So these people are spending thousands of dollars in fuel and their time for ....this?

We saw a bunch of them headed towards VA when we were going to MD around 1:00 this afternoon, and one pickup dragging a “freedom wagon” (that my DD commented, looked like a 5 Minutes Craft fail) headed in the same direction as us, with stuff like ‘cancel cancel culture’ written on it. There were a few overpasses with supporters, and a few with ‘Trump Lost LOL’ signs on them. Traffic for us was a bit worse than normal, but I don’t think it had anything to do with the truckers. Funnily enough, we ran into the freedom wagon guy when we were coming back, but no other truckers.

Saw a line of cars with flags going south 270 around 12:50pm, and about a dozen people on the overpass cheering them.

I saw a car with a Ukrainian and US flag, and I thought how insulting that was given how Trump basically screwed over Ukraine and kowtowed to Putin.

Anonymous wrote:Ha. I think they're actusy making traffic BETTER. They are making everyone now drive the speed limit and with less room for aggressive driving. The only backups being caused are from multiple accidents. Lol. Hopefully they can stay permanently and keep circling. Traffic will improve.

This is awesome. Hopefully they will stay the whole week. Imagine they will flee after Mondays rush hour though.

Ha. I think they're actusy making traffic BETTER. They are making everyone now drive the speed limit and with less room for aggressive driving. The only backups being caused are from multiple accidents. Lol. Hopefully they can stay permanently and keep circling. Traffic will improve.

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Anonymous wrote:What exactly are they protesting?

Per NBCWasington:

“We’re challenging the high prices of fuel,” he said. Bolus said they are also protesting vaccine mandates, critical race theory and people in jail facing charges related to the Capitol insurrection.

Wait. Seriously?

So they are being whiny and having a tantrum because their "president" was "cheated It's exhausting listening to these fools.

Anonymous wrote:Is this actually making a difference in traffic? I am out of town this weekend and would not have known this happened but for DCUM because no one of my local friends are talking about it on social media.

No, the traffic is...the same.

I don't think they thought out the difference between Ottawa and one of the worst traffic places to live in the US.

What does this mean for tomorrow’s morning commute on local roads? I need to drive down Georgia all the way to the children’s hospital.

Is this actually making a difference in traffic? I am out of town this weekend and would not have known this happened but for DCUM because no one of my local friends are talking about it on social media.

I saw some of the losers cheering them on from the side of the road on Lee Hwy, near Merrifield. Typical Lilly white, Trump hat wearing idiots. Probably came straight from their “pro life” Church with their “anti-tyranny” signs.

They’ll never get it.

Anonymous wrote:The convoy is here and gosh darn do I feel owned.

Me too! I don’t know what point they are trying to make but they sure as shootin’ made it.

The convoy is here and gosh darn do I feel owned.

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Bacterial Pbeumonia. I remember reading that many, if not most of the deaths from the Spanish Flu were bacterial pneumonia.

I also understand what we breathe out to be waste bacteria and because of decreases O2/increased CO2, those bacteria and microbes can be problematic.

If this were true all surgeons and people working in operating theaters would be coming down with bacterial pneumonia since they spend hours with masks on (and have worn masks for decades).

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NP. I've never understood this complaint. Where do you think any bacteria they are "breathing in" came from?

The call is coming from inside the house, Charlotte. The bacteria in saliva and propagating on wet mucosa is orders of magnitude higher? Breathing some negligible amount back in is going to cause as much difference to bacterial load as a tiny fart in the wind.

Bacterial Pbeumonia. I remember reading that many, if not most of the deaths from the Spanish Flu were bacterial pneumonia.

I also understand what we breathe out to be waste bacteria and because of decreases O2/increased CO2, those bacteria and microbes can be problematic.

People got bacterial infections and bacterial pneumonia when their immune systems were depleted after they caught the Great not-Spanish influenza and it knocked them down with viral pneumonia. They didn’t get bacterial infections from wearing masks. Think for a minute.

“Thinking” is not the specialty of the anti mask, antivaxxer.

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Anonymous wrote:
NP. I've never understood this complaint. Where do you think any bacteria they are "breathing in" came from?

The call is coming from inside the house, Charlotte. The bacteria in saliva and propagating on wet mucosa is orders of magnitude higher? Breathing some negligible amount back in is going to cause as much difference to bacterial load as a tiny fart in the wind.

Bacterial Pbeumonia. I remember reading that many, if not most of the deaths from the Spanish Flu were bacterial pneumonia.

I also understand what we breathe out to be waste bacteria and because of decreases O2/increased CO2, those bacteria and microbes can be problematic.

People got bacterial infections and bacterial pneumonia when their immune systems were depleted after they caught the Great not-Spanish influenza and it knocked them down with viral pneumonia. They didn’t get bacterial infections from wearing masks. Think for a minute.

The bacterial infections were secondary infections.