UNDvince97-01

I'd like to think so. I guess I'm not the judge of that specifically in the long run. I'll know after I pass on. How about you?

Sure, bud. Whatever you want. Stay woke.

Lock yourself down. Don't go out. Wear a mask and a 6 foot separator apparatus that keeps your 6 foot social distancing around you if you do take the huge risk of going out. I'll live my life the way I choose. You live yours the way you want.

lol. Oh, the irony...

That is shocking. My wife has taught special ed for 15 years. She HATES distance learning for her students. Those students are at a huge disadvantage as well. Some of them can't wait to get out of their homes to go to school as an escape. She is terrified of having to go back to distance learning again this fall and the repercussions that will go with it. I'm surprised more teachers don't feel the same way. She also has her summers off.

I guess I don't recall saying transparency is a bad thing. If I did, feel free to reference that. Transparency is a good thing. All I stated was that the transparency you refer to has been woefully and embarrassingly wrong......most of the time. Cite and quote all the stats and data you deem necessary. Unfortunately, on this topic specifically, transparency doesn't equate to the truth.

The public data has been a total disaster.... So, what next?

Impossible.

Right, but this is probably the best case scenario for North Dakota given all the variables (assuming he didn't mandate schools be open statewide, which probably wasn't likely). I can only hope Governor Walz follows suit. Northern Minnesota is not the same as Metro Minneapolis/St Paul. 2 different worlds. You cannot treat them the same. If he wants to destroy the metro area, that's on him. But he should not destroy northern Minnesota simply because we reside in the same state.

Per source, hearing it's only one player. Just like ndsu in June.

Ok, but respectfully......I also deferred to the experts and have been unimpressed with their results. So, what's next? At what point do we decide ourselves what is expert opinion and hypothesis? To your second point: will we ever be allowed to make our own decisions? If not, are you ok with that?

So the 'science and medical experts' that we're all supposed to trust have been mostly wrong the whole time then, including Fauci..... Where do we stop trusting the experts and when? They've been wrong on so many things. That's what this is and has been all about. Bad 'science and medical expertise'.......and politics. The forecasting and models by literally every health organization have been statiscally and tragically off. There have been constantly evolving opinions by the general public, and.....wait for it.....'medical experts and scientists'. They don't all agree on this just like we don't. However, fact is, we just don't hear about those differing 'medical experts and scientists' opinions because they are filtered and diluted out by mainstream and social media because it doesn't fit a narrative. At some point, we just have to decide what's best for us individually. If someone wants to lock themselves in quarantine and wear a mask everywhere they go, have a blast. But if I choose not to do that, there should be reciprocity. We all know that hasn't and won't happen. The data since the start of all this has never been empirical. If I die of a heart attack tomorrow and test positive for COVID-19, I go down in the stats as COVID-19. That's what they're doing. Honest question: why don't we have vaccines for the Influenza strains yet? How long has it been around and why haven't we solved that yet? It kills thousands of Americans every year. The response will be because there are way too many strains and it morphs so often so when you get your flu shot in the fall, it really only covers 10-20% of flu strains. The novel coronavirus will do the same thing, I promise. Yet now we can't get back to 'normal' until a vaccine is found...... ....or until Trump loses in November. At which point we will be back to 'normal'.

Jeezus....incredible. Can you at least change your name on here? It's offensive to 'redneks' and Native Americans. Your wokeness is lacking. Seems counter intuitive to your ideals.

Huh? Fauci said we should not be wearing masks. That was my point.