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It teaches us that gathering in large groups is not safe and puts you at risk for catching Covid-19.

Poor judgment and weak. She should not have complied. Her kids were all there too. Guarantee RBG would have stood her ground.

What was learned
1.The office of the President of my great country is inhabited by an egotistical self-centered dysfunctional human. I truly did not want to believe that these past years. The flaunting and using Covid-19 as a publicly stunt..riding in a car last evening was the straw that broke the donkeys back. Health care workers have been suffering holding the patients who had to die ALONE. This man insulted everyone of those last night on his joy ride.
2. Position and privilege get you top medical care. Even if the treatments are outside acceptable guidelines.
3.The news media are like the guy who says to the women his marriage is over so they can play...work it to meet their needs.
4. It has been a reminder that as an individual I will do what is right for me. And avoid if need be those that do not consider Covid-19 serious. I respect others choices and most of all I respect my choice to stay safe.
5. Biggest lesson: I have the right to change my mind when I cast my ballot.
Stay safe.

Respectfully disagree and will follow the recommendations of our scientist.

Amazing how much press for the White House gathering and how little press for the larger peaceful, and non peaceful, demonstrations? Both have the same potential to spread the virus?

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Originally Posted by skarra (Post 1842363)

I've been watching the recordings of the assembly in the Rose garden earlier this week, and it's hard to fathom what they were thinking - not wearing masks, shaking hands, hugging in some cases. Seems to go against everything our experts tell us.

But to me the biggest take-away is that even out in the open air, it looks like you can still get the virus if you don't practice social distancing. I know it's going to make me think twice about eating outside, and I'm re-thinking all my activites now.

Is there anything else that can be learned? Super-spreader events like this just seem all too common. I've still not had a hair cut in 8 months now, and don't see that changing any time soon.

We have to get back to listneing to the Scientists on this. Wishful thinking is not going to cut it folks, and I don't like playing Russian roulette.

I beelive Trump is not in great shape, so if there is some good from this it's that he may become a poster child for why we all need to take it seriously and wear masks when with others.

Its assumed thats where people spread the virus. Theres no way to confirm. Yes, it can be spread outdoors and thats been said from the very beginning. Hence, 6 feet apart. Those not in great shape, fat, elderly, medical probs have always been more prone. None of any of this is new info

you can't fix stupid!

Listen to the science. Use common sense. Wear a mask.

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Originally Posted by greenflash245 (Post 1843031)

you can't fix stupid!

How To Fix Stupid (Leadership And Influence) - Larry Hochman

I respectfully disagree. Ron White was wrong. I'm looking forward to the day people stop parroting this.

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Originally Posted by graciegirl (Post 1843072)

I agree with all you say...except the beginning about the masks.

At the beginning of the awareness of the danger in the U.S. there was a huge demand for masks and a short supply and what happened is that we were advised to allow the medical people to have them first.

I am hoping for a vaccine and looking carefully at this regimen used to treat President Trump. The hospital in Ocala claims to have had major success using a similar one.

I think President Trump is extremely ignorant of medical science and I am wondering if like a lot of people he has not had to face first hand cancer or any other frightening medical event. Most of us opine on things without a medical education and years of experience treating people. I cannot tell you how I respect medical science. There are doctors and there are extremely good doctors but they all are on a level above mine. I have heard some dingbats on Youtube with M.D. after their name and Drew Pinksy started the misinformation on Fox in my opinion.

We are left pretty much to our own devices to discern who to listen to. I take medical advice from experts. I take my chances on politicians. Most of them are not great statesmen. Power corrupts and people behave like humans all too often.

Hardly anyone is wild about the election choices and most of us are at least a little bit scared about catching Covid-19 and dying from it.

All of us need to use our common sense and all remember that if you have grandchildren they will cry if you die from this damned bug. Be careful. Be a little paranoid.

“The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism.”

Hannah Arendt

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Originally Posted by VApeople (Post 1842402)

No, there is nothing else to learn. We learned everything we needed in February.

Social distance from others, stay away from indoor spaces with other people, wear clean masks in stores, wash your hands frequently.

Of course, that is easy for unemployed people like us.

It's also easy for us employed people. I wear a mask to work. Inconvenient and sweaty, yes. Unbearable, no.

For those of you who are STILL science deniers, I say "Just go for it". This is Darwin's theory in action. Clearly it's a wonderful way to thin the herd! You were giving us rednecks a bad name.

All of Barrets children were shown not wearing masks too. Maybe her judgement is not up to par?

The flu doesn't put you on a respirator for a month either.