MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 25, 2020 5:00 pm
TAV wrote: ↑Sun Oct 25, 2020 2:30 pm
calourie wrote: ↑Sun Oct 25, 2020 2:01 pm
FMUBart wrote: ↑Sun Oct 25, 2020 1:52 pm
calourie wrote: ↑Sat Oct 24, 2020 9:06 pm
FMUBart wrote: ↑Sat Oct 24, 2020 7:59 pm
Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Sat Oct 24, 2020 11:42 am
FMUBart wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 9:54 am
Drcthru wrote: ↑Thu Oct 22, 2020 2:31 pm
FMUBart wrote: ↑Thu Oct 22, 2020 12:38 pm
Mortality rates are dropping significantly--even those with co-morbidities. Vitamin D and Zinc are stopping covid in its tracks... it's a virus(#19 btw) and there'll be a new one next year.
Believe vitamin D and zinc work if it helps you to sleep. You've been listening to Rush too much. It isn't #19. It was isolated in 2019!
Maybe it's not the 19th Covid virus: "This name was chosen because the virus is genetically related to the coronavirus responsible for the SARS outbreak of 2003"--yes, it started in 2019, so Covid-19, but there have been a plethora of coronaviruses. Point being, viruses come and go--granted, this one is nasty for those that are elderly or other co-morbidities. For young people, it's a non-factor, ditto for most others. Also, 85% of those testing positive in July said they were adamant/diligent about wearing a mask when around others...
I like RUSH, and several other Canadian rock groups.
Those 85% were adamant until they went to bars and restaurants. It was in the detail. 84% of those wearing masks but didn’t frequent bars and restaurants tested negative. Nobody paid attention to that detail.
The sky is falling, the sky is falling! If you're at risk, take precautions, if not, just be smart--I guess a mask is the end-all-be-all... Then why not mandatory goggles, too? Last I checked, eyes are also membranes..
It's not a the sky is falling issue, but rather a question of how many people you are comfortable with putting at risk for a shorter life span and uncomfortable death. I'm comorbid as all get out and take total responsibility for myself without being particularly critical of those who don't seem to take me and others in my condition into account while at the same time applauding those who seem to. Better leadership and example at the top filtering down to everyone would clearly increase my chances of making it through long enough to see an effective vaccine approved and implemented. I'm not talking about shutting down the economy, but rather effective testing, tracing and isolating and wearing masks when and where appropriate. This thing is unlikely to miraculously disappear and a 2021 lacrosse season is probably dependent on how effective we are as a country in turning around the direction this scourge is currently headed.
I guess you shouldn't drive a car, or cross the street...unless the government tells you how!
What in the world are you talking about ?
What he’s talking about is people needing government or some “expert” telling everyone how to think and act vs. individual responsibility to take in information from all sources, applying simple common sense and moving forward with one’s life.
It’s about living in the basement in fear or being positive and cautious. I choose the later.
It’s really not that complicated. The liberals and media have a vested interest in stirring up FEAR. I simply refuse to live my life afraid - life is too short for that.
Hopefully, the lax season can proceed - it’s the best sport on the planet.
Tav, from your post I at first assumed that you might be a HS student or immature college student or even recent grad. But I see you are an '83 Hobart alum.
So, I'll address this as if you're an adult, about 60 years old, so been around the block a few times.
I, too, am over 60, a lifelong Republican.
No one is asking you to be "afraid" or to not take "individual responsibility" for your own actions, quite the opposite. We want people to take the virus seriously, not just for their own health but for that of the people they love if they are fortunate to have such in their life, and for the community as a whole, including those who have to care for the sick and dying, even the taxpayers who pay for that medical care.
We create rules in society, not because we love telling others what to do, removing them from personal responsibility, but rather because without rules too many people make poor decisions, decisions they may think is in their individual interest, but which hurt many around them far more.
We ask, and if necessary demand, respect for the 'fences' we erect in our society, that enable us all to prosper.
In the drive a car analogy, yes, we (citizens through our government) license drivers, making sure they're trained and capable of doing it well, we require that they have adequate vision, etc...is this because we like controlling people? or is it because we know that bad drivers, those who aren't well trained, who can't see the road, cause danger to all the rest of us.? Do we have laws against speeding, against reckless driving, against driving under the influence? Is that because we want people to be 'afraid' of cars? Do we want them not to take 'personal responsibility'?
Or do we realize that without rules, society suffers, we all suffer collectively?