Originally Posted by lorenr (Post 610186)

Closing the liquor stores, as stated above, I hope would be the final straw.

Then what do we do?

:cool:

Originally Posted by Lew Silverman (Post 610292)

Not a political statement here either - But it does somewhat bother me that someone who is going to be at the "tip of the spear" for this National Health Emergency isn't taking it very seriously. So while people are getting sick from the Covid-19 virus, all you have time for is to complain about the media and how it is reporting on the Pandemic. And while the death toll rises exponentially each passing day, your main complaint is that we are "being told what to think", when it's very obvious that there are a host of sources of "good" information out there, all you need to do is look for them. I'm sure your county or State Health Departments have websites full of just the information you say isn't being shared by the "Main Stream Media" outlets. Hopefully your own organization is providing you with the proper guidance on how to keep yourself (and your co-workers) safe during this emergency. The last thing the citizens of your community need is a First Responder who makes things worse. Do you really think it isn't necessary to wear ALL your PPE when interacting with a patient who might possibly transmit the Covid-19 virus to you and others? Is that protocol? And I sure don't need "scare tactics" to tell me that we have a problem here, and can see that what is still going on in Europe will happen here without some major changes to our society. We just need to filter out the "noise".



So as far as I'm being told, by competent authority, I'm in the "High Risk" demographic, so you can friggin' bet that I'm taking this seriously. We're already far enough behind the curve that more people are going to suffer than needed to, but we can worry about that when this is over and we are well again. Testing seems to be ramping up, so we may get a handle on how this virus is spreading, and HOW, so we can target our resources properly. Every day is a new challenge, isn't it?

Hope you and you colleagues remain safe though this, because without you, and others like you, more folks will likely be in peril.

Originally Posted by Frank Castros (Post 610295)

Dude
I'm 65 years old, a cancer survivor who is alive without a pancreas and at high risk to COVID-19.
Try that on for size.
I'm a realist who's been through the worst and happy to wake up every day and be here.

Originally Posted by jjn38d (Post 610305)

The media has done a horrible job in giving information on the Corona virus. Yes it can be devastating I am very concerned for those that it can affect. Instead of giving concise important information we can apply to our individual age/ situation they make it sound everyone on the face of the planet is going to be on a respirator if you get it. Nothing further than the truth... Let’s go for the ratings since it’s the only semi fake news they seem to have.
We have influenza viruses floating around as we speak that are more deadly and not a word about them. There was no reason for shutting down the world for this particular situation. If they shut businesses down for this what about the next flu virus???
I busted my *** to save up and retire now I lost over 150k from my 401k. It will come back but hopefully in time for me.
I’m 71 years old and like everyone else don’t want to get sick and die, I have a lot of racing I want to do yet....

Originally Posted by Dan Fahey (Post 610308)

If you really been listening to real media you would have heard that there is no vaccine developed. What may be developed will take a year to make it publicly available. If our public health workers are impacted by the virus there will be fewer healthcare people to help the mounting sick.

A smart leader would not have terminated the very agency that handles Pandemics. Or ignore the facts coming from other counties that were warning us about the impending danger. There are several other agencies that have responsibility to support crisis like this are not getting any direction or orders to proceed.

So instead of giving direction...corporations are going to get a bailout of our Socialist money because they were too cheap to invest in their own companies.

Now instead of talking about a recession there is a real possibility of a depression. Already there are companies preparing to declare bankruptcy. Massive layoff that will make the near Bush depression look mild.

Too bad if the media is inconveniencing your life to save others.

D

Originally Posted by Mark Yacavone (Post 610309)

Are you really this dense ?