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Nevilledog

(51,031 posts)
Mon Nov 23, 2020, 12:28 AM Nov 2020

Every single one of these is a passenger plane, carrying hundreds of people happily spreading COVID



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Robert Hallock🌹
@Thracks
Every single one of these is a passenger plane, carrying hundreds of people happily spreading COVID for Thanksgiving.

Think it's bad now? Hold onto your butts. The first-wave-we-never left is about to become a tsunami.
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Every single one of these is a passenger plane, carrying hundreds of people happily spreading COVID (Original Post) Nevilledog Nov 2020 OP
People are so stupid and selfish MustLoveBeagles Nov 2020 #1
The selfishness just floors me. Nevilledog Nov 2020 #2
Happy to say my kid is not one of those MissB Nov 2020 #3
My household, parents, sibling, in-laws, cousin who traditionally hosts us, his kids' families, etc RockRaven Nov 2020 #9
Stay home. JoeOtterbein Nov 2020 #4
We have to stop with the "stop the spread" bullshit. Initech Nov 2020 #5
Also I'm quite cranky at my dear mom MissB Nov 2020 #6
My son drive home for Thanksgiving today. bamagal62 Nov 2020 #7
K&R, ... and the Airline CEO's instead of demanding a better federated response stay quiet uponit7771 Nov 2020 #8
As always with Rose Twitter..... BGBD Nov 2020 #10

MissB

(15,804 posts)
3. Happy to say my kid is not one of those
Mon Nov 23, 2020, 12:34 AM
Nov 2020

He decided not to come home. We will be celebrating Thanksgiving (and likely Christmas) via zoom.

RockRaven

(14,912 posts)
9. My household, parents, sibling, in-laws, cousin who traditionally hosts us, his kids' families, etc
Mon Nov 23, 2020, 01:41 AM
Nov 2020

are all doing solo household dinners with a zoom call attempt intended.

Same for the other side of the family, a different time zoom call or FaceTime or Google hangout tentatively planned but everyone hunkered down in their own household.

It's so fucking selfish of these people to cry "butt muh familee!!!!!" when the potential consequence in question is dozens to hundreds of people falling ill and several to tens of people dying as a result of one's trip.

Initech

(100,043 posts)
5. We have to stop with the "stop the spread" bullshit.
Mon Nov 23, 2020, 12:39 AM
Nov 2020

We are way, way, way, way past the "stopping the spread" phase. The damn virus is everywhere. It is on every street in every city in every state in this country. We can't stop it. If you think we are stopping the spread now, you are kidding yourself.

The best thing we can do now is protect ourselves from getting it. Use every precaution necessary and stay home.

MissB

(15,804 posts)
6. Also I'm quite cranky at my dear mom
Mon Nov 23, 2020, 12:40 AM
Nov 2020

She’s in her 80s. She’s getting together with 7 other people for Thanksgiving- and they’re from 4 different households.

If that wasn’t bad enough, she convinced some very old guy that was going a very good job at isolating to come out and play cards with them. It’s just so utterly frustrating and irresponsible. She told him he couldn’t fear life. I just wanted to scream.

bamagal62

(3,244 posts)
7. My son drive home for Thanksgiving today.
Mon Nov 23, 2020, 01:01 AM
Nov 2020

He brought his own food and water and only stopped once for gas and restroom. Lots of alcohol wipes and a mask.

 

BGBD

(3,282 posts)
10. As always with Rose Twitter.....
Mon Nov 23, 2020, 01:50 AM
Nov 2020

gotta have some context.

This isn't a significant increase from the air travel we have been seeing for a while and it is WAY down from a year ago today.




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