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Originally posted by ensigmatic:

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Originally posted by TXJIM:
Ensigmatic, in response to your last post where you said:

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So when you say, "people exhibiting a bit of good judgement and consideration for other." Which people are you talking about specifically? What portion of the population, in your estimation, would need to get onboard to have any impact?

I'm not an epidemiologist, so I couldn't say what proportion would be necessary to have an impact.

Again, at the risk of looking like a broken record: In the last few excursions my wife and I, or I alone took, prior to this thing really starting to ramp up, I saw not a single individual taking any protective or decontamination measures at all. That was during three "major" shopping trips (Meijer twice, Costco once), a fueling stop, a UPS Store drop off, and a quick trip into a Walmart. Never mind the people at my gym, even after having been told to do so, not wiping-down equipment after use.

See also Prefontaine's follow-up, a few posts back, and the ETA on mine.

So, how many, what proportion of the population, would it take? Dunno. How 'bout we start out with "some" and try to work up to "many?" Maybe even strive for "most?"

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Originally posted by chellim1:
I guess it's good to be King...

King of Thailand Maha Vajiralongkorn is currently self-isolating from the Chinese coronavirus in a luxury hotel in Germany with an entourage of 20 concubines and female servants, local reports claimed this week.

While the majority of hotels in Germany are closed as a result of the nationwide quarantine, the 67-year-old is believed to have booked out the entire Grand Hotel Sonnenbichl in the Alpine resort town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen after local officials gave him “special permission” to do so, according to the German tabloid Bild.

Rather than isolate alone or with close family members, Vajiralongkorn moved in a team of 20 concubines and female servants. His planned entourage of over one hundred people was reportedly scaled down after 119 members were sent back to Thailand amid suspicions they had contracted the virus.

It is unclear if any of the king’s four wives are in the hotel with him.

https://www.breitbart.com/nati...-20-female-servants/

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Originally posted by PASig:
Stopped at Target yesterday about 1 pm and noted the following, some of which was kind of surprising:

1. Was pretty quiet, thank God
2. They had one guy whose only job was to wipe down shopping carts and direct you to the cleaned ones.
3. They had one guy whose only job was to wipe down the CC terminals after each use at the self checkout lanes
4. They had a lot of TP! I guess supply is finally catching up to demand
5. There were happy-sounding-yet-dystopian PA announcements about minding your “Social Distancing” at all times
6. Food shelves were not stripped bare like in other supermarkets in the past few weeks around here. There are odd shortages in things like Vitamin C, pasta sauce, disinfectant wipes

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Originally posted by 46and2:
Please trim down your quoted sections... no one needs to see giant paragraphs or the rest again.

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Originally posted by TXJIM:
Your post makes my point. Despite your observations that no one is taking such steps, you suggest that "some portion" of the population will somehow start doing so voluntarily.

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there were the two guys I saw, at separate stores, that had masks hanging loose

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Originally posted by AirmanJeff:

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Originally posted by old rugged cross:
I have expressed my disdain for buying crap for the chicom machine for years on this very forum. The vast majority here have popood my sentiment on that very topic and boosted how satisfied they were with their Chinese trinket's. I surely hope all of this will wake those of you up. One can only hope.

And yes I too have products from the communist shithole. But try very hard to spend my $ elsewhere when possible.

I'm with you ORC - I go out of my way to buy more expensive American products when I can and voice my displeasure at companies that sell us out for Chinese manufacturing. Unfortunately sometimes it is unavoidable, but I am hoping after this people start to wake up and that will change.

They're not our friends. They'll never be our friends. I will do everything possible to avoid supporting them.

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Originally posted by trapper189:
Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market near me had people lined up in outside in the sun 6 feet apart waiting to enter the store. Everyone had masks on. They're the only store locally that carries tbe soda my wife likes. I said screw it and went Publix. On the plus side, Publix had a lot of new young female cashiers and baggers. I guess the regular cashiers and baggers are staying home.

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Originally posted by ensigmatic:

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Originally posted by TXJIM:
Your post makes my point. Despite your observations that no one is taking such steps, you suggest that "some portion" of the population will somehow start doing so voluntarily.

Somehow you've misinterpreted what I've been saying. What I've been saying is that, unless people do, it'll just ramp back up, and everything I've seen suggests few will.

I do have something new to report: Some people, at least, appear to be taking what's happening seriously. My wife and I just went shopping to replenish depleted supplies. Saw people wearing masks (mostly ineffectively) and gloves. Maybe about... 50% of the people I saw.

OTOH there were the two guys, at separate stores, that had masks hanging loose below their chins. Joked with one of them "That'll be more effective if you wear it," with a smile. "You're probably right," he replied, then proceeded to fit it to his face with the bare hands he'd just used to handle store product and use the PoS terminal

Our N95 masks are currently hanging outside in the sun & breeze. Hopefully some bird won't happen along and think "Hey! Pre-fab nests!"

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Originally posted by trapper189:
Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market near me had people lined up in outside in the sun 6 feet apart waiting to enter the store. Everyone had masks on. They're the only store locally that carries tbe soda my wife likes. I said screw it and went Publix. On the plus side, Publix had a lot of new young female cashiers and baggers. I guess the regular cashiers and baggers are staying home.

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Originally posted by Skins2881:
Pelosi creates new House committee with subpoena power for coronavirus oversight

Guess who the chair of the committee is?

James "This is a tremendous opportunity to restructure things to fit our vision" Clyburn D-SC.

I'm sure it's going to be a completely bipartisan, fair, and transparent committee only focusing on making sure there is no government waste.

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Let her/them have at it. Whatever angle they think they can work through this committee to get at Trump will fail. What worries me is the upcoming November election if we are still under or under a new stay at home order.

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Originally posted by HRK:

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Originally posted by trapper189:
Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market near me had people lined up in outside in the sun 6 feet apart waiting to enter the store. Everyone had masks on. They're the only store locally that carries tbe soda my wife likes. I said screw it and went Publix. On the plus side, Publix had a lot of new young female cashiers and baggers. I guess the regular cashiers and baggers are staying home.

Costco has a similar setup, 25 in at a time, maintain spacing while in line, and they tell you up front whats out, TP, etc,

Took me about 20 minutes to get in, line wasn't long, had to make a return, that was walk right in and took just a minute, Gas at a buck50 filled up truck...

I had a similar experience at Costco - everyone was lined up and kept distance. Then as the line was let in, everyone congregated in the opening area to get a cart

Waited in line to pickup some wine, meat, olives, etc...