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In reply to the discussion: Why are we JUST SITTING HERE waiting to DIE? [View all]SlogginThroughIt
(1,977 posts)49. Walz gave the order to shut down at 2:00 today.
Until April 9th.
Our schools have been shut down over a week and are now shut down until May 4th. Bars and restaurants and others until May 1st.
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Then it is far far too late, it really is. Many of us on this board right now are infected and
Eliot Rosewater
Mar 2020
#5
If you just sit there in your house and don't go out, you probably won't die.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Mar 2020
#8
Doing that, wont help if you mean we wait till Nov...we dont have that much time. Look at Italy.
Eliot Rosewater
Mar 2020
#11
I've got Amy Klobuchar and Ilhan Omar. I don't think they need reminding.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Mar 2020
#19
No, but maybe if they hear the intensity in our voices about that we do NOT have till Nov
Eliot Rosewater
Mar 2020
#20
Our governor is using statistical modeling to shut down more gradually
The Velveteen Ocelot
Mar 2020
#24
OK, fine..but like Bill Gates just said, we should have done a national shutdown, it would have
Eliot Rosewater
Mar 2020
#29
Gates was probably right but that never would have happened under any GOPer,
The Velveteen Ocelot
Mar 2020
#32
It's absolutely quiet around here. People are voluntarily shutting down.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Mar 2020
#31
"to convince their con friends in the house or senate to do this before WE DIE"
jberryhill
Mar 2020
#30
Thanks, I REFUSE to sit here and do nothing...If we pressure dem house and senate to pressure
Eliot Rosewater
Mar 2020
#42
100% agree. When he made the Easter announcement he was sending people to their death.
BeckyDem
Mar 2020
#47