Coronavirus Thread v.2

[Cool Chris]

Hawaii big island. MiL is from there and most of her family is there. They usually rent a place for us all to stay, which is obviously a generous gift to us since travel can be costly. but is important for her for family to get together, especially as we all get older and even more especially after no one saw each other last year.

Would post pics but I have no idea how to do that here, which is sad because that is something even you do!

[TAC]

Hawaii big island. MiL is from there and most of her family is there. They usually rent a place for us all to stay, which is obviously a generous gift to us since travel can be costly. but is important for her for family to get together, especially as we all get older and even more especially after no one saw each other last year.

Would post pics but I have no idea how to do that here, which is sad because that is something even you do!

Feel the shame, brother. Feel the shame.

[King Postwhore]

Chris, Tim shaming you is the lowest of lows.

[TAC]

[Cool Chris]

I know. When I want to share pics with family, I just email them. If it is a lot, I make an album in Google Photos and share them that way.

[King Postwhore]

Tim even agrees. Lol

[jingle.boy]

With tens of thousands of people attending sporting events, it sure doesn't feel like we are "in the middle" of a pandemic.

Pretty sure the virus doesn't care about anyone's feelings

[jingle.boy]

The NFL's policy is brilliant, and just the type of thinking we need. Basically, it says yeah, it's your choice, but your choice will have consequences aside from the whole becoming a disease vector, and since getting sick doesn't seem to be a deterrent, we know hitting you in the wallet will.

mrs.jingle was telling me about Royal Caribbean's policies/protocols, and it makes it fairly expensive and cumbersome (insurance, testing, being denied ports of entry, limitation of ship services / where you can go) for unvaccinated people. 

"The move came after Florida governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill into law that would penalize companies with $5,000 fines each time they ask a customer to provide proof that they've been vaccinated."

Good job Ron... all you've done is shift the burden (and/or cost) to consumers.  Don't want to willingly provide proof of vaccination, fine... here's all your restrictions.  Or worse yet ... they just won't set sail from Florida

[hunnus2000]

More and more Governors have signed legislation restricting how businesses can run their business with regards to covid. I thought republicans were pro-business?   

[Stadler]

Better for the politics thread, but El Barto has written about this for years:  it's not what's best for people, it's what gets votes.  That might keep him in office.

Remember, Florida is in the top ten for sunlight potential, and yet the state has decreed that if you are a residential solar user, you can't contribute your excess back to the grid.   From a renewable energy standpoint, it's about as inefficient a policy as you can get.

[Stadler]

More and more Governors have signed legislation restricting how businesses can run their business with regards to covid. I thought republicans were pro-business?   

Without knowing what is being signed and by whom, that is a meaningless question.

[hunnus2000]

More and more Governors have signed legislation restricting how businesses can run their business with regards to covid. I thought republicans were pro-business?   

Without knowing what is being signed and by whom, that is a meaningless question.

Florida, Texas.......It's out there......

COVID is bad - now are we back on track? 

[Adami]

More and more Governors have signed legislation restricting how businesses can run their business with regards to covid. I thought republicans were pro-business?   

If I google covid legislation I'm going to drown in articles unrelated to what you're discussing. Can you provide a few links so I know what you're talking about? Much appreciated.

[hunnus2000]

More and more Governors have signed legislation restricting how businesses can run their business with regards to covid. I thought republicans were pro-business?   

If I google covid legislation I'm going to drown in articles unrelated to what you're discussing. Can you provide a few links so I know what you're talking about? Much appreciated.

Well here is one article that wasn't hard to find.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2021/05/20/mask-mandates-now-banned-for-local-governments-and-schools-in-growing-number-of-gop-states/?sh=4f943cfe66bf

[Adami]

I appreciate that!

A quick skim though didn’t seem to have anything about business. It was about governments and schools.

Now, don't me wrong. I think it's very unwise and do not agree with it, but it's still not telling private businesses what they can and cannot do. At least as far as that article goes.

[Stadler]

I'm not saying a word here.  Not a word.

[Adami]

I'm not saying a word here.  Not a word.

You said nine!

[jingle.boy]

I'm not saying a word here.  Not a word.

You said nine!

Correction ... typed!

[Adami]

I'm not saying a word here.  Not a word.

You said nine!

Correction ... typed!

Voice to text!

[darkshade]

Better for the politics thread, but El Barto has written about this for years:  it's not what's best for people, it's what gets votes.  That might keep him in office.

Remember, Florida is in the top ten for sunlight potential, and yet the state has decreed that if you are a residential solar user, you can't contribute your excess back to the grid.   From a renewable energy standpoint, it's about as inefficient a policy as you can get.

The full thing should be:

it's not what's best for people, it's what gets votes, and even more importantly, what makes my puppet master more money.

[darkshade]

More and more Governors have signed legislation restricting how businesses can run their business with regards to covid. I thought republicans were pro-business?   

Spoiler alert. Both parties are filled with extremely corrupt, hypocritical people who care only for themselves and more importantly, those financing them.

"politicians" would have been quicker to type out.

