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Mariana

(14,849 posts)
18. You think kids are disciplined enough to social distance and wear masks.
Sun May 17, 2020, 07:10 PM
May 2020

Especially when a bunch of them have their parents saying the whole thing is a hoax by the Democrats to make Trump look bad.

I don't share your optimism... Wounded Bear May 2020 #1
One soccer game blew it out of control in two countries. One Dairy Queen could do it to a county. Squinch May 2020 #2
Dq isn't anything like a stadium soccer event unblock May 2020 #12
Schools Are My Biggest Concern ProfessorGAC May 2020 #3
Hopefully the reopenings are mostly thoightful unblock May 2020 #13
Schools are super scary environments. BigmanPigman May 2020 #16
Sounds like your immune system is in bad shape BannonsLiver May 2020 #21
I caught several serious illnesses BigmanPigman May 2020 #44
Day care centers and lower elementary grades are basically petri dishes yellowdogintexas May 2020 #51
I don't know how they will be able to teach this age group BigmanPigman May 2020 #60
It's going to be rough. Igel May 2020 #43
yes. we can only hope that "reopening" is done somewhat sensibly unblock May 2020 #37
We do like our drama, no mistake about that. You may be right about what's coming. CaliforniaPeggy May 2020 #4
thing is, i'm not sure which is worse. unblock May 2020 #6
I hear ya, and I agree. Which is worse? No idea. CaliforniaPeggy May 2020 #9
reopening is clearly a mistake, but i don't think it will lead to the obvious disaster some think. waseemazhar10 May 2020 #5
Out here in rural vacationland... 2naSalit May 2020 #7
Wasn't it just yesterday (relatively speaking) Ms. Toad May 2020 #8
+1 Alacritous Crier May 2020 #19
+1, there needs to be a CV19 math area or forum. DU Mathmaticians have been +-3% in predictions uponit7771 May 2020 #23
Yes DBoon May 2020 #27
An eating place near me, sit down, opened on a Friday two Fridays ago. Blue_true May 2020 #10
Rural areas are the fastest-growing areas of infection already NickB79 May 2020 #11
check out Muhlenberg county in KY or Potter county in Texas yellowdogintexas May 2020 #57
Church services are big in red states, people are flocking to bars in Wisconsin... brush May 2020 #14
You think kids are disciplined enough to social distance and wear masks. Mariana May 2020 #18
There you go. brush May 2020 #20
Conservative leaders in red states will misanthrope May 2020 #29
Of course they will try, but many will die. They can't hush... brush May 2020 #39
it is getting pretty scary down here yellowdogintexas May 2020 #52
I've been politically pessimistic for years.... stillcool May 2020 #15
***STILL HORRIBLE !!!*** Relative to federated TTQ our current level is a crime against humanity so uponit7771 May 2020 #17
You're sure to be viciously attacked by resident faux experts but this seems like a reasonable point BannonsLiver May 2020 #22
It's the stable retort for strawman arguments. This doesn't have to "skyrocket" for it to be more .. uponit7771 May 2020 #26
agreed, that's why i led with reopening is a mistake unblock May 2020 #38
The disaster is still more deaths than it should be not skyrocketing infections. uponit7771 May 2020 #41
we're already in the disaster, caused by gross negligence in the federal response. unblock May 2020 #45
Where are your stats? Nt USALiberal May 2020 #53
I tend to agree Yonnie3 May 2020 #24
+1, a flat curve is still bad for death and the economy vs a federated Test/Trace/Quarantine process uponit7771 May 2020 #28
Poorly selected metrics are crap Yonnie3 May 2020 #32
+1, same ... if in a month we're at half infection rate I'll support but there's plenty of evidence uponit7771 May 2020 #33
How on do you reach the conclusion that new cases will decline - Ms. Toad May 2020 #34
I stand corrected Yonnie3 May 2020 #36
Megachurches are going to be a huge problem Marrah_Goodman May 2020 #25
they sure are! In addition to the large congregations, yellowdogintexas May 2020 #54
If most people adhere to the distancing and the masks... kentuck May 2020 #30
Heart disease and cancer step aside. hunter May 2020 #31
that's the really scary scenario, if covid-19 is just the "first" of many nasty pandemics unblock May 2020 #40
You haven't seen things in Tennessee. GaYellowDawg May 2020 #35
Same in Alabama misanthrope May 2020 #42
Churches are a huge vector JCMach1 May 2020 #47
My sister lives in KY just north of Clarksville, and Gov Beshear has told yellowdogintexas May 2020 #56
Church was a key factor in revving up infections JCMach1 May 2020 #46
+1, still that way I'm SK uponit7771 May 2020 #48
South Korea, France, cases in US JCMach1 May 2020 #49
Not my problem, my problem is no health insurance! Brainfodder May 2020 #50
I hope it doesn't, but it will for some. Iggo May 2020 #55
see my reply #45, nearly 90% of the death toll already was an avoidable tragedy unblock May 2020 #58
Reopening is the Trump re-election strategy Johnny2X2X May 2020 #59
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