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Denman....i think everyone can appreciate the time and effort you spend on the numbers and statistics.
But can you explain to me how these numbers benefit anyone..... especially how it benefits you?
Are they supposed to help us decide what decisions we want to make day to day?
I know why certain media outlets continually share the numbers. It's all about fear.
This really isn't about what numbers we should or shouldn't believe.....or what information is accurate or not.
Eventually it comes down to two types of people......plain and simple.
Those that choose to live in fear of this disease....and those that choose to live.
And those that hope something or someone will be there to help support them while they live in fear......and those that choose to pull up their boots and take care of themselves.
For those of you who seem to like pressing the DV button every time you dislike a post.....may I suggest you take a deep breath and then have mature dialogue. Maybe I can learn something.
Don't disagree with you, Tex, but don't understand why you would have a problem with him posting numbers. It's informaton. Nothing more. Do with it as you please. Ignore if you please.
I welcome his numbers. For me it’s a nice offset BC we seem to have quite a few people that think this is not that big a deal.
should we continue to live in fear and shut everything down? I don’t think so. I think we can smartly open some things up so we can get back to work a little and live life
should we continue to play politics with this? Show off like we’ve done something when there is still work to do? I also don’t think so.
take masks for example...some people want to politicize it, bring up old news about Fauci, try to be correct rather than right. Wear a mask. Take the GD new information and wear your mask. If you don’t have to go out, then don’t. But if you do/want to and are around strangers...wear it.
know what you saw during many of those protests? People in masks. So don’t worry about whether you wear a red tie or a blue tie or whether or not some person from the CDC said something three months ago. Wear it.
and quit whining about it. I hate wearing one too, but it won’t kill you. Like I said before, you aren’t storming the beaches of Normandy or anything. Thousands of those young men probably would’ve worn a mask in desert summer for a year if it would stop Nazism.
stop being a snowflake and wear a mask
I do wear a mask. My wife makes me.
As i stated......I enjoy dialogue and enjoying learning.
@pocoyo and @Kasey make good points.
And I should apologize to @Denmen185 . You bring a lot to the board Denmen and I shouldn't have criticized you for it. Sincerely sorry.
Tex you’re a good dude. One of the few open to hearing another side of the story and it is appreciated.
edit: and I didn’t mean you specifically. I meant everyone should wear a mask
@texdawg I try to live life and at 70 years old am not afraid of dying. Having said that I am not going to take unacceptable risks. I think that the only way to make an informed risk/benefit decision is to be informed of the risk and whether that risk is increasing or decreasing. Often that requires looking at 2nd and 3rd level data to identify true values and trends. A prime example of this is that 3 weeks ago my wife and I planned to go to Tampa this past weekend to go to the casino for a mini-break. At that time the cases in Hillsborough county in the 100 per day range with a positivity rate at 4%. The middle of last week the cases were climbing such that by Saturday they had 1,100 cases and the rate was approaching 15-20%. During last week seeing the trend we cancelled our trip given the increased risk of contracting the virus and given my medical history (even though I am currently healthy) my personal mortality rate would be in the 15-20% range. That is why the I believe that the only way the economy will improve is to get control of the virus. The only tool in the tool shed at the moment to do this is by everyone wearing masks. I obviously don't go to bars or restaurants where they cannot be worn and likely will not go to the movies for the same reason. I would however like to be able to go to the store (which I have done only about 4 times in over 3 months), get a haircut and other things (visit my family #`1) without getting the virus from someone who chooses to visit high risk establishments.
In your post BTW the collateral damage of a totally (old) normal life would be the death of 2-5 million people in the US.
If I chose to go to the store without clothes I would be arrested as that would offend others but if I don't wear a mask that is okay even though it could kill others!
Edit @texdawg Posted before I saw your follow-up post. I still think it may help to explain why I feel strongly about this virus. Reversed DV as a peace offering 😂
Dang government overreach. 😂😂😂
Call me crazy, but every time you post about this topic I feel a bullseye on my back.
You said it, not him
My aim is awful...don’t worry about it
Pretty simple.
Support the "G" and rock the mask. What a better way to promote your support for your team during these times. Seen quite a few various forms while I've been out. Love them...
It's also important to get this under control quickly given the emergence of a pandemic potential flu in China.
Here's a link to the new Chinese Swine Flu strain.
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-53218704
This one also takes about the G4 strain
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/06/swine-flu-strain-human-pandemic-potential-increasingly-found-pigs-china