Covid-19: We don’t talk about 1-18

Now now, I knew that.

 

Depends on if they’re red or blue but the virus isn’t choosy.

 

The Spanish flu didn't shut down the economy for months and (probably for COVID-19) permanently change various habits. I think this one makes it. But to clarify, I meant in my original comment only within the context of summarizing the success/failure of the Trump Presidency.

 

Went to the grocery store today. Place was more or less stocked besides the tp aisle. There was even plenty of cat litter which the last time I went was empty. First time seeing a majority of customers wearing some sort of mask. I'm going with wearing one of dozen soccer scarfs I have as a face mask.

 

The Chicago suburbs are in process of requiring that masks be worn by both employees and customers in stores. The first few burbs have passed such ordinances (Skokie, Glenview, Cicero, Oak Park among others), the rest will soon follow.

 

Time to order me some masks.

 

Watch for Jarred, he’s stealing them off your face.

 

I've certainly noticed an increase in mask wearers.

But I really don't understand why I saw some people wearing masks while driving alone in their cars.

 

I did that the other day while driving to a few different stores. I try not to mess with it until I get home and ditch the mask & gloves

My town will be giving out tickets to the slobs who drop their masks & gloves in the store parking lots. Nasty fckers.

 

Also the Spanish flu came at the end of an era where deadly epidemics regularly broke out with malaria and yellow fever being two of them. This pandemic is more likely to be textbook worthy because it is unique in time. assuming this isn't the start of a new era with regular epidemics

 

Maybe it depends on the type of mask, but I wouldn't be happy driving with mine on. So I take mine off after I disinfect my hands.

 

It might depend on whether they’ve had a chance to wash their hands yet.

Or just a reminder not to touch their face. Face-touchers. Gross.

 

Plastic?


So if you are an environmentalist that wants to get rid of single use plastics, do you say fvck it and wear the plastic gloves?


This is one thing that worries me when we re-open the economy, masks are a given, one time use plastic gloves may also become a thing, that is not good for mother earth.

 

I was a history major. I had one 300 level course, US from WWI to WWII. I had a 200 level European history class WWI to the present. No mention of Spanish Flu in either.

It wasn't just high school textbooks that are lacking.

 

I had an eye dr. appointment the other day. When I got there I called them to let them know that I had arrived. When they were ready they called back and told me to come up. I knocked on the door, the receptionist answered and led me right to the exam room. Normally the waiting area is packed but there wasn't another soul there. Every employee was wearing a mask and gloves as was I.

Now when I went to the urgent care around March 10, I went in and there was nobody wearing masks and there wasn't even a separate "if you think you have COVID, stand over there" area. The doctor even tried to shake my hand and I'm like "Whoa! A fist bump is good, Doc"

 

It probably included Dr Demento.

Except that would be an insult to Dr Demento.

 

Because if you have to go to a couple places,its a pain in the ass to keep yanking it on and off.
Best to put it on as you leave the house and remove when you get back home.

 

Who is Steve Moore?

 

They are one-time use.

And you're right the amount of garbage this creates is troubling. OTOH before the single use plastic bag ban in NY state, I heard that they went through like 20 billion single use bags a year. Most end up in landfills. That's nuts.

 

The current iteration of the GOP is worse than a cult.

GOP Leader Compared Stay-at-Home Orders to Nazism
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) “grew tearful as he responded Wednesday to a top Republican official comparing stay-at-home orders to the actions of the Gestapo, the secret police of Nazi Germany and European countries under Nazi occupation during World War II,” the Denver Post reports.

Said Polis: “As a Jewish American who lost family in the Holocaust, I’m offended by any comparison to Nazism. We act to save lives — the exact opposite of the slaughter of 6 million Jews and many gypsies and Catholics and gays and lesbians and Russians and so many others.”

 

The new press secretary....If we think Sarah Huckabee was bad.....

eigh McEnany
✔@PressSec
Under President @realDonaldTrump’s leadership we have quickly developed the most expansive and accurate testing system in the world.

 

What are they testing, how much bullshit the American people will tolerate? Answer is coming in November.

 

Pretty sure I learned in high school that the flu that came after WWI killed more Americans than the war did. But I went to public school, not Exeter like you guys did.

 

So, basically, this guy ...