Anonymous wrote:I was at Wild wood in Bethesda yesterday and three friends (in the 60s-70s) were eating lunch outside together. Idiots.

Dr. Fauci said he'd go to a restaurant with outdoor seating and tables set apart. Being outside helps a lot.

It is not the United States of DCUM! Many states, who never had your Covid numbers are opening up. Plenty of us do NOT work for the federal government and don’t have the luxury of working from home for the next few months. This might be an unbelievable thought, but when your company reopens on June 8, your choice is to go or to quit. People are living under a freaking rock!

Anonymous wrote:Amazing how many people want the protest stopped on the grounds that people will die, but will not take any steps to end the police brutality killing black people and thus, causing the protests.

Right. This is the argument from a lot of people in the area. If we aren’t willing to get together in a large group while a pandemic is going on then we don’t care about police brutality. The level of enragement from entitled healthy liberal friends who are all getting their full paycheck while teleworking is astounding to me. I’ve been called a racist because I’ve said I am staying home and avoiding all people at the moment because I can also telework. Attitudes like yours are hurting your cause. Don’t attack others that do not agree with your choices and have a different opinion. No one is mandated to go to protests, now or ever.

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Anonymous wrote:We are all in this together, some more then others.

Animal Farm!

I was at Wild wood in Bethesda yesterday and three friends (in the 60s-70s) were eating lunch outside together. Idiots.

A friend in Dallas posted similar photos, not dinner, but a large gathering, at least 20 people, all inside my friend's house, lounging on couches together. It just seemed odd to see it, even though I know Texas has opened up.

Anonymous wrote:https://www.5newsonline.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/northwest-arkansas-continues-to-see-spike-in-covid-19-cases/527-062927f7-b14c-46cd-8542-2c6058866b08

https://www.ky3.com/content/news/State-of-Arkansas-reports-big-daily-spike-in-COVID-19-cases-testing-increases-too-570665151.html

Sorry, meant to say there is now a sharp increase in cases in Arkansas.

https://www.5newsonline.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/northwest-arkansas-continues-to-see-spike-in-covid-19-cases/527-062927f7-b14c-46cd-8542-2c6058866b08

https://www.ky3.com/content/news/State-of-Arkansas-reports-big-daily-spike-in-COVID-19-cases-testing-increases-too-570665151.html

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Anonymous wrote:Read this article about why cases are spiking in Sacramento, an area that has done a good job of keeping the virus under control. Large gatherings inside homes are an issue, especially when older, more vulnerable, people are spending hours with younger (maybe asymptomatic) people.

https://www.sacbee.com/news/coronavirus/article243376046.html

“We have found as businesses begin to open up, for some people there was a sense that things are OK now, and they began having gatherings in the home and birthday parties,” Kasirye said. “That is most of the exposure. They are multi-generational. They have people with higher risk.

“You have people together for an extended period of time” not observing six-foot social distancing, and often not wearing face coverings,” she said.

The increase in Sacramento, officials said, is attributed to a small cluster of activities, including two large birthday parties held in private homes, one funeral and a church gathering. Church gatherings, with reduced attendance, are now allowed. But parties inside houses are not yet permitted under state and local stay-at-home orders.

But can’t the same be said of large protests?

Those are a risk, but less of one because they are outside.

Inside, long duration, close contact, no masks --->high risk

Anonymous wrote:Wake up people - the rest of the country has opened up and is going about their lives. Only in this area are people still buying into the stay at home orders and shaming people who don't (except for the protesters).

Yeah, things have opened up and are going great in places like Arizona!

Oh wait... https://abcnews.go.com/Health/ominous-sign-arizona-sees-bounce-back-covid-19/story?id=71154842

Amazing how many people want the protest stopped on the grounds that people will die, but will not take any steps to end the police brutality killing black people and thus, causing the protests.

Anonymous wrote:Read this article about why cases are spiking in Sacramento, an area that has done a good job of keeping the virus under control. Large gatherings inside homes are an issue, especially when older, more vulnerable, people are spending hours with younger (maybe asymptomatic) people.

https://www.sacbee.com/news/coronavirus/article243376046.html

“We have found as businesses begin to open up, for some people there was a sense that things are OK now, and they began having gatherings in the home and birthday parties,” Kasirye said. “That is most of the exposure. They are multi-generational. They have people with higher risk.

“You have people together for an extended period of time” not observing six-foot social distancing, and often not wearing face coverings,” she said.

The increase in Sacramento, officials said, is attributed to a small cluster of activities, including two large birthday parties held in private homes, one funeral and a church gathering. Church gatherings, with reduced attendance, are now allowed. But parties inside houses are not yet permitted under state and local stay-at-home orders.

But can’t the same be said of large protests?

It takes unbelievable arrogance for any official to require social distancing after the past two weeks.

If you like your distance you can keep your distance as I am.

Anonymous wrote:If I can gather in a protest with 100 people, I can attend a dinner party of 30. Either you aren't ok with all large groups of people or you are.

Plenty of us are not okay with either. But I can only control myself.

Read this article about why cases are spiking in Sacramento, an area that has done a good job of keeping the virus under control. Large gatherings inside homes are an issue, especially when older, more vulnerable, people are spending hours with younger (maybe asymptomatic) people.

https://www.sacbee.com/news/coronavirus/article243376046.html

“We have found as businesses begin to open up, for some people there was a sense that things are OK now, and they began having gatherings in the home and birthday parties,” Kasirye said. “That is most of the exposure. They are multi-generational. They have people with higher risk.

“You have people together for an extended period of time” not observing six-foot social distancing, and often not wearing face coverings,” she said.

The increase in Sacramento, officials said, is attributed to a small cluster of activities, including two large birthday parties held in private homes, one funeral and a church gathering. Church gatherings, with reduced attendance, are now allowed. But parties inside houses are not yet permitted under state and local stay-at-home orders.