After a Sign at Last Week’s Protest Received a Viral and Hostile Response, Small Crowd Returns This Week to Protest Shelter-in-Place Orders
About 30 to 40 people attended this week’s open-the-economy protests. [All photos by Mark McKenna]
Tensions between those that want to reopen the economy and those that want to maximize social distancing measures to prevent illness have continued–often, though certainly not always, divided along political party lines since almost before Governor Newsom issued Shelter-in-Place orders on March 19–one of the first governors to do so.
The tensions exacerbated already existing differences. A photo of a sign at last week’s protest comparing a slave forced to wear a painful muzzle with public health orders to wear a cloth mask in public to protect others from the spread of the novel coronavirus caught by our photographer Mark McKenna went viral. “Muzzles are for dogs and slaves. I am a free human being,” it stated. Just one post sharing the image on Twitter garnered over 130,000 reactions and thousands of mainly hostile comments accusing the women holding the sign of racism.
Other posts of McKenna’s image on a variety of social media sites garnered enough attention that the fact-checking site, Snopes, issued a post noting that the wording was not photoshopped. And, Newsweek also covered the story.
The brief flurry of attention has subsided though and the signs of this week’s protesters urged that the economy be reopened “responsibly” and not to trust vaccines. The protesters, both masked and unmasked, chatted as a number of passing drivers honked horns in support.
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- Although the weather was sunny, wind ruffled the flags of those who returned to protest this week.
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- Some of the protesters were familiar from earlier weeks and some were new.
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- Jim Polly, left and Jack Moore talk during the Open Humboldt Protest in Eureka on Friday. Moore said he wants to reopen the economy but stressed it must be done responsibly.
![This week’s open Humboldt Demonstration was noticeably smaller than previous weeks with about 30-40 people attending. {Photo by Mark McKenna]](https://kymkemp.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/100568815_1439636133091397_8190237964702318592_n.jpg)
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- Clint Hecht, left and Chuck Wolf chat during the demonstration to reopen Humboldt Friday. Hecht said he has been to most of the Demonstrations holding his flag.
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- David Franceschi, one of the organizers holds a sign stating, “Freedom is essential.”
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- Meanwhile, a black and white dog watches the protest from the back of a pickup decorated with two pro Trump bumper stickers.
Earlier Chapters:
- April 24: Honk for Freedom
- May 1: Protesters Angry at Stay-at-Home Orders Gather Near the Humboldt County Courthouse
- May 8: Protesters Against the Stay-at-Home Orders Gather at the Courthouse in Eureka
- May 15: At the Courthouse Friday, a Group Protested Against Stay-at-Home Orders
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Freedom is essential for American citizens, its what bolth my grandfathers faught in ww2 for.so that we could be free from a overstepping power monger corparate sellout extortion based theiving government
Just don’t drink the tap water, it turns the frogs gay. -Alex Jones
No. It’s people like the corporate officers of Cher Ae Heights Casino and Hotel that are going to do that. Now open for your essential gambling needs.
I think they shouldn’t open sh×× ..there fuc×××× stupid theres still postive cases and that’s really stupid we only had like a few cases now because no body taking it SERIOUSLY wtf I agree
Don’t forget the fact that the good ol’ USA spent the WWII period killing millions of Nazis which was not only justified but necessary. Sorry Dresden, but you had to go. Don’t blame us. Blame the far-Right fascist freaks who you voted into power. Your fault, not ours.
Now according to neo-Nazi FOX “News”, Americans are supposed to revere Nazis? I don’t think so. Trump is done, son!
“Very fine people on both sides”???
Good luck with that B.S. in Nov., GOP.
Well you know what they say about Trump? “If ya vote for him ya ain’t black. “ quote by some creepy old dude who goes around sniffing children.
The layers of privilege that allows someone to look at a black person and state you ain’t black if you don’t vote for me…is…difficult to comprehend. I’m not sure how Biden walks around wrapped in that many layers.
Yeah.
Let’s hope he was straightened out on that matter. I think so.
Frontal lobe dysfunction due to aging. It’s harder to hold your tongue when it’s called for.
I am surprised you did not understand what Biden was saying and didn’t even consider that he apologized for what he said. You also misquoted him. Voting for tRump is not in african american interests. Don’t take out of context of entire 18 min interview with charlamagne and give credit for apology if nothing else.
