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When partially closed, my state averaged about 18 - 20 cases a day.
Once the stated opened up - average is about 700-1,000 a day.
My local Veterans Home had zero cases up until November. Now 43 veterans dead. Oh, right, they were old.
Yet 32 staff got Covid. They will be fine though as they are mostly younger, right?
And who really cares about old veterans.
I care. Thank you for your service
We are so close to the end, don't screw it up now. We will see a massive increase in COVID and deaths after selfish people who know it all and are traveling for Christmas
It is interesting that people are drawing comparisons between WWII and today. In WWII, there was a clear, defined goal and end game. The war would end once Germany and Japan surrendered. Wartime measures would end as soon as possible after the last shot was fired.
With this virus, there is no definition of victory and we are being told that pandemic measures might become permanent. We were told that 60-70% needed to be vaccinated to end the pandemic. Than is was 70-80%. Now it is at 90% which is an almost impossible goal to achieve. There are new strains of the virus developing and it is possible that multiple strains develop which our current vaccine cannot protect us from that will mean new vaccines will be required for each strain. This pandemic is basically an endless war.
This shouldn't be compared to WWll. It needs to be compared to the Great Spanish Flu Pandemic of 1018!
People let down their guard and the disease spiked!
My parents were part of "The Greatest Generation".
My father, dead 11 years, fought in Patton's army in Europe.
My mother (age 93, but blind) was a young girl during WWII. She remembers.
That war lasted 4 years (for us). My parent's generation learned to do without during that period, as part of the war effort. A look at history (or, better, if you can talk to someone that lived through it, like I can with my mother, and like I did with my father) can educate you.
Back then, people did without things. Those at home were rationed to three gallons of gas per week; they were rationed on meats, potatoes, etc. No new appliances. Rationed on sugar, coffee, cigarettes, cheese, canned goods, etc.
It was tough living, even for those that weren't in Europe or the Pacific theater being maimed or killed.
Now? Your country asks you to wear a mask.
And you can't do even that.
Pathetic.
I have no trouble wearing a mask, I have trouble with sending businesses under.
Lockdown fatigue is an issue with Americans, not Democrats. Democrats are happy to continue this insanity forever. Hopefully people remember this at the ballot box.
Lockdown fatigue is an issue with Americans, not Democrats. Democrats are happy to continue this insanity forever. Hopefully people remember this at the ballot box.
Yeah, the Dems in UK, Germany, Sweden, South Korea, Japan, France, Australia, New Zealand, Israel.
All those places our US Democrats run.
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I do sympathize with businesses struggling or shutting down entirely, as well as the unemployed. The consequences of Covid have been economically devastating more many. That said, although I try to support local restaurants by buying more take out then ever before, I am not about to risk my health by ignoring social distancing recommendations and will continue to wear a mask when I have to venture out. Yeah, it sucks that our social lives have suffered but in the big scheme of things, it’s hardly the catastrophe that many’s would like us to believe. The crisis is economic, not people who are annoyed that they cannot socialize as they are accustomed to. So many seem to feel that because they are unafraid of becoming infected, that it is okay for them to spread that infection to others, some of whom will suffer long term health issues or even death.
Yeah, the Dems in UK, Germany, Sweden, South Korea, Japan, France, Australia, New Zealand, Israel.
All those places our US Democrats run.
They're worse. Get real.
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