One of the local big box stores now requires a mask to shop. When entering last week a man didn't have one on and an employee working for the store told him he had to have a mask to shop. The employee is a high school aged boy. The man became incensed and punched the boy, knocking him out.?ÿ
He ran outside and took off in his vehicle. Police were called and a chase developed. The man sped down a secondary highway and was turned back by a blockade, he then was tack striped and somehow left his vehicle and was cornered by the police.?ÿ
A standoff ensued, the bad guy holding a knife to his own throat and threatening to kill himself with the knife if they tried to arrest him.?ÿ
The police were able to talk him down and take him.
It turns out that the man has spent most of his life behind bars so he should be back in his element soon.?ÿ
Many people are stressed over this whole pandemic. I have occasional nightmares where I'm in a crowd of people, and I'm without a face mask.
It took me a little while but I finally get it. I hadn't seen Blazing Saddles in many years. ?????ÿ
Mr. Moe,
Did you mean "spike stripped"?
I guess he could have been involved in an altercation with a guy that only had a carpet tack strip as a weapon. That would be bloody.
I've taken to wearing a KN95 mask to keep most junk out of my mouth instead of a cloth mask that only keeps stuff from my mouth from being spit out. I see a double bird coming from anyone that refuses to consider others by not wearing a mask.
JA, PLS. SoCal
Herman Cain spoke of not wearing a mask, look what happened to him.
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@flga
A 30-year-old man who believed the coronavirus was a hoax and attended a “Covid party” died after being infected with the virus, according to the chief medical officer at a Texas hospital.
The official, Dr. Jane Appleby of Methodist Hospital in San Antonio, said the man died after deliberately attending a gathering with an infected person to test whether the coronavirus was real.
In her statements to news organizations, Dr. Appleby said the man had told his nurse that he attended a Covid party. Just before he died, she said the patient told his nurse: “I think I made a mistake. I thought this was a hoax, but it’s not.”
Health experts and public officials have cast doubt over whether “Covid parties” are a real phenomenon, and past reports of such parties have fallen apart or remained unconfirmed upon closer examination.
One of the local big box stores now requires a mask to shop. When entering last week a man didn't have one on and an employee working for the store told him he had to have a mask to shop. The employee is a high school aged boy. The man became incensed and punched the boy, knocking him out.?ÿ
He ran outside and took off in his vehicle. Police were called and a chase developed. The man sped down a secondary highway and was turned back by a blockade, he then was tack striped and somehow left his vehicle and was cornered by the police.?ÿ
A standoff ensued, the bad guy holding a knife to his own throat and threatening to kill himself with the knife if they tried to arrest him.?ÿ
The police were able to talk him down and take him.
It turns out that the man has spent most of his life behind bars so he should be back in his element soon.?ÿ
"Somebody help the poor man!"
Hell, look at us, Florida is the epicenter and schools open in August.
I was with my family at North Lake Tahoe last week. I stayed at the rented house most of the time, except for playing golf with my son-in-law and going on hikes with the family. However, one morning we walked down to the small town and shops, wearing masks, of course. From there we strolled over to the beach area to get a closer look at the lake. It was 11:00 in the morning and the beach and surrounding picnic areas were PACKED with people, almost all of which were not wearing masks. We could not get out of there fast enough and all felt like we needed bleach showers when we got back to the house. I didn't go into a public area the rest of the time we were there.
I know something will eventually get me, but I am trying to do my best to make sure it isn't this virus.
Fear is an autonomic response to danger.?ÿ In some cases fear is induced by harmless phenomena incorrectly perceived as threatening, but anyone who doesn't fear this virus is a fool.
I'd rather wear a mask and risk looking like a fool than not and prove it. There far and away too many folks around these parts who take their politics more seriously than their health and those around them. As long as that remains the case, I don't see any end in sight. Too much fuel out there to keep the burn going and not enough resolve to do what is required to bring it under control. One thing hasn't changed, Mongo still just a pawn, in the game of life.
As one of those who has advanced risks I do wear a mask when in public.?ÿ I keep one in my pocket (when I'm in my truck), rubber gloves (for handling gas pump hoses and buttons), and a bottle of hand sanitizer in the console.?ÿ I may be paranoid (I don't think so) but I also think it is my responsibility to protect myself and others.
@flga
@dougie With today's climate that movie would NEVER make it to the screen.
I may be paranoid
See Williwaw's tag line.
Besides the risk of death. I've seen people on a ventilator and its not pretty nor does it appear to be comfortable. Therefore, I too am doing my part to distance and protect others as best I can.
It appears to me that airborne spread is the biggest risk.
Virtually all the super spreader events have been indoors, a big negative factor is people singing or chanting without masks. Avoid anything indoors.
A cloth mask will prevent the wearer from spreading their breath with droplets and may prevent their droplets from becoming aerosol which floats longer and could get spread by air conditioning systems. It will do almost nothing to keep the wearer from breathing it in. An N95 is far more effective at that.
My rules for me:
1. Stay home as much as possible.
2. Do not eat or drink inside restaurants and bars.
3. Avoid the store, minimize time in the store if a visit is absolutely necessary.
4. Anything inside an air conditioned building with other people (even if social distancing and wearing masks) is to be avoided if at all possible. I think A/C systems are going to be found to be spreaders.
5. As this gets bigger risk of exposure increases so will have to become even more strict. Maybe 2 months ago you might come with 100 feet of 1 infected person, now maybe it's 10, who knows.
6. Time of exposure is important. It seems self evident that 10 minutes in a crowd is lower risk than 10 hours. More time means more chance meets an infected person and more volume of air which could be contaminated.