[King Postwhore]

I'm not saying a word here.  Not a word.

You said nine!

Correction ... typed!

Voice to text!

That poor smart phone.


Love you Stads.

[Stadler]

Right back attacha.   

Once my daughter and I sat on the couch and our entire evening, all of our conversation was through the voice capture on the iPhone, with no chance to correct mistakes.   I'm pretty sure I never laughed as hard as I did that night, with all the typos and such. 

[XJDenton]

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/26/swedish-researchers-are-paying-people-23-to-have-their-covid-shot.html

This is an interesting one.

[King Postwhore]

Right back attacha.   

Once my daughter and I sat on the couch and our entire evening, all of our conversation was through the voice capture on the iPhone, with no chance to correct mistakes.   I'm pretty sure I never laughed as hard as I did that night, with all the typos and such.

That sounds fun.

[lonestar]

I'm not saying a word here.  Not a word.

*runs to buy lotto tickets*

[Stadler]

I'm not saying a word here.  Not a word.

*runs to buy lotto tickets*

And skates, because Hell...

I'm also getting the smoke from the Cali fires out here (no lie) so the world is ending.

[XJDenton]

I'm not saying a word here.  Not a word.

You said nine!

Well a word would only be one. So he kept his promise.

[hunnus2000]

More and more Governors have signed legislation restricting how businesses can run their business with regards to covid. I thought republicans were pro-business?   

Spoiler alert. Both parties are filled with extremely corrupt, hypocritical people who care only for themselves and more importantly, those financing them.

"politicians" would have been quicker to type out.

I will correct myself to say that Governors are restricting masked mandates to Government run offices and not necessarily businesses so that was my mistake so I am here to stand corrected.

And while I admit that both sides are corrupt, I see one side wanting to end this pandemic AND encouraging people to get the vaccine, while the other side has been discouraging that until recently.

COVID 19 sucks (keeping the subject on topic).

[lonestar]

I'm not saying a word here.  Not a word.

*runs to buy lotto tickets*

And skates, because Hell...

I'm also getting the smoke from the Cali fires out here (no lie) so the world is ending.

Yeah, my kid lives in Connecticut, and said the same. Although, in California's defense, the biggest fire right now is mostly in Oregon.

[darkshade]

More and more Governors have signed legislation restricting how businesses can run their business with regards to covid. I thought republicans were pro-business?   

Spoiler alert. Both parties are filled with extremely corrupt, hypocritical people who care only for themselves and more importantly, those financing them.

"politicians" would have been quicker to type out.

I will correct myself to say that Governors are restricting masked mandates to Government run offices and not necessarily businesses so that was my mistake so I am here to stand corrected.

And while I admit that both sides are corrupt, I see one side wanting to end this pandemic AND encouraging people to get the vaccine, while the other side has been discouraging that until recently.

COVID 19 sucks (keeping the subject on topic).

Like who? I see Republicans pushing for people to get Trump's vaccine, and I see Democrats pushing for people to get Biden's vaccine.

[hunnus2000]

More and more Governors have signed legislation restricting how businesses can run their business with regards to covid. I thought republicans were pro-business?   

Spoiler alert. Both parties are filled with extremely corrupt, hypocritical people who care only for themselves and more importantly, those financing them.

"politicians" would have been quicker to type out.

I will correct myself to say that Governors are restricting masked mandates to Government run offices and not necessarily businesses so that was my mistake so I am here to stand corrected.

And while I admit that both sides are corrupt, I see one side wanting to end this pandemic AND encouraging people to get the vaccine, while the other side has been discouraging that until recently.

COVID 19 sucks (keeping the subject on topic).

Like who? I see Republicans pushing for people to get Trump's vaccine, and I see Democrats pushing for people to get Biden's vaccine.

There is only one vaccine. Tucker, Gaytz, Greene have all been talking negative about vaccines. Same with Trump. Name one Democrat that says don't get the vaccine.

COVID 19 sucks!

[bosk1]

Name one Democrat that says don't get the vaccine.

Um...have you forgotten that both our current president and current VP criticized the vaccine rollout during the election cycle and publicly said they would "never" get that vaccine?  Just stop trying to make this a partisan issue.  The virus sucks, and you have plenty of politicians on either side of the aisle that have handled themselves poorly.  I fail to see the need for the constant blame game.

[XJDenton]

Um...have you forgotten that both our current president and current VP criticized the vaccine rollout during the election cycle and publicly said they would "never" get that vaccine?

When did they ever say that?

Also, take it to P/R peeps.

[Harmony]

Name one Democrat that says don't get the vaccine.

Um...have you forgotten that both our current president and current VP criticized the vaccine rollout during the election cycle and publicly said they would "never" get that vaccine?  Just stop trying to make this a partisan issue.  The virus sucks, and you have plenty of politicians on either side of the aisle that have handled themselves poorly.  I fail to see the need for the constant blame game.

Might want to check your sources there or at least put it in proper context.

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jul/23/tiktok-posts/biden-harris-doubted-trump-covid-19-vaccines-not-v/