Today our governor here in PA has "allowed" some low risk businesses in the northern portion of the state to open on a very limited basis.

Last evening he and his pet tranny Secretary of Health announced that the remainder of the state will remain on lockdown until at least June 5th. More low risk businesses may be "allowed" to reopen in the future, and this will be "determined at a later date."

Our Primary Election date happens to be June 2nd. Three days BEFORE he maybe lifts the lockdown. The state has been encouraging voters, even before this Chivirus started, to use mail in voting & the tv is filled with Dem candidates urging people to vote by mail.

Somebody's trying to pull some shit. This whining little pos is telling me that it's safe to go to Walmart to restock the toilet paper supply, but going to the polls to vote is not.

The officer's message is spot on. What the politicians haven't figured out is that the last thing they want to do is create a wedge between law enforcement and the citizens. Law enforcement needs to figure out what side they are on as well.
No more using helicopters to keep people off the beach, or using Chinese made drones to monitor people's "social distancing" violations, or fining or arresting parents with kids at the park, or fining and threatening people going to practice their religion.

They have a tough job, but it's gonna get a whole lot tougher if the majority starts pushing back.

It's good to see that TX has moved in the right direction.

Edited to add, that we, as Americans, also need to do some soul searching to determine what side of the Constitution we are on as well. Even reading through this tread and others on the forum, it surprised me how many are truly willing to give up liberties for a sense of security.

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Originally posted by Rightwire:
You are still not allowed to go anywhere that is not essential for sustaining life under the 'stay at home orders'.

Whitler can bite me. The infection curve is flattened. The healthcare system is underwhelmed. Enough is enough.

I'm awaiting something from UPS today. Once it arrives I'll be visiting my favourite tool store and a hardware store. Whatever I can't find in those two, I'll head over to Lowe's to pick up.

I'll mask-up, wear gloves, and follow the same rigorous decontamination regime we have been ever since before the first executive orders were issued, but I am going to otherwise Get On With Life.

^^^Better not even think about going into the gardening section at Lowe's. We all know growing food to eat is not important for life.

Did they do away with the restrictions on growing vegetables yet?

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The order does not prohibit gardening or the sale of any particular product in Michigan. Stores in Michigan larger than 50,000 square feet must close areas for garden centers and plant nurseries, as well as those that sell carpet or flooring, furniture and paint.

Again we have a poorly written governmental directive.

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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:
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The order does not prohibit gardening or the sale of any particular product in Michigan. Stores in Michigan larger than 50,000 square feet must close areas for garden centers and plant nurseries, as well as those that sell carpet or flooring, furniture and paint.

Again we have a poorly written governmental directive.

Just googled it. Seed ban reversed.

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Originally posted by frayedends:
Some god news in Massachusetts. A judge declared gun stores must be opened. Basically said our governor’s closure put an undue burden on constitutional rights.

Damn, I didn’t realize some of you were in that boat still.

Dictator Tom Wolf of Pennsylvania tried that shit on March 19 and was forced to allow gun stores to re-open by April 1 or so. They are appointment-only at this time but we were able to resume buying guns. I bought a Kel-Tec PF9 the next day as a big fuck-you to him.

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Originally posted by PASig:

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Originally posted by frayedends:
Some god news in Massachusetts. A judge declared gun stores must be opened. Basically said our governor’s closure put an undue burden on constitutional rights.

Damn, I didn’t realize some of you were in that boat still.

Dictator Tom Wolf of Pennsylvania tried that shit on March 19 and was forced to allow gun stores to re-open by April 1 or so. They are appointment-only at this time but we were able to resume buying guns. I bought a Kel-Tec PF9 the next day as a big fuck-you to him.

It’s shocking we got even this far in the court battle. Ranges are still closed. The judge said he doesn’t know enough about them to make a decision yet. Nevertheless there are still outrageous restrictions on gun stores. Only by appointment and only 4 customers per hour being the most restrictive part.

^^^Only 4 Customers per hour! They believe they can regulate the sales volume of an Constitutionally protected and essential right!!

