OT - NO POLITICS IT'S SUMMERTIME - ( spring was cancelled )
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BlackCrowes
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My Wife loves Yellowstone! I kinda take a break from TV in the summer because of no sports that I like watching, but she’s a fan and says it’s a great show.
BlackCrowes
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It’s stunning to me to watch this. It’s not politics, it’s just stunning that someone can be this gullible, this ignorant, of reality and still be a functioning member of a society that I exist in.
Mr. Make-Believe
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Priceless.
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I don't know what getting "temperatured" entails, but I know I'm not looking forward to it.
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I know Massachusetts is not perfect, but I'm eternally grateful that I no longer live in Tampa or Pasco County, Florida. Yowza.
BlackCrowes
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My parents are snowbirds in Jupiter, FL. I called them two weeks ago and yelled at them to get the hell out of FL and come back to CT. It’s because of people like this.
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It's one thing to have a political leaning or ideology that you subscribe to. It's an entirely different thing to ignore reason and logic altogether and buy into whack job conspiracy theory nonsense like 5G is causing this virus or that Hillary Clinton is trafficking children through a pizza shop.
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Just got the initial guidelines for kids to return to schools here in MA in the fall. Our town is small, and the space is limited so we just found out kids will have to wear a mask, but they can't accommodate A 6 FT distancing. Literally nonsense.
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Smitty93
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In an effort to provide some positivity, here are a couple sites that are tracking how individual states are doing at containing the virus.
America’s COVID warning system.
Rt Covid-19
I've always been a proud Masshole, but I'm especially proud of the job we've done with COVID. We had a tough start, but we're doing a better job than anyone else at containing it right now.
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talkinaway
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I think the biggest plus we have here is that Massachusetts is probably the medical/biological/health sciences hub of the United States. And for a pandemic, it's a good mix between having excellent resources available but not being a huge city (ie NYC, LA, Houston). Probably next on my list would be Minnesota, for the Mayo Clinic. Also, IIRC, the colleges here shut down fairly quickly, which had to help.
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Virus cases surge among the young, endangering older adults
18-49 is the fastest rising age bracket for infection now. Be nice to hear from some of the "it only impacts the elderly and I'm young so I don't care" crowd to hear their thoughts on this latest development. Needless today, the states that opened early and were lax about PPE and distancing have all exploded with new cases of the virus. That alone should be pretty telling for people who wondered if MA was doing the right thing by shutting down and staying shut longer.
18-49 is the fastest rising age bracket for infection now. Be nice to hear from some of the "it only impacts the elderly and I'm young so I don't care" crowd to hear their thoughts on this latest development. Needless today, the states that opened early and were lax about PPE and distancing have all exploded with new cases of the virus. That alone should be pretty telling for people who wondered if MA was doing the right thing by shutting down and staying shut longer.
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My organization has gone from weekly notices to remain work from home in March, to 2 week stretches in April, to every 3 weeks in May, and last week they jumped 6 weeks to tell us we will be WFH till July 31. Hopefully the trend continues and on July 31st I'll get the whole rest of the summer + the beginning of Fall. I've only gone into the office for emergencies (3 times) and will do work from home until they drag my sweatpants wearing ass back into my office.
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My company (in MA) never closed. All of us employees that had been working from home were ordered back May 1.
For those still working from home you are lucky. My blood pressure was lower when I was WFH and I actually got more work done.
For those still working from home you are lucky. My blood pressure was lower when I was WFH and I actually got more work done.
Troublesome 85
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Like how in a month I went from an essential employee to if you feel unsafe at work cuz of the 2 people who tested positive for Covid use vacation time, pto or just don’t come in. Smh
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How the split over face masks sums up America’s chaotic coronavirus response
State releases guidelines to get Massachusetts students back into classrooms this fall
Water Country announces it will open next month with safety measures in place
A list of current travel advisories due to COVID-19 in the Northeast
What they don’t tell you about surviving COVID-19
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