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  • AxtremusA Axtremus

    I am more comfortable with reopening movie theaters. With assigned seating and leaving, say, 80% of the seats unoccupied, the theater would some way of enforcing social distancing. Unlike gym and restaurants, movie goers can wear masks at all times. Concession sales will take a big hit, but the public health aspect is manageable.

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    @Axtremus said in Georgia with an interesting experiment:

    I am more comfortable with reopening movie theaters. With assigned seating and leaving, say, 80% of the seats unoccupied, the theater would some way of enforcing social distancing. Unlike gym and restaurants, movie goers can wear masks at all times. Concession sales will take a big hit, but the public health aspect is manageable.

    How about the making money aspect with 80% of the seats empty and no concessions?

    I don't think you would want to have to manage that budget.

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      @Axtremus said in Georgia with an interesting experiment:

      I am more comfortable with reopening movie theaters. With assigned seating and leaving, say, 80% of the seats unoccupied, the theater would some way of enforcing social distancing. Unlike gym and restaurants, movie goers can wear masks at all times. Concession sales will take a big hit, but the public health aspect is manageable.

      How about the making money aspect with 80% of the seats empty and no concessions?

      I don't think you would want to have to manage that budget.

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      @Copper said in Georgia with an interesting experiment:

      How about the making money aspect with 80% of the seats empty and no concessions?

      I don't think you would want to have to manage that budget.

      Jack up the ticket prices.

      Most of the time when there are movies playing, most seats in theaters are empty anyway. Even before the pandemic, it's not unusual that I would go into a movie theater and find that over 80% of the seats are unoccupied throughout the movie.

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        Raise taxes

        Got it

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        • jon-nycJ Online
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          jon-nyc
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          Trump was for it before he was against it.

          Seems believable. How do you go from ‘LIBERATE MICHIGAN’ to ‘I disagree strongly’ with Georgia in a single day?

          https://apnews.com/a031d395d414ffa655fdc65e6760d6a0

          Only non-witches get due process.

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          • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

            Trump was for it before he was against it.

            Seems believable. How do you go from ‘LIBERATE MICHIGAN’ to ‘I disagree strongly’ with Georgia in a single day?

            https://apnews.com/a031d395d414ffa655fdc65e6760d6a0

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            @jon-nyc said in Georgia with an interesting experiment:

            How do you go from ‘LIBERATE MICHIGAN’ to ‘I disagree strongly’ with Georgia in a single day?

            Extraordinary flip-flopping of epic proportions!

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              I find the lack of coordination in your country extraordinary. Your death toll is heading for 60k and the government will simply say "I wouldn't do that if I were you" but allow a governor to drop the donkey in a minefield.

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              • A AndyD

                I find the lack of coordination in your country extraordinary. Your death toll is heading for 60k and the government will simply say "I wouldn't do that if I were you" but allow a governor to drop the donkey in a minefield.

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                Doctor Phibes
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                @AndyD said in Georgia with an interesting experiment:

                I find the lack of coordination in your country extraordinary. Your death toll is heading for 60k and the government will simply say "I wouldn't do that if I were you" but allow a governor to drop the donkey in a minefield.

                It's because they invented freedom and now they have no idea what to do with it.

                In completely unrelated news, I've recently tattooed 'Help Me' on my eyelids.

                I was only joking

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                • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                  Trump was for it before he was against it.

                  Seems believable. How do you go from ‘LIBERATE MICHIGAN’ to ‘I disagree strongly’ with Georgia in a single day?

                  https://apnews.com/a031d395d414ffa655fdc65e6760d6a0

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                  @jon-nyc said in Georgia with an interesting experiment:

                  Trump was for it before he was against it.

                  Seems believable. How do you go from ‘LIBERATE MICHIGAN’ to ‘I disagree strongly’ with Georgia in a single day?

                  Well he has practice. “This is not a pandemic” to “I always knew it was a pandemic”.

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                    #55

                    @AndyD

                    Part of it is constitutional. But not all. The federal government can coordinate supply for example, but Trump publicly waffles on how much he wants to be responsible for that.

                    Personally I’m very happy that my governor is making the calls for NY rather than Trump.

                    Only non-witches get due process.

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                      Do you prefer Deep State or Deep Shit?

                      I was only joking

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                      • A AndyD

                        I find the lack of coordination in your country extraordinary. Your death toll is heading for 60k and the government will simply say "I wouldn't do that if I were you" but allow a governor to drop the donkey in a minefield.

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                        Copper
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                        @AndyD said in Georgia with an interesting experiment:

                        I find the lack of coordination stifling overhead in your country extraordinary.

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                        • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                          Do you prefer Deep State or Deep Shit?

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                          @Doctor-Phibes said in Georgia with an interesting experiment:

                          Do you prefer Deep State or Deep Shit?

