Reality is just too ugly to ignore this time around.

There's no amount of political tinsel to hide the disaster and trump's inability to deal with it at all. Not only has he been no help, he has actively done things that led to the deaths of tens of thousands who did not have to die. He should rot for the rest of his days in prison for that alone.

How easy will it be to fire the successor now that Berman is out of the way?

Audrey Strauss is no friend to trump either.

The reek of conflict of interest.

Tentative good news. So far it seems the protestors got it right.

They were outdoors, many if not most wore masks, and hand sanitizer was everywhere. It will take another week before the low numbers are considered trustworthy.

More than 2 weeks after start of nationwide protests, little sign of COVID spike, but officials remain cautious

It's not just you!

Decided to hunker down in early March. I see my yard man from a distance every other week. I only keep in touch with family and friends on the phone and I really miss them, as well as my workouts at the Y.

My sister did drive down from Charleston to take me to an out of town endodontist appt recently. I was on painkillers and couldn't drive, so she stayed at our family's cabin in the woods and picked me up the next day. We both wore masks, rode with the AC off & all the windows partway down, and I sat in the back seat and hoped for the best. It would have been almost fun if not for contagion concerns and the amount of pain I was in.

Otherwise, aside from the occasional walk or bike ride, I stay home. If I can't get it delivered it will have to wait. Without DU and Ravelry for company I don't know what I'd do.

It is hard and lonely, but it's smart if you and your loved ones want to live through this. You're not alone - hang in there!

Not everyone has thrown in the towel.

I had an emergency dental appointment recently and was very glad to see a napkin station on both sides of the door for those who weren't wearing gloves so that they would not have to touch the knob. There were signs insisting on social distancing in the waiting area, along with reassurances that all surfaces were cleaned regularly. Everyone working there was masked and gloved, as was I. Not happy about having to go, so this made all the difference in my stress levels about being there.

Stress levels about the procedure I needed were another story...

My pharmacy has drive up service only. Employees (masked and gloved) retrieve and deliver the prescription to customers who remain in their cars. They also do home delivery.

My groceries are still delivered, and the local home improvement center still delivers as well, to your car in the parking lot or your home.

Small things, but they matter.

If only everyone was making that effort, we would all be so much better off and so many people would be avoiding the danger and death from this virus. I have a feeling you're right about the ramp up. We're going to be shutting down again whether governments say so or not. Plenty of people who can are opting to stay home because they know this isn't over. Reality will sink in, for business owners with sick employees as well as the growing numbers of people who fall ill or see loved ones around them get sick. The death toll is going to get that bad. Ugh.

There's likely to be a stark contrast in the outcome from this event

with people crowded together indoors with no masks vs. the outdoor protests where most everyone is masked and carrying hand sanitizer.

https://news.yahoo.com/no-sign-coronavirus-spike-protests-officials-remain-cautious-205434027.html

It's going to be a gruesome science experiment with human beings as the test subjects. The data will be useful, but some of them are going to pay for it with their lives.

And for what? The sociopathic, narcissistic orange blob will be entertained by having the power to convince people to kill themselves for him. It's revolting.

No. To support trump in spite of his racism is to tolerate his racism.

It's also asking the rest of us to tolerate his racism by not calling the selective trump supporters to account.

This isn't the same as deciding that a candidate has economic policies that are so attractive you're willing to overlook his problematic approach to unions or privacy. Those are both very important issues, but they are not necessarily an overarching moral human rights failure.

Asking others to overlook a candidate who supports systemic racism and the rise of white supremacy in this country is ludicrous. Anyone who feels that they can disagree with his blatant racism but still vote for him is lying to themselves and to you. If you vote for trump anyway, you have cast a vote for racism.

There is no other way to opt out on an issue this entwined with the respect for basic human rights than to refuse to vote for trump. A vote for trump is a vote for racism.

https://medium.com/parkermolloy/deconstructing-the-tolerance-paradox-why-conservatives-go-to-line-is-garbage-666a1bf04a65

They aren't that different, except that the potential harm to others

around a non-mask wearer is much more immediate and therefore arguably more deadly. It potentially only takes one exposure rather than many over time. Also, the smoker only affects those around him at that time. There's no question of infection. For instance, no one can carry the potential cancer home with them to infect others, who may unknowingly affect others still, and so on.

I agree. She should be our governor right now.

A lot more people would stay healthy and alive if she were. Georgia really needs a governor like Stacy Abrams. If she's willing, I would dearly love to see her come back to run again, win, and lead our state well. GA deserves better than Kemp. We deserve Stacy Abrams.