Pandemic 2020

[Dr.Amber Trichome]

Your careful and intelligent responsible behavior sums up what Rutte expected from people during the intelligent lockdown, and is what most of us did during the first wave. Most still do, but not consisted enough. As soon as the curve goes down, people become more careless and it goes up again.

Despite the whole way he brought it, including the name, short of a full lockdown we had and have very similar rules to other countries that have better results. So it’s not a matter of lack of expertise (and the USA overall is statistically doing even worse so probably not the best example of how it’s done correctly), we look carefully at other countries too, and decisions are based heavily on input of scientists and medical experts. The problem is all the resulting rules aren’t effective when not enough people actually change their behavior for more than a couple of weeks. There’s also a lack of enforcement, fines are low and people get away with a warning. In Germany and many other nearby countries fines are higher and some even have jail sentences. The mistake Rutte made and continues to make is insisting enough people in NL can be responsible adult enough to do what you and I have been doing for the past 10 months. If not for themselves, for the sake of others. Turns out not enough people are, Who would have thought... well, I did, cause “idiots everywhere“. Good luck to you too, stay healthy!

The whole “ we are in this altogether “ is a joke. It’s a nice idea but not a reality. It only takes a few non compliant groups to reek wildfire spread .Being a healthcare provider and working this entire pandemic I have been through so many ups and downs and so much disappointment from my boss and colleagues and leadership of my state and the president it’s been so very disappointing. I don’t get upset anymore and I don’t expect anything but the worse behavior from everyone I encounter. All myself and husband can do is protect ourselves from everyone else and in turn we protect my colleagues and patients with no ill feelings or resentment.
How it’s handled is a cultural thing and the USA has a culture of ignorance and naivete fueled by President Trumps irresponsibility .
I have a friends and family in Amsterdam and was told about the lax mask wearing . That’s failed leadership. Just wearing a mask on mass transit ain’t going to cut it.
The testing here is only to conclude you are positive but it’s 3 days for results so people are walking around positive and spreading all over the place . Then once positive your out for quarantine for 10 days and back at work without another test and still very likely spreading when returning. The only safety net is the mask and distance and washing your hands.
hopefully both your country and mine will have stricter enforcement in the near future but by that time the most death and damage will have already occurred unnecessarily . All we can hope for is the vaccine will save our asses.

 

[schuylaar]

so they were able to pass The Cares Act however, with the very same Congress, somehow can't pass the exact same thing for The Heroes Act.

the..exact..same..law makers.

Hawley introduces bill for second round of stimulus checks

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) on Thursday introduced legislation to provide a second round of stimulus checks to most Americans as negotiations on a larger coronavirus relief package struggle …

thehill.com

anyone?

 

[DIY-HP-LED]

Never a country fan, just a background presence in my live for me, a marker of change and of personal tragedy. I wonder how many hearts Charlie opened up among those who needed it most? One more victim of covid and Trump.

When ya play music with someone, you have to connect and there are few racists among musicians of any note.
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Charley Pride: Country music legend dies at 86 - CNN

(CNN)Country music legend Charley Pride died Saturday at age 86, a representative for the singer announced.

Pride died in Dallas of complications from Covid-19, the release said.
Born on March 18, 1934, in Sledge, Mississippi, the singer was a sharecropper's son who rose to become country music's first black superstar.

His baritone voice was featured on more than 50 Top 10 country hits and he was the first Black member of the Country Music Hall of Fame.

He fell in love with the genre while listening to Grand Ole Opry radio shows in his youth.

But his first swing at professional success came when he played Negro League baseball at 16, eventually becoming an all-star player.

Pride sang in music clubs in his spare time but decided to make it a full-time endeavor after a failed tryout with the New York Mets.

Pride arrived in Nashville in 1963 and was eventually signed to RCA Records in 1965 by country guitarist and record executive Chet Atkins.

His first single, 1967's "Just Between You and Me," broke into the Top 10 on country charts and garnered Pride his first Grammy nomination. Pride quit his job at a Missouri smelting plant and embarked on a career that spanned more than four decades.

Between 1967 and 1987, Pride had 52 Top 10 country hits, won Grammy awards, and became RCA Records' top-selling country artist, his representative said.

Pride's early singles were released without mention of his race or a photo of him.
"We're not color blind yet, but we've advanced a few paces along the path and I like to think I've contributed something to that process," Pride wrote in his memoir.

Some of Pride's biggest hits include "Is Anybody Goin' to San Antone" and "Just Between You and Me." In 1971, his recording of "Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'" became his biggest hit, reaching No. 1 on the country charts and crossing over to No. 21 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Pride was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in 1993 and the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2000.

