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Finally.......things may be turning in the right direction
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Would there be liability issues if they signed a waiver???
Haters? This message is so very encouraging, and it is full of hope. Why would there be ANY down votes WHATSOEVER??? I’m so confused as to why would someone would see anything that’s bad at all in the original post to this thread by @texdawg?
I'll be honest, based on the title I was very apprehensive to read this. I'm so glad I did. His point that this is not a red virus or blue virus, it's not a republican virus or democrat virus was so on point. Simple precautions go so far in slowing the spread of disease, and somehow we allowed an election year to get in the way of that. Again, very glad I read this. To see the models used and how this is tracked was reassuring, and as someone in a high risk household, I see the end is in sight.
PS - To the mods. Please consider accountability in returning to the down votes NOT being anonymous again. This would encourage dialogue and debate, versus just a troll type of behavior IMO that needs to be defended. Someone down votes? They ought to have the decency to explain as to why?
The Mods had nothing to do with that. It was the "higher ups" that put that in place and we (Mods) have no say so in the matter.
Provided the data you have provided is accurate, I find it interesting that so many countries with a higher death rate than the United States are also claiming to have relatively tiny infection rates as a percentage of their population. These include Latvia, Lithuania, Croatia, Hungary, Austria, Uruguay, Greece, Slovenia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland.
Transparency, ehh?
@ghostofuga1 Thank you sir for the quick response, and explanation. I still do believe in my point. Hopefully the mods can bring this subject up to the "higher ups"??? I firmly believe that this idea (the accountability aspect) has its own merit in revealing the down voters identity versus anonymous down votes. That is a pure "troll bait" invitation IMO.
Respectfully, you guys are allowed to make suggestions, no?
I hear what you are saying about not being the ones who make the rules. There isn't anything in the rules about not complaining about DV's, yet one of the other mods made up his own rule forbidding anyone from questioning a DV in previous threads, and then talked down to people in the most disrespectful manner I can remember on the forum over it. Simply avoiding a repeat of that incident alone is worth a conversation about removing anonymity of DVs.
@Raiderbeater1 You just reminded now me (and it made me really laugh!!!) "spoons made me fat" ... since I am constantly battling myself to not get any bigger than I already am. Banning spoons? <-- that was not on your list. LOL
This is not about down votes stop already
Go ahead and open this thread up to be trolled and see how quick I close it
Because of what Levitt said, combined with a theory that this virus might start burning out at about 15ish percent spread, there is a real argument to wait a few weeks to see if things start turning around.
And if they do, then I'd feel foolish if I were more practical in the Big 10/Pac 12, and we'll likely see college football at least try to proceed. If they don't, then we'll probably see everyone cancel (technically postpone to spring, but I think spring isn't happening), and then there's going to be a real argument to try to impose 2nd lockdowns in the southeast.
but not in this thread, open up a down vote thread, I suggested long ago that dv's be done away with now back to the topic
Yes, we can make suggestions just like every member here can... Just because Mods suggest it, doesn't mean it will happen. Pretty sure it has been suggested in the past to remove all the voting and that never happened.
https://forum.dawgnation.com/discussion/14942/dawgnation-forum-member-suggestion-box#latest