mappy

yup. baby steps. little by little.

baby steps.

mmmm thats definitely tricky. being forced to leave your house if you dont feel its safe to do so, yet your employer is demanding you show up, thus putting you at risk.

thank goodness for severe chances, adds a bit of excitement to these ever boring days

#dadjoke

that was my point... there needs to be a system in place. i know, but didn't you see my note... i thought of you.

I get it. Or, at least, I have empathy for it. We are not a family struggling as we both can work from home. But I hear you, and others, and fully 100% understand the argument. I feel that there is no good answer. We can’t flip a switch, nor can we stay closed for months longer. There has to be a middle ground, ease back into it..but there has to be some criteria to when that can happen. it’s going to become a cluster when you have states like GA opening and people drive in out of state to have a sense of normalcy. Virus will jump back and forth across state lines as people travel to and fro. Then you’ll have calls to ban visitors from states who are opened too soon, or still closed, or whatever. It’s all just a mess. I’m rambling now. Sorry. My point: there has to be a general standard in place that all cities, towns, states, however detailed you wanna get...must follow in order to open without causing more havoc on an already shakily balanced hospital system. This would mean more rural places could open sooner than the urban areas. Especially larger states where people are so spread out. Half the damn counties in Montana dont even have it (though they are not closed, bad example). I just worry opening too soon, when states and/cities are still heading up the drive, is going to cause only more problems then current. you get my point..I hope. Too long of a lost, sorry snowfan

Personally, I would not want to be a GA resident right now. I’ll stick to my stay at home order until I’m told otherwise.

Until the second wave hits in 2-3 weeks time. It’s gonna take that long before cases increase of all the newly infected residents. or it doesn’t? Who knows... but it’s a gamble.

Quite the gamble Georgia is taking. Either it causes havoc in two weeks time on their hospitals systems, or it doesn’t. If it doesn’t many states will follow suit regardless of the plans/guidelines being put out by 45/DC

This. So much.

i know you aren't. and i agree. long ways to go on getting others to think of it in another way.

really sad isnt it?

It's that AND a shortage of tests. Hogan mentioned today that to date, only 71k tests have been given to Marylanders since March. Thats not nearly enough. Hogan wants to be processing 20k tests a day as part of his reopen goal. so getting more tests is a huge step forwards.

the only politician i am listening to these days is Hogan. Everyone else can shove it, for all I care. Playing politics during this is the lowest of lows. all parties included. but again, this is going down a path we are trying to avoid in this thread. i think many need to agree to disagree that we have our biases and outlooks and need to back off the topic as much as we can

to be honest, i dont give a rats ass what "the people" think.

well no, cause then you are risking others who don't otherwise want the risk to serve/help those who think its all for nothing. you know the second part is illegal and wont happen

Not to go down the rabbit hole, but of course there are going to be people who think its a sham, government control, dems suck blah blah blah. its all stupid. but people are going to be who they are.

Any of them out and about without a mask or other PPE think its a sham. Otherwise, they would be protected, even while protesting. Also, read some signs, its all there.

I agree with you, just saying... they don't care. thats why they are doing it how they are.

Right, but the majority of them think its a sham. so why would they care?

They both were! Though Operation Enduring Friendship is kind of a lol name

Sounds like Hogan kept it all on the DL. Tests were delivered to BWI on saturday.

Its a tough one to "support" i agree one has the right to protest, and i get the frustrations, but how about everyone just stay in their cars, honk a lot and then go home. this gathering in groups, stupid signs and guns are just not needed.

sorry to hear