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3 hours ago, Jeff Matthews said:

I wonder if the courts would recognize a cause of action in tort for negligently spreading Covid.

Well, my opinion on the law is no better than yours on simulation algorithms. But I would hope so and that if this really starts going to hell such negligence will be a recognized offence. 

Dave

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3 hours ago, RandyH 000 said:

they all think a miracle vaccine is the answer , but that could be a year or 2 away

Of course it is the answer. The A Bomb was the answer in WWII...but if we'd waited on it and done nothing to stop the spread of that disease they'd have been in NM long before we could even test it.

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21 hours ago, jimjimbo said:

Of course the protesting has not contributed to the rise.  It has to be the partying.

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1 hour ago, CECAA850 said:

No, say it isn't so.

Figures Houston..... helping TX get locked down again.  Wait for all the other states.  We might have a real pandemic on our hands.  DOH  😮

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The role of the media in fueling this covid19 chaos cannot be ignored or understated. Clearly political agendas have driven the stories. Their goal was and remains to influence opinions with the aim of influencing the elections. Too bad the goal was not focused on covid19 and how to encourage all of our citizens to uniformly make the smartest choices to contain the lethal contagion. Covid19 is now part of the political divisions with vocal critics and supporters clamoring on either side of ‘any’ covid19 related topic aiming to undermine each other. What a waste and what a failed strategy.

 

From the daily barbed headlines you’d have to believe that America has done the worst job of controlling covid19 of any country. We’re the ‘worst’ because according to the press our leadership is inept at every turn.

https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/data/mortality

 

In reality Great Britain is the worst by far. Anyone here read any ugly, nasty or horrific headlines about the leadership in Great Britain? Is their visceral hatred part of their daily news cycle? Are they criticizing the family members of their leadership? Elsewhere the deserved critical observations are made and not personalized. The petty name calling is not part of their reporting. Only in America will a lethal pandemic be used for political fodder. And at the expense of actually causing the pandemic to be worse. Freedom of the press should not be recklessness of the press - but it most certainly is.

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13 minutes ago, pzannucci said:

Figures Houston.....

They're pumping the brakes on the openings here.  The governor is trying to balance public safety with the need for people to work.  It's a balancing act and I don't envy him.  No matter what you do, half the state will be upset.

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10 minutes ago, Bosco-d-gama said:

In reality Great Britain is the worst by far. Anyone hear read any ugly, nasty or horrific headlines about the leadership in Great Britain? Is their visceral hatred part of their daily news cycle? Are they criticizing the family members of their leadership? Elsewhere the deserved critical observations are made and not personalized. The petty name calling is not part of their reporting. Only in America will a lethal pandemic be used for political fodder. And at the expense of actually causing the pandemic to be worse. Freedom of the press should not be recklessness of the press - but it most certainly is.

Hard to argue with any of that.  It's sad to see what the country is devolving into.

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2 minutes ago, CECAA850 said:

They're pumping the brakes on the openings here.  The governor is trying to balance public safety with the need for people to work.  It's a balancing act and I don't envy him.  No matter what you do, half the state will be upset.

You're right there.  Austin isn't near as bad??  but I'm not sure we've see it all.  Huge parties are helpful.  https://communityimpact.com/austin/lake-travis-westlake/coronavirus/2020/06/26/following-party-that-saw-covid-19-positive-attendees-lakeway-mayor-urges-social-responsibility/

 

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9 minutes ago, pzannucci said:

You're right there.  Austin isn't near as bad??  but I'm not sure we've see it all.  Huge parties are helpful.  https://communityimpact.com/austin/lake-travis-westlake/coronavirus/2020/06/26/following-party-that-saw-covid-19-positive-attendees-lakeway-mayor-urges-social-responsibility/

 

Any crowd regardless of the occasion that it gathered is bad. 

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57 minutes ago, Bosco-d-gama said:

The role of the media in fueling this covid19 chaos cannot be ignored or understated. Clearly political agendas have driven the stories. Their goal was and remains to influence opinions with the aim of influencing the elections. Too bad the goal was not focused on covid19 and how to encourage all of our citizens to uniformly make the smartest choices to contain the lethal contagion. Covid19 is now part of the political divisions with vocal critics and supporters clamoring on either side of ‘any’ covid19 related topic aiming to undermine each other. What a waste and what a failed strategy.

 

From the daily barbed headlines you’d have to believe that America has done the worst job of controlling covid19 of any country. We’re the ‘worst’ because according to the press our leadership is inept at every turn.

https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/data/mortality

 

In reality Great Britain is the worst by far. Anyone here read any ugly, nasty or horrific headlines about the leadership in Great Britain? Is their visceral hatred part of their daily news cycle? Are they criticizing the family members of their leadership? Elsewhere the deserved critical observations are made and not personalized. The petty name calling is not part of their reporting. Only in America will a lethal pandemic be used for political fodder. And at the expense of actually causing the pandemic to be worse. Freedom of the press should not be recklessness of the press - but it most certainly is.

Divisiveness is what the people want.  You can criticize the press, the politicians, etc., but they are just reflections of the people.  

 

I read that several large companies are pulling advertising from Facebook because they think FB is too full of divisive, hateful material.  Good luck with that!  This isn't FB's fault.  FB is just a medium.  These advertisers are missing the boat.  They don't know their own customers.

 

 

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1 hour ago, CECAA850 said:

Hard to argue with any of that.  It's sad to see what the country is devolving into.

It is easy to argue with all of that.  The British press is ruthless.  We don't see it because we don't subscribe to their press.  In other words, if you lived there you would be lyao at those statements.  The American press learned everything they know from the British press.  Those statements only illustrate the myopia of most Americans.

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2 minutes ago, Jeff Matthews said:

It was the making of the most entertaining election cycle I have ever seen... by far.  Just imagine how the future will edit all of this history.  We lived it!

Lol, yes and we are in the thick of it. Confusion makes for some strange bedfellows.

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NJ has finally issued guidelines for school reopening, and students are not required to wear masks while teachers and visitors are.  There is no protocol for what will happen if a student tests positive.  Will the rest of the class, and teacher, be forced to go into a 14 day quarantine every time this happens?   Teachers posting on the teachers’ union FB page are livid and have raised more than 200 questions and concerns which the state has somehow forgotten to address in their 100+ page  document.  Many are now considering submitting their retirement papers out of concerns for their personal safety as well the safety of their family members.  Ultimately, there is going to be a severe teacher shortage here as many college students are seriously considering changing to a different career track.  
 

 

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