Muh Muh Muh My Corona (virus)

EDIT: I had something written that's pretty terrible in response to this woman and deleted it before posting. (Which, in itself, is a topic for another discussion.)

But, jeez, just put on a fucking mask.

 

I can understand the impulse that made you write something terrible. She is a dangerous combination of stupid and selfish asshole.

 

I've taken the advice of friends who have told me to write my posts, make my point, call them an idiot asshole -- but don't hit the send button.

 

Curious as to what others think of this site.
Tracking Our COVID-19 Response - covidexitstrategy.org

The map near the top has California, like most of the country, in "Uncontrolled Spread" classification. Yet over the past 14 days, its testing is up, its case count is down and its positivity rate is down.

 

I respect that decision, but I'm not going to go that route. She is an idiot and a selfish asshole.

 

That's your decision and that's OK. But it's the reason that you seem to wind up in these endless, back-and-forth discussions with just about everybody here. I'll be polite and just call them annoying.

 

Better out than in doesn't just apply to food.

 

Two things: California is a big state. Some of our state is taking things seriously. Others--largely in the Central Valley--are not.
Second, they just discovered a data glitch so cases might be artificially low

California cases flattening, says Bay Area expert - but data glitch raises doubts

 

I do something similar. I write irascible, paint peeling posts, consider them for a long minute, and then hit delete... but I really want to post them sometimes.

 

The pictures of a crowded hall full of unmasked kids from the Georgia High School that went around yesterday got two kids suspended for posting them to Twitter. The school says it was because they took pictures of kids without their permission and they violated the school's policy about posting on social media. I'm cynical enough to believe that if everything was the same but the caption was "It was great to see all my school friends today!" nothing would have been done about them.

 

If those kids decide to sue, that's going to be an interesting case.

 

What could possibly go wrong if we opened up schools ...

More than 100 Mississippi students quarantined after classmates tested positive for COVID-19 shortly after school reopened