Covid 19

[Jimjamesak]

Re: Covid 19

You would walk away with your tail between your legs.

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[Chuck Murray]

Re: Covid 19

I can't help but think of the line in the Big Short---a 1% uptick in unemployment 40,000 people die. Also, wonder what my grandpa would be thinking---he lived through the depression. So the Government told workers to stop working and go home?

Kind of what I've been saying all along. One person's "safety" is another person's downfall.

There is a toll being extracted from everyday Americans right now that goes far beyond COVID-19.

I suspect in a week or two, there may be a lively debate between folks in the public sector ("What's the hurry - let's be on the safe side") and the private sector ("Our jobs aren't going to be there if we wait until it's perfectly safe, we'll take the risk").

There will come a tipping point, and I hope those in the former group understands that if the latter group gets pummeled with extended stoppages for "safety" that will come at a huge cost, and eventually it seeps back to hurt the public sector too.

Unless of course, you're shooting for a welfare state, in which case I guess this is your express ticket to France. Let's see how it plays out over the next week or two ...

[UMD21]

Kind of what I've been saying all along. One person's "safety" is another person's downfall.

There is a toll being extracted from everyday Americans right now that goes far beyond COVID-19.

I suspect in a week or two, there may be a lively debate between folks in the public sector ("What's the hurry - let's be on the safe side") and the private sector ("Our jobs aren't going to be there if we wait until it's perfectly safe, we'll take the risk").

There will come a tipping point, and I hope those in the former group understands that if the latter group gets pummeled with extended stoppages for "safety" that will come at a huge cost, and eventually it seeps back to hurt the public sector too.

Unless of course, you're shooting for a welfare state, in which case I guess this is your express ticket to France. Let's see how it plays out over the next week or two ...

Absolutely. Because in two weeks, nothing will be different. There will be no “all clear”, no vaccine, no drugs, no abundance of tests. There will just be thousands of cases in every state.

[Russell Jaslow]

Re: Covid 19

Kind of what I've been saying all along. One person's "safety" is another person's downfall.

There is a toll being extracted from everyday Americans right now that goes far beyond COVID-19.

I suspect in a week or two, there may be a lively debate between folks in the public sector ("What's the hurry - let's be on the safe side") and the private sector ("Our jobs aren't going to be there if we wait until it's perfectly safe, we'll take the risk").

There will come a tipping point, and I hope those in the former group understands that if the latter group gets pummeled with extended stoppages for "safety" that will come at a huge cost, and eventually it seeps back to hurt the public sector too.

Unless of course, you're shooting for a welfare state, in which case I guess this is your express ticket to France. Let's see how it plays out over the next week or two ...

When I have discussions like this with people, I refer to it as the "crossover point." The time when the damage to people by shutting down society is greater than the damage to people done by the virus.

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Yeah, I was too lazy to look up who is up for election. Thanks.

However, if Pelosi's state has an election, then she would be next in line (if she wins). After all, it’s all up to each state whether to hold an election or not. Some may. Some may not.

No she wouldn’t. Election would be for the entire house as well as for the President. Every state will be voting. They have time to figure it out.

[Chuck Murray]

Re: Covid 19

When I have discussions like this with people, I refer to it as the "crossover point." The time when the damage to people by shutting down society is greater than the damage to people done by the virus.

Precisely. "Crossover point" or "tipping point", I suppose it's the same thing, and it's coming.

[French Rage]

Re: Covid 19

No, her term would run out before Trump's and Pence's would (3rd Jan vs 20th Jan). If no elections were held before January 20, 2021, there would be one person in the entire line of succession who would still be legally in office, President pro tempore of the United States Senate Chuck Grassley (R-IA), whose current term expires 3 January 2023.

Sean

GOP would lose its Senate majority of none of this year's seats hold elections. Pro tem would be Leahy.

[HockeyRef]

Re: Covid 19

Seen on Twitter:

A friend in NYC who is a doc told me that hospitals were already at capacity as of today, 30-45 days before the anticipated peak. It's horrifying.

Today's Butcher's Bill: 8736 cases Dead:149

[Sean Pickett]

Re: Covid 19

GOP would lose its Senate majority of none of this year's seats hold elections. Pro tem would be Leahy.

Thanks. I had read what I posted on a website I trust, but it appears that they forgot the fact that the GOP would control of the Senate.

Sean

[LTsatch]

Re: Covid 19

When I have discussions like this with people, I refer to it as the "crossover point." The time when the damage to people by shutting down society is greater than the damage to people done by the virus.

Poor vs. possibly dead. The government is controlling this now, whether we like it or not. They will choose that point, but unfortunately, it will most likely be later, rather than sooner.

[Sean Pickett]

Re: Covid 19

Seen on Twitter:

A friend in NYC who is a doc told me that hospitals were already at capacity as of today, 30-45 days before the anticipated peak. It's horrifying.

Today's Butcher's Bill: 8736 cases Dead:149

And 20,000 Massachusetts residents filed for unemployment on Monday (about 0.5% of the January workforce for Massachusetts).

Sean

[Sean Pickett]

Re: Covid 19

Poor vs. possibly dead. The government is controlling this now, whether we like it or not. They will choose that point, but unfortunately, it will most likely be later, rather than sooner.

Yes, and I have not heard one report about the governors and mayors violating the United States Constitution with all these bans prohibiting people from gathering in groups of more than 25 people.

Sean

[HockeyRef]

And 20,000 Massachusetts residents filed for unemployment on Monday (about 0.5% of the January workforce for Massachusetts).

Sean

And that's one state... we are not at the peak of this...18 month pandemic being thrown around the news tonight. Cant sugar coat it.

[ticapnews]

And 20,000 Massachusetts residents filed for unemployment on Monday (about 0.5% of the January workforce for Massachusetts).

Sean

It was 50000 in Minnesota. 1.67% of the workforce. Dont want to see what that % will be in Maine.

[ticapnews]

Re: Covid 19

It is adorable that people think we'll still be following the Constitution in January...