His final performance was on November 11 when he received the Country Music Association's lifetime achievement award at the annual CMA Awards show. He performed "Kiss An Angel Good Mornin'" with Jimmie Allen at the event, though several other groups skipped the show due to positive Covid-19 tests or exposure.

Fellow country music legend Dolly Parton paid tribute to Pride on Twitter, calling him one of her "dearest and oldest friends."

"It's even worse to know that he passed away from COVID-19," Parton wrote. "What a horrible, horrible virus. Charley, we will always love you."

Pride is survived by his wife, Ebby Rozene Cohran Pride, three children, five grandchildren, and two grandchildren, his representative said.

 

[hillbill]

Well known people are succumbing in recent days. Maybe some of trump’s shine will dull in the next horrid weeks. He seems to have had some kind of psychic break in early November.

 

[Rob Roy]

 

[topcat]

In a very short period of time.

 

[hanimmal]

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God you are such a jackass.

 

[Rob Roy]

God you are such a jackass.

Thanks!

 

[PadawanWarrior]

I was just headed into my morning meditation as well!
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[hillbill]

Everyone loves a little ass, no one likes a Smart Ass.

 

[Rob Roy]

 

[CunningCanuk]

Everyone loves a little ass, no one likes a Smart Ass.

Haha. My father always said this.

 

[Sativied]

hopefully both your country and mine will have stricter enforcement in the near future but by that time the most death and damage will have already occurred unnecessarily .

Lockdown in NL starts at midnight, ends on Jan 19. Our neighbor Germany announced a lockdown last week. Last time they did and we didn’t, many of them came over here. With christmas and new years eve coming up that’s not an option this time. It appears black friday caused a major bump in infections, which is stupid cause we don’t even have thanksgiving.... ugh...

 

[Rob Roy]

Lockdown in NL starts at midnight, ends on Jan 19. Our neighbor Germany announced a lockdown last week. Last time they did and we didn’t, many of them came over here. With christmas and new years eve coming up that’s not an option this time. It appears black friday caused a major bump in infections, which is stupid cause we don’t even have thanksgiving.... ugh...

So what will happen to you if you disobey orders to lockdown?

 

[hanimmal]

So what will happen to you if you disobey orders to lockdown?

Do you mean besides increasing the chance of picking up a devastating airborne virus?

 

[captainmorgan]

Scientists warn of new coronavirus variant spreading across Europe | Free to read

Genetic mutation that originated in Spain transmitted by returning holidaymakers, researchers find

www.ft.com

 

[Rob Roy]

Do you mean besides increasing the chance of picking up a devastating airborne virus?

Admit it, you ask mommy to shine a light under your bed to make sure there's no monsters hiding there before she tucks you in don't you ?

 

[radiant Rudy]

Disney World was digitally adding masks onto maskless parkgoers in ride photos

Admit it, you ask mommy to shine a light under your bed to make sure there's no monsters hiding there before she tucks you in don't you ?

seriously?
sob boy, never shy about revealing his miserably, shit filled beliefs and the imagination of a cowering, broken child.

 

[DIY-HP-LED]

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You are no better than a murdering asshole, disinformation kills and this puts blood on your hands. @potroast RIU needs to remove disinformation that murders American citizens. Back it up with facts, the Russians are running an anti vaccination disinformation program against America and this useful idiot is doing the work of a hostile foreign power. Is RIU more ethical than twitter and Facebook who ether remove or label such stupidity? Covid will kill over a half million Americans and Rob is helping it do it, you are in the midst of a national catastrophe. This is like shouting fire in a crowded theater when there is none and even in the USA that is illegal.

Rob whines about his "rights", but never about his responsibilities, just like every selfish asshole I've seen whine about wearing a mask to protect others, including the healthcare workers who will try to save his miserable ass. Rob is a moral moron as well as an intellectual one, he has gone from being a harmless fool to being a dangerous one.

 

[Rob Roy]

You are no better than a murdering asshole, disinformation kills and this puts blood on your hands. @potroast RIU needs to remove disinformation that murders American citizens. Back it up with facts, the Russians are running an anti vaccination disinformation program against America and this useful idiot is doing the work of a hostile foreign power. Is RIU more ethical than twitter and Facebook who ether remove or label such stupidity? Covid will kill over a half million Americans and Rob is helping it do it, you are in the midst of a national catastrophe. This is like shouting fire in a crowded theater when there is none and even in the USA that is illegal.

Rob whines about his "rights", but never about his responsibilities, just like every selfish asshole I've seen whine about wearing a mask to protect others, including the healthcare workers who will try to save his miserable ass. Rob is a moral moron as well as an intellectual one, he has gone from being a harmless fool to being a dangerous one.

I read something about 85% of people that get covid report wearing masks all the time.

Would you like a tissue and a minute to compose yourself ?