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In reply to the discussion: Why are we JUST SITTING HERE waiting to DIE? [View all]Nature Man
(869 posts)26. The most control any of us have right now
is the decision to stay home, have no human contact (no one leaves), and be able to do this at minimum 30 days. That means 30 days of food, pet care, pharmaceuticals, booze, cigarettes, and scratch off tickets. That might not even do it, that's a medium-case scenario, worst case, stay home longer?
Hunker down and don't get infected.
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Then it is far far too late, it really is. Many of us on this board right now are infected and
Eliot Rosewater
Mar 2020
#5
If you just sit there in your house and don't go out, you probably won't die.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Mar 2020
#8
Doing that, wont help if you mean we wait till Nov...we dont have that much time. Look at Italy.
Eliot Rosewater
Mar 2020
#11
I've got Amy Klobuchar and Ilhan Omar. I don't think they need reminding.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Mar 2020
#19
No, but maybe if they hear the intensity in our voices about that we do NOT have till Nov
Eliot Rosewater
Mar 2020
#20
Our governor is using statistical modeling to shut down more gradually
The Velveteen Ocelot
Mar 2020
#24
OK, fine..but like Bill Gates just said, we should have done a national shutdown, it would have
Eliot Rosewater
Mar 2020
#29
Gates was probably right but that never would have happened under any GOPer,
The Velveteen Ocelot
Mar 2020
#32
It's absolutely quiet around here. People are voluntarily shutting down.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Mar 2020
#31
"to convince their con friends in the house or senate to do this before WE DIE"
jberryhill
Mar 2020
#30
Thanks, I REFUSE to sit here and do nothing...If we pressure dem house and senate to pressure
Eliot Rosewater
Mar 2020
#42
100% agree. When he made the Easter announcement he was sending people to their death.
BeckyDem
Mar 2020
#47