Originally Posted by Boomer (Post 1846057)

I have said it before and I will say it again — we are finding out who we really are and we are finding out who other people really are.

It is not just the aggravation of having to dodge barefaced, angry-looking strangers in grocery stores. It is also the bizarre behavior of people we know — or thought we knew.

In my northern life, I have been a part of a loosely connected social group of women for the past few years. We have been able to get together outside this summer with proper social distancing. We could all scoot our lawn chairs around until we felt OK.

One of the women phoned me for a normal reason, but half way through the conversation she suddenly launched into a harangue about the virus being a hoax and how stupid masks are — and then she fevered up into a creepy ode to the source of her disinformation.

I did not argue with her. I knew there was no point. I simply wrote her off. I figure if she considers me to be disposable, I will not feel bad about disposing of having her in my life, by backing away — backing up, both figuratively and literally.

She has no idea though where I have placed her in my thinking. Actually, that makes me feel kind of guilty, not because I am finished with her but because I did not speak up. I feel guilty because I am so good at the suburban social dance. Damn.

Boomer

Originally Posted by Girlcopper (Post 1846145)

I have rarely seen any of this. When in Walmart I see everyone masked and Publix and other stores. You will always have one nitwit who geels its their right to do what they want. Its not that lrevalent at all

Originally Posted by Johnsocat (Post 1846312)

For those who feel the government should mandate or it is ok for the government to mandate safety measures: how would you feel if the government mandated the covid vaccine when it becomes available?

Originally Posted by Number 10 GI (Post 1846497)

It's been a long time ago, I think in the late 70's or so, there was a flu virus going around that was worrisome, new and improved or whatever. Just don't remember the name of it anymore. There was a new vaccine that was rushed through it's testing and wasn't proved to be totally safe. I was in the army at the time and we were required to be vaccinated, no refusing. Myself and several of my fellow soldiers had adverse reactions to the vaccine, nothing serious, but we had fevers and aches from it. I don't recall any serious reactions or deaths but I didn't like being an involuntary lab rat. The government knew of the risks but decided GI's were a great source for test subjects and seemed to believe that the ends justified the means.

Originally Posted by jswirs (Post 1846141)

Just stay home

Originally Posted by Fanfaron2020 (Post 1846142)

Unfortunately, 'they' never report how many COVID-19 deaths also had PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS... so we don't really know how many were truly COVID-19 deaths.

Originally Posted by coffeebean (Post 1848847)

That is not the answer. What a cop out.

Originally Posted by Byte1 (Post 1848928)

Actually, it is a legitimate and logical answer. Stay home if you are worried about becoming infected. Protect yourself. You cannot demand others to protect you.

Originally Posted by Snowprint (Post 1849110)

The key is to shun & make those who disregard those who refuse to wear masks pariahs. Anyone who goes to large gatherings like weddings, bars, etc without following CDC guidelines should be called out for being dangerous to society. It won’t happen now, but if the leadership is changed, it’s time to jail violators or lock them up in their own houses. This was done in China. China has many times more people than America with higher population densities, yet it’s America that is the poster boy for how NOT to handle a pandemic. The Midwest is raging with COVID19 to no one’s surprise when they encouraged an event like Sturgis where a half million drunk bikers were cheered on to come party & the lead act singer proclaims “F..k COVID” to rapturous applause.
No, don’t give up! Do make the people who are blissfully helping COVID19 persona non grata!