The mask is the new liberal cool thing to wear, kinda like the Yellow Lance Armstrong band.
Vast swaths of this population have stubbornly refused to behave responsibly since at least the 1960’s.
What gives them the idea that this is going to change now?
>>But it is untenable to lock down much of the country until a proven-safe vaccine is available in a year or more.
The next SARS, H1N1 etc outbreak they will lock us down again
It won’t just be used for flair ups of CV19.
Well, we’re reaching the reward the guilty, punish the innocent phase. It is now all the fault of us peons.
>>Thus, it will be necessary to stigmatize dangerous behavior that risks spreading the virus and prolonging the pandemic.
Like bugchasing, bathhouses, licking toilet seats, etc?
Or going to concerts and sports
Or even going into work with seasonal allergies and weeks of nasal drip and itchy eyes?
Be more responsible and vote for what is right instead of just thinking about the perceived effect on your pocketbook.
Who would have guessed that the Communist Revolution would come about as a response to the common cold?
I am hoping that Covid-19 shows the same seasonality as its benign common cold virus cousins. Then we will have a reprieve over the summer.
When bars, clubs and restaurants reopen, they and their patrons will still need to find ways to keep people spaced out.
I'm thinking that keeping people spaced out in bars should not be an issue; most of the patrons are already spaced out to some degree. Maybe the author meant to say "spaced apart."
It would also be better if people just stay home when they are sick. This simple self-isolation is one of the most effective methods of containment, but there are strong headwinds against it in the United States. … As for adults, many Americans embrace a culture of working through illness. … But it also arises from turning sick days into vacation days; some people will work through an illness in order to save their sick days for personal use later.
I'm not sure if it was law or policy, but as a supervisor, I had the right to ask for a doctor's note any time someone was out sick. The policy was to ask for one if the person was out for 3 days or more, but I could ask for one any time, especially if I suspected malingering. For example, "Monday morning flu" is a common ailment among alcoholics who spend the weekend binge drinking. I didn't have any employees like that, but I was taught about that.
“until a proven-safe vaccine is available in a year or more.”
Didn’t they start on an HIV vaccine — back in the ‘80s — with none yet? I’m not sure we want to wait for a vaccine for this before we can get back to living. We’ll all be dead from old age before a vaccine shows up.
The key is “responsible.”
When was the last time Americans were asked to be responsible.
Most people on this forum cannot stand being home for three weeks without screaming bloody murder because their 401(k)s are dropping.
I think the use of the word “responsible” is foreign to 90% of Americans.
There will NEVER be a ‘proven safe’ vaccine. There may, someday, be a vaccine with an ‘acceptable’ level of damage/loss of life, as with ALL current vaccines.
But, for me? I’ll borrow from the pro-baby-murder crowd. My body, my choice. And, I choose ‘No’.
It’ll be interesting to see how much STD rates slow this year, especially WHICH STD’s.
This whole thing highlights that there are consequences to immoral behavior, there’s no such thing as “just casual sex”. The left today cannot call ANY kind of sexual behavior inappropriate or wrong. Just ask any of them, it says a lot when there’s, suddenly, no such thing as a pervert.
Impose this!
Does this include perverted behaviors that spread deadly sexual diseases?
Wash your hands frequently, don’t touch your face or anything Made in China. Easy peasy!
“effective sanitation and hygiene”: Definitely. Always.
“normalize the wearing of masks in public”: Nope.
“practice social distancing”: No.
“church .. congregants should not go around hugging and shaking hands just yet”: Yes. Never resume.
“screening people before entry.”: No.
“people just stay home when they are sick.”: Well, duh.
Basically, get real and ask when/if ANY of this was ever decreed for the flu or any other recent epidemic.
“Former Secretary of Education Bill Bennett: ‘But we do have panic and pandemonium as a result of the hype of this’.”
We All Need To Be More Responsible...does that include holding rogue countries and their collaborators responsible for their evil deeds?
Oh for God’s sakes. Its a flu. In a year from now nobody will be talking about this. Remember Zika and West Nile virus? Yeh. We locked down the whole country over a flu that couldnt even kill more of us than the seasonal flu.
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“Thus, it will be necessary to stigmatize dangerous behavior that risks spreading the virus and prolonging the pandemic. People who refuse to take personal responsibility to protect themselves and others (e.g., the guy coughing over the buffet) should become social outcasts. “
Same technique the anti-smoking nazis use.