Masks required statewide starting Friday.

CFetters_Nacho_Lover said:

I might wear one of these

GrundleStiltzkin said:

incremetal_progress said:

theknowledge said:

It's a virus. A virus we have no vaccine for. A virus that is pretty communicable. It won't disappear if we stay inside. Lots of people have tested positive. Lots of people will get sick. Lots of people will recover. Lots more people will test positive. Some more people will die. If you are an "at risk" individual, stay the fuck home or take great precautions when you go out. Why shut everything down again? When they come up with a vaccine and only 20% of Americans take it, the media will relax and just report the annual 100K Covid deaths alongside the 70K flu deaths and the umpteenth heart disease deaths and so on and so on.

You guys act like our miserable failure in controlling the virus was inevitable.

Cases <> #CordWood

HTH

EDIT
Since DRUMPF fucked up by not having enough testing available, and the population reflected above is somehow self-selected by combination of resource constraints and symptoms, consider how many undetected asymptomatic cases are rolling around out there.

Bob_C said:

MikeDamone said:

BearsWiin said:

thechatch said:

BearsWiin said:

thechatch said:

I’m wearing a mask, and having my employees wear them as well. It’s a liability/HR issue for me. I’m not going to wear one in my car or walking down the street, but it makes sense in buildings or any enclosed public space.

I’m not judging anyone for choosing not to wear theirs. This is a free country and all, so a state order making it a criminal offense is a little absurd for me.

Now do stop signs

Stop being stupid.

Your precious liberties are constantly infringed upon for the sake of personal and public safety

Mask wearing is a pretty clear example of one's behavior affecting the health and safety of others. Adhering to traffic rules is another.

Sounds like the science is settled.

It must be settled, Jay is a data guy remember.

NorthwestFresh said:

creepycoug said:

WestlinnDuck said:

GrundleStiltzkin said:

incremetal_progress said:

theknowledge said:

It's a virus. A virus we have no vaccine for. A virus that is pretty communicable. It won't disappear if we stay inside. Lots of people have tested positive. Lots of people will get sick. Lots of people will recover. Lots more people will test positive. Some more people will die. If you are an "at risk" individual, stay the fuck home or take great precautions when you go out. Why shut everything down again? When they come up with a vaccine and only 20% of Americans take it, the media will relax and just report the annual 100K Covid deaths alongside the 70K flu deaths and the umpteenth heart disease deaths and so on and so on.

You guys act like our miserable failure in controlling the virus was inevitable.

Cases <> #CordWood

HTH

EDIT
Since DRUMPF fucked up by not having enough testing available, and the population reflected above is somehow self-selected by combination of resource constraints and symptoms, consider how many undetected asymptomatic cases are rolling around out there.

Trump isn't a national medical bureaucrat. That is Fow Chee and the rest of the incompetents at the CDC and NIH. We had the same level of not being prepared under barry's same incompetent CDC and NIH. The big issue is that the chicom crud escaped from the Wuhan biolab. Then the chicoms covered it up. Then they released millions of Chinese to go infect the rest of the world. Who is tougher when dealing with the chicoms? It ain't barry or bought and paid for Slo Joe or our MSM. No body but Trump would have pulled the WHO funding.

Does this not seem like Executive Branch business to you?

It does. It’s a good thing the executive branch of state governments have Departments of Health, and that states and municipalities are where First Responders are controlled.

Perhaps you forgot how federalism works?

How about Cuomo and Whitmer putting infected patients into nursing homes? That was never a guideline by the federal government. The federal government did provide a ship for quarantine that Cuomo refused to use and instead needlessly killed thousands more than necessary. Now he’s blaming Trump for the failures of New York State.

I don’t blame Fauci. He got his orders on how to react from how beneficial it would be to frighten the populace and influence the election. He’s been in DC for 4 decades and this was his bog moment.