Muh Muh Muh My Corona (virus)

Good for your state association. At least those people have spines. In Ohio, our association is bullishly pushing for full seasons. That's because they're in such bad shape financially, they damn well want to chase every potential dollar they can.

This shit is ridiculous. Politicians caving to the same people who call and bitch that we don't write about their kid enough.

I'm saddened to hear places like Colorado are reconsidering. Are they seriously looking at places like Ohio and thinking that they're missing out? We're barely into the season and barely into schools reopening (the last of which are opening this week) and we're already seeing kids get sick, games getting canceled and schools temporarily closing. I guess they're willing to file that under"acceptable losses." What would it take for the losses to be unacceptable? Bodies in the streets?

Sure, games are getting played here every Friday -- I'm at one every Friday. It isn't exactly all sunshine and roses. Dozens of schools have had COVID outbreaks in the past two weeks and have canceled athletic events and/or in-person classes. One school district based in a small village (less than 1,000 people) shut down its schools because of an outbreak there.

Meanwhile, we're still racking up about 1,000 cases and 20 deaths per day. But DeWine was happy to report only 600-some yesterday, so game-on, I guess!

 

A huge, deadly national health crisis, and Woodward held this vital info back for six months?

Journalism requires a sense of urgency with big, breaking news stories. Remember Watergate, Bob?

 

Caution: Tweetstorm ahead ...

 

Our school district has virtual classes. That didn't stop the HS seniors on the first day in their painted cars from gathering without masks in the mall parking lot for a parade. I found out when someone from out of town was so alarmed by Insta photos they called the cops, who broke up the rally.

 

Has to be a political ploy. Now you have all these people up in arms about CHSAA (not that they aren't without blame). I'm tired of the divide, especially among leaders. Get your stories straight and be firm. People may not like it but at least that's how it's going to be. Stop freaking dividing people when everyone is having a ridiculously hard time anyway.

 

I agree. It all comes down to not having a firm stance, as I said to Mile High above. It's like, screw whatever is going on, other places are doing it and we're tired so let's change our minds and do it too. I'm tired, everyone is tired, but let's at least try to think this crap out. Of course that's laughable at this point, but still.

 

I'm convinced 99 percent of the "crowded beach" photos are bullshit, taken from angles to look like they're way more crowded than they are. I looked down the beach yesterday at Chincoteague and could see exactly why those photos would look that way, from eye level. Then I looked at the area around me and no one was within 10 feet of me, much less six. Optical illusion.

 

Local college had Rush Week last week. Big parties on Saturday night. More than a dozen possible cases have been linked to them so far - pending test results.

 

We walked the beach in Garden City SC the last week of July. There are sections that have high rises and sections that have single homes. We actually started out on the street and decided to go in for a dip. We went in the public entrance near the section of private homes because there were way fewer people on the beach. Looking down towards our high rise was like looking at a herd on the Walking Dead. Wish I had taken a pic.