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[superbadgirl]

I think people are getting very twitchy around here, like is happening in most of the nation. Personally, I'm not opposed to a gradual reopen of things but the problem is this: people are involved. And by people I mean the same sort that flooded the beaches and coastal towns when this all started.

I dunno. We've kept things pretty minimally impacted here - is it because of the isolation and distancing? Perhaps, but now people will erroneously leap to the conclusion that there never was a danger because it didn't explode here, skipping over the fact that it didn't get a chance to because of limited interaction... tomato/tomahto.

I do think the people protesting the closures are a bit misguided, though.

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[readerjane]

If it were only themselves the protesters were endangering, I'd be tempted to say "eh, evolution in action", though it would be very uncharitable of me. But it's everyone else they come in contact with, and those people's contacts, etc.

I think this is what comes of being so polarized that we start with the assumption that anything the "other side" says is a lie meant to cheat us, or harm us, or make dupes of us. People who might listen to reason if it weren't politically charged... I think they're actually less likely to believe the truth depending on who says it.

[superbadgirl]

For me it's - protest away, but do NOT block access to hospitals/clinics/urgent cares. That is not okay. Even my most die-hard Trump Kool-Aid drinkin' family is adhering to the guidelines; however, I do wonder if it would be different if any of them were laid off as opposed to being able to work remotely. Hmm.

Even that, though - I have a consumer who is making legit more than I am now because of the $600 in extra unemployment compensation...

Yes, everything is political and it comes from the top on down. It is wholly unnecessary for Trump, for example, to ponder how it seems to him the states most impacted are "blue". Like, really? Dude, you are supposed to be working for us all and yet you continually play in to the Us v Them motif. And, yes, I do know why. He knows it's what gets him votes, so he'll continue to do this. Politicians in general just reek with it. Where have all the moderates gone?? My high school civics class did a role play thing demonstrating that the only way to get things done is to actually work together; now that the Dems have officially given up that idea, the Reps went all tea party, etc, we're all hosed for the near and maybe far future.