On 8/5/2020 10:00 AM, Ken Norton wrote:
Alaska had been fortunate to avoid the bulk of the caseload, but the
numbers exploded recently, so we reinstated a few things, such as
closing the bars and limiting gatherings to something like 15 people.
It just forces us to adapt. In the case of the bars, this is something
that has really pi&&ed everybody off. There was one person who was
sick that went around to over 20 bars and restaurants over the next
couple of days. What a disaster.
That's exactly why the virus has been exploding all over the place, unconscious superspreaders. But how can one contain
them, when we (and they) don't know who they are, so we have to constrain everyone. And then, many of them won't obey
orders. See below about the "800".
NYT:
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"In Melbourne, a city of five million . . ., the pandemic has come raging back even after a so-called Stage 3 lockdown
began in early July — until recently the highest level of restrictions.
Officials have been flummoxed at every turn by the persistent complacency of just enough people to let the virus thrive
and multiply. . . .
And 53 percent had not quarantined while waiting for their test results. “That means people have felt unwell and just
gone about their business,”
A door-knocking campaign to check in on 3,000 people who had Covid-19 found
that 800 of them were not at home.
“Our politicians are as scared as we are, but they have to pretend like they have a better idea than we do of what’s
going to happen next.”
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As long as people act foolishly and unthinkingly, which is forever, enforced
controls are necessary.
I spent much of my younger life thinking I was surrounded by idiots. Experience, compassion, whatever, changed that.
Now, I'm having that feeling again. I really have a hard time understanding how so many people let politicians make
health decisions for them. "Hey, the governor says it's OK to go to bars, CMon!"
Bad News Moose
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What if the Hokey Pokey *IS* what it's all about?
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