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Re: COVID in Texas
[Re: Jpurdue]
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06/25/20 03:38 PM
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Bob Davis
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Abbott is just doing everything possible to keep the state open for business. If cases get out of hand and more travel restrictions are put on us by other states that's going have a major impact on the economy. Wearing a mask doesn't hurt the economy. He's trying to protect our state financially. I don't have a problem wearing a mask for three reasons: 1. Humility: I don't think I have COVID, but I don't factually know that. I've read enough to know some folks are asymptomatic yet still able to spread the virus. It makes sense that a face covering would minimize viral spread were I to sneeze or cough out in public. 2. Kindness: I have no clue what the people I happen to be near might be battling with. I'm 38 and healthy as an ox. I have zero fear of the virus. The person next to me could have cancer, maybe caring for an elderly parent, or have a child at home with an immune disease. Just the basic golden rule here. 3. Community: I want my community to stay open. I want businesses to do as well as they can during this extremely tough time. More and more scientist are agreeing that masks do help slow the spread. Slowing the spread buys doctors more time to get better at treating the virus and gives businesses a better chance of staying open. https://www.foxnews.com/health/us-coronavirus-deaths-projected-reach-180000-octoberCan you put this into a spreadsheet and plot this as a scatter plot?
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Re: COVID in Texas
[Re: Chris B]
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06/25/20 03:40 PM
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WAWI
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Wawi, can we come to your restaurant without a mask on? Today you can. Tomorrow we will sell you a mask for $1 if you dont have one. The stupid thing is there is no guidance. Obviously you arent gonna eat and drink with it on. Until otherwise directed by our dear government, I'm gonna require on entry, exit and when not seated at table, ie bathroom trips etc.
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Re: COVID in Texas
[Re: Jpurdue]
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06/25/20 03:40 PM
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Kattelyn
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Re: COVID in Texas
[Re: bigfishtx]
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06/25/20 03:42 PM
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RayBob
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It's very scary. Numbers say you're more likely to get murdered in St. Louis, East St. Louis, or Gary Indiana than you are to die if you catch this virus. Protect the at risk group, and that includes them doing their part as well to be safe, and get on with it. At least we don't have leadership directing wuflu positive patients back into nursing homes. You left out the Democratic mecca of Chicago.
Advice? Wise men don't need it. Fools won't heed it.
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Re: COVID in Texas
[Re: Kattelyn]
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06/25/20 03:43 PM
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RayBob
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Actually the deer urine goes on wicks 75 yards from your stand. Just for the record.
Advice? Wise men don't need it. Fools won't heed it.
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Re: COVID in Texas
[Re: Tiltman]
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06/25/20 03:45 PM
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Tallgrass05
bill maher's protege
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Those in a rush to open things up are going to pay a longer and more painful price. says the person with a secure job and no financial ties to a small business. The hospitals have had their time to ramp up, another shut down will just finish off the economy and fulfill your dream of a liberal utopia Actually, I will likely be furloughed this fiscal year and will lose several thousand dollars of salary. The point was being macho and not wearing a mask (whininess posing as rugged individualism) and the rush to open things up will protract the whole situation and lengthen the economic hardship. Pennywise and pound foolish.
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Re: COVID in Texas
[Re: Jpurdue]
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06/25/20 03:47 PM
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RayBob
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Beaumont instituted masks inside any businesses (unsure how that works with eateries) . I went to Academy to get my 3 boxes of ammo and they were disallowing some people inside for lack of masks. Once in there I saw half a dozen people not wearing masks though.
Advice? Wise men don't need it. Fools won't heed it.
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Re: COVID in Texas
[Re: Tallgrass05]
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06/25/20 03:50 PM
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RayBob
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Those in a rush to open things up are going to pay a longer and more painful price. says the person with a secure job and no financial ties to a small business. The hospitals have had their time to ramp up, another shut down will just finish off the economy and fulfill your dream of a liberal utopia Actually, I will likely be furloughed this fiscal year and will lose several thousand dollars of salary. The point was being macho and not wearing a mask (whininess posing as rugged individualism) and the rush to open things up will protract the whole situation and lengthen the economic hardship. Pennywise and pound foolish. One of the rare times you have made sense without being too boorish ... you added some boorishness but managed to get your thought across in a more civil manner.
Advice? Wise men don't need it. Fools won't heed it.
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Re: COVID in Texas
[Re: Tallgrass05]
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06/25/20 03:53 PM
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Mark Perry
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Those in a rush to open things up are going to pay a longer and more painful price. says the person with a secure job and no financial ties to a small business. The hospitals have had their time to ramp up, another shut down will just finish off the economy and fulfill your dream of a liberal utopia Actually, I will likely be furloughed this fiscal year and will lose several thousand dollars of salary. The point was being macho and not wearing a mask (whininess posing as rugged individualism) and the rush to open things up will protract the whole situation and lengthen the economic hardship. Pennywise and pound foolish. Your thoughts on this? https://nypost.com/2020/06/23/orego...04E2PNDRa8ky0Y3VF9Lho8kVKPo93gMYPVxYQkdw
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Re: COVID in Texas
[Re: Mark Perry]
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06/25/20 04:00 PM
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Jpurdue
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Those in a rush to open things up are going to pay a longer and more painful price. says the person with a secure job and no financial ties to a small business. The hospitals have had their time to ramp up, another shut down will just finish off the economy and fulfill your dream of a liberal utopia Actually, I will likely be furloughed this fiscal year and will lose several thousand dollars of salary. The point was being macho and not wearing a mask (whininess posing as rugged individualism) and the rush to open things up will protract the whole situation and lengthen the economic hardship. Pennywise and pound foolish. Your thoughts on this? https://nypost.com/2020/06/23/orego...04E2PNDRa8ky0Y3VF9Lho8kVKPo93gMYPVxYQkdwI saw that yesterday. Nothing screams criminal like a surgical mask. SMH.
"Bragging may not bring happiness, but no man having caught a large fish goes home through an alley." -A.L. www.LunkerLore.com
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Re: COVID in Texas
[Re: Jpurdue]
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06/25/20 04:00 PM
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Tiltman
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I may be wrong and I'd prefer to be, but I don't believe we can economically sustain this I personally feel that there is no choice that doesn't end in hardship..........
The answer I wish I had is what road leads to the least damage ?
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Re: COVID in Texas
[Re: Jpurdue]
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06/25/20 04:01 PM
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Pat Goff
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What if you've already had it? Does that break the main spring of the mask gestapo?
Pat Goff Seadrift TX
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Re: COVID in Texas
[Re: Tiltman]
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06/25/20 04:03 PM
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Scagnetti
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I may be wrong and I'd prefer to be, but I don't believe we can economically sustain this I personally feel that there is no choice that doesn't end in hardship..........
The answer I wish I had is what road leads to the least damage ? I hope we find that out sooner than later but I doubt it
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Re: COVID in Texas
[Re: Mark Perry]
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06/25/20 04:09 PM
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Tallgrass05
bill maher's protege
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It's pretty stupid. Is Abbott a fearful sheeple?
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Re: COVID in Texas
[Re: Pat Goff]
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06/25/20 04:13 PM
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Texan Til I Die
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What if you've already had it? Does that break the main spring of the mask gestapo? That is still being researched. Some people may develop immunity after having Covid, but it looks like some people don't. It may depend on how large a viral load you had, but no one is certain yet. I'm sure they'll figure it out eventually.
"If ever time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin." - Samuel Adams
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