[JonWilliams]

Originally Posted by newgirl

Haha good luck finding a place to be tested here, even my 2 doctors could not get tests !! The numbers reported are full of very horrifying inaccuracies .

Santos Urgent Care, with offices in Mulberry Grove, Lake Sumter Landing, and Colony Professional area, offers both PRC testing for the active virus and anti-body testing.

You don't need to be symptomatic and don't need permission from your primary care physician.

Cost is covered by most types of health insurance, including Medicare, and the copay likely covered by your Medicare supplement.

You can just walk in, but if you have active symptoms they want you to call ahead 888-693-2340. But you can still get tested.

I was tested on a recent Saturday and got the results the following Tuesday (thankfully, no evidence I had been exposed to the virus).

[life is fun]

Key is to understand what black lives mater and antifa are really about It isn’t about? Follow the money trail. There’s your answer. It’s about destroying our country

[JonWilliams]

Originally Posted by Windguy

It’s amazing how easily people are swayed by media with a bias. The headline said testing sites were destroyed by protestors. They were not destroyed by protestors—they were destroyed by rioters. The vast majority of protestors do not riot, but it doesn’t fit their agenda of demonizing the protests to put it that way.

If this story made you angry and hate the protests even more, you’ve been conned.

I guess you missed the quotes around "protests" indicating sarcasm.

Yeah, I get it. "They" are "stupid", "violent" etc. I don't believe that most protesters are either of those. Some of the violence is coming from agitators, criminals and thugs. A few protesters get caught up in the heat of protesting. A few protesters get an adrenaline rush joining in on looting. I've seem protesters chasing off these bad people and protecting people and property.

I'm not defending anyone and I do see the violence as deplorable behavior. I also see the pain.

I don't have any statistics to support my opinions and I could be wrong. Just my observation.

[17362]

Originally Posted by JonWilliams

Dr. Birx said that 70 COVID-19 testing sites were destroyed by the "protests."

Dr. Birx Says George Floyd Protests Have Resulted in the Destruction of 70 Covid-19 Testing Sites | National Review

They were taught to rule with their emotions and that is the only thing that matters. No society can obtain social justice being ruled by oneselves emotions. An important lesson that was withheld in their cause.

[jbrown132]

Originally Posted by MOMOH

If the media started covering the peaceful protests instead of the riots we might feel better about things. But that is boring news so it doesn't make it. The media could change the whole tenure of a story if they cared to. Bad behavior makes headlines. Have you ever read a story about it being a beautiful sunny day? Nah...

The media does not report the peaceful protests because it does not fit their agenda.

[DanBrew]

I recently responded to an email from a left leaning friend who made the statement, "ALL police are crooks and thugs". My response back was that I stopped reading whatever they had to say when I read that statement. That is equivalent to stating that all black people are rioters and looters. This sort of thinking is what is contributing to the problem. This is an example of an emotional response, on both sides of the equation, to a miniscule percentage of the population. When injustice happens, deal with it swiftly and put an immediate end to that injustice. Unfortunately, or justice system and our mass media don't operate that way. As a result, a fire is fueled that doesn't need to be.

[Saluce]

The droves are owned by the media and are being Spoon fed the media’s opinion of what they want them to believe!!! Gone are the days of reporting the news and allowing g people to form their own opinion or even fact checking!!! And we wonder who the great divider is of our county......I personally believe it’s the media! I quit watching mainstream media a long time ago, they are nothing more than a glorified talk show of their own opinion.

[gpk111]

Originally Posted by 17362

They were taught to rule with their emotions and that is the only thing that matters. No society can obtain social justice being ruled by oneselves emotions. An important lesson that was withheld in their cause.

A mass attitude of "Ruling with emotions" is what jumps out at me when I see the irrational demands and violence. Thanks for putting a label on it.

Consider the other side of that: Intelligence, deliberation, responsibility (to oneself and their community), logic, education, stable families.

All those things are ignored in raising kids in our "underserved" communities. Fixing things from the inside is taboo. Even addressing the subject is politically incorrect. Outside factors are always blamed: bad cops, discrimination, insufficient hand outs, not enough free housing.

Elected officials don't have the courage to take on the difficult root causes and the cycle continues. I grieve for our country.

I hope that the silver lining of the canonization of St. George will ultimately shine some light on the root causes and why the affected communities refuse to address them.

[cheweycat]

Protesters, even those who live in the neighborhoods, have no buy in to the destroyed business. They do not own anything. They have no pride in what moves in to the neighborhood.
Having been oppressed for so long they just don’t care.

Maybe community involvement in the neighborhood and businesses would help?

[karostay]

Protesting peaceably for what one believes in should be embraced

Destruction stealing and causing bodily harm under the pretense of protesting should dealt with harshly and swiftly

[Pdesensi]

I really don’t think they are protesting in the areas that they live. Some are not even residents.

[Bay Kid]

Don't these people ever work?

[ldivens]

Obviously Covid-19 is no longer a threat. If it were, the President, Congress, Governors and local politicians would be doing something to "save" lives. Instead all you see and hear is how the have right, and they do, even in the event of a breaking Covid-19 protection laws. They are highjacked by Antifa and other violent groups that destroy and even worst the statistics don't support the cause. Who cares they are angry and all of American needs to bow to their madness. We have a new fear, riots and destructions, all lives matter.

[karostay]

Originally Posted by Bay Kid

Don't these people ever work?

Their like feral cats ..No disrespect to the cats
They live solely off hand outs