Ignorance, arrogance, stupidity, selfishness...

we are a nation of entitled lazy brats.

people in mine are wearing masks, and honoring social distancing.

Governor (Hogan, MD) is requiring these actions.

he is between a rock and a hard place with businesses so hurt.

Ultimately, it is a question of leadership. People don't just go out and sacrifice their convenience without a good reason. Not having the backing of national leadership makes the state job just so much more difficult.

People will tend to act accordingly. Unfortunately, our entire country is being led by a madman. We have some better leaders at the state and local levels but they can't contain all of the madness of King Trump.

Same shit, different year.

Only differences:

1) We're not in a World War.

2) The Trump of the 1920s was elected after the pandemic and is widely regarded as one of the worst presidents of all time.

A report came out that the dominant strain has increased the number of functional spikes. Now, if it mutates to produce proteins that our bodies don't have immunity for, we are f'ed, with a capital F.

And everyone is acting like nothing happened. Crowding, bitching about masks, complaining about graduation. It is appalling and terrifying.

and even the graduation thing has been grudgingly accepted.

It has been noted that if you go two weeks without a bath, there's no problem keeping your distance in Walmart.

Hospital capacity and then opened it all up.
There were things in phase three of his plan that was initially unveiled that are now open but supposedly were only in phase 2.
The county is CA22, traitor nunes district. There is more stupid here than should be allowed anywhere. I’m so disgusted and feeling like we’re just being sacrificed by the stupid.

it's all about HIM and his "re"-election chances

Look at 2016 election. I predicted that one on the simple fact that too many Americans are lazy thinkers who don't give a shit and choose to remain just purposely ignorant (or JUST PLAIN STUPID in my book).

Satan wants nothing but, chaos, destruction and ultimately death ... collecting souls. Satan is licking his chops because he is collecting the souls of so many christians. christians for trump, souls for the devil.

has already started watering his lawn with Brawndo. We're all F'd.

I can’t believe the bitching over wearing a mask. De Wine thought requiring them was “government overreach” so of course that gave free reign to all the delusional idiots and Trump chumps not to wear one. I was in two stores today - a health food store and an auto parts store. Everyone masked up in the first and hardly anyone in the second. What the hell.

Maybe because it hasn't affected them personally. Walking around the neighborhood and the city, it all seems normal. Unlike a hurricane or tornado there are no dark clouds looming on the horizon.

And they played the stay-in game for a few weeks and are tired of it. Nothing happened to them so now they want to get on with their lives.

But the storm clouds are still out there, they're just invisible.

here in Ohio.

They say “ I don’t know anyone that has covid and everyone I know doesn’t know of anyone that has covid.” Drives me crazy. We’re kind of sandwiched between the two highest reported case counties and they act like it’s never going to come here.

It is required. Everyone is wearing one.

City immediately said that was too strict, and the police said they won’t enforce it.

Retail just opened. Signs on every door. I have only been to grocery stores as needed. One door in for employees, one for customers. One of my favorite grocers, Market Basket constantly cleared the lot of carriages and one by one sprayed each one down before pushing it into the store.

Stay safe, onecaliberal.

To make a statement. You can tell by looking at them what the statement is and where they get their info. Makes it easier for me to Avoid them.

For any reason. I do have to work and the idiots I work with are NOT distancing or wearing masks. I have been in my office with the door closed everyday to protect myself.

It's infuriating. When I went to Lowes this morning hardly any customers had on masks. As a customer, I'm irritated, but it's downright insulting to the employees who are required to wear masks.

But there's nothing we can do about it. If I need to go somewhere, I go when it's likely to be slow, and I keep my distance.

If info doesn't come from the RW echo chamber, they refuse to believe it and that chamber is vast.

That chamber's inputs are controlled entirely by big business interests (including foreign ones) and they want business reopened ASAP with safety be damned. Other issues that appear to be inputs are fake and a ruse, such as religious and veteran's concerns.

I'm guessing at least 80% of those disregarding the pandemic rules are Republicans in the U.S.A. and adherents of right-wing dogma in other parts of the world. In addition, many innocents that are poorly educated or that don't have access to good news sources have been misinformed by their plutocratic and/or fascist governments.

KY

and right wing television.

And it starts at the very top.

Me: You're over . . . . . .coronavirus?

CNA: Yeah, coronavirus.

Me: Meaning?

CNA: When I'm not in this place, I just don't care.

Me: So no mask?

CNA: Oh god no.

Me: So you don't worry about spreading it to our guys?

CNA: Yeah but I probably can't stop it.

Me: By wearing a mask maybe?

CNA: I just can't. I wear one all day here.

Me: Quietly pushes angry part of brain back into the crevice behind my pounding left eye from which it sprang.


We're all doomed, I'm afraid.

Ignorant in refusing to educate themselves in ways to help prevent the spread.

Arrogant in thinking it won’t happen to them.

I’m in Texas and we are totally fucked. Governor will not make masks mandatory because his head is so far up Trump’s ass that he’s performing a colonoscopy.

Like it's gone on long enough, we need to go back to normal!

The Republicans, like Larry Kudlow, have openly said keeping the economy open is more important to them than saving the lives of common people. I mean if the stock market melts down again, some multi-billionaires might face the prospect of actually LOSING money! Can you imagine the horror of waking up one day worth $20 billion and waking up the next day only worth $19 billion? Surely protecting that hoard of wealth is worth the lives of thousands of peasants.

Besides, nobody important has died of Covid-19 yet, no billionaires and no important politicians, not even any A-list celebrities. How their attitudes might change if Charles Koch or one of the Trumps had to go on a ventilator.

