Originally Posted by James Lacey
Darian,
Face-mask shaming by the right seems to be a bit hypocritical now that the White House has ordered its staff to wear masks, don't you think? I mean seriously, the White House and Trump spend weeks sending contradictory messages about safety guidelines during the outbreak. Then, as soon as the West Wing has a severe epidemic among their staff, they freak out, start testing everyone every day and issue a mandatory mask order. Finally, they seem to understand what is needed to keep everyone safe in the West Wing is common-sense safety precautions and test, trace, and isolate protocols. We can only hope that sometime soon, they will conclude that it is what is needed for the rest of us as well and come up with a national strategy for how to deal with this crisis effectively rather than the chaotic piece-meal disaster that is unfolding before us in slow-motion.
James, where is this disaster that you are talking about? There may be areas here in Louisiana that have large numbers of deaths; I don't bother checking on the numbers anymore; I'm inclined to think they are inflated. Regardless, the area I live in has had very few deaths and I'm even inclined to be skeptical about those numbers. I don't bother listening to our Democrat governor's daily updates; he's delusional if he thinks localities are going to obey his dictates. He makes petty threats that are comical.Â
I have plans to attend an outdoor wedding this weekend which I anticipate 75+ people attending. The local authorities have been notified and have no plans to interfere. Everyone around here is not cowering in fear.
Other than the fact that I am inconvenienced somewhat when grocery shopping and knowing that local businesses(few that I actually patronize) are being subjected to absurd rules in order to reopen, the virus situation doesn't interest me at the present time.* Basically, I try to not "worry" about matters that I have absolutely no control over. I'm actually more concerned about whether I'm going to be able to observe Venus as it approaches inferior conjunction this month. I'm also hoping to observe Venus and Mercury's close approach.
* I forgot, it's also interfered with the weekly dance workshops that I normally attend.