Furthermore,You may have your candidates confused. Biden grew up in a tract home and served his country for 44 years. Privilege? I think he put himself thru law school.
Ah…Biden didn’t say anything wrong and he apologized for it…You don’t see a contradiction there?
Also I didn’t quote Biden, I paraphrased him. The exact exchange with a black interviewer, as described in the Washington Post, went:
Which doesn’t seem any better to me. I know Trump is more privileged than Biden but
I grew up poorer than Biden and I still consider I’ve got a bit of privilege wrapped around me.
Nonetheless, Biden apologized rather nicely. I wonder if he’s apologized to the NAACP for saying they endorsed him multiple times? (They haven’t).
He’s Trump light. At least he’s not the full separate children from their parents and lose them mess so I’ll probably try to vote for him but I don’t respect him.
What he meant was “If you think Trump is more sympathetic to the issues affecting African Americans than I am, then you don’t understand me or Trump or African Americans”. Something to that effect. He didn’t word at as artfully as some might; artful quipping not being one of his strengths.
There is a reason African Americans supported Biden over all other Democratic candidates by a wide margin (especially after Booker and Harris dropped out), and race has nothing to do with it.
At this point it’s Biden vs. Trump
If you as a white person tell an African American that he doesn’t understand African Americans…some folks might be inclined to think that maybe you don’t understand African Americans.
Biden’s just shocked that everyone can’t see he’s got the right and universally correct politics. But he certainly lives in a world where most of the media has told him so and the only real objection is that he said so out loud. It’s the privilege of running against Trump, who has the exact opposite problem. Ah for the day when politicians always were articulate enough so when they spun their nonsense, it was easy to pretend it was real.
Personally I think Biden is only being allowed to run to get a choice candidate as Vice President elected and then the will resign. I’m just not sure whether he is party to the plan. A contested convention in either party is possible.
Yeah, watch AOC end up as his VP. LOL!
You have to be 35 to be President AND Vice President.
I like AOC very much, especially her youthful energy and determination, but unfortunately she created a personal political glass ceiling of her own by adopting the Democratic Socialist label.
She might be able to win a Democratic primary for US Senate in NY in a few years, and then would probably win the general election in NY as well, but if she ever decides to seriously run for President some day she is going to have to either shed the Democratic Socialist label (which Bernie wasn’t willing to do) or AOC will actually need to figure out an EFFECTIVE way of explaining her political beliefs to the public (which Bernie was also either unwilling or unable to do).
The Nazis are defeated, so now we should get rid of communists.
Your freedom to swing your arm ENDS when it hits my face. Think about that.
That depends on where you shove your face. Think about That.
Actually it doesn’t. Depends on where your face is and what stupid things have or haven’t come out of your face. I can name numerous scenarios where my arm has the freedom to stuff your face in the dirt. Think about that.
Could you name that scenario? Because I’m pretty sure that physically doing something to another against that person’s will is not legally acceptable though the law may look the other way in a few cases.
“An extreme version of hate speech, incitement to genocide is considered an inchoate offense and is theoretically subject to prosecution even if genocide does not occur…” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incitement_to_genocide
“Whoever, with intent that another person engage in conduct constituting a felony that has as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against property or against the person of another in violation of the laws of the United States… It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution under this section that, under circumstances manifesting a voluntary and complete renunciation of his criminal intent, the defendant prevented the commission of the crime solicited. ”
18 U.S. Code § 373.
” Self Defense
Alleging self defense in an assault case is appropriate when the defendant agrees that he or she committed the assault but that it was justified given the threatening actions of the victim. Such a defense may be more successful when the defendant can show that the victim was actually the aggressor, the defendant believed that he or she was acting reasonably and the defendant’s actions did not go beyond the force necessary in the situation. ” https://www.hg.org/legal-articles/assault-and-defenses-5416 Assault BTW can be just verbal as in an intent of immediate harm.
