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Anonymous wrote:Good. Shut it ALL down. Close EVERYTHING. All stores. All businesses. All parks. Everything.

Totally support him.

Parks? Why parks?

Because people gather in parks, and that spreads covid.

You don’t need to go for a walk. Stay in your damn house. If people did that when this started, we wouldn’t be in this mess now. I’ve left my home maybe -MAYBE- two dozen times since April. I resupply every 2-3 weeks. Beyond that, I stay inside. It’s not difficult. If I can do it, anyone can.

Good thing the delivery workers, grocery workers, food manufacturing workers, agricultural workers, and transportation workers aren't staying home...

Also, no way you can stay in your home for 2-3 weeks at a time. People need to go outside. They need fresh air and sunshine and exercise. Some of us don't have yards or patios or even balconies. Or houses -- we live in condos and apartments. People have to get medical care and buy food. Not everyone can work from home.

And yes, the only reason that the PP can stay home is that other people don't stay home.

I totally think that indoor dining should be closed, along with gyms and any other kind of indoor recreation. But parks? People need to get outside. Have a mask mandate. Enforce it. But let people engage in safer, outdoor activities in order to make the other restrictions bearable.

+100

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Anonymous wrote:Elrich’s leadership is abominable. There are very clear differences in zip codes in cases. So instead of targeting areas where concentrated help and education is needed, his solution is to close the doors of Montgomery County and walk away. A strategy takes intelligence and work. I can’t believe people voted for this moron.

Right, so close restaurants in Wheaton but not Bethesda? That makes no sense. I'm all for closing indoor dining. I've been ordering takeout all along but haven't eaten inside a restaurant since February.

Omg, no that’s not at all what I meant, smh. When you have large differences in case numbers in zip codes, Bethesda has 647 cumulative cases since Covid began, but Aspen Hill/Layhill has 3,850 cases, there is a reason for the difference. And it’s not indoor dining.
Targeted public health campaigns, dear, is what is needed. Obviously you do not work in the retail or restaurant industry, so the loss of jobs and overall economic effects not really your concern right? Just shut em down and fire everyone except the restaurants you order take out from.

For example?

Also, where do the people who work in Bethesda restaurants live?

Targeted campaigns include going into marginalized neighborhoods and handing out free masks, hand sanitizers, brochures in multiple languages that explain how COVID is spread.
Make testing easy, in church parking lots or community centers. Many immigrants are afraid to go for testing due to fear of deportation or fear of hospitals since they do not have insurance. Have local group meetings to explain to non-english speakers how to be safe. These are known as public health campaigns that can reduce incidence. Elrich has never once spoken about a strategy other than shuttering doors. But he certainly made sure we could get tattoos, tans and made a special rule for outdoor live music.

The worst thing to do is to tell people they cannot work. They will hide COVID for fear of losing their job. Unfortunately, armchair quarterbacks like you never see the bigger picture or need.

To answer your question, I do not know where all the people who work in Bethesda restaurants live. I have not conducted a census. But by your unassailable logic, if all the COVID positive people from Aspen Hill are all working on the Bethesda restaurants, then there should be a very high rated of infection in Bethesda since there are about 180 restaurants.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good. Shut it ALL down. Close EVERYTHING. All stores. All businesses. All parks. Everything.

Totally support him.

Parks? Why parks?

Because people gather in parks, and that spreads covid.

You don’t need to go for a walk. Stay in your damn house. If people did that when this started, we wouldn’t be in this mess now. I’ve left my home maybe -MAYBE- two dozen times since April. I resupply every 2-3 weeks. Beyond that, I stay inside. It’s not difficult. If I can do it, anyone can.

Good thing the delivery workers, grocery workers, food manufacturing workers, agricultural workers, and transportation workers aren't staying home...

Also, no way you can stay in your home for 2-3 weeks at a time. People need to go outside. They need fresh air and sunshine and exercise. Some of us don't have yards or patios or even balconies. Or houses -- we live in condos and apartments. People have to get medical care and buy food. Not everyone can work from home.

