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Why is this happening?

I'm in an area that has been hit hard by corona and I don't really feel that way at all, neither does anyone really, and neither am I seeing that in the media or from our elected officials. At least not from the sources I've watched.

There is justified concern about what is happening, yes, but there is a difference between being civically responsible and panicking.

My office has closed due to corona virus starting Monday, and they will pay me for 14 days, after that I have to start using vacation or sick time. Or maybe I get terminated, probably not, but my boss said it couldn't be ruled out. Is that panic or depression or paranoia? I don't think so. Indeed, people have died, and will continue to die of this thing, and we're all doing our part to save lives.

I think the issue is that people, day to day, have very low stakes situations in their lives. And then something SERIOUS comes along and instead of changing their mindset appropriately, they get offended when everyone else's mood changes and say "you're all just overreacting, it's just the flu." Then one of their friend's mom dies of said flu and then maybe it seems a bit more serious, or maybe they rationalize it in their heads by thinking "oh, that old bag was old, she was probably gonna die soon anyway."

I live with two parents who are over sixty years old and both have issues that further compromise them. I'm sorry that people can't go to bars and nightclubs to get drunk and maybe laid right now but I'm more worried about people dying and not overloading our healthcare system. And I am genuinely sorry that this is going to hurt the economy but the economy will bounce back. We won't get our loved ones back.

This is a pandemic. It's not the first, and it's not even close to the worst. But it won't be the last...consider it a dress rehearsal for when we have a disease that is as contagious as COVID but instead of having a death rate of less than one percent, it has a death rate of 60 percent (which one strain of the bird flu has had).

I believe that social distancing can only go on for so long, because eventually the economy has to get started again, because if it doesn't, we're going to have worse problems than COVID. But for right now I am happy that we're all doing our part and social distancing, whether by force or by choice, and slowing down the spread of the this virus.

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so is that 1k stim pack check really coming in the mail?

I understand feeling its too good to be true, but...it's not like these people are doing it out of the good of theie hearts. A recession hurts everybody so yeah they want to help get the economy jumpstarted.

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so is that 1k stim pack check really coming in the mail?

1000 bucks might mean the differnce between making or not making ends meet for a lot of people.

I think for those who dont really need it its extra spending money to get the economy started again.

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Happy Saint Patrick's Day!

I'm a vegetarian so i just eat the corn part.

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Happy Saint Patrick's Day!

I like snakes but from afar. Happy Saint Patty's.

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How can people be on psych meds and earn a living.

BigWilly! wrote:

Lano wrote:
I would think the kind of psych meds that put you in la la land are generally the same ones that also keep out of la la land.

Not necessarily. I'm taking (at a very low dose) an antidepressant which, strangely enough, is REALLY eff2ctive for blocking neurological pain & the deleterious mental effects are quite noticeable.

Oh. I took Lexapro for a bit and it didn't really have any kind of affect like that on me, but I doubt it was the strongest thing they could have put me on. I have stayed away from such medications since.

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How can people be on psych meds and earn a living.

I would think the kind of psych meds that put you in la la land are generally the same ones that also keep out of la la land.

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Fine.

That is still great news. Shocked at how fast things are moving on that front tbh. If they get a vaccine and mass produce it quickly social distancing will be less important. And the economy can get back to normal

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Fine.

Speaking of hypocrisy though (including my own because i cant help myself), looking at this stimulus package that is being decided in congress today....

I guess everyone is a socialist in a foxhole?


I wonder how concerned republicans are that these poor corona test kit companies are going to lose so much money making free tests.

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Fine.

Anonymous wrote:
There's a story bout a man that was in one of the floods down south not long ago(somewhere in Florida).

Authorities drove a Jeep with a sort of transport carrier behind it to help evacuate residents after a destructive storm was moving in the towns direction.
A man there refused to go with the rescue officers though. He felt strongly that through his faith the lord would protect him. So the officers left.

Later, the storm came and the flooding began. Water rose higher and higher until it began to flood the mans house. Eventually busting in the mans windows and doors.

Officers searching for people who may still be in the area came back through on a large raft. The officers advised the man to get on the raft and evacuate immediately. The man still refused and stayed at his house fully faithful the lord will protect him.

Finally, realizing the flooding would likely destroy most of the town, officers sent helicopters to make sure they hadn't missed anyone. The officers that tried to get the man on the boat, tried one last time to evacuate the man after finding him now stranded on his roof.

"God will protect me" the man told them as they gave up and flew away.

The man died.

When he got to heaven he met god and asked him "God, you failed me, you let me die in the flood. How could this happen?"

God said to the man "Go to hell you stupid fool, I sent you a jeep, a raft, and a helicopter. What else did you expect????"

I feel like the first time I heard that story was in church as a kid and the point was that we should learn to recognize when god is giving us a gift and not to shun it.

It is fun to poke fun at silliness though.

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