Are people really that upset by this? Maybe they are; I don’t know. I wasn’t a fan of the shutdowns but requiring people to wear masks is just a minor inconvenience at the most. It can be tilting to see a bunch of people close together and not wearing masks because they just don’t give a ****.

Well of course that's best. But let's say you're sitting at a VP bar. You can't leave your mask off the whole time. And you're going to be drinking, otherwise what's the point of sitting there. So what's most practical in that case?

https://twitter.com/millerlitedj/sta...900610561?s=20

quick video of a drink-through mask

Next level **** right there.

Someone hit $254,844 on a royal on Ultimate Texas Hold 'em at Flamingo.

https://news3lv.com/news/local/guest...2eSGB0irslDFu0

The people who believe George Soros is financing 5G towers in order to activate microchips that have been planted in your body by Bill Gate's vaccines (and amazingly there is way more of these people than you can imagine) are having absolute melt downs and conniption fits over mandatory mask usage.

Tell them to just wear tinfoil in place of underwear to fend off those 5G rays. (I think it was Judge Jeanine on Fox who touted that as a countermeasure.)

i think its reasonable if the government indicates there is a public health issue going on and mandates certain restrictions. there will be people saying ... "omg you tread on my freedom". But freedom doesnt mean unfettered access to be freedumb. People are dying from this stuff. And ... for those saying "oh its only 0.0238124% which die, I'll take that risk!" -- be a little socially responsible and understand the world doesnt evolve around you.

No one seems to be taking into account the health implications of getting covid, such as lung cancer, and other longer term effects (which are unknown as this is new).

Also, without government intervention, it is clear that many are not taking this covid stuff seriously.

stay safe everyone!

Another more measured view, for your consideration, here in the Twilight Zone.

https://www.lewrockwell.com/lrc-blog...-mayor-i-wish/

There has been no upsie whatsoever to this pandemic, none. I hate everything about it and I don't say the following without considering how bad the loss of life has been for everyone involved.

I think the most depressing thing to come out of all of this is what the above quote refers to. I really had no idea how many dumb asses we live with on this planet. Like, no idea.

People I have worked with for over 25 years, I had no idea they believed this whole thing is a conspiracy to form a one world government. Family members I have known all my life still call this a democratic hoax. Friends stocking up on guns because this virus is just a way to take away the second amendment.

I always knew there was a handful of nutjobs out there, but I thought they were easily recognizable as they probably spent their time talking to themselves walking down the street making traffic move over to miss running them over. I had no idea these people were otherwise, well, normal.

There is tons of these idiots out there, forget the virus, we need a cure for stupid and we need it now.

How is it since they implemented the mandatory mask at the casinos now? I would say a large portion of people are walking around with drinks in hand, does that mean they dont have to wear a mask? I just havent been to the strip since the mandate and wondering how/what they are doing now opposed to before?

I really just need the info to strategize my drinking/gambling plan lol.

Once this protest spike the U.S. is currently experiencing ends in a couple weeks we will see restrictions relax again.

I might be misinterpreting what you’re saying, but regardless it’s worth noting that the virus is spiking in places that opened bars and didn’t require masks. It’s not spiking in places that had protests (even huge ones) where people mostly were wearing masks. Relaxing mask regulations seems like the wrong thing to do, regardless of whether the protests stop or not.

Almost every major city had protests, even in red states. Also bars were open all over the place, so not sure how you can say it was because of one or the other. Either the disease spreads in crowds or it doesn't. I don't think the Corona virus can differentiate whether the activity going on is "righteous" or not lol. Didn't realize the disease was immune to protesters.

I just find it funny how you people were getting all up in arms about pictures of crowds outside in parks, but have no issues of the crowds during these riots.

The disease doesn’t care about righteousness. The disease cares about masks. Flare ups are occurring in states that relaxed mask rules in partying locales. There weren’t flare ups in states that had protests that followed mask rules.

lol, the only reason rioters where wearing masks is because they were trying to hide their identity you clown, not because of Covid. It just became a convenient excuse. Plus there were t a whole lot of people not wearing them. You people made it acceptable to ignore social distancing and not wearing masks during the riots. Now you are complaining about the spikes? Hypocrisy at its best.

Yeah just go back to the rolling average of 20,000 new cases a day and then crack everything open and wait for the next spike.

That’s LOSING, not winning.

What I'm hating with the narrative now is that they're pushing it was either the protests or the bars. Why not both?

I agree that both are contributing to the spike. However the protests & riots were the first contributors.

It was (and still is) a bewildering disbelief in science and authority that was (and still is) the major contributor. Too many people in the US do not believe this virus is real.

It’s just so weird how in Canada everyone wears masks and the cases keep going down.


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I don’t think the protests are going to stop. These folks have a lot of time on their hands and therefore will probably be out and about for a while

Texas Card House Dallas should be opening soon though. They are currently hiring their staff.

Maybe it's both, but not both equally. If we want to think about it rationally, we need to avoid a reflexive bothsiderism that presumes that two sides in a debate, especially one with political implications, are equally wrong and that the true answer has to lie in the middle.

There's a lot of merit to the idea that outdoors vs indoors and mask vs no mask both matter. If either or both or true, that says something about how to responsibly reopen in a way that won't satisfy people who only care about going back to "normal" instead of accepting the idea that we need a "new normal".

The notion that the protests are not responsible for COVID-19 growth at least has some data behind it. This doesn't mean that it is proven to be thus, but it is much more plausible than blaming it all on the protests.

The real problem is unsolvable. The real problem is stupidity among to many people, and it isn't curable. Actually, it is, but it never will be. Here's why:

Eventually alcoholics realize they have a problem, they may or may not choose to get treatment, friends/family may choose to intervene, but at least the alcoholic comes to a point they realize there is a problem and help is available. Some take it and get better.

People with diabetes go to the doctor and get diagnosed with diabetes. I bet it's a very small percentage that reply to the doctor that diabetes is fake news or a political hoax. They can choose to get treated for diabetes, change their lifestyle and either manage the disease or succumb to it, but they recognize they have diabetes.

Pretty much every problem financial, relational, health, etc... is recognizable and there is help for it, except stupidity.

You see, stupidity, by definition, will never realize it has a problem. In fact, quite the opposite happens. Stupid tends to perpetuate itself. It doubles down to defend itself without the possibility of recognizing it has/is the problem. Stupid people think they are right and refuse to be educated, on anything. They seem happy in their world of stupidity, likely because their stupidity doesn't affect them, it really only affects those around them.

Stupid is the real problem here and there will never be a vaccine or a cure and, recently, it seems to be spreading like wildfire.

Ron White said it best "stupid is forever".