I'll say it again....Just who do these Massholes think they are? What a FUCKED UP state!!!

I'm currently on hold with Home Depot checking the status of an online order. The recorded message loop is instructing me how to correctly maintain social distancing and what to do if I need to sneeze. Good god, there is simply no escape from the nanny state.

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Originally posted by nhracecraft:
^^^Only 4 Customers per hour! They believe they can regulate the sales volume of an Constitutionally protected and essential right!!

I'll say it again....Just who do these Massholes think they are? What a FUCKED UP state!!!

Those MA people are importing their twisted values and politics over the border into NH - it will only be a matter of time given the fact that we keep voting these people into office here in NH. Sununnu has done a good job for us as Governor but he is fighting an uphill battle every day.

I debated whether to start a new thread on the mental health effects of social distancing and the quarantine.
Thus far there has been little discussion beyond the frustration at the various pronouncements by Governors who seem enchanted with their own power.

I did note that liquor sales nationwide have doubled since the lockdown. I suspect working from home for some people involves enjoying their cocktails all day long. Domestic violence calls are way up according to police. Compulsive handwashing for some has escalated as fear of catching the virus is constantly mentioned. Isolation for those in nursing homes was already a problem, and now no visitors.
People are also missing regular checkups for cancer followup and the like.

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I debated whether to start a new thread on the mental health effects of social distancing and the quarantine.

Perhaps this thread?

How is everyone doing mentally/emotionally with the COVID situation?
https://sigforum.com/eve/forums...35/m/7620097764/p/23

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Originally posted by Graniteguy:

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Originally posted by nhracecraft:
^^^Only 4 Customers per hour! They believe they can regulate the sales volume of an Constitutionally protected and essential right!!

I'll say it again....Just who do these Massholes think they are? What a FUCKED UP state!!!

Those MA people are importing their twisted values and politics over the border into NH - it will only be a matter of time given the fact that we keep voting these people into office here in NH. Sununnu has done a good job for us as Governor but he is fighting an uphill battle every day.

I feel your pain. I am seeing a ton of CA plates parked in driveways here in Utah. They all want to bring the libtard shit they're running from with them. I was hoping UT drinking laws would keep them out. No luck on that one. Oh, we haven't had draconian lock down laws but let this shit happen ten years from now and it will be a different story.

[quote]Perhaps this thread?

How is everyone doing mentally/emotionally with the COVID situation?
https://sigforum.com/eve/forums...20097764/p/23[/quote
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So noted. I have a tendency not to notice threads when they are not on page one.

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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:
I debated whether to start a new thread on the mental health effects of social distancing and the quarantine.
Thus far there has been little discussion beyond the frustration at the various pronouncements by Governors who seem enchanted with their own power.

I did note that liquor sales nationwide have doubled since the lockdown. I suspect working from home for some people involves enjoying their cocktails all day long. Domestic violence calls are way up according to police. Compulsive handwashing for some has escalated as fear of catching the virus is constantly mentioned. Isolation for those in nursing homes was already a problem, and now no visitors.
People are also missing regular checkups for cancer followup and the like.

It could have been people hoarding alcohol in anticipation of the stores being shut down

[quote]It could have been people hoarding alcohol in anticipation of the stores being shut down

^^^^
That is exactly what an alcoholic would say. A perfectly reasonable explanation. Of course that is possible, but few states shut down the liquor stores.

Always good to hear from PJW

Nothing has changed between last week and this week in Florida, but Governor DeHorseshit has magnanimously announced today that we can all get haircuts on Monday, except those in Miami-Dade or Broward counties.

The powerful sedatives necessary to save coronavirus patients may also lead to a difficult recovery

After a well-earned break following six weeks treating coronavirus patients in the University Medical Center ICU, Dr. Kyle Happel, a pulmonologist and critical care medicine specialist at LSU Health Sciences Center, can't help but "chart-stalk" some of his former charges.

"You're just dying to know if they're doing well, are they still alive,” said Happel.

Many of the people he treated were on ventilators, which means that a large percentage were likely to succumb to the disease. But for those that make it, a long recovery in the hospital is likely to become an even longer recovery at home due to the excessive time spent on narcotics and breathing machines.

