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Originally Posted by sallybowron
I have to wonder how you had a group of twenty people when ten people is supposed to be the top limit. Don't big groups add to the chances of getting Covid?
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How so? If you are in a group of 100 people and one or none has the virus, how is that different than if you are in a group of 10 people and one or none has the virus? Just because there are more people does not mean that you are going to become infected. There may be thousands like at the Polo field and no one gets the virus. Why? Maybe no one was infected at the rally.
People on here seem to assume that anyone around them will be carrying the virus. Maybe you will go a whole year and never come into contact with anyone infected. Or, maybe you will come into contact with someone that has the virus and not become infected.
I have never had the flu. Does that mean that I am immune to it or does it mean that I have never been exposed to the flu?
The infection rate we have been seeing on a day to day basis is distorted by the number of times the same people get repeat testing. We do not know how many of the tested positive several times and we do not know how many infected have never been tested. We do not know how many have died or are in the hospital purely because of the virus or whether they entered the hospital for some other reason or died for some other reason and were tested positive. There are a lot of missing facts that are not available and should be taken into consideration.
And before anyone suggests it, I am not shrugging off the seriousness of the virus. I simply operate under the assumption that many folks are allowing hysteria and panic run their lives. Nothing wrong with that if it keeps you safe; don't get me wrong. I just weigh my gut feeling, common sense and logic with how I wish to live my life. Against all odds I also ride a motorcycle, knowing that it is dangerous. But, I wear a helmet and don't need the gov to mandate it for me.
I kind of lost respect for some of the TV medical experts when they said that children are safer at school than at home. I agree that schools should be open, but that was a ludicrous statement. Everyone knows that kids go to school and bring home diseases that they get from other kids. To tell Americans that it is safer for them in school is suggesting that the average American is just plain stupid and easily open to suggestion.
And to those that make disparaging comments:
Just like suggesting that if someone does not do what you agree with is not being "patriotic." You can tell me that I am not being a good citizen and I might accept that as a valid opinion. But, never tell someone that they are not PATRIOTIC if they do not do what you believe is right. Especially, when you do not know how much that person may have sacrificed for his country in the past.