And yes, the only reason that the PP can stay home is that other people don't stay home.

I totally think that indoor dining should be closed, along with gyms and any other kind of indoor recreation. But parks? People need to get outside. Have a mask mandate. Enforce it. But let people engage in safer, outdoor activities in order to make the other restrictions bearable.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good. Shut it ALL down. Close EVERYTHING. All stores. All businesses. All parks. Everything.

Totally support him.

That’s absurd.

Look in the mirror.

You are the reason we can’t beat this virus. You.

Close down *everything?"

You're either an idiot or a troll. I honestly don't know which.

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Anonymous wrote:Shut down businesses that are not compliant with restrictions. I work part time at a restaurant and have friends in the industry. we do not know about any outbreaks due to restaurants. granted the restaurant I am.at is larger with high ceilings so it is easy to space people compared to a hole-in-the-wall. but until cases are directly tied to restaurants, then dont mess with people's livelihood. there are restaurants doing what they can to keep everyone safe. they should not be penalized.

Your livelihood isn’t worth my life. Sorry. But it’s just not. If the choice is you losing your home, or making me sick, then I’ll pick you losing your home every time. Restaurants are THE primary disease vector now. This is science. Your paycheck isn’t worth my life.

You sound insane.

The worst part is I imagine you were hypocritical either because you’re going complain that taxes go up to help support these families who have lost their homes or hypocritical because you claim to care for people.

Sociopathic. Most people recover just fine if they get COVID. But it's OK that someone else loses their home as long as the PP doesn't get a virus which they will likely survive just fine.

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Anonymous wrote:Shut down businesses that are not compliant with restrictions. I work part time at a restaurant and have friends in the industry. we do not know about any outbreaks due to restaurants. granted the restaurant I am.at is larger with high ceilings so it is easy to space people compared to a hole-in-the-wall. but until cases are directly tied to restaurants, then dont mess with people's livelihood. there are restaurants doing what they can to keep everyone safe. they should not be penalized.

Your livelihood isn’t worth my life. Sorry. But it’s just not. If the choice is you losing your home, or making me sick, then I’ll pick you losing your home every time. Restaurants are THE primary disease vector now. This is science. Your paycheck isn’t worth my life.

You sound insane.

The worst part is I imagine you were hypocritical either because you’re going complain that taxes go up to help support these families who have lost their homes or hypocritical because you claim to care for people.

Anonymous wrote:Shut down businesses that are not compliant with restrictions. I work part time at a restaurant and have friends in the industry. we do not know about any outbreaks due to restaurants. granted the restaurant I am.at is larger with high ceilings so it is easy to space people compared to a hole-in-the-wall. but until cases are directly tied to restaurants, then dont mess with people's livelihood. there are restaurants doing what they can to keep everyone safe. they should not be penalized.

You don't understand. It's the same reason private schools have very few cases and therefore, according to some, should stay open. Viral spread is driven by ASYMPTOMATIC people. Or people with such mild symptoms that they're not going to test. Or they may test, but it comes back as false negative (30% false negatives!). So your restaurant may never have a positive case of Covid you know of, yet have contributed significantly to the spread of Covid-19 in our community and led, down the chain of transmission, to multiple hospitalizations, burdening our healthcare system, and deaths.

Indoor dining should never have opened in the first place. It's a place where people, not from the same household, take off their masks and open their mouths in a shared space. That's just a no-no because of viral droplets and viral particle aerosolization. Same for cafeterias in schools or workplaces. Dentists have the same issue (each patient opens their mouth in a shared space with the patient before and after), but obviously you can't very well deny emergency dental services to the population, so they need to stay open (but don't get non-emergency stuff done right now).

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Anonymous wrote:Shut down businesses that are not compliant with restrictions. I work part time at a restaurant and have friends in the industry. we do not know about any outbreaks due to restaurants. granted the restaurant I am.at is larger with high ceilings so it is easy to space people compared to a hole-in-the-wall. but until cases are directly tied to restaurants, then dont mess with people's livelihood. there are restaurants doing what they can to keep everyone safe. they should not be penalized.

