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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNo social distancing, very few masks: video shows large block party in Southwest Philadelphia
https://www.google.com/amp/s/6abc.com/amp/block-party-large-street-southwest-philadelphia/6315410/Not good at all!!!!! The video is unbelievable.
Alliepoo
(2,215 posts)Sugarcoated
(7,721 posts)Smh
Nevilledog
(51,055 posts)The video shows a nightmare. Is this one of those don't believe your lying eyes moments?
jimfields33
(15,751 posts)This unannounced event was a mess. Doesnt matter if it was planned or not. This is unsafe!!!!!
EllieBC
(3,010 posts)There isnt some missing nuance here. Either gatherings are ok or they arent.
misanthrope
(7,411 posts)You can travel around the town where I live and see that all day long. We have a mandatory mask ordinance but it's not enforced.
Sorry to break the news, but our nation is loaded with selfish people who don't give a damn about anyone other than themselves. It's not everyone but a sizable number.
maxsolomon
(33,265 posts)No collective action works; the concept of shared sacrifice or altruism has been ground out of the populace, despite its supposed fealty to the lessons of Jesus of Nazareth.
misanthrope
(7,411 posts)The thing that will make the readjustment back to the historical -- and I mean 150,000 year of history -- norm is going to the economic bind we're starting to glimpse right now. The way this disease is spreading and affecting economics, I wouldn't be surprised in the least if we're in a major depression this time next year.
This is where history is writ large and it usually isn't pretty.
Initech
(100,054 posts)Response to jimfields33 (Original post)
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LisaL
(44,972 posts)I don't see any masks at the party.
Tipperary
(6,930 posts)Dorian Gray
(13,488 posts)were wearing masks here in NYC. (Cops working them often weren't, though.)
Most of the marches groups tried to walk with space between them wearing masks.
This is a party where people are drinking and speaking into each other's faces. More alcohol = more lax, closer together. hookups. It's not the same as protests at all. And to say it is is disingenuous.
I was also nervous that protests would produce a spike in cases. In NYC, it didn't. Outdoor masked activity. Grateful for that.
Now I"m concerned about 4th of July parties. Those numbers should be starting to appear about now.
peggysue2
(10,826 posts)You guys are better than this. Smarter than this, too. You have no regrets?? You will when your friends start getting sick or you lose your favorite auntie to Covid.
We all need to be better than this or the virus will never be controlled.
Btw, Southwest Philly is where my husband grew up.
RobinA
(9,886 posts)Philadelphia is better than This? Nope. That IS Philadelphia
peggysue2
(10,826 posts)I love Philly. Miss it, too. But this action was dumb and could lead to a lot of unnecessary illness.
We all need to be better to get to the end of this damn virus.
That was my Philly pep talk.
mvd
(65,169 posts)So it is not a Philly problem. Violence is, but it is also up in other cities unfortunately.
Amishman
(5,554 posts)PA's covid guideline compliance issues aren't just a white rightwinger problem. We have it all over.
Tipperary
(6,930 posts)I would not like being around that large a crowd, pandemic or not.
Skittles
(153,138 posts)cringe-worthy
Tipperary
(6,930 posts)Sure showed that virus.
SiliconValley_Dem
(1,656 posts)it was sad that populous areas like NYC didn't lock down soon enough, but now many dying in Georgia, Arizona, Texas and Florida--states with asshole GOP governors who tried to reopen way too soon.
Trumpists hesded up Jacobs Ladder. what the meth and Opioid crisis didn't wipe out will soon be taken care of by "covid is a hoax"and "masks are a tool of the deep state" red hats dying on ventilators to own the libs.
Tipperary
(6,930 posts)No one has a monopoly on stupid. It is not just the south, not just republicans, not just rednecks. Young people of all races seem to be the common denominator. k
SiliconValley_Dem
(1,656 posts)there seems to be special antipathy to science from Trumpers as he himself is doing a horrible job of leading through this crisis and is openly scoffing at sound medical advice.
Tipperary
(6,930 posts)But that does not take away from the fact that many non-rumpers are doing just what these people at this idiotic party are doing.
JI7
(89,244 posts)and someone says how the police said everything was nice.
Amishman
(5,554 posts)There are no enforcement mechanisms to punish individuals under his Covid executive orders, its really all voluntary.
LisaL
(44,972 posts)They had a "nice" gathering in the morning that morphed into what we see on the video later on.
jmg257
(11,996 posts)Hit harder than others?
OnDoutside
(19,949 posts)cwydro
(51,308 posts)Really something.
SiliconValley_Dem
(1,656 posts)it is a fun game to track some of the conversations and people on this board to see who finally breaks
cwydro
(51,308 posts)You joined in 2020. March? Lol.
I've been here much longer, so you can take your snide remarks and go thread your own needle with them, sweetheart.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)Fascinating.
OnDoutside
(19,949 posts)Certainly.
SMC22307
(8,090 posts)If they're stupid enough to be packed into a party like sardines during a pandemic, I'm a little worried... Pennsylvania is a must-win state.