Are you down by Yuma? I moved to Arrowhead Ranch in Glendale just before everything locked down in March.
Chance of another mandatory lockdown in SC at 100%???
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Are you down by Yuma? I moved to Arrowhead Ranch in Glendale just before everything locked down in March.
Maybe if they were consistent with their message people would follow suit...
A bit OT but here is a great chance to illustrate one of the most common types of journalistic bias- the use of modifiers to compel a specific interpretation of a statistic.
I don't know the exact number but let's say 990 people died. If I have no opinion or if it's not central to what I want to get across, I'll say "990 people died." If I (as Nashvegastiger obviously does) that it is insignificant and highly acceptable collateral damage, I'll say (as he did) "Less than 1,000 died." Believing as I do that it is way too many and would have been largely avoidable with a brighter populace, I'd say "Nearly 1,000 people have died."
It may seem like an insignificant change, but I assure you it is effective in moving opinions. I once tested the concept on two high school English classes as part of a talk I gave back in the 70's. And I can also say that not all journalists who use it are doing it consciously. If you immerse yourself in a story and do the research, you're bound to form an opinion and it's difficult to keep that from coloring the way you write. And it's not always a bad thing. For example, in climate change there are different shades of one story; there are not two stories and to present the crooked or crackpot deniers opinions on equal footing with independent scientists would be a disservice to the readers and a dereliction of your duty as a journalist to inform.
I would like to see mandatory mask in public first before any kind of lockdown..
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Doctors tell me this thing can’t peter out until at least 60% of the population gets it. Herd immunity is the only answer.
Give it to me. If I die, I die. Just means it was my time.
Give it to me. If I die, I die. Just means it was my time.
Been saying the same thing all along. No shut regardless of infections. The economy must continue. There has been too much carnage already.
Great points on bias. The left have used bias to increase fear and make people believe this is far deadlier for everyone than it actually is.
If you believe 1,000 deaths is too many what is your proposed solution?
What other types of deaths equally concern you?
I think McMaster is trying to push through this, but at some point we will have to go back to lock down when these hospitals are maxed out.
I love Prescott. I went to high school in Cottonwoood and lived in Clarkdale.
But then he'd look weak! He's a strong, physical specimen. Didn't you hear about the perfect numbers from his physical and see him gracefully stride down that big scary greased up ramp?
https://projects.propublica.org/reopening-america/
Bruh wut in the French fried potato did I just read
Spikes started from reopening for Memorial Day weekend and will continue from the protests
I agree somewhat on herd immunity however you must keep the spread contained..... 60% of our population is 3 million in SC. It would take almost a year of 10,000 new infections a day to reach that. I don't think our healthcare system could keep up with that.
Went up there and hiked lake Watson a few weeks ago, then granite mtn brewery and farm provisions for lunch. Would definitely go back
I like it up here too but I live 25 minutes from town out on Williamson Valley Rd in the community I work.
Talking Rock Ranch if you've ever heard of it.
No mask no service. Working just fine in this state
speaking of retarded. Here is you mask symbolism.
you seem rustled or do you always just go straight to name calling? If it is your MO sorry I missed it before.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4886471/user-clip-biden-virtue-signals-face-mask-hanging-ear-hour
You are assuming that everyone that has it gets tested and it comes back positive. I think it’s a fairly safe assumption that a lot of people have had it, were asymptotic and we will never know.
Cases or positive tests? Masks do not prevent individuals from spreading nor contracting this virus. You are free to virtue signal if you like.
Weren’t you on here like a month ago begging for prayers because you were worried you had it? LOL
Agree with your numbers but there are asymptomatic cases in the 10x-20x range. So for every known case, multiple by 10 or 20. So, 1,000 positive tests means 10,000 are positive. Makes the math a little quicker to get to.
Just to point out that a vaccine gives Herd Immunity. That's what it is for.
Masks do help from spreading. Not 100% effective but if it is 80% effective, is it not worth it?
Memorial Day started the surge. Outside of a few random businesses closing, the state will remain wide open finishing out the summer, and students will be back on campus before you know it. That's when all of this will hit a crescendo. You think your racist uncle Jim Bob Cooter doesn't care about masks and social distancing? Try thousands of 18-22-year-old students just wanting to party and have a good time.
Whether that's right or wrong doesn't really matter at this point. McMaster isn't going to close the state again.
Whether that's right or wrong doesn't really matter at this point. McMaster isn't going to close the state again.
THIS!
Myrtle Beach will have to start over if they miss that Ohio summer rush. Seriously, these seasonal businesses are even more dependent on this summer than some of the ones who are already either closed or barely hanging on.
OR - and hear me out here- y’all could all just wear masks (and shame those you know who do not) and prevent a total economic meltdown
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i played golf today with a MD. He received an email during the round from our hospital stating that ICU rooms were full.
im not going to wear a mask. i want herd immunity as fast as possible. Nobody in my family either.
Matter of fact - dont personally know anyone that wears one.
We need to get back to “normal” as fast as possible.......and vaccine ain’t on the horizon
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Vaccine will greatly help younger populations no doubt. But not enough attention has been paid to fact vaccines are going to be of limited use to older people and immunosuppressed — the two groups who need the most help.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/under...t-even-vaccine-wont-save-millions-of-elderly/
Same way you enact a mandatory curfew. You get arrested/ticketed if you don’t wear one.
Just because you disagree doesn’t mean it can’t be a law. No different than no texting while driving, the drinking age, or speed limits as far as laws that aren’t often followed.
I run a small business in Kershaw county, and see anywhere from 30-60 customers a day. I’ve had 1, yes just 1, customer who had covid 19. He’s in his 70’s, was in the hospital for 2 weeks, and back to 100%. He said the common flu was harder on him than ‘Rona’ virus, and rolls his eyes at the media hysteria.
Can't wait for your return trip to ban island.
Holy mother. So just because it hasn’t affected you means it hasn’t hospitalized hundreds of thousands?
BS, the problem is that we need to stop trying to control something that cannot be controlled. Let it run its course and protect those that are most vulnerable. It the effing flu for goodness sake and it has to transmit to create immunity. Not to mention, it is not as deadly, nowhere even close, as the pundits first proclaimed.