During normal times, patients in the ICU might stay on a ventilator for three or four days. But it is not unusual for coronavirus patients to stay on ventilators for a week or two – or, in some cases, a month or longer. And those patients are requiring massive amounts of sedatives, painkillers and paralytic drugs.

Drug trials, fewer ventilators: here's how Louisiana’s coronavirus treatments have evolved
Drug trials, fewer ventilators: here's how Louisiana’s coronavirus treatments have evolved
“The amount of sedation required to help people is astronomical and unlike anything we’ve ever seen,” said an Ochsner ICU nurse with decades of experience, who spoke on condition of anonymity because she was not authorized to speak by her employer.

For patients who spend a month or more in the ICU on unprecedented doses of drugs, the physical and mental toll of coronavirus often results in delirium – and doctors worry about the long road to real recovery. Even if coronavirus doesn’t kill patients within weeks, they could live with the effects for years.

“A lot of these folks will not be able to return to the same level of daily functionality or daily living,” said Happel. “Many times they are not going to be the same people they were before. Some might require placement in long-term acute care or skilled nursing facilities. Some may require dialysis. In survivors, there will be significant morbidity.”

According to the largest mortality study of patients with coronavirus on ventilators, the majority who go on the ventilator do not come off. Among 98 ventilated patients in the U.K., only 33 were discharged.

Other studies are even more sobering. In a small study out of China, 19 of 22 ventilated patients died.

The ventilator itself is dangerous for patients. While it can be a life-saving measure, staying on it for too long can cause complications.

“I tend to think of the ventilator as a race,” said Happel. “It’s a race for you to get off before you develop a complication: lung injury or pneumonia.”

As coronavirus patients linger on ventilators, they develop a tolerance to the drugs that allow them to permit having a plastic tube down their throat.

Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid used as both a sedative and a pain manager, has been essential.

“We used metric tons of it,” said Happel.

Some hospitals, such as Our Lady of the Lake in Baton Rouge, relaxed maximum dosing allowances for nurses because so many patients were requiring higher levels of medication.

'It’s horrendous': Louisiana coronavirus patients' final moments are often without loved ones
'It’s horrendous': Louisiana coronavirus patients' final moments are often without loved ones
"Patients are on the ventilators longer than we typically have," said Bud O'Neal, the hospital's medical director of research.

And the longer time on ventilators leads to a patient becoming accustomed to the narcotics necessary for their treatment.

“All of the opiates – fentanyl, morphine, deltoid – patients can develop tolerance,” said O'Neal, who said the hospital is still treating patients that came in during the first wave in late March. “Sometimes we do have to continually go up on the patients.”

Doctors try to give patients the bare minimum of medication in the ICU, because the powerful opiates and other narcotics are addictive and are not meant to be used long-term.

The dependency can lead to withdrawal when patients are able to slowly come off the ventilator, another difficult battle.

In March, demand for sedatives, paralytics and pain drugs surged 73% nationwide, according to Vizient, Inc., which negotiates drug prices for hospitals throughout the country. With so many patients on ventilators, hospitals in Louisiana faced shortages, too.

When the Ochsner ICU nurse tried to get fentanyl from the pharmacy, she would get a message back: “It would say there is a critical shortage and they would give you alternatives.” Instead, she and her colleagues used a more potent form of fentanyl, then switched to Dilaudid, another opiate.

"Collaborative teams ... worked together to develop treatment protocols for multiple scenarios and equal alternatives for all medications needed," according to a statement from Ochsner Health emailed by the hospital's public relations team.

Beyond withdrawal, patients also have a much higher risk for post-intensive care syndrome, a series of health problems that follow a prolonged stay. One in three patients in the ICU experience delirium, making it difficult for them to eat, sleep, think or remember where they are. The effects of high levels of sedation for a long period of time may play out for years, said Dr. E. Wesley Ely, a pulmonologist and critical care physician at Vanderbilt Medical Center.

LINK: https://www.nola.com/news/coro...96-f3a3d514362c.html