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How do you pause life?
Tuesday, May 12th, 2020 10:35Spring breakers ignoring social distancing and infecting all of the U.S.? Dumb college students are going to be dumb, that's why law enforcement exists.
Callous politicians throwing away lives to stimulate the economy? We already knew Trump and his ilk are evil. Boris Johnson is just a slightly smarter but just as evil Trump. Putin is literally an ex-KGB who will probably happily use the pandemic to clear out political dissidents.
La Liga trying to re-open despite Spain being one of the hardest hit countries during this pandemic? Professional soccer has always been an unregulated cesspit of greedy bastards, and Tebas was one of the worst.
CNN reporter deciding to risk being a vector for disease and travel through at least three different countries after the travel ban just so she can ease her anxiety about being separated from her son?
I...I just can't anymore. Is literally no one capable of thinking of themselves as a vector for disease? How many stories of asymptomatic transmission will it take for people to realize that every time they step out of the house, they're a possible carrier? If you're moving from place to place, then yes, you become a potential carrier for this virus. Even if you don't get COVID-19, your clothes, hands, hair, even shoes can all be potential surfaces for airborne viruses to cling to and then get transported into a new space to infect more of the population.
Right now, there are already enough pathways for the virus to get around, mostly because we cannot survive without essential workers. That means medical workers, grocery workers, cargo/freight/delivery workers, emergency workers, utility workers, etc. are all out there, doing their jobs to keep us from dying of starvation/dehydration/accidents/solitary confinement. They also make up some of the largest percentage of COVID-19 deaths, because they have the highest chances of being exposed to the virus. The least that a reporter could do is fucking stay fucking put until the pandemic eased. I don't care if you really miss your son. Stick to Face Time and stay the fuck put!
And before you all ask where I get off saying this: My father was recovering from an accident that left him with only partial use of his hands for months and my mother was in quarantine when the pandemic was just starting to emerge. Even though I would have liked nothing more than to be with them during these difficult times, I still cancelled my flight and stayed home. We all agreed that being a potential vector for disease in the middle of a pandemic was NOT acceptable risk, even if that means having to sacrifice our mental comfort of being physically together. And unless something catastrophic happens, we will not travel, no matter how anxious we get.
Stay the fuck at home. Stop evading travel bans. The faster everyone can bunker down and burn the virus out of the population, the faster we return to normal.
Callous politicians throwing away lives to stimulate the economy? We already knew Trump and his ilk are evil. Boris Johnson is just a slightly smarter but just as evil Trump. Putin is literally an ex-KGB who will probably happily use the pandemic to clear out political dissidents.
La Liga trying to re-open despite Spain being one of the hardest hit countries during this pandemic? Professional soccer has always been an unregulated cesspit of greedy bastards, and Tebas was one of the worst.
CNN reporter deciding to risk being a vector for disease and travel through at least three different countries after the travel ban just so she can ease her anxiety about being separated from her son?
I...I just can't anymore. Is literally no one capable of thinking of themselves as a vector for disease? How many stories of asymptomatic transmission will it take for people to realize that every time they step out of the house, they're a possible carrier? If you're moving from place to place, then yes, you become a potential carrier for this virus. Even if you don't get COVID-19, your clothes, hands, hair, even shoes can all be potential surfaces for airborne viruses to cling to and then get transported into a new space to infect more of the population.
Right now, there are already enough pathways for the virus to get around, mostly because we cannot survive without essential workers. That means medical workers, grocery workers, cargo/freight/delivery workers, emergency workers, utility workers, etc. are all out there, doing their jobs to keep us from dying of starvation/dehydration/accidents/solitary confinement. They also make up some of the largest percentage of COVID-19 deaths, because they have the highest chances of being exposed to the virus. The least that a reporter could do is fucking stay fucking put until the pandemic eased. I don't care if you really miss your son. Stick to Face Time and stay the fuck put!
And before you all ask where I get off saying this: My father was recovering from an accident that left him with only partial use of his hands for months and my mother was in quarantine when the pandemic was just starting to emerge. Even though I would have liked nothing more than to be with them during these difficult times, I still cancelled my flight and stayed home. We all agreed that being a potential vector for disease in the middle of a pandemic was NOT acceptable risk, even if that means having to sacrifice our mental comfort of being physically together. And unless something catastrophic happens, we will not travel, no matter how anxious we get.
Stay the fuck at home. Stop evading travel bans. The faster everyone can bunker down and burn the virus out of the population, the faster we return to normal.
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