Beyond your English writing ability you do realize Trump signed two tax laws that only benefits the 1% ultra rich at the expense of you and your protesters. Money you will NEVER see on your pockets. Trump has turned our country into a Fascist Oligarchy. He talks like he wants to be a dictator. He passes tax breaks exclusively for the rich. And Trump wants to be one of them. Very similar to what Mussolini did in Italy in 1938. The rich set the prices of what you can buy in the stores. What you can own. Where you can go. The rich owns nearly everything including the Gov’t. And none of their wealth trickles downward to the people who needed it. The American Dream is GONE! Not what your grandfathers fought for.
I’m doing quite fine thank you. Seems to be more than enough wealth tricklin down for me, why don’t you go out and get you some instead of complaining about how there isn’t any?
Strange that I ended up paying less taxes even though far- very far- from rich.
I like to see peaceful protestors out on a sunny afternoon. What have you got to lose? Gain? Learn? Teach?
This one, maybe, not so much.
I’m sure that Jim Polly would say, “Sure is a pretty day, I protest everything I can think of”.
Insisting on your rights without acknowledging your responsibility isn’t freedom, it’s adolescence.
The California government has commandeered their rights. Good luck on the government taking responsibility for the results when they are forced to reopen whatever surviving businesses there are to keep the same government funded. It won’t be a few maskless protesters fueling the resulting deaths.
Exactly. One isn’t free to hurt people.
It’s why we can swing our arms, but not strike a person.
Spraying one’s spittle around during a pandemic is a threat and hurts people.
I just came back from Geigers. Lots of people there today and a lot of empty spots on the shelves. Plenty of meat at the meat counter.
Generally food prices are up again!
No one wore shirts saying Trump or Biden, most wore masks in the store and pulled them off in the parking lot.
Neither Trump nor Biden supporters were spraying anyone with spittle so maybe we can put that to rest.
Red Fox Casino is closed even for cigarettes.
I could hock a big lugey on you right now and it would hurt nothing but your pride. There is a pandemic every year called the Flu, if we followed your logic we would be bubble wrapped. Also I can swing my arms around as much as I want, and guess what? They can hit people! It may be slightly annoying but that is it. Now if I make a fist, hold you down, and pummle the crap out of you, thats a different story. But swinging your arms? Give me a break. Terrible example of any point with substance. Perfect example of what a bunch of wimps this country has turned into. *BARF*
Spitting can be considered an assault. I’m pretty sure right now it would be. https://www.bamieherickson.com/spitting-someone-assault-california/
Swinging your arm accidentally and hitting someone is an accident. Deliberately walking through a town and flailing your arms hitting people could get you arrested.
Yup- it depends on intent and reasonableness. Do you think not wearing a mask is a blanket reasonable thing to call assault? That a person who has a medical reason not to wear one is given a pass on assaulting but that a person who has no such reason butbalso no reason to think themselves ill is charged with assault? Or could it be that Hmm…’s statement is simply exaggerated and unreasonable?
I think when there is a public health order for masks for health and economic reasons and someone chooses to violate that order, it’s similar to walking into a restaurant sans pants.
Sure, there’s nothing wrong with nudity. Its your freedom to be nude but once your bare butt is dropping its possibly unwiped issues near where I’m going to be putting food in my mouth, that becomes a problem. Society has a right, a necessity to regulate for public health.
if someone doesn’t mask, they may be increasing the likelihood that a lethal virus could spread. If you die because someone deliberately with malice aforethought choose not to wear a mask near you, wouldn’t your family feel like you were assaulted?
To be clear, I don’t see any value in arresting people without masks. But I don’t approve of it either.
TR Remick Excellent
And these doofuses demanding the rights of an open economy don’t even acknowledge the responsibility to wear a simple safety device – a mask – that makes it possible.
Most of them were wearing masks. At least in the photos. Any observant doofus is would notice that.
I wore a mask long before anybody else did. I wore gloves too. That was months ago before this whole scare didn’t really materialize. Before there was much knowledge about the disease. Now we know a lot more about it. Gloves aren’t worth wearing, and masks don’t do anything. The amount of people who improperly use masks pretty much void the whole attempt anyway. The main reason I stopped wearing a mask was because A) I realized that without a public seminar teaching the public how to properly use masks and PPE, that using them would’t do much. B) Once the gov’t attempted to make laws regarding what I attire I have to don and how I must conduct myself in the public space, I decided that the government’s intentions, and succumbing to them, are much more dangerous than the disease itself.
Can’t fix stupid !
