The P&R Plague Thread (Covid-19)

nic said:
This is ridiculous and nonsensical. I get that hypocritical politicians and mixed messages cause frustration, but a person can still make reasonable decisions based on their own research. Seeing people wear masks in cars or out on a walk with their spouse made zero sense to me, but so does making mask mandates illegal. If I was in Florida and wanted my employees and customers to wear masks that is my choice for my business. Likewise if some county health department wants me to wear a mask outside while running I am going to blow that off in a heartbeat. We should know enough now to react to this next spike appropriately without going overboard in either direction. I wish politicians had common sense.
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I would agree and it’s something I disagree with DeSantis about.  There shouldn’t be a nationwide or statewide mask mandate or mandate against mask mandates.  It should be moved to the local control

 
FrantzHardySwag said:
On top of that, if you're fat they make you prove you can eat properly before a gastric surgery. If you drink your liver away, they make you stop drinking for months before a liver transplant. If you smoke, you must be nicotine free for months before a lung transplant. Makes sense if you want a precious resource like a vent or ICU bed for COVID, the first considered would be the ones to do the bare minimum to prevent the very thing they are being treated for. You wouldn't give bypass to someone who didn't diet over one that did. You wouldn't give a lung to a person still smoking over someone who quit months prior. You wouldn't give a liver to someone still drinking over someone who quit months ago. 
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Exactly. And the funniest part of it all is a bunch of vaccinated people are telling unvaccinated people how bad the vaccine is and these idiots are believing them. 

 
Archy1221 said:
By the standards set forth from @Frott Scost why give the lung to a smoker in the first place even if they quit.  They made their choice to smoke and lungs are a precious resource.  Save them for people who never smoked.  Same thing with livers and drinkers.  
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Like I said before, if you took the time to read my post. Someone who contracts covid can kill others by infecting them. Immunocompromised people who cant take the vaccine. Healthcare workers who take care of these people daily. Smokers and alcholics kill themselves. 

 
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teachercd said:
My take, there is no "how to open schools safely" that is not a thing.

You either open the school like normal or you do remote.  Those are the options. 
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While a fair point, some parents would rather send students to school anyway. 

I don't know what the caveats are to how the federal money can be used, but they could purchase laptops, give internet stipends etc. for students who want to learn remote. 

The in person measures aren't great, but DeSantis is in a position where he has to do the crazy things his voters want. The money could purchase masks or for anything that 'helps' in person learning while mitigating the spread.

 
Very smart the way this was done. Concerns were if one hospital mandates and another doesn't. All the staff that doesn't want to vax jumps ship to the non mandate hospital. This solidarity keeps staffing in place across all systems. Nicely done!

 
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