Coronavirus

[Kin]

Me too, but a nice thought.
Of course his parents would have 55" TV, game controls, cooler and bbq set up for Bobby. And a big down comforter so he doesn't get to cold at night and of course his bong will be all cleaned up for him.

Sure is a shame Bobby's grandparents voted all their lives to gut public education and health care so they could buy second homes and golf all day.

 

[Highlander]

OUCH!

 

[OldTimeHockey]

Me too, but a nice thought.
Of course his parents would have 55" TV, game controls, cooler and bbq set up for Bobby. And a big down comforter so he doesn't get to cold at night and of course his bong will be all cleaned up for him.

It's a clear result of the parenting motto of telling your kids "you can do and be whatever you want to be as long as you're happy! Here's a participation trophy!"

The biggest issue is it's not just kids acting like fools. There's people in every demographic acting foolishly. I've seen people gathered out on the lake ice fishing and partying. Their response: "It's not a big deal".....Sound familiar?

 

[Highlander]

Me too, but a nice thought.
Of course his parents would have 55" TV, game controls, cooler and bbq set up for Bobby. And a big down comforter so he doesn't get to cold at night and of course his bong will be all cleaned up for him.

It's a clear result of the parenting motto of telling your kids "you can do and be whatever you want to be as long as you're happy! Here's a participation trophy!"

The biggest issue is it's not just kids acting like fools. There's people in every demographic acting foolishly. I've seen people gathered out on the lake ice fishing and partying. Their response: "It's not a big deal".....Sound familiar?

But you must know that Coronavirus cannot survive on the ice!!!

 

[bustaheims]

Disgracefully irresponsible dumbells:

[tweet]1240383903136919555[/tweet]

He has since apologized, apparently.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/juliareinstein/coronavirus-spring-break-instagram-apology-miami-video-viral

Also, this is the least surprising thing I've read about him:

high school graduate and Soundcloud rapper

 

[CarltonTheBear]

He has since apologized, apparently.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/juliareinstein/coronavirus-spring-break-instagram-apology-miami-video-viral

More like his parents' lawyer wrote up a statement for him to release.

 

[Chris]

Disgracefully irresponsible dumbells:

[tweet]1240383903136919555[/tweet]

He has since apologized, apparently.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/juliareinstein/coronavirus-spring-break-instagram-apology-miami-video-viral

Also, this is the least surprising thing I've read about him:

high school graduate and Soundcloud rapper

OK with me as long as he's OK with being turned away from a hospital since, you know, he's OK with getting coronavirus. Save the bed for someone who gives a sh...

 

[Bullfrog]

I crochet custom feet warmers for poodles for a living. I guess I'm F'd.

<looks at essential business list>

Nope, I'm good.

 

[Frank E]

My business has been deemed essential by the government.

I'll be expecting applause at 7pm for my contribution to the fight.

You can simply yell "Thank you Frank E" from your balcony. 

And you're welcome.  I serve proudly. 

 

[L K]

Oh hey look.  Trump's FDA rushed through an application to grant Gilead exclusive rights to one of the drugs being trialed for treatment of COVID.  This is not a good thing for the world at large.

 

[bustaheims]

Oh hey look.  Trump's FDA rushed through an application to grant Gilead exclusive rights to one of the drugs being trialed for treatment of COVID.  This is not a good thing for the world at large.

Oh good, more croneyism.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/03/24/massive-scandal-trump-fda-grants-drug-company-exclusive-claim-promising-coronavirus

As The Intercept reported, the designation was given to a company where Joe Grogan, a member of President Donald Trump's "coronavirus task force," worked as a lobbyist from 2011 to 2017, often working on issues regarding drug pricing.

 

[Kin]

I really try hard not to present the people  I disagree with politically as being cartoonishly evil but the number of people out there right now arguing that we should be willing to accept thousands of deaths so that damage to a certain section of the economy(and, to be fair, just the financial sector) is contained is really making that hard to do.

 

[OldTimeHockey]

I really try hard not to present the people  I disagree with politically as being cartoonishly evil but the number of people out there right now arguing that we should be willing to accept thousands of deaths so that damage to a certain section of the economy(and, to be fair, just the financial sector) is contained is really making that hard to do.

Yes, it's kind of tough to not picture them sitting with a cat like Dr. Claw

 

[L K]

It's really baffling to me that the guy is polling with a 60% approval rating on how he is handling COVID-19. 

 

[Heroic Shrimp]

I really try hard not to present the people  I disagree with politically as being cartoonishly evil but the number of people out there right now arguing that we should be willing to accept thousands of deaths so that damage to a certain section of the economy(and, to be fair, just the financial sector) is contained is really making that hard to do.

The stoic bravery of people who are willing to sacrifice other people's lives for their own personal benefit.

 

[Kin]

The thing is, I think we all know that there are going to be some economic hardships that result from this but the truth is that so long as commercial banks are kept viable we know there's light at the end of the tunnel. People are going to want to buy things when all of this is over so the key is figuring out how to help businesses keep the lights on in the short term and keep people employed. The government can and will play a big part of that.

What we can't worry about right now are things like stock trading which, and I'm using noted arch-communist and money-hater Mark Cuban as a reference here, has long since stopped being about investing in well managed companies in order to reap dividends and has instead become a glorified lottery where people are hoping to get rich quick off of speculation and volume dealing.

We know how to help rebuild an economy after a sharp crash. We can't bring thousands of people back to life.

 

[bustaheims]

It's really baffling to me that the guy is polling with a 60% approval rating on how he is handling COVID-19.

People are so used to him being completely incompetent, that even the slightest bit of seemingly competent behaviour looks like good.

He's done a terrible job overall, but, he has made some of the decisions people recognize as being vital. He just seemingly refuses to be able to have the last for long enough, or to not give terrible advice/guidance on top of them.

 

[Kin]

I also think, to some extent, it's because right now a lot of this is an abstraction. The numbers are relatively low of infected/casualties and so people are just seeing the response and not the consequences.

 

[WAYNEINIONA]

I also think, to some extent, it's because right now a lot of this is an abstraction. The numbers are relatively low of infected/casualties and so people are just seeing the response and not the consequences.

Your right. Just wait for two weeks when the U.S. is looking like Italy and see what his approval rating is.

 

[Kin]

I also think, to some extent, it's because right now a lot of this is an abstraction. The numbers are relatively low of infected/casualties and so people are just seeing the response and not the consequences.

Your right. Just wait for two weeks when the U.S. is looking like Italy and see what his approval rating is.

Well, I hope that's not the case. I have a lot of friends and family in the States so I hope things there never look quite as bad as Italy.