I said from the beginning of all of this..Americans don't have the patience for much of anything.

for the most part and secondly some believe the clown in the Whitehouse.

Media full of Covid, Covid, Covid... and then something outrageous comes up in the news (who expects police officers to murder people on camera?) - there is righteous outrage and such, and we're not hearing Covid anymore. Coupled with the fact that the restrictions are being dialed back at the same time... means it is too easy to believe Covid is over. Which it's not.

Can Americans do the equivalent of chew gum and walk at the same time? Be outraged at police brutality and be mindful of Covid?

The risk associated COVID 19 is being successfully framed merely an opinions. In addition we have a 30-second attention span before we need gratification. That 30-seconds was pushed to the limit early in the pandemic by governors who actually imposed reasonable restrictions - AND - because we were sucessful in those places in flattening the curve, those inclined not to believe science were convinced there was no real threat in the first place. After 30-seconds had passed, they were dead set on restarting the economy and had to reject anything that sounded like another restriction directed to the "fake" pandemic.

While I adamately opposed DeWine backing off on imposing a mask mandate, it actually seems to be working. We are holding steady. I suggested at the time that he was operating on the philosopy that mandating mask-wearing would be impossible and that perhaps if it was not required people would do the right thing. Based on the numbers and my personal observations, it is at least not as disastrous as I expected it would be.

These people are getting selfish. We need leadership at the top, and we don't have it.
I don't think people listen to Governors as much as the President, so we're pretty much fucked.

There are things open today that were in phase three. We are in phase 2. They’re also not up to par on testing. I was born and raised in this state, I voted for the governor and will do so again, but there is no way we should be doing half the things people are doing and the virus is having a field day. People are too lazy and stupid to do the right thing.

On edit: When things started opening, we didn’t wait to see if the infection rate increased before going forward with another step which was also supposed to be part of the plan. I watched the daily press conferences as well.

But after watching the people around me as I'm about, I think we are opening too fast, as well.

Not wearing masks, and cases are spiking.

in the restaurant areas, were wearing masks or standing away from each other. It was insane.
I even saw a waiter without a mask.

She gets weekly infusions to rev up her immune system. She lives in San Antonio - calls yesterday and says she and her husband went out to dinner with friends a few days ago and the next day her friend tested positive for Coronavirus. She and her husband are now in quarantine . She called the San Antonio health dept and they told her to quarantine for “5 days”. Hello!!! - in NM it’s 14 days. She and her husband are Dems who are up on the news so I just don’t get the stupidity- esp being immune compromised.

I’m so frustrated with people who are willing to risk not only their own health, but that of family and co workers.

And Trump says if we'd just stop testing, we wouldn't have this huge increase in documented cases.
Besides, most people recover--some with no lasting effects at all!--so why not "just let it wash over" us?
It's the lazy, irresponsible, me-first thing to do! Very American values!

(yes I'm being sarcastic)

going back to their lives as if this is over. I guess the increase in "opening up" has had an effect in how people see this.

Safety plans, it became a free for all. They’re not even pretending.

NE Illinois.
3 weeks ago, I'd say 95% compliance with masks.
Now, it's more like 2 in 3. Pretty big slide.

Well over 50%.

Not sure why, but it seems like the people in Seattle understand. Other parts of Washington? Good luck. Bananaland....

to be done with it.

"Opening" at all gave an excuse to lazy thinkers to quit, or they never bothered in the 1st place.

It's been several months already, all the data suggests that the ones most at risk of dying are older people over the age of 65. Younger people simply aren't at a greater risk even when infected.

Self-protection mode. Talk with you loved ones and your own self; do what you need to do to keep safe and let the others do whatever they like.

Don't rail against yourself for the stupidity of others. Not a damn thing you can do to change them.

over protecting their life. It's everyone for themselves now. Self centered arrogant and don't care.

My oldest drives Uber and wears one in his car, but not usually when he's by himself between rides. Kind of defeats the purpose to me, though.

Some people seem to be treating it like the flu and because it's summer and everybody wants to go out and do stuff.

were very much due to the Trump administration's utter failure at every turn.

But, the reason we're leading the entire world regarding infection and death is because Americans by and large are a very selfish group of people and seemingly tend to do things that are in direct contradiction to what's good for them - even apparently during a deadly pandemic.

I think that no matter who was in office our cases would be higher than most anywhere else in the world - can you imagine right-wingers following guidelines and advice from the Obama administration?

I can't.

Zero cases did I read? Hard lockdown early. They took it seriously.

That now lives in Kansas and has gone full Trumper. He literally said "If some old person wants to be stupid enough to sit next to a sick person in the theater, fuck him. He can die."

That's the ignorance and attitude we are up against. The only way I see any change is maybe 5-10 million people dying.

Such as the arrogant maskless black male in the checkout line that kept backing up into my space, forcing me to retreat further and further back..

And let's not forget the white meat. A family out on bikes with helmets but no masks "but kids don't get sick" intersecting with joggers passing each other with either no masks or masks lowered, all but brushing shoulders waiting for a light to change.

If you or yours are over 50, do you ban family visits until a vaccine is found ((despite the potential good news today))?

((Sorry for the sarcasm, but those of us who live with super seniors have to be paranoid- er, neurotic- until a vaccine ((or no ventilators needed treatment)) is found.))

there's a sense that we are all on our own

just taking your own precautions. Let fate sort out the rest. Darwinian evolution in action.

Well this is what is being yelled at in "anti-mask" demonstrations in CA.