                          There's a difference?

                          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                          • George KG George K

                            @Doctor-Phibes said in Georgia with an interesting experiment:

                            Do you prefer Deep State or Deep Shit?

                            There's a difference?

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                            @George-K said in Georgia with an interesting experiment:

                            @Doctor-Phibes said in Georgia with an interesting experiment:

                            Do you prefer Deep State or Deep Shit?

                            There's a difference?

                            Square/rectangle.

                            Please love yourself.

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                              We talked about gyms.

                              How about nail salons? Doesn’t it seem just a matter of time until the nail lady gets it from a customer? They spend, what, 15+ minutes face to face in pretty close quarters with each successive customer? Even with masks on that’s a lot of time. Then when the employee gets it they spend some number of infectious asymptomatic or pre-symptomatic days that close to numerous customers.

                              Strikes me as up there with gyms on the list of places that I wouldn’t open on the first wave.

                              Only non-witches get due process.

                              • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                                From our local (400 feet away from my place) grocer:

                                "Dear Shoppers,

                                It is our duty to report that an employee tested positive for COVID-19 today, April 23rd. We have consulted with the health department and our particular situation has been deemed a 'low risk' exposure, and have been cleared to stay open. We have since conducted a deep sanitation to the best of our ability and have scheduled a professional COVID santitation cleaning for tomorrow afternoon. As we did not want to leave anyone in the community without any needed goods, we will remain open for limited hours tomorrow, April 24th, from 8AM-1PM. During this time, we will be offering curbside pickup so that customers do not need to enter into the store if they so choose.

                                We will reopen on Saturday, April 25th at 7:30AM. We apologize for this inconvenience and thank you for your understanding."

                                "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                  jon-nyc
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                                  I remember the halcyon days of late March and early April when the grocery stores would bother to tell us those things.

                                  Only non-witches get due process.

                                  • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                                  • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                                    I remember the halcyon days of late March and early April when the grocery stores would bother to tell us those things.

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                                    @jon-nyc this grocer, by the way, is offering free masks and gloves for all of its patrons when they enter the store.

                                    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                    • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                                      We talked about gyms.

                                      How about nail salons? Doesn’t it seem just a matter of time until the nail lady gets it from a customer? They spend, what, 15+ minutes face to face in pretty close quarters with each successive customer? Even with masks on that’s a lot of time. Then when the employee gets it they spend some number of infectious asymptomatic or pre-symptomatic days that close to numerous customers.

                                      Strikes me as up there with gyms on the list of places that I wouldn’t open on the first wave.

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                                      Horace
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                                      @jon-nyc said in Georgia with an interesting experiment:

                                      We talked about gyms.

                                      How about nail salons? Doesn’t it seem just a matter of time until the nail lady gets it from a customer? They spend, what, 15+ minutes face to face in pretty close quarters with each successive customer? Even with masks on that’s a lot of time. Then when the employee gets it they spend some number of infectious asymptomatic or pre-symptomatic days that close to numerous customers.

                                      Strikes me as up there with gyms on the list of places that I wouldn’t open on the first wave.

                                      Nail salons? More like coffin nail salons, if people go there these days, if you know what I mean.

                                      I mean people will die if they go to nail salons.

                                      Education is extremely important.

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                                      • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                                        I remember the halcyon days of late March and early April when the grocery stores would bother to tell us those things.

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                                        Horace
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                                        @jon-nyc said in Georgia with an interesting experiment:

                                        I remember the halcyon days of late March and early April when the grocery stores would bother to tell us those things.

                                        Considering how prevalent the virus has proven to be, it is clearly absurd to worry much about that sort of thing now.

                                        Education is extremely important.

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                                          This Long Term Care facility is adjacent to my old neighborhood that I moved out of last summer. My cousin's father-in-law lives there.

                                          https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/dulles-health-rehab-center-coronavirus-deaths-long-term-care-virginia/65-bfa204e9-a68c-435a-a96d-dde7f44e8237

                                          @wusa9 said >

                                          11 Dulles Health and Rehab Center patients die from coronavirus
                                          The facility's first positive test was on March 28, and now 63 patients and 19 staff have tested positive for coronavirus.
                                          HERNDON, Va. — Long-term care facilities across the DMV have been hit hard by the spread of coronavirus. In Virginia, long-term care facilities have the highest number of COVID-19 cases and deaths compared to any other setting.

                                          Dulles Health and Rehab Center in Herndon is the latest long-term care facility in the Commonwealth to report COVID-19 cases. A spokesperson said 11 patients have died from COVID-related complications, either at the facility or once they were sent to a hospital.

                                          The facility's first positive case was reported on March 28, and since then 63 patients and 19 staff members have tested positive.

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