2 weeks of shelter in place. Now going on 4 months. I guess some people want to live like this. 10s of millions don’t. Jobless. In debt. Circles n lines to stand in. Told not to interact or speak to others.Not allowed to travel. Mandatory masks. Etc. look around you? You are fine with this? When freedoms are taking away, they are rarely ever returned . This is the new norm. They have shut down Memorial Day. They will shut down the 4th of July. They will shut down Labor Day. Thanksgiving? Christmas? You betcha. Watch. Then it’s a repeat next year. Enjoy it sheep because this is what happens when you don’t speak up and defend yourself against government control. This is a crisis , many just see it differently than you do.
Remember there is no federal lockdown. This is all being imposed by states and counties. When pressed as to why there is no federal lockdown, Trump simply responded, “because its unconstitutional.”
Tenth Amendment is the source of the law that permits states to pass laws that address issues of public safety. It is not in Trump’s job description.
Still unconstitutional.
What about after 9-11 2001?
Not if the state constitution allows it.
To the protesters we have lost over 100,000 Americans to Covid-more than Afghanistan,Korea and Vietnam wars combined!this was With draconian measures to save lives smh.,those measures are being lifted . we know only a very small percentage of people have been infected (seroprevalence surveys) .so what exactly is the solution ?
These brain damaged racist Republicans need to stop holding their racist signs in front of the courthouse and go get a job!
Oh wait, unemployment is the highest it’s been since the Great Depression? Well done, Trump.
Unemployment is high because people are not permitted to go to work. This is via the Governors, not Trump.
I hope you are satire. Seriously so disappointed in what I thought were free thinkers in this area.
And re-employing people is contingent on simple safety measures such as wearing masks and implementing social distancing, which a lot of clowns object to based on their sophomoric notion of “freedom” that includes no responsibility.
unemployment is high because America is now a service economy. Manufacturing is a reduced portion of our economy. We still make a lot, and that sector will rebound, but look, can anyone argue that basing your economy on restaurants, golf clubs, and vacations, is fragile. It could have been a worse bug, an earthquake, fire, or flood. The stock market is just like betting on horses. if a horse stumbles, people make their bets accordingly. Doesn’t matter if the owner runs out and yells at the stands.
But it still makes a difference if the government is the one that chooses which business is to be harmed and which is not. Yelling might be the only defense and has a reasonable expectation that government will listen.
Are you seriously going to blame that on Trump?
Trump is blameless. Trump is as pure and innocent as baby Jesus. MARA!!!
MAKE RUSSIA GREAT AGAIN! Trump 2020!
The solution is not to bankrupt selected citizens then open the economy anyway. The best solution has passed by with the extended shut down. But it’s still not too late to do better.
The best would have been raise a campaign of civic responsibility by not politicizing health issues in the first place but making it a goal for all citizens to do their parts in containing the disease. To gain as much civic unity on what should be a non political issue as soon as they were aware of the pandemic. The public health departments locally as well as all other government levels could have started such a campaign up and down the line months ago.
But that lesson clearly not been learned and it is not because of a few protesters. It is because frankly the politicians, news media and an unfortunate number of citizens (of both the left and right) feel no compunction about trashing their political opponents in preference to restraining their political bloviating even slightly in order to work for the greater good. Such as Kym’s publishing the Trump stickers on a protester’s truck along with a few other political digs in the article. Surely that is as antithetical to the goal of gaining cooperation in public health matters as anything the protesters did.
As Benjamin Franklin put it so famously “We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately.” We have chosen seperately obviously. Not just the protesters but the blamers and others so in love with themselves that they can’t stop shoving each other even on the brink of a cliff.
Whoever put the Trump sticker on their truck intended it to be seen. They are clearly not shy about making the association between their cause and Trump. And frankly Trump’s record dealing with this crisis has been awful, the “resistance” hysteria of the past 3+ years notwithstanding. His downplaying the seriousness of the pandemic for political reasons is a big reason we are in this situation. He could lead by example, for example wearing a mask while visiting a factory where medical equipment is being manufactured, but he doesn’t.
Yep…people on the left claim I’m racist because I post images of signs from the protesters. I’m currently the subject of a post on a social media site about how wrong I am.
People on the right complain I shouldn’t post images of bumper stickers of protesters because that’s getting in a political dig.
