COVID19: Opinion and Discussion
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The Virus Is a Reminder of Something Lost Long Ago
The Atlantic
In rebuilding a broken world, we will have the chance to choose a less hurried life.
April 1 2020
The Virus Is a Reminder of Something Lost Long Ago
"In bad times, innovation can occur in habits of mind as well as in new technologies. The frightening COVID-19 pandemic may be creating such a change now—by forcing many of us to slow down, to spend more time in personal reflection, away from the noise and heave of the world. With more quiet time, more privacy, more stillness, we have an opportunity to think about who we are, as individuals and as a society... "
The Atlantic
In rebuilding a broken world, we will have the chance to choose a less hurried life.
April 1 2020
The Virus Is a Reminder of Something Lost Long Ago
"In bad times, innovation can occur in habits of mind as well as in new technologies. The frightening COVID-19 pandemic may be creating such a change now—by forcing many of us to slow down, to spend more time in personal reflection, away from the noise and heave of the world. With more quiet time, more privacy, more stillness, we have an opportunity to think about who we are, as individuals and as a society... "
Imo we need a real federal government strategy and response to the coronavirus pandemic to guide the nation.
Apr 3 2020
White House line on stay-at-home directions is a garbled mess
Over the last 48 hours, the Trump administration has presented the public with wildly divergent messages about a national stay-at-home order.
"For his part, just a few hours after Trump exited the White House press briefing room, Fauci appeared on CNN and reiterated his support for a nationwide stay-at-home order. "I don't understand why that's not happening," he said, adding, "[T]he tension between federally mandated versus states' rights to do what they want is something I don't want to get into. But if you look at what is going on in this country, I do not understand why we are not doing that. We really should be."
White House line on stay-at-home directions is a garbled mess
Apr 3 2020
White House line on stay-at-home directions is a garbled mess
Over the last 48 hours, the Trump administration has presented the public with wildly divergent messages about a national stay-at-home order.
"For his part, just a few hours after Trump exited the White House press briefing room, Fauci appeared on CNN and reiterated his support for a nationwide stay-at-home order. "I don't understand why that's not happening," he said, adding, "[T]he tension between federally mandated versus states' rights to do what they want is something I don't want to get into. But if you look at what is going on in this country, I do not understand why we are not doing that. We really should be."
White House line on stay-at-home directions is a garbled mess
There is nothing he will not lie about! Every time he opens his mouth he lies.
Coronavirus: Trump said he'd force GM to build ventilators. He hasn't
The revelation that the administration has not yet ordered ventilators under the Defense Production Act from GM comes as Trump Thursday announced a fresh request to Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar to use the act for several other companies, including General Electric, Hill-Rom Holdings, Medtronic, ResMed, Royal Philips, and Vyaire Medical.
Coronavirus: Trump said he'd force GM to build ventilators. He hasn't
The revelation that the administration has not yet ordered ventilators under the Defense Production Act from GM comes as Trump Thursday announced a fresh request to Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar to use the act for several other companies, including General Electric, Hill-Rom Holdings, Medtronic, ResMed, Royal Philips, and Vyaire Medical.
Golf carts are now more than ever a menace. There is no reason whatsoever that these things should be rented out right now. Covid carts is more like it.
Golf carts should be banned from 30A entirely.
I don’t disagree at all. The guidelines of the order are unreasonably loose, and leaves too much to interpretation and loopholes.
What concerns me is restaurants. I know they’ve gone to take out and curbside, but I’ve worked in a lot of kitchens in the area that don’t allow the space for three or four employees to be six feet apart from each other. One asymptomatic worker could make a lot of people, both co workers and guests, sick. I understand restaurants are deemed essential, but it seems awful risky.
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