mikejm

Don't impose your respiratory droplets on me.

Here, from your preferred ‘news’ source: https://www.foxnews.com/media/houston-doctor-bill-fisher-coronavirus-icu-capacity

I prefer facts.

Read from what I'm sure is one of your favorite publications, one that could hardly be considered a left-leaning propaganda source. https://www.forbes.com/sites/tommybeer/2020/07/01/research-determines-protests-did-not-cause-spike-in-coronavirus-cases/#2bdc5f9d7dac

No one is "playing" anyone: these are first-person reports from front-line healthcare professionals. The fact is, we relaxed restrictions too soon, and idiots walking around without masks or partying like it is spring break are kicking infections into overdrive. And according to contact tracing in Colorado, NOT ONE covid infection is the result of protests, peaceful or otherwise.

A close friend of mine is head of emergency response in Texas. He told me early this week ICU beds are filling up very quickly. Some suburban Houston hospitals are already full. My SO is a regional executive with a national healthcare provider. They are very worried their Arizona ICU beds will be overwhelmed within days. This is all because of the push to re-open. Look at the deflection points on your graph.

I’ve come to realize this thread is where the intellectually underprivileged hang out.

Actually, hardly ever. Too busy reading and studying history, something a majority of posters herein should seriously consider.

Because I really, really like the truth.

Tulsa fire marshal said 6200 attendance.

You've defined your worldview in one concise sentence.

Stephens' speech couldn't be more explicit: "The new Constitution has put at rest forever all the agitating questions relating to our peculiar institution—African slavery as it exists among us—the proper status of the negro in our form of civilization. This was the immediate cause of the late rupture and present revolution. Jefferson [Davis, CSA president], in his forecast, had anticipated this, as the "rock upon which the old Union would split." He was right.

You must've slept through US history class. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornerstone_Speech

WHO is walking back this assertion. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/09/world/coronavirus-updates.html?action=click&module=Top Stories&pgtype=Homepage

You haven't been paying attention. And I, too, am sorry.

What?!?

This country has been sideways on racial equality since Day One. And this country has been trying to legislate racial equality since the aftermath of the Civil War. LBJ worked hard (see Civil Rights Act of 1964). We have courts and legislatures take stabs at outlawing discrimination almost yearly. And yet the discrimination and unequal treatment continues. One of my grandfathers (born early 1900s) was the most hateful, racist people I've ever known. I used to think when his generation died off we'd make progress. Then I thought my father's generation was to be blamed for the continuing inequality. He's gone and the problem persists. America is simply a racist nation, with the discrimination baked into institutions and people, and I honestly don't know how it changes. I understand why people are marching and protesting another death of a black man at the hands of white cops. I see where the continuing frustrations fester and boil. But I'm white and can't ever hope to understand what it must feel like to try to live as a person of color in this country. I have friends who are not white who tell me they are constantly afraid of being pulled over for "driving while black". I know black men - homeowners, husbands, fathers, professionals - who won't go out for a leisurely walk in their own neighborhood because someone is likely to call the police. Maybe it is my generation. Maybe when the Boomers die off, America can finally live up to its promise of "all men are created equal". Right now, looking at cities across the nation burning every night, I don't see a way out of this mess. We need to love and respect each other. I don't know where else to start.

I was referring to someone's post about a state receiving more federal dollars than it paid into the federal budget; like North Dakota. Neither comment had anything to do with state budgets.

Um, North Dakota has been in that category for generations.

MSUM killed the entire Theatre Arts department, among other cuts. Not covid related.

They were imposed by the community's police powers, through the public health department.

I'll show my age here, but quarantines were "common" in my youth. In the 60s I saw, or was affected by public health lockdowns in response to scarlet fever, tuberculosis and polio. Families were closed in their homes until they were clear of infection. I wouldn't be against similar measures as we move forward in today's pandemic.

There is nothing funny about it. Not cramer's use of the word, nor your attempt at juvenile 'humor' by repeating it. Grow up. Or better yet, develop some empathy.

Not at all funny.