Your livelihood isn’t worth my life. Sorry. But it’s just not. If the choice is you losing your home, or making me sick, then I’ll pick you losing your home every time. Restaurants are THE primary disease vector now. This is science. Your paycheck isn’t worth my life.

dp.. talk about self centered. People who earn their living from working in restaurants rely on this income to live.

Why don't *you* stay home and not go out. Then you won't be exposed to the restaurant workers. See how that works.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good. Shut it ALL down. Close EVERYTHING. All stores. All businesses. All parks. Everything.

Totally support him.

Parks? Why parks?

Because people gather in parks, and that spreads covid.

You don’t need to go for a walk. Stay in your damn house. If people did that when this started, we wouldn’t be in this mess now. I’ve left my home maybe -MAYBE- two dozen times since April. I resupply every 2-3 weeks. Beyond that, I stay inside. It’s not difficult. If I can do it, anyone can.

Good thing the delivery workers, grocery workers, food manufacturing workers, agricultural workers, and transportation workers aren't staying home...

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good. Shut it ALL down. Close EVERYTHING. All stores. All businesses. All parks. Everything.

Totally support him.

Parks? Why parks?

Because people gather in parks, and that spreads covid.

You don’t need to go for a walk. Stay in your damn house. If people did that when this started, we wouldn’t be in this mess now. I’ve left my home maybe -MAYBE- two dozen times since April. I resupply every 2-3 weeks. Beyond that, I stay inside. It’s not difficult. If I can do it, anyone can.

- so sayeth the well paid office job moron who lacks empathy for anyone who might support their family with a non-office job.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good. Shut it ALL down. Close EVERYTHING. All stores. All businesses. All parks. Everything.

Totally support him.

Parks? Why parks?

Because people gather in parks, and that spreads covid.

You don’t need to go for a walk. Stay in your damn house. If people did that when this started, we wouldn’t be in this mess now. I’ve left my home maybe -MAYBE- two dozen times since April. I resupply every 2-3 weeks. Beyond that, I stay inside. It’s not difficult. If I can do it, anyone can.

I support Elrich and his decision, but you are crazy. Absolute batshit bonkers crazy.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good. Shut it ALL down. Close EVERYTHING. All stores. All businesses. All parks. Everything.

Totally support him.

Parks? Why parks?

Because people gather in parks, and that spreads covid.

You don’t need to go for a walk. Stay in your damn house. If people did that when this started, we wouldn’t be in this mess now. I’ve left my home maybe -MAYBE- two dozen times since April. I resupply every 2-3 weeks. Beyond that, I stay inside. It’s not difficult. If I can do it, anyone can.

Do you have any evidence to support this assertion?

Anonymous wrote:Shut down businesses that are not compliant with restrictions. I work part time at a restaurant and have friends in the industry. we do not know about any outbreaks due to restaurants. granted the restaurant I am.at is larger with high ceilings so it is easy to space people compared to a hole-in-the-wall. but until cases are directly tied to restaurants, then dont mess with people's livelihood. there are restaurants doing what they can to keep everyone safe. they should not be penalized.

Your livelihood isn’t worth my life. Sorry. But it’s just not. If the choice is you losing your home, or making me sick, then I’ll pick you losing your home every time. Restaurants are THE primary disease vector now. This is science. Your paycheck isn’t worth my life.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good. Shut it ALL down. Close EVERYTHING. All stores. All businesses. All parks. Everything.

Totally support him.

That’s absurd.

Look in the mirror.

You are the reason we can’t beat this virus. You.

Shut down businesses that are not compliant with restrictions. I work part time at a restaurant and have friends in the industry. we do not know about any outbreaks due to restaurants. granted the restaurant I am.at is larger with high ceilings so it is easy to space people compared to a hole-in-the-wall. but until cases are directly tied to restaurants, then dont mess with people's livelihood. there are restaurants doing what they can to keep everyone safe. they should not be penalized.