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Post by smsmith on Mar 31, 2020 14:31:36 GMT -6
Would you limit Intrastate travel? I agree there is no reason people from other large cities should travel to other states unless they had a good reason like the caring for parents. Maybe they need an application process but that would be impossible to administer. So you are saying going to Iowa for instance (to a rural cabin) to get work done--plant trees, put up stands, would not be a good idea? I am just asking for outside opinion? No contact with anyone. IMO...we should all be staying as close to home as possible until at least May 1. I hate it as much as everybody else does.
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Post by Reagan on Mar 31, 2020 14:36:44 GMT -6
We are staying home except for buying essentials. Driving nonstop to the cabin and back is as good as staying home. We did it last weekend and will go again for all of next week.
I did see dad when we planted trees but with the trees being spaced 12 ft, we kept our distance. We ate lunch while sitting outside.
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Post by smsmith on Mar 31, 2020 14:37:15 GMT -6
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Post by Freeborn on Mar 31, 2020 16:01:12 GMT -6
Looks like they are asking for 30 more days of lock-down. This will challenge people and the economy.
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Post by nhmountains on Mar 31, 2020 16:38:43 GMT -6
So you are saying going to Iowa for instance (to a rural cabin) to get work done--plant trees, put up stands, would not be a good idea? I am just asking for outside opinion? No contact with anyone. IMO...we should all be staying as close to home as possible until at least May 1. I hate it as much as everybody else does. It’s now spread to the town where my land is and all the surrounding towns. A lot of those people commute to Dartmouth and work at the large hospital. My wife’s agency is getting patients now so it should be an interesting and stressful next few weeks. I spoke to a coworker who lives in New York next to New Rochelle. Her home was yards away from the lock down. She says neighbors have had the virus and her children’s friends have had the virus. So everybody should take warning and keep washing your hands frequently and keep your distance.
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Post by badgerfowl on Mar 31, 2020 18:10:02 GMT -6
Just start licking doorknobs and develop an immunity.
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Post by MoBuckChaser on Mar 31, 2020 18:17:18 GMT -6
Looks like they are asking for 30 more days of lock-down. This will challenge people and the economy. But yet our school district is still plowing forward with a special election. These fuckers are sick and may get some old people killed when they try and vote. In a month.
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Post by Sandbur on Mar 31, 2020 19:02:32 GMT -6
Looks like they are asking for 30 more days of lock-down. This will challenge people and the economy. But yet our school district is still plowing forward with a special election. These fuckers are sick and may get some old people killed when they try and vote. In a month. Call the governor and tell him it should be shut down
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Post by MoBuckChaser on Mar 31, 2020 19:04:37 GMT -6
But yet our school district is still plowing forward with a special election. These fuckers are sick and may get some old people killed when they try and vote. In a month. Call the governor and tell him it should be shut down Trust me, many people have. Secretary of State Steve Simon says we need the elections to go on. If old people die they die.
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Post by mnaaron on Mar 31, 2020 20:53:07 GMT -6
Call the governor and tell him it should be shut down Trust me, many people have. Secretary of State Steve Simon says we need the elections to go on. If old people die they die. Can they do a mail in election?
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Post by MoBuckChaser on Apr 1, 2020 0:24:47 GMT -6
Trust me, many people have. Secretary of State Steve Simon says we need the elections to go on. If old people die they die. Can they do a mail in election? Not yet in the state of mn. They are trying to figure that out for nov.
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Post by Sandbur on Apr 1, 2020 3:47:21 GMT -6
Can they do a mail in election? Not yet in the state of mn. They are trying to figure that out for nov. We do not have mail in elections for the school, however our township has voted by mail in ballots in the various general election for years. I like it and it works. I think we need special approval for these mail in elections. We also received mail in primary ballots this year.
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Post by MoBuckChaser on Apr 1, 2020 4:04:05 GMT -6
Not yet in the state of mn. They are trying to figure that out for nov. We do not have mail in elections for the school, however our township has voted by mail in ballots in the various general election for years. I like it and it works. I think we need special approval for these mail in elections. We also received mail in primary ballots this year. Any school district outside the 7 county metro area can set the election up to just mail all the ballots out to all registered voters. It would be great way to reduce the risk of the virus being transmitted. But they do not want everyone voting, it’s the reason why you rarely see school referendums along with the general election anymore, rarely would anything get passed.
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Post by Freeborn on Apr 1, 2020 6:30:40 GMT -6
Question for the group. How will the decision to shut down the country be judged? History is still to be determined but each of us at some point will decide if the shut down was a good decision for us personally and the country in general. What factors will drive our opinions?
Here are a few of mine to start:
Family/personal risk How many saved lives? How many deaths? Segmentation of at risk people, what percentage of people could potentially be seriously harmed by COVID 19 vs minimal risk Segmentation of deaths, Demographics of people who died, age, pre-conditions etc. Family destruction do to economic hardship Business destruction do to economic hardship Current cost to society Generational/future cost to society Duration of the economic impact Wealth impact to individuals Changes to our society, will we still be an open border country with no boundaries?
What would you add and what will influence how you judge the outcome of COVID-19?
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Post by smsmith on Apr 1, 2020 6:35:31 GMT -6
^^^I actually think it will be impossible to judge our response. If deaths are far lower than the projected 100-240K, it will be easy to say we overreacted, but we'll never know if deaths may have been well over 240K without social distancing and shutting down world economies.
This is clearly an historic event.
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