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My brother-in-law said some dickish things over the weekend like how he doesn't believe the seriousness of it, and we shouldn't have to wear a mask inside a store if we're only going to be inside that store for a small amount of time. What the hell!Originally Posted by dlb
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Coronavirus hits Tahiti cruise ship, leaving 340 passengers confined to cabins
https://globalnews.ca/news/7247463/c...hH2eRXHuFOes94
Who in the right goddamn mind is going on a cruise right now?? Why are there even cruises still running? *sigh* We're never going back to normal, guys.
Just tickles my balls!
It starts with an S and ends with a Y.
S-T-U-P-I-D-I-T-Y.
”Hai guyz, only 1 family member can visit another family member in hospital for 1 hour per day. Going on cruises is totally fine though, kthxbye.”
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My husband and I have Official NHL Chicago Blackhawks masks, 3 each (different designs). They are my favorite masks. They’re the most comfortable of ALL my masks.
Go figure. GO HAWKS!
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Bah! Are they from Kohl's? They only had Cardinals and Cubs at our local store.
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No, they’re these.
There’s a little pocket where you can insert a little filter, too, if you have those (I do).Cover up while you represent your favorite team in this Chicago Blackhawks face covering 3-Pack from FOCO! All NHL royalties will be donated to Feeding America and Food Banks Canada.
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So today in Canada, health officials are saying even once there is a vaccine, the COVID restrictions put in place today will probably remain at least for 3 years....
fuck. You serious? Man... We can all kiss live music goodbye now. Live music is a thing of the past. This sucks...
https://globalnews.ca/news/7249803/c...s-theresa-tam/
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makes sense. the anti-vaxxers are still out there.
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They're gonna have to figure it out. And trust me this probably sucks more for me than it does for you, and I feel crazy that there's nothing to look forward to right now when it comes to shows. I have to find some new work. On almost every level, this disease has killed all my freelance income.
There will be something, they just need to actually think about how to do it. In the music industry, technology finds a way. I'd think about it as "healthy competition" between rival developers trying to figure out how to supplant a business need in a developing chaotic economy, and that one of those "rivals" is the virus itself and the way it cripples this industry. Someone's going to figure out something cool, and others will build on the idea, whatever that is... be it drive in theater concepts or something much more innovative.
Maybe I'm optimistic in thinking a desperate attempt to save the live music industry might actually discover something really incredible in how we can present live experiences. Who knows.
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At first I laughed at the ridiculous that was this Concert space suit to safely attend shows:
https://globalnews.ca/news/6912003/m...s-coronavirus/
But, given the circumstances and the fact I am going thru heavy show withdrawal, I would honestly consider wearing this fuckin thing if it meant we got live music back again, lol.
But yeah, I feel terrible for all the artists, musicians, road crew and venues during this time.
80% of an artists income is from touring... nobody buys music anymore. Everyone streams it. Take away touring and the music industry will be over.
Every week, a new small venue here in Canada is announced it's closing it's doors for good. Even if the artists manage to somehow survive 2-3 years of not touring, there may not be any venue's left for them to preform at if/when they are allowed to return to the stage.
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My commute was my restorative time.
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I am a latch key kid. From the time I was 8, I got myself and my little brother ready for school in the morning on my own and got us breakfast and left for school and my single mother had left for work hours before.
From the time I was 5 to 12, we came home from school and went to the babysitter’s. After I turned 13, we just came home, alone. I babysat. Mom often worked until 7 pm. We made ourselves dinner. Most of the neighborhood was like this. If we were sick, we stayed home alone. If we had emergencies, we called Mom at work. This included arguments, fighting, wrestling over stupid crap, accidents, etc. My Mom often got into trouble at work (she was a secretary) and was threatened with losing her job for spending too much time talking with us or picking us up from school, etc. I broke both arms (not at the same time, lol). My brother needed stitches a few times. One time we drank lighter fluid while the babysitter was watching soaps.
There were no after-school snacks at home, my Mom barely remembered to make us lunch. She worked 10-12 hour days. No child support. We wondered why we didn’t have a life like those kids on TV.
If I could have an at-home Mom, I’d have sold my soul.
Last edited by allegro; 08-05-2020 at 01:33 PM.
