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| re: The Post says HAMILTON might re-open Broadway on July 4 | |
| Posted by: Singapore/Fling 04:28 pm EST 11/30/20 | |
| In reply to: re: The Post says HAMILTON might re-open Broadway on July 4 - NewsGuy 02:50 pm EST 11/30/20 | |
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| Surely you understand that there is a fairly wide gap between "seven months from now" and "forever". And also, perhaps, that there is a difference between cautiously saying "let's act with prudence in the face of a deadly pandemic" and the petulant act of saying "no" (or, perhaps, saying "Yes!" to infection and death). So while we can't keep saying No forever, we could perhaps keep saying No until it is safe to say Yes, which might be as early as July 4 or might require waiting an additional half year to even a full year... which to anyone but a child is clearly not "forever". |
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| re: The Post says HAMILTON might re-open Broadway on July 4 | |
| Posted by: NewsGuy 04:47 pm EST 11/30/20 | |
| In reply to: re: The Post says HAMILTON might re-open Broadway on July 4 - Singapore/Fling 04:28 pm EST 11/30/20 | |
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| Not the point. The point is COVID is becoming an excuse for anything and everything. I can't go out to eat inside a restaurant because of COVID but I can eat outdoors....inside. I can't walk across the amusement park at the Mall of America where I'd be spaced far apart from people because of COVID but I can go into the Gap and stand shoulder to shoulder with everyone. I can't go to a bar because of the number of contact tracing cases going back to private parties and gatherings - so therefore we have to close the bars so we have more private parties and gatherings. I can't go into Ikea without a face mask but by all means, if I have Scabies or Syphilis...come on in and rub your cooch all over everything in the store. I can't go to Panera Bread after 8 p.m. because of COVID but magically it's not a problem from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. The problem here is all the inconsistencies. So many seem to think a vaccine is magically going to come and cure everything overnight. One little thing goes wrong or one case goes astray - and everyone is going to go back to square one. Nothing is going on here except going backwards and people are just going to entirely get COVID fatigue and say screw it and start doing things anyway. Instead of saying "no," it's time to work on how to*LEARN* to say "yes". |
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| re: The Post says HAMILTON might re-open Broadway on July 4 | |
| Posted by: Zelgo 08:58 am EST 12/01/20 | |
| In reply to: re: The Post says HAMILTON might re-open Broadway on July 4 - NewsGuy 04:47 pm EST 11/30/20 | |
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| There are good reasons for those NOs. Avoid eating inside restaurants because those who test positive are twice as likely to have eaten inside a restaurant in the previous two weeks. You likely can't go inside the amusement park because they tend to have slow moving lines. In stores like Gap, people move around constantly and don't stay long. You can't go into bars because, when people get drunk, they tend to stop socially distancing and wearing masks. You can't go into any store without a mask because no store wants to become a nidus of infection for an epidemic. Plus, customers would avoid a store that doesn't require masks. You can't go to a restaurant after a certain time (usually 10 pm) because inhibitions go down in the evenings, and people stop following public health rules. Again, many transmissions are traced back to being in bars/restaurants particularly after 10. All of these rules make sense when you understand the science behind them. By ignoring the science and the rules, people are just prolonging the epidemic and the failing economy. Vaccine will likely start being available to the general public around April/May. Everyone will have to take two shots about a month apart. There will be tons of anti-vaxxers (both on the right and the left politically), who may throw a wrench into everything. So, to immunize an entire population will take months. People will then have to feel comfortable traveling again and coming to NYC, which was the epicenter at the start because of its density. I'm predicting that Bway won't get back to normal until about Fall, 2021, and I'm being generous. We will all likely still have to wear masks for a while. |
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| Logic? He don't need no stinkin' logic! nmi | |
| Posted by: frankm 06:21 pm EST 11/30/20 | |
| In reply to: re: The Post says HAMILTON might re-open Broadway on July 4 - NewsGuy 04:47 pm EST 11/30/20 | |
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| re: The Post says HAMILTON might re-open Broadway on July 4 | |
| Posted by: Ann 05:40 pm EST 11/30/20 | |
| In reply to: re: The Post says HAMILTON might re-open Broadway on July 4 - NewsGuy 04:47 pm EST 11/30/20 | |
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| Jeez, what Ikea do you go to? | |
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| re: The Post says HAMILTON might re-open Broadway on July 4 | |
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| Posted by: Singapore/Fling 05:39 pm EST 11/30/20 | |
| In reply to: re: The Post says HAMILTON might re-open Broadway on July 4 - NewsGuy 04:47 pm EST 11/30/20 | |
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| And look at that, you were able to write something actually constructive and nuanced. Many of the examples you cite are indeed the result of inconsistent responses with misplaced priorities, and I'm as baffled as you are at why restaurants have started building outdoor sheds with walls and a roof that are, at best, indoor structures with large windows, which is somehow okay. But the examples you cite are also of people saying "yes" to all kinds of nonsense without fully thinking it through, based on inconclusive science, fueled by the fear of an economic meltdown. Really, what you offer us is an argument for saying "No" more often than we currently are. And good God, I hope you're wearing a mask when you go to IKEA, as I'm sure you care about your fellow human beings enough to want to protect everyone's health. (Though, perhaps I wrote too soon, having read your response to ryhog... I sure hope your luck holds out.) |
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