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Post by justahick on Apr 11, 2020 16:47:28 GMT -5
governors are shutting down gun shops Governors are shutting down all kinds of shops. Hair salons. Bowling alleys. Nightclubs. Tailors. Jewelry stores. Etc. What makes gun shops special? Do you think governors have some sort of political agenda against bowling alleys? depends - the D's are pro-Candlepin and the R's pro-Duckpin.
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Post by n00b on Apr 11, 2020 16:52:50 GMT -5
governors are shutting down gun shops Governors are shutting down all kinds of shops. Hair salons. Bowling alleys. Nightclubs. Tailors. Jewelry stores. Etc. What makes gun shops special? Do you think governors have some sort of political agenda against bowling alleys? I'm sure that's how 50% of the country thinks. The other 50% believe that have access to guns is a constitutional right, and that right is especially important in times of national emergency. The point is that governors are taking advantage of a crisis to further their political agenda. Why is it more necessary to shut down abortion clinics in Texas than it is in New York? Why is it more necessary to shut down gun shops in Massachusetts than it is in Texas?
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Post by mikegarrison on Apr 11, 2020 16:59:55 GMT -5
I'm sure that's how 50% of the country thinks. The other 50% believe that have access to guns is a constitutional right, and that right is especially important in times of national emergency. You can't shoot a virus. Come on. I'm sure there are people who want to go to the gun shop today, just like there are people who want to go to the hairdresser today. But neither are "essential" enough to be worth breaking quarantine.
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Post by WahineFan44 on Apr 11, 2020 17:32:18 GMT -5
Texas has 51,000 beds, and right now we have 1500 occupied with COVID. 3 percent. Meanwhile hospitals across the state are LAYING OFF thousands because the hospitals are mostly empty. This is bat s**t crazy. Again BECAUSE we took that initiative. Texas is in a good spot right now BECAUSE of social Distancing. End that now, in the peak of the viral outbreak, and it may not be enough. I rather NOT take that risk. But hey, Im all the way across the ocean, so do you.
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Post by volleydadtx on Apr 11, 2020 17:36:48 GMT -5
Texas has 51,000 beds, and right now we have 1500 occupied with COVID. 3 percent. Meanwhile hospitals across the state are LAYING OFF thousands because the hospitals are mostly empty. This is bat s**t crazy. Again BECAUSE we took that initiative. Texas is in a good spot right now BECAUSE of social Distancing. That statement is highly debatable.
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Post by mervinswerved on Apr 11, 2020 17:50:42 GMT -5
Again BECAUSE we took that initiative. Texas is in a good spot right now BECAUSE of social Distancing. That statement is highly debatable. By nitwits, yes.
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Post by justahick on Apr 11, 2020 17:53:00 GMT -5
Again BECAUSE we took that initiative. Texas is in a good spot right now BECAUSE of social Distancing. That statement is highly debatable. wow!
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Post by dman on Apr 11, 2020 18:53:53 GMT -5
Again BECAUSE we took that initiative. Texas is in a good spot right now BECAUSE of social Distancing. That statement is highly debatable. Agreed! Abbott took a lot of heat because he was very reluctant to issue a statewide “shelter in place” for a couple of weeks. As you said, there are plenty of available beds and a huge overestimation if beds/ventilators needed across the nation. As far as ventilators go, in general I “think” the mortality rate is about 80% once on a ventilator. That’s why I feel it’s laughable that people are fighting from using the malaria drug in these patients. When on a ventilator there truly is “nothing to lose” by trying it.
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Post by jayj79 on Apr 11, 2020 19:03:22 GMT -5
It's so predictable: "Hey, everybody, the infection has slowed down since we started quarantine!" "Great! Let's stop doing it!" sounds like certain football coaches decisions, who lock down their opponents with aggressive defense for the first part of the game, but then fall back into conservative defense which allows their opponent to march right down the field and score to make a comeback and win the game. except in this case, the consequences aren't just losing a game, but in many people losing their lives.
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Post by jayj79 on Apr 11, 2020 19:06:12 GMT -5
Do you think governors have some sort of political agenda against bowling alleys? OVER THE LINE! Mark it zero, Dude.
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Post by winesalot on Apr 11, 2020 19:23:18 GMT -5
Again BECAUSE we took that initiative. Texas is in a good spot right now BECAUSE of social Distancing. That statement is highly debatable. So go for it- debate it. Why else would Texas be in a good spot?
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Post by WahineFan44 on Apr 11, 2020 19:45:53 GMT -5
Again BECAUSE we took that initiative. Texas is in a good spot right now BECAUSE of social Distancing. That statement is highly debatable. Says conspiracy theorist and morons. Anyone with even a remote understanding of medicine and virology would disagree.
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Post by volleydadtx on Apr 11, 2020 20:50:15 GMT -5
While COVID is a highly contagious and infectious virus, mainstream media has taken this and turned it into the black plague. If you watch COVID NEWS NETWORK, one would think that half of NYC has COVID, is dying, and the bodies are being buried in mass graves. It just isn't that way.
YES, there are over 6,000 deaths in NYC from COVID and 100,000 confirmed COVID cases. That's a lot! NYC is our Wuhan. But let's keep a little perspective here...NYC has over 20 MILLION residents. That means one half of one percent of NYC has gotten the virus. Not one percent. One half of one percent. And of that group, 6 percent of the one half of one percent have died.
Pandemics are going to hit places like NYC especially hard: Several areas of NYC have populations of almost 70,000 people PER SQUARE MILE. That's only 400 square feet of space - public and private - per person.
No other metro area in the US even comes close to this population density. Many metro areas in Texas have only 2000 people PER SQUARE MILE. Social distancing is a way of life. Most people don't take subways, trains or buses. There are very few 30 story apartment buildings in Texas. Most people live in one or two story apartment dwellings or single family residences.
Texas ain't NYC, and neither is the rest of the country.
We need to get back to some common sense here and quit listening to the CNN guys for a while.
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Post by Wolfgang on Apr 11, 2020 20:54:32 GMT -5
I really do NOT want this thread locked due to all the political tongue wagging because my ultimate dream is for this thread to live long enough for Poll #44. We're at #3 now, so, you know, we've got a long way to go.
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Post by volleydadtx on Apr 11, 2020 21:01:45 GMT -5
I really do NOT want this thread locked due to all the political tongue wagging because my ultimate dream is for this thread to live long enough for Poll #44. We're at #3 now, so, you know, we've got a long way to go. I haven't seen anything particularly political about the discussion. Maybe I missed it somewhere.
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