Paper_Towel
VolNation's Russo-Ukraine War Correspondent
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Again, you're showing either you don't read the posts or you ignore what you've read, because I've given plenty of evidence here that I'm taking it seriously. Yeah, I suppose that does offend me. I'm not taking it in the manner and with the words you would like. That's the problem. Not just with you, but with a lot of people who can't handle someone disagreeing with them.
Weasel words offend me? Sorry, I don't even know what that means. But I have no reason to block you; I'm not upset; I don't have a problem with you disagreeing with what I say.
This sucks..I’m still working. When our business (wedding photography) started failing I went and got a job at Whole Foods. We’re down about $10k a month in income with the Airbnb losses and business income losses. I meet with a realtor today to put our house on the market. I’m hoping to clear a good bit and possibly move back to tennessee with the family.
Looking for a job right now is not fun, I’ll tell you that. Even with 10 years of very successful business ownership and some success in the workforce- it doesn’t seem to fit into the common employment profile. Not a whole lot of fun.
Weasel words are ones that hedge...like 'should', 'might', 'could', etc. I've pushed hard on this because we clearly have people here and in our communities who are not doing what it's going to take to keep this from hurting us. I'm done pushing. It doesn't help anyway. People will do what they will do.
Things will never be the same again I fear
One word you use in there caught my attention..."some"..To be clear, that wasn't a response to you. It was talking about the article.
I've seen this notion that the people who are dying would have died "soon" anyway. It's not necessarily untrue for many cases, but it sure isn't true for all cases. If you're talking about a terminally ill cancer patient, that's one thing. But some of these folks are pretty young and without known preexisting conditions.
It just feels weird to even talk in that context. Like, a few months for cancer patient isn't a big deal.
My purpose has never been to scare or sensationalize, only to inform and encourage the right level of response. The first video explains the graph that Dr. Brilliant is referencing in his tweet. I found it interesting, but it may be too nerdy for many.
So torn about this and have been from the beginning...I still can't really say how I feel about it. If left unchecked the damage would be horrific..but relatively quick. The virus would have quickly run out of people to infect, but slowing it down will save lives, but society may end up coming apart at the seams...people will not stay cooped up indefinitely, and clashes between the law and populace will cost a lot of lives and breed violence and hatred that we may never recover from.All the quarantine accomplishes is slowing the spread. It’s not going to stop it which means this will last for god knows how long. Let the thing do it’s damage and move on.
One word you use in there caught my attention..."some"..
This virus devastates the elderly and sickly..but it is definitely not any worse than the other big bad bugs for the rest of society...the numbers bear that much out. Yeah..some young people die with Covid-19...but way more young people die with the various strains of Flu.
If this thing didn't kill our elders with such ferocity...it would not be so scary.
His rationale fails on its very surface. He's using data from urban areas which are already under local "lock down" to say that we need a state "lock down" because what we have isn't working? The "what we have" in those areas is a lock down. So how does a lock down help? The circular logic is dizzying. All this is going to do is create greater levels of both panic and anger. Neither is helpful.
What's he's doing is bowing to pressure from a bunch of folks who ought to be more focused on their profession and less focused on being twitter/petition activists. But the healthcare lobby in Nashville is probably the most powerful in the state and he is being told how he handles this will determine his political and much of his personal legacy by the folks who will go a long way toward helping him get re-elected or unseated.
For every one of us busy working and trying to kep another 6.6M people from losing their jobs next week, there are 2-3 who are doing nothing but peddling fear and victimization.
One word you use in there caught my attention..."some"..
This virus devastates the elderly and sickly..but it is definitely not any worse than the other big bad bugs for the rest of society...the numbers bear that much out. Yeah..some young people die with Covid-19...but way more young people die with the various strains of Flu.
If this thing didn't kill our elders with such ferocity...it would not be so scary.
My purpose has never been to scare or sensationalize, only to inform and encourage the right level of response. The first video explains the graph that Dr. Brilliant is referencing in his tweet. I found it interesting, but it may be too nerdy for many.
Weasel words are ones that hedge...like 'should', 'might', 'could', etc. I've pushed hard on this because we clearly have people here and in our communities who are not doing what it's going to take to keep this from hurting us. I'm done pushing. It doesn't help anyway. People will do what they will do.
Well all these azz clowns that want socialism in America should be in heaven since it resembles what you find in stores of solialist/communist nations.It is an eerie feeling to go to multiple grocery stores and not be able to find meat and see a whole bunch of empty shelves. And then trying to sign up for butcher box and there’s a waiting list.