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How can we ever get COVID-19 under control with this going on? (Original Post) Nevilledog Sep 2020 OP
this may seem ridiculous but life goes on... agingdem Sep 2020 #1
That crowd is not made up predominantly of kids. Not a mask to be seen, no distancing. Nevilledog Sep 2020 #2
this isn't a one-off... agingdem Sep 2020 #4
We don't make the rules. Sucha NastyWoman Sep 2020 #5
at my age I'm really not afraid of contracting covid agingdem Sep 2020 #9
Basically, that sums it all up. DFW Sep 2020 #11
"life goes on" PSPS Sep 2020 #6
Easy, start sueing these venues who do this without precautions uponit7771 Sep 2020 #3
nobody wearing a mask gopiscrap Sep 2020 #7
We won't n/t OhioChick Sep 2020 #8
Willful ignorance and total lack of responsibility. How can it change? With a new president. Doodley Sep 2020 #10

agingdem

(7,849 posts)
1. this may seem ridiculous but life goes on...
Sat Sep 5, 2020, 12:42 AM
Sep 2020

and these are kids...because of they are young and cocky (who wasn't at their age!) they have a "can't happen to me but if I get it I won't have any symptoms" wtf attitude..I understand...their world turned upside-down...they want a something resembling normal...I want something resembling normal before I turn into an anti-social agoraphobics...

Nevilledog

(51,086 posts)
2. That crowd is not made up predominantly of kids. Not a mask to be seen, no distancing.
Sat Sep 5, 2020, 12:52 AM
Sep 2020

The virus doesn't give a shit if people think they're bulletproof.

The virus doesn't care if people want things to feel normal. It's not normal.

agingdem

(7,849 posts)
4. this isn't a one-off...
Sat Sep 5, 2020, 01:17 AM
Sep 2020

my grandson is a junior at a major university...he and his friends party in their apartments...bars are closed..and as of today 5 kids in the apartment complex have tested positive and are asymptomatic...my grandson gets tested every three days...so far he's negative for covid..fear of contagion isn't going to stop people from congregating but I'm with you...masks and hand sanitizers aren't too much to ask...

DFW

(54,369 posts)
11. Basically, that sums it all up.
Sat Sep 5, 2020, 02:38 AM
Sep 2020

It‘s like visiting Antarctica without a sweater because you think you‘re too young and healthy to be cold. The ice doesn‘t care what you think.

PSPS

(13,593 posts)
6. "life goes on"
Sat Sep 5, 2020, 01:41 AM
Sep 2020

Um, no. It doesn't. At least not a healthy one. Even young professional athletes, the epitome of young and healthy, who get infected and are lucky enough not to go the ventilator route (maybe even asymptomatic) can often end up with myocarditis and other debilitating chronic diseases that may well last the rest of their lives. This virus can cause havoc in all of the body's organs, including the brain.

And then, of course, there's the issue of these people going elsewhere and spreading the infection even before they have any symptoms themselves.

What you're describing is immaturity and the inability to progress out of the "denial" stage, and that isn't likely to change as long as the daily political freak show treats this as political issue rather than a public health issue. In other words, it will be at least next year before we have any chance of dealing with this pandemic properly.

Everyone shares your desire, ""I want something resembling normal before...," but waiting it out to avoid writing off another hundred thousand lives or more shouldn't be asking too much. If it is, we're all pretty much doomed.

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