chooses, the baby dies, end of story. It is private.

                                When do we reopen? When the governor says. That is not supposed to be private, there has to be some criteria.

                                Nobody seems to even be talking about it. What is the goal? How is it measured?

                                A bunch of virtue signals doesn't get the job done, I want concrete goals. I'll don't even care if they change, just be a leader and put a stake in the ground.

                                MikM Offline
                                MikM Offline
                                Mik
                                wrote on last edited by
                                #18

                                @Copper said in The GOP revolts against DeWine on reopening:

                                @Mik said in The GOP revolts against DeWine on reopening:

                                @Copper said in The GOP revolts against DeWine on reopening:

                                @Mik

                                Yes, whining

                                “We oppose any plan that disproportionately prioritizes the economy over people’s lives,”

                                That is whining.

                                There is absolutely no indication that either lives or the economy can be measured.

                                It is just making virtuous noise.

                                That's nice but it doesn't lead anywhere.

                                I like lives as much as anyone. Go ahead and suggest that it has to be completely eradicated. At least that is something that can be discussed.

                                Your argument doesn't wash. One could turn your same argument on the pro-life movement. All that whining about unborn lives is just virtue signaling.

                                No.

                                I want a reason to reopen anything. What is that reason?

                                For abortion, the reason is the mother's choice. When she chooses, the baby dies, end of story. It is private.

                                When do we reopen? When the governor says. That is not supposed to be private, there has to be some criteria.

                                Nobody seems to even be talking about it. What is the goal? How is it measured?

                                A bunch of virtue signals doesn't get the job done, I want concrete goals. I'll don't even care if they change, just be a leader and put a stake in the ground.

                                And concrete goals are being assessed and rolled out as we speak. Oh, and trying to get out of it by saying private/non-private is a bunch of hooey.

                                “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                                  This really isn't that hard to specify at least. The idea has been spelled out for ages now. Lock down until two things happen:

                                  • we build testing and tracing capacity
                                  • new case count diminishes to a manageable number

                                  Those two are are each other's metrics. The definition of 'manageable number' is that which can be handled by our testing and contract tracing capacity.

                                  Then you can open up gradually as long as you stay within the limits of contract tracing capacity.

                                  This is how you get society going again while maintaining a reproductive rate below 1. But it isn't really 'back to normal' until we have a vaccine and/or a reliable treatment. It is a 'dance'.

                                  Many countries will do this successfully.

                                  We probably won't, because of a lack of political will.

                                  HoraceH Offline
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                                  Horace
                                  wrote on last edited by
                                  #19

                                  @jon-nyc said in The GOP revolts against DeWine on reopening:

                                  This really isn't that hard to specify at least. The idea has been spelled out for ages now. Lock down until two things happen:

                                  • we build testing and tracing capacity
                                  • new case count diminishes to a manageable number

                                  Those two are are each other's metrics. The definition of 'manageable number' is that which can be handled by our testing and contract tracing capacity.

                                  Then you can open up gradually as long as you stay within the limits of contract tracing capacity.

                                  This is how you get society going again while maintaining a reproductive rate below 1. But it isn't really 'back to normal' until we have a vaccine and/or a reliable treatment. It is a 'dance'.

                                  Many countries will do this successfully.

                                  We probably won't, because of a lack of political will.

                                  Is that a prediction? I'll take the other side of that. I mean if you think America is going to be a coronavirus disaster after we loosen up restrictions.

                                  Education is extremely important.

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                                  • CopperC Online
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                                    Copper
                                    wrote on last edited by Copper
                                    #20

                                    private/non-private was a reply to the abortion analogy, abortion is private, governance is public.

                                    This isn't abortion, I should have just ignored that, my bad

                                    What jon said is just fine, what you said is fine.

                                    I still have no clue from our elected leaders what will cause the opening to happen.

                                    If the answer is, new case count diminishes to a manageable number.

                                    That is great. That is what I thought the deal was - flatten the curve. But, of course, the flattened curve is undefined.

                                    There should be a countdown clock hanging in Times Square with the manageable number on it, updating every time the number changes.

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                                    • jon-nycJ Online
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                                      jon-nyc
                                      wrote on last edited by
                                      #21

                                      It is a prediction, however, we're unlikely to agree on what constitutes a 'disaster'.

                                      Only non-witches get due process.

                                      • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                                        Agreement or not, I would be curious what your measurable predictions are.

                                        Education is extremely important.

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                                        • HoraceH Horace

                                          Agreement or not, I would be curious what your measurable predictions are.

                                          jon-nycJ Online
                                          jon-nycJ Online
                                          jon-nyc
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                                          @Horace said in The GOP revolts against DeWine on reopening:

                                          Agreement or not, I would be curious what your measurable predictions are.

                                          I made several here that I stand by to this day.

                                          https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/topic/239/in-which-jon-nyc-stakes-out-an-unconventional-opinion-on-the-covid-19-outbreak?_=1588034375101

                                          Only non-witches get due process.

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