Man, this trying to be neutral sucks. You try it.
Exactly! Constantly accusing people of things they are not became popular with Hillary’s deplorables comment.
Falsely accusing people of things they are not makes the accuser wrong not the accused.
It’s rather easy to not to let agendas control what you write. You just report the relevant facts of the case. If one of those protesters a sign saying for example “Trump in 2020,” that is a fact. However it is certainly very unlikely that anyone has accused you giving a voice to Trump supporters by posting a picture of the back of a truck whether the truck owner wanted that or not. Now why would there be no such remarks? Because you inserted mostly references to the outrage of that inappropriate race signage from last week as if it was part of this story and only mentioned briefly what the protesters are saying, never mentioning, say, the unemployment rate or any personal experiences with being disadvantaged or the local businesses that have permanently closed that might be a reason for their protest. You wrote that “Tensions between those that want to reopen the economy and those that want to maximize social distancing measures to prevent illness have continued–often, though certainly not always, divided along political party lines since almost before Governor Newsom issued Shelter-in-Place orders on March 19–one of the first governors to do so” , phrasing as if it was a political choice to not want to “prevent illness.” How is that not the very divisiveness I wrote about? In one sentence you inferred what YOU think – which is this is a pretty much political division with the inane on one side and the reasonable on the other. Which the man holding the sign about economic depression kills too might take exception to considering he is wearing a face mask as most in the photos were. The Trump stickers appearing solely to validate that opinion.
That some people think you should prevent people they find disagreeable from ever appearing should not mean you are required to make over the news to suit. My complaint is not that I think you are giving platform to Trump but that you are tailoring the story to fit your own political discourse.
And my position is that many others think I’m not tailoring it enough. They think I should point out that the sign was racist in the article. You think I should ignore the fact that the open the economy vs stay the heck at home folks are often (though not always) divided along similar divisions as our political parties.
I just do my best.
Should not really be tailoring at all because of anyone’s opinions. Or even one’s own, if the goal is providing information. And I think that, while I appreciate what you do in publishing news of use to local people, there could be more usefulness in providing information that goes beyond what partisans want to see to confirm their already existing opinons. It’s just my bias that everything that exists has a cause or a bit of truth that the interested need to exposed. Even if I don’t agree with the conclusion.
https://dilbert.com/strip/2020-05-24
The countries with the most stringent control measures, including China and South Korea, have had the greatest success reducing infections and deaths. The countries with the least stringent measures, Brasil, USA, and Sweden have had the least success reducing infections and deaths. This is also beginning to play out at the State level in the USA.
The choice is between following the recommendations of science versus living out some imaginary scenario where the government is trying to inject tracking bots into your brain so they can come and steal your guns and force you watch Nancy Pelosi videos.
No. That is not the choice. The choice is in ranges between shutting down the whole economy, hoping for a cure or treatment to save yourself , and leaving the economy to produce what people need as best as it can while letting those who will get sick anyway deal with their illness.
The best will certainly be a compromise as both choices are dangerous over the long haul. A reasonable person would discuss what point on the scale they see as best, not latch onto one or the other and insult those who don’t agree. Then there would be wider acceptance and a whole lot less stress. BTW there is science on both ends of the scale. Not just on your chosen side.
You call them “sheep” because they aren’t gonna celebrate your pre planned celebration days the way you think they should?! Well you are gonnaa show them! Go Dollar Store Up! You badass!
“Winning!”
— Charlie Sheen and Donald Trump
🕯🌳They tried in Fortuna but it wasn’t as good as last weeks. They had to be prompted into being a little rowdy. 🌍🖖🐸 Nice car show though. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Because that’s what’s important now – cars. Joe Biden is going to crush Trump the Traitor into a greasy pile of orange dust on Nov. 3.
And let me tell you, my boss Vladimir Putin is pissed! (He didn’t invest all of that time and effort into Bernie Sanders for nothing. Well, actually Putin did waste his time thanks to African-American Democratic voters roundly rejecting Sanders’ candidacy.). Better luck next time trying to match up two controlled & compromised American presidential candidates, Vlad. Your other boy Trump is going to lose bigly!
Joe McCarthy would have loved you. The new McCarthyism is at least as corrosive