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    Should the entire US just lock down for 6 weeks?

    Get the virus under control, but it would destroy the economy.

    But the economy is screwed either way and at this rate no one will let American citizens into their country until next summer.

    Very interesting dilemma.

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    Can't afford to, there really isn't anymore money nor appetite to print it.

    Many States are already bankrupt because of this, next wave is cuts in pensions, followed by MASSIVE tax hikes on everything.

    Just wait till airlines lay off 50,000 employees 9.1 (when the PPP contract ends)

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    We should have locked down months ago. Not when 70k cases a day.

    we only need to lock down for 2/3 weeks total but everyone has to play along. Hong Kong just locked down again after 67 new cases in the last 2 weeks. That’s a total of 67 mind you. They at least take this shit seriously and know how to nip this shit in the bud.
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    Can afford too. It's pretty simple.

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    Can't lock down. Shyt the first time will dome the economy as it is, but really what does a lock down do? It just delays the time that it will take for all of us to get the kung flu. How long did it take to get something to cure the aids virus? That one went through a name change and had an ironically named poster boy named Magic Johnson for decades before any real progress. Yep, it will be awhile before we can have some bat wing soup again. You're just gonna have to learn to live with the fact that we have yet another deadly disease that you might catch and die from. Oh well who cares, the sooner we get over it the better the world will be. Get back to life everyone, we have already wasted 6 months on this and it looks like the ruling class is gonna try for another 6. I for one ain't sitting around during Christmas with my mask with jingle bells hanging off of it alone in my house. It just isn't going down like that for me. Get out there and get back to work and afterwards, hit the bar for a happy hour or maybe even bring back ladies night remember those?

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    Quote Originally Posted by 19th Hole View Post
    These are times that try men's souls.


    Luckily we have a war time president!

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    Why does stock market keep going up??

    Eventually will be something meds to take to reduce symptoms

    Can never close again, most Countiures doing great, Americans are dirty people it is why I do not date

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    There is ZERO hope for the US anytime in the near future. Once something as serious as this becomes political fodder you are done. For people to argue about petty crap like wearing a mask to help prevent the spread is ridiculous.

    The US is toast....................
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    should have all closed down back in march into april when we had the stimulus and such. that was the time to do it nationally. here in the NE we were down for almost 7 weeks before phase 1 started.

    then you reopen and masks are mandatory. doctors say with everyone wearing masks this can be controlled in 2-3 weeks. not preaching about masks, just saying the plan that doctors say "will" work.

    can't have states doing different things. it just doesn't work. we are not islands where people can't leave so easily.

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    Easy. No way

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mac4Lyfe View Post
    We should have locked down months ago. Not when 70k cases a day.

    we only need to lock down for 2/3 weeks total but everyone has to play along. Hong Kong just locked down again after 67 new cases in the last 2 weeks. That’s a total of 67 mind you. They at least take this shit seriously and know how to nip this shit in the bud.



    Yep

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    isn't it strange how the homeless people seem to be immune from the Wuhan coronavirus?


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    Just hoping it still goes away

    I'll check back later when all the tin foilers post non sense so I can have a good laugh

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    Quote Originally Posted by jjgold View Post
    Why does stock market keep going up??

    Eventually will be something meds to take to reduce symptoms

    Can never close again, most Countiures doing great, Americans are dirty people it is why I do not date
    Market up because bonds are 0% domestic and negative international.

    There is LITERALLY nowhere else to invest your money, if we close down and market tanks, then the world is finished as we know it, money is finished, government is finished, etc you get the picture.

    We are very very very close to a complete anarchist purge type situation here if there's another US shutdown.

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    If some of these other states took more pre cautions we had a shot at college football.New Jersey will probably have a slight delay in high school football which is great considering what was taking place.The state was locked down for 8-10 weeks and people took it seriously.

    Granted NJ got hit the hardest but I would call it a learning experience, Proceed with caution is all I can say

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    Quote Originally Posted by DwightShrute View Post
    what losers and all broke

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    Goddamn , does nobody understand 1 person led to an entire world getting this ? 12M worldwide, 3.5M in the US !!
    You arent stopping this , slow it down , you have too many variables that will simply just start it right back up .
    International, domestic travel , everyday life , there will just be some that have it , get out and bam , right back increasing just like the one who drove this to start with .
    Its going to run its course , take precautions and move ass on .

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    Quote Originally Posted by jjgold View Post
    what losers and all broke
    Mayor de Blasio cancels major NYC events through ...
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    Jul 10, 2020 - Mayor de Blasio cancels all major NYC events including the Feast of San Gennaro for the summer EXCEPT for Black Lives Matter protest




    and people wonder why some people are questioning these shutdowns.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Chi_archie View Post
    Luckily we have a war time president!
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    Quote Originally Posted by dark star View Post
    If some of these other states took more pre cautions we had a shot at college football.New Jersey will probably have a slight delay in high school football which is great considering what was taking place.The state was locked down for 8-10 weeks and people took it seriously.

    Granted NJ got hit the hardest but I would call it a learning experience, Proceed with caution is all I can say
    Many of the states Governors today with the major issues would brag how they would never end up like the states in the northeast, NJ., NY. Conn., Etc. Those states governors could have learned a lot from those northern staes, but it looks like their ignorance and ideology have gotten in the way of thinking intelligenly. I mean for a Governor to sue a mayor of a major city over face mask is just fukking ignorant and beyond crazy...Oh thats the Governor that admitted he didn't know the covid virus would pass from one person to another..

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    It won’t do any good. It’s out of control. There is no way to stop the spread.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DwightShrute View Post
    Mayor de Blasio cancels major NYC events through ...
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    Jul 10, 2020 - Mayor de Blasio cancels all major NYC events including the Feast of San Gennaro for the summer EXCEPT for Black Lives Matter protest




    and people wonder why some people are questioning these shutdowns.
    Democratic Philly mayor cancelled all city run events until Feb 2021

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    All libs want this

    We should do the exact opposite and open everything back up

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    Quote Originally Posted by dark star View Post
    If some of these other states took more pre cautions we had a shot at college football.New Jersey will probably have a slight delay in high school football which is great considering what was taking place.The state was locked down for 8-10 weeks and people took it seriously.

    Granted NJ got hit the hardest but I would call it a learning experience, Proceed with caution is all I can say
    Tiny state and second most dead in nation

    Thank God they took it seriously!

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    Fukk that. We need to get back to normal.

    And besides, What's the point of locking down if 1000's of people are still allowed to be out protesting and rioting?

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    Lock down for 6 more weeks? That's a good one. We shouldn't have locked down to begin with.

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    USA NEVER locked down in the first place.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kermit View Post
    Fukk that. We need to get back to normal.

    And besides, What's the point of locking down if 1000's of people are still allowed to be out protesting and rioting?

    Good points here folks

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    YEs . the whole country should shot down for 3 weeks and we will get out of this C19 deal .

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mac4Lyfe View Post
    We should have locked down months ago. Not when 70k cases a day.

    we only need to lock down for 2/3 weeks total but everyone has to play along. Hong Kong just locked down again after 67 new cases in the last 2 weeks. That’s a total of 67 mind you. They at least take this shit seriously and know how to nip this shit in the bud.
    That is with a urban population of 8 million. Florida(22 million) with 300,000 cases and 14,000 new cases a day IS OPENING UP!
    Very serious in one place and not in the other. Who do you think got it right?

    If you fail grade one you have to repeat the process until you get it right. America is the dumbest in the class.



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