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I don’t think the people protesting cops murdering people really gaf about covid. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Quote from: DQ12 on June 03, 2020, 07:10:00 PMThat's not really the point. The point is that two weeks ago, if you crowded into a pool in the ozarks you were a "grandma killer" -- or at least someone recklessly endangering others' lives. Yet the protests (which ostensibly would lead to the same proportional result as crowding into a pool) have pretty broad support. It just seems odd to implicitly rationalize the potential result (killing grandma) based on the underlying cause -- unless the point is that the result of not protesting poses a greater risk than possibly spreading covid, which seems like a stretch, though logically consistent.I understand what the point is, and I think the point is stupid. And I think anyone making a point that mentions "killing grandma" even as a clapback isn't really worth with discussing.
That's not really the point. The point is that two weeks ago, if you crowded into a pool in the ozarks you were a "grandma killer" -- or at least someone recklessly endangering others' lives. Yet the protests (which ostensibly would lead to the same proportional result as crowding into a pool) have pretty broad support. It just seems odd to implicitly rationalize the potential result (killing grandma) based on the underlying cause -- unless the point is that the result of not protesting poses a greater risk than possibly spreading covid, which seems like a stretch, though logically consistent.
A similar terrible takehttps://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1268382286065676290
Quote from: michigancat on June 03, 2020, 10:22:47 PMA similar terrible takehttps://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1268382286065676290it's disingenuous to ignore the issue of coronavirus transmission. it's fine to maintain that the importance of the issue outweighs those concerns, and i also think it is important to recognize that the number of protestors is a very small percentage of the population and isn't likely to have any noticeable impact on national statistics.but it's important to be intellectually honest. there will be people, who did not themselves make the decision to protest, that will die because of the choices made by protestors.there might actually be a net reduction in deaths, but that's getting rather far afield.
No, you're not wrong, Matthew, you're just an bad person
how soon are people likely to show symptoms and get tested if they were first exposed there? We're 10 days out, he's working with data that is probably 8 days out. Just seems a bit suspect, hope it's accurate
Maybe outdoors really is much much lower risk (no super spreading even without masks). I'm guessing we'll know that answer here pretty shortly.
Quote from: memphis on June 04, 2020, 09:56:20 AMMaybe outdoors really is much much lower risk (no super spreading even without masks). I'm guessing we'll know that answer here pretty shortly.Football is on then. No questions asked.
Seems more likely now imo be tough to do it then run the risk of having like 100s of people inflected because of bathrooms or something.
Not sure how they can definitively say this but the lake parties are cool guys, no new spread! https://www.kmbc.com/article/health-official-no-new-covid-19-coronavirus-cases-from-parties-at-lake-of-ozarks-osage-beach-missouri/32769123
I guess this means that lawn orgies are a go for this summer tho