Meanwhile, in Ohio...
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@Horace said in Meanwhile, in Ohio...:
"real people dying, maybe someone you love, maybe you", actually stop being convincing?
I don't know what you mean by that. "Convincing" in terms of how helpful it is making policy, or "convincing" in terms of you actually don't care?
wrote on 22 Apr 2020, 20:05 last edited by Horace@Aqua-Letifer said in Meanwhile, in Ohio...:
@Horace said in Meanwhile, in Ohio...:
"real people dying, maybe someone you love, maybe you", actually stop being convincing?
I don't know what you mean by that. "Convincing" in terms of how helpful it is making policy, or "convincing" in terms of you actually don't care?
There is only one side of this debate that is even potentially completely self-interested, and that's the quarantine-indefinitely crowd. At least the open-everything-back-up crowd are de facto throwing themselves into the risk pool.
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wrote on 22 Apr 2020, 20:06 last edited by
Really interesting points being made which I don’t want to interrupt except to say I’m surprised we haven’t started coming up with trolley problem examples.
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@Aqua-Letifer said in Meanwhile, in Ohio...:
@Horace said in Meanwhile, in Ohio...:
"real people dying, maybe someone you love, maybe you", actually stop being convincing?
I don't know what you mean by that. "Convincing" in terms of how helpful it is making policy, or "convincing" in terms of you actually don't care?
There is only one side of this debate that is even potentially completely self-interested, and that's the quarantine-indefinitely crowd. At least the open-everything-back-up crowd are de facto throwing themselves into the risk pool.
wrote on 22 Apr 2020, 22:16 last edited by Aqua Letifer@Horace said in Meanwhile, in Ohio...:
@Aqua-Letifer said in Meanwhile, in Ohio...:
@Horace said in Meanwhile, in Ohio...:
"real people dying, maybe someone you love, maybe you", actually stop being convincing?
I don't know what you mean by that. "Convincing" in terms of how helpful it is making policy, or "convincing" in terms of you actually don't care?
There is only one side of this debate that is even potentially completely self-interested, and that's the quarantine-indefinitely crowd. At least the open-everything-back-up crowd are de facto throwing themselves into the risk pool.
They're not, though. They comfort themselves with the delusion that they're exempt from dying. I've been assured of this by "friends" and several family members who are in the Open Everything Now camp. Like the guy who died in Ohio, they've assured me that they're going to be fine.
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@Horace said in Meanwhile, in Ohio...:
@Aqua-Letifer said in Meanwhile, in Ohio...:
@Horace said in Meanwhile, in Ohio...:
"real people dying, maybe someone you love, maybe you", actually stop being convincing?
I don't know what you mean by that. "Convincing" in terms of how helpful it is making policy, or "convincing" in terms of you actually don't care?
There is only one side of this debate that is even potentially completely self-interested, and that's the quarantine-indefinitely crowd. At least the open-everything-back-up crowd are de facto throwing themselves into the risk pool.
They're not, though. They comfort themselves with the delusion that they're exempt from dying. I've been assured of this by "friends" and several family members who are in the Open Everything Now camp. Like the guy who died in Ohio, they've assured me that they're going to be fine.
wrote on 22 Apr 2020, 22:51 last edited by@Aqua-Letifer said in Meanwhile, in Ohio...:
Like the guy who died in Ohio, they've assured me that they're going to be fine.
Unlike the guy in Ohio, they have a better chance of being just fine.
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@Aqua-Letifer said in Meanwhile, in Ohio...:
Like the guy who died in Ohio, they've assured me that they're going to be fine.
Unlike the guy in Ohio, they have a better chance of being just fine.
wrote on 22 Apr 2020, 22:53 last edited by@Copper said in Meanwhile, in Ohio...:
@Aqua-Letifer said in Meanwhile, in Ohio...:
Like the guy who died in Ohio, they've assured me that they're going to be fine.
Unlike the guy in Ohio, they have a better chance of being just fine.
That's right. This is a conspiracy.
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wrote on 22 Apr 2020, 22:57 last edited by
For what purpose?
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wrote on 22 Apr 2020, 22:58 last edited by
You tell me. I can't pretend to know why people don't take a pandemic seriously.
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wrote on 22 Apr 2020, 23:05 last edited by
Has someone done that?
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wrote on 22 Apr 2020, 23:07 last edited by
Some people don't take anything seriously. Clowns, for example. They're constantly fucking jumping around with the big horns, and the stupid shoes and the painted on smile that disguises how they really look.
And then suddenly, it's 'we all float down here', and you're left wondering what the fucking joke was.
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wrote on 22 Apr 2020, 23:08 last edited by
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wrote on 23 Apr 2020, 01:55 last edited by
Just an observation...I'll bet you a wooden nickel, that no matter how hard George's hospital tried, over the years they had a few nosocomial infections originating in OR.
Now, this is in a pretty darn clean area, where professional people, trained in infection control procedures, still manage to either make a tiny mistake, or something else breaches a sterile field..
So...cost/benefit. And yes, some of us may not make it. It's all a matter of keeping as many people safe as possible, while still trying to keep a roof over people's heads and food on their tables. And even if we do things as close to perfect as possible, there will still be infected people.
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wrote on 9 Jul 2020, 02:44 last edited by
'STOP GETTING TESTED!' Ohio lawmaker encourages residents to stop best practice in fighting COVID-19
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wrote on 9 Jul 2020, 11:56 last edited by
Yeah, my rep is doing the same thing and has been trying to ride the wave for months. I plan to vote for anyone but him next time.
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'STOP GETTING TESTED!' Ohio lawmaker encourages residents to stop best practice in fighting COVID-19
wrote on 9 Jul 2020, 12:20 last edited by@Axtremus said in Meanwhile, in Ohio...:
'STOP GETTING TESTED!' Ohio lawmaker encourages residents to stop best practice in fighting COVID-19
I guess I have spent enough time thinking about it but I really don’t understand why people get all caught up in their knickers about testing and masks. Mostly it looks very odd to me.
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'STOP GETTING TESTED!' Ohio lawmaker encourages residents to stop best practice in fighting COVID-19
wrote on 9 Jul 2020, 14:12 last edited by@Axtremus said in Meanwhile, in Ohio...:
'STOP GETTING TESTED!' Ohio lawmaker encourages residents to stop best practice in fighting COVID-19
Even with the context all but eliminated, that is some of the craziest shit I've ever heard.
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@Axtremus said in Meanwhile, in Ohio...:
'STOP GETTING TESTED!' Ohio lawmaker encourages residents to stop best practice in fighting COVID-19
Even with the context all but eliminated, that is some of the craziest shit I've ever heard.
wrote on 9 Jul 2020, 14:24 last edited by@Aqua-Letifer He 's just obeying Trump's directive.
