March Madness and Covid-19

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Coolm, most of us would agree that Americans as a whole are doing a lousy job of self-management when it comes to making smart decisions on social distancing, wearing masks, etc. Unfortunately, hoping that people will apply some common sense is our only hope short of a vaccine. They tried keeping everyone locked in their homes, and it was a debacle from the outset. You can't tell people they have to pay bills with no possibility of generating income. It's simply nothing close to a viable solution.
 
coolm said:
ahhh, my MAN card ... implying I am not masculine or brave enough to endure harsh conversation. I don't remember anyone questioning my bravery or man-ness while calibrating AN-PDR 56 radiacs under sniper fire in a desert hut in Iraq. But when I call out the countless instances of inflated stereotypical bullsh!t so many of you have constructed your personal narratives around I am suddenly a snowflake? you don't deserve my ire, only my pity. and you have it.
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So delicate.
 
WaymanFan said:
Coolm, most of us would agree that Americans as a whole are doing a lousy job of self-management when it comes to making smart decisions on social distancing, wearing masks, etc. Unfortunately, hoping that people will apply some common sense is our only hope short of a vaccine. They tried keeping everyone locked in their homes, and it was a debacle from the outset. You can't tell people they have to pay bills with no possibility of generating income. It's simply nothing close to a viable solution.
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funny how with all our american exceptionalism we can't seem to do the positive things they've done in other countries.

I guess having been poor all my life material crap just doesn't mean much to me. I understand the frustration but also see other countries able to do it so we should be able to as well.
 
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coolm said:
funny how with all our american exceptionalism we can't seem to do the positive things they've done in other countries.

I guess having been poor all my life material crap just doesn't mean much to me. I understand the frustration but also see other countries able to do it so we should be able to as well.
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We were doing well, flattening the curve, lowering the transmission rates and then we gave up.
 
coolm said:
funny how with all our american exceptionalism we can't seem to do the positive things they've done in other countries.

I guess having been poor all my life material crap just doesn't mean much to me. I understand the frustration but also see other countries able to do it so we should be able to as well.
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So food and utilities are not material things?
As someone else said, most people live paycheck to paycheck
 
SoonerBounce13 said:
I’d love for you guys to go talk to people that literally had no way to feed their children. Tell them they gave up
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That would require balls. In other words, not going to happen. There is no room for selflessness within a self absorbed soul.
 
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SoonerBounce13 said:
I’d love for you guys to go talk to people that literally had no way to feed their children. Tell them they gave up
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Like Coolm said, other countries did it and none of their people starved to death. Apparently we can't or won't.
 
steverocks35 said:
Like Coolm said, other countries did it and none of their people starved to death. Apparently we can't or won't.
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Do you know that fact?
Do you have numbers to back it up?
What do you expect the us to do? And for how long?
Are other countries really locked down still?
What are their death rates? How much has their government spent per capita?
Do you have this data somewhere or do you just read a biased article?
 
SoonerBounce13 said:
Do you know that fact?
Do you have numbers to back it up?
What do you expect the us to do? And for how long?
Are other countries really locked down still?
What are their death rates? How much has their government spent per capita?
Do you have this data somewhere or do you just read a biased article?
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I follow this closely daily, go check out any number of websites that have this data readily available.

I am not going to copy/paste 10 links for you to read, go Google it.
 
SoonerBounce13 said:
Do you know that fact?
Do you have numbers to back it up?
What do you expect the us to do? And for how long?
Are other countries really locked down still?
What are their death rates? How much has their government spent per capita?
Do you have this data somewhere or do you just read a biased article?
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England has a death rate from the virus which is 50% than ours so food is not a priority for some for besides dead men not walking they also eat little to none.

Lets do math. England has 30k deaths and has 1/6 of our population (55 million blokes). To equalize the differing population base would require multiplying their population by a factor of six. Also, 30k adjusted would be 180k which is 50% higher than here in the states.
 
Eielson said:
Your plan is to hide in basements for 2 years?
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We could do what they did in any number of other countries. Mandatory masks in public would be a good start, do you disagree with that reasonable measure?
 
sheepdogs1 said:
England has a death rate from the virus which is 50% than ours so food is not a priority for some for besides dead men not walking they also eat little to none.

Lets do math. England has 30k deaths and has 1/6 of our population (55 million blokes). To equalize the differing population base would require multiplying their population by a factor of six. Also, 30k adjusted would be 180k which is 50% higher than here in the states.
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Do you even realize why that's a bad example? Boris Johnson ignored the pandemic for a month before taking any measures, he did worse than even Trump. He wanted to go for "herd immunity" right away and failed miserably.

In fact, the people of England took to calling him "Virus Johnson."
 
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