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04-17-2020 01:41 PM - edited 04-17-2020 03:55 PM
I've heard the word "freedom" bandied about. How about my freedom not to get seriously ill or die?
I hear people saying they can't stand to stay home any longer and are willing to take risks. Well, I didn't sign up for the risk of being ill and possibly drowning to death in my own fluid -- yes, dramatic but real.
When people advocate for an opening not yet advised by the experts, it could risk my freedom and my life by prolonging the pandemic.
04-17-2020 01:49 PM
04-17-2020 01:53 PM - edited 04-17-2020 01:55 PM
I just heard today that Australia is going to continue their lockdown for a whole year. I'd guess the U.S. will probably be similar.
04-17-2020 01:56 PM
@morganjen wrote:I just heard today that Australia is going to continue their lockdown for a whole year. I'd guess the U.S. will probably be similar.
*Boggle boggle boggle* Whaaaaaaat?
04-17-2020 02:18 PM - edited 04-17-2020 02:21 PM
@KarenQVC wrote:@gardenman Your post addresses the me, me, me and not the thee, thee, thee. I don't feel I have the right to endanger the lives of the health care workers.
Yes @KarenQVC that and the fact that if you do contract the virus, scientists are now talking about it causing permanent damage to the heart, lungs and kidneys.
That post reminds me of the magical thinking of the 60's short on facts and lots of conjecture. Sigh..
04-17-2020 02:23 PM
Australia may keep coronavirus restrictions for a year, schools may work on roster
https://news.trust.org/item/20200417000828-mgpgm
04-17-2020 03:34 PM
I'm in Ohio. Our governor is planning on a slow opening beginning May 1. It will be done in phases and slowly. Obviously if there is an uptick in infections, things will change again.
There is a raceway owner here who came out the other day and stated he is opening his business period. It has made national news. He said he isn't waiting for permission to open and if Mike Dewine doesn't like it, he can come pay him a visit at the track. This business owner has a small window of a season to start with and then if he loses that, his business may not recover and he'll be closed for good.
04-17-2020 03:40 PM
@Lipstickdiva wrote:I'm in Ohio. Our governor is planning on a slow opening beginning May 1. It will be done in phases and slowly. Obviously if there is an uptick in infections, things will change again.
There is a raceway owner here who came out the other day and stated he is opening his business period. It has made national news. He said he isn't waiting for permission to open and if Mike Dewine doesn't like it, he can come pay him a visit at the track. This business owner has a small window of a season to start with and then if he loses that, his business may not recover and he'll be closed for good.
And with that goes all of his employees and their families.
04-17-2020 03:45 PM
A business (raceway) is not a person. We need to consider our priorities when we risk painful deaths to keep a raceway open.
04-17-2020 03:46 PM
@CrazyDaisy wrote:
@Lipstickdiva wrote:I'm in Ohio. Our governor is planning on a slow opening beginning May 1. It will be done in phases and slowly. Obviously if there is an uptick in infections, things will change again.
There is a raceway owner here who came out the other day and stated he is opening his business period. It has made national news. He said he isn't waiting for permission to open and if Mike Dewine doesn't like it, he can come pay him a visit at the track. This business owner has a small window of a season to start with and then if he loses that, his business may not recover and he'll be closed for good.
And with that goes all of his employees and their families.
And that's what he said. He employs several hundred people. And that is just people he employs. Then there are the special events that come there and the people those events employ. That is a loss of income to them as well.
And if they close, think about the loss to area businesses like restaurants, bars and hotels. When they hold special event racing and drivers and fans come into town for the event, many of them stay at hotes, eat at local restaurants, go out to local bars. It doesn't just affect his business.
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