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Let's just say I have A LOT of really upset and scared friends who are teachers and lunch aids... Etc... My friend is a teacher in the South Hampton School District and they're making them go back 5 days a week, no distance learning.
"If the infection rate spikes." Just so much wrong with this sentence it is mind boggling.
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I am SHOCKED Cuomo took this approach.
Thankfully, my district, right across the river from NYC in NJ, announced last night we are going full remote to start the year. At first, we were going to be open with kids rotating from week to week, then they decided no kids but only staff goes to school, then they finally settled on fully remote for staff and students. I feel so relieved.
Now, the state has to approve it, and our gov. is acting like an idiot trying to force in person learning. We'll see...
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Yea, we are all pretty shocked at the moment. I understand kids need to get back to learning, but they're acting as if they have missed 3 years of it. I don't wanna know what the backlash will look like if teachers refuse to go back.
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I can say this, in my district (33,000 students, a pretty big size) , I felt the energy of a strike forming if we were to reopen. I wouldn't be surprised if some districts in NY strike.
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This is the same in Germany. I feel like everytime I read about the virus an interviewee - be it a politician or epidemologist, etc. - stresses the importance of hygiene, distancing and masks, but when it comes to reopening schools, there shall be none of those things in class. And it's frustrating to me that seemingly nobody tries to find creative ways around it... like finding a way so that not all students will start at the same time in the morning... or will have lunchbreaks at the same time where it's guaranteed that they mix... or how students don't have to be driven to school in crowded busses. I mean, our school won't even look into making sure to get bigger groups of students into bigger rooms... It's "too difficult" for whatever reason. It's so frustrating.
Oh, and as teachers we are not allowed to strike, so...
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Another interesting BBC documentary, "Surviving the Virus: My Brother & Me"
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-r...ovid-frontline
"One of Chris’s (doctor) colleagues admitted: “How do I feel about a second wave? I just feel scared.”"
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two things:
I realized this weekend that reading about Covid apologists leaves me feeling like Andy.
And second I read something about the flu comparison. I wish I could find it today so I could quote it accurately (it had numbers and science) so instead consider this a cliffs notes, bad lip reading version:
The flu kills as many people as it does in a society with a vaccine and no social distancing. Covid has killed more than that with social distancing and no vaccine. So to say it is 'worse' than the flu is just flat ignoring a lot of information.
https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/heal...019-vs-the-fluDeaths
COVID-19: There have been approximately 731,570 deaths reported worldwide. In the U.S, 162,938 people have died of COVID-19, as of August 10, 2020.*
Flu: The World Health Organization estimates that 290,000 to 650,000 people die of flu-related causes every year worldwide.
In the U.S., from Oct. 1, 2019 – Apr. 4, 2020, the CDC estimates that 24,000 to 62,000 people died from the flu. (The CDC does not know the exact number because the flu is not a reportable disease in most parts of the U.S.)
The COVID-19 situation is changing rapidly. Since this disease is caused by a new virus, people do not have immunity to it, and a vaccine may be many months away. Doctors and scientists are working to estimate the mortality rate of COVID-19, but at present, it is thought to be substantially higher than that of most strains of the flu.
*This information comes from the Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases map developed by the Johns Hopkins Center for Systems Science and Engineering.
Last edited by allegate; 08-10-2020 at 10:08 AM.
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It's funny you mention this because I was thinking about this the other day, specifically the inevitable flu case study re: vaccination + masks + social distancing and how all three directly relate to infection rate / deaths.
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Except saying that the flu kills people isn’t technically correct; COMPLICATIONS from the flu, typically PNEUMONIA, kills people.
And Covid has WAYYYYYYYYY more fatal complications than the average flu.
Covid is also way more contagious.
And that’s why Covid is worse.
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At least 97,000 kids have tested positive since the last two weeks of July.
But sure, continue to open schools and act like nothing's wrong.
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Here's a video report about the event:
https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2020/0...nr-ldn-vpx.cnn
Here's an article about Smash Mouth playing: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/m...ncert-1042080/
Imagine risking your life to go to a Smash Mouth concert. lol.Smash Mouth singer Steve Harwell can be heard addressing the crowd, saying: “Now we’re all here together tonight. And we’re being human once again. Fuck that COVID shit.”
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