his AR-15 laying across his chest in his hospital bed. A Nurse pull back his respirator mask that he signaled with his eyes that he wanted off. He gasps for air and in one mighty effort yells "freeeduummm!", then his arms drop limp beside the hospital bed as the Nurse pull a sheet over his head.

Actually, righties are not nearly that pain tolerant, he actually would be whimpering like a baby, signaling to the Nurse, with his eyes, to increase respirator pressure. But his buddies will believe that his end came the former way above.

and don't get sick and die?

Follow your doctor's protocols and observe all CDC/WHO/scientific guidelines?

to deal with it properly when they could have.

And Dallas is caught short with testing and tracking-- same thing. Like in Jaws, they just gambled that it would go away.

Fish stinks from the head, and that head is in the White House, where the buck has stopped, like it or not.

And don't argue with anyone who won't wear a mask-- just feel free to beat the living shit out of them.

I stay as far away from those idiots as I can.

Problem solved!!

Quarterstaff? Don't forget, your arms are 2 feet long!!!
And wear a mask!

a mask on is a denial of their freedumb. There are few true adults in the US. Capitalism has made nearly everyone a selfish asshole, and no one should be surprised when they act like selfish assholes. "Nobody's gonna tell ME what to do!!!!"

What can we do? Take your Vitamin D, wear masks, wash your hands, don't go out unless you need to.

Link to tweet

Means you need 40,000 contact tracers in a race against time. We’re fucked.

for a long time.

end of August. Acceleration is insane. Fall is back to school - we’ll see a crushing 2nd wave. We really need to develop rapid presumptive testing that everyone can do at least once a week. Current testing technology is embarrassing, may take 3 days to get the result!

trump downplayed it and continues to do so

It may seem like a victory for Putin, but longterm it will be to the Left's advantage, split the country in two, with a north to south line somewhere west of the Mississippi being the dividing line. The Left takes either side, the right the other. People like Never Trumpers that can't stay with the right part accept that their long desired image of America is dead. The two new countries maintain a mutual defense for 3 decades, then go their own way. People will be paid to move to their desired half, businesses and homes also purchased at fair market. Children under 18 will get one chance before 25 years old to re-choose the part they want to live in.

The only way is to test EVERYONE...

because we have a fucking narcissistic psychopath in the white house and a bunch of pathetic ass-kissing toadies in the senate who refuse to check his idiocy.

This has gone beyond 'high crimes and misdemeanors'.

HOWEVER.

If right now the federal government stepped up and guaranteed every worker basic income support, declared emergencies in every hotspot region taking the heat off of state governments both financially and politically, mandated and funded test trace and quarantine processes, mask and social distancing regulations - all using emergency power acts long in place alongside the executive orders lil donnie is so fond of, well shit, we still could save tens of thousands of lives.

WE WONT DO THAT,

for such negative comments.

Probably a department head at a big well known university, well paid adviser to a big drug company. She is in her job because she wants to help protect the country, not for economic gain, that reality is something that Trump is alien to.

Isolating myself, staying in my house and yard, not going anywhere I don't have to go (and definitely not bars, restaurants, concerts, movies or church), seldom seeing anybody, getting stuff delivered as much as possible, wearing a mask when out, and washing my hands like the offspring of Howard Hughes and Lady Macbeth. I already figured this would be my life for the rest of the year or longer, and so it will be. It's just that the whole country os basically fucked and it didn't have to be this way. What will we have a year from now?

Things aren't looking good right now

my life since early March.

Recent happy highlights:

One evening last week dinner outdoors with daughter and granddaughter to celebrate granddaughters birthday. Lots of wipes and sanitizer. No hugs.

This morning I finally had my car smogged. Have been illegal since April!

One of the few plusses - closer observation and enjoyment of the wild life in my backyard.

Keep well....

This winter could be the darkest winter of our lives.

I have been already isolated last fall and winter with two strong viruses (Not COVID) for about a total of three months. Then came the COVID isolation since March 7th. We were planning one possible visit to our daughter and granddaughter who starts school mid August an 8 hour drive from here but we had to cancel because COVID is moving so quickly and our daughter’s bubble got bigger. She is a doctor and another doctor and his family are in her bubble, then they just got a cleaning lady and the nanny and we would have to stay at a B and B. Too many contacts for us to feel comfortable. Maybe we can see them next year after school is out.....very very sad today about this. And even sadder for the horrors we are about to witness as the COVID rages. I have wanted to immigrate for many decades, why am I still here?

as certain types of people and certain regions are getting it harder as others have controlled it better.

Freedumb isn't free. A lot of Americans are paying the ultimate price

We have to start over again because of the GOP.

happen. We're so screwn.

Cases right now

And His Deplorables believe him.

Unfortunately I am being proven right. The Northeast is successfully containing the virus. We made the sacrifices and took the threat seriously. We cannot allow these gains to be lost because other states were irresponsible. We need to do a New Zealand and seal the Northeast off from the rest of the country to protect it. As other states get a handle on this they will be forced to do the same to protect the progress they have made. This is the end result of Chump’s federalist chaotic approach. It is every state for itself.

Santa Fe has seen a recent upsurge due to the increase of tourists.
Hope the governor implements a quarantine on tourists.
We need to re-close the gyms, pools and restaurants as well.

With masks we can slow the infection rate and the economy can still function.

During the Black Death, no one knew the source of the pandemic. We know, but we can't seem to do anything about it.

The more incompetent they appear the less confident the people will be in the government.

Rinse and repeat. Until there’s zero confidence in our own government.