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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]
??? Well there's no where to go.  But if everything opened up tomorrow I wouldn't bat an eye about taking my kids to Busch Gardens.  I don't understand why you think those of us who think things need to be reopened would find it too scary to go out.  If we did we would not be in favor of reopening so soon.  [/quote]

If you would go to Busch Gardens tomorrow, you have a completely different understanding of the dangers of the virus than I do. Are you completely unaware of the spread of COVID-19 resulting from spring break, various church services, funerals, and so on? But, good luck to you. 
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Has FL Spring Break been traced to any localized outbreaks? FL rates remain well below the national average, and there is absolutely zero evidence it's hiding a NY-sized catastrophe (even if you think, as I do, adding in the nursing homes might increase death rates by 50-100%.)

Mardi Gras almost certainly seems to have been the cause of LA's outbreak, but why FL didn't spike up a la LA (maybe it's b/c Spring Break is more of a daytime thing and the UV rays zapped the virus?) is an question the pro-shutdown folks have to answer. Likewise, the pro-open folks have to answer how they'd handle 20 Smithfield food outbreaks. [/quote]

It's cute that you think the "pro-open" folks have anything approaching an evidentiary basis to answer the question.  On the one side, we have people trying in good faith to answer a very difficult question in an emergency. On the other side, you have people who just want to p)wn the libs. [/quote]

I think there might be some thoughtful folks among the "how can we sustain this shutdown" crowd. I'm not doubting for a second that the Trump humpers would be singing a different tune if it were Hillary as President or the moment Biden might take over. Then it'll be "WHAR MASKS? WHAR PPE? WHAI STUF OPEN?" from that crowd, and we all know it.

I'll admit seeing some FB posts from my center-left establishment friends saying "keep it locked down FOREVAH" started making me doubt THAT wisdom. But seeing Trump humper friends scream about how they won't eat Chinese food again (I'm not kidding) makes me realize 70-80% of the pro-opening crowd (or call them "pro-rapid infection" crowd) is just worried about Trump's re-election chances. [/quote]

What you're missing is that everyone who is thoughtful is worrying about "how can we sustain this shutdown."  EVERYONE. It's Fox/Trump/Brietbart who are turning this into a culture-wars type "team shutdown v. team economy."  Just like they do with EVERYTHING.  It's dishonest and has zero do to with facts on the ground and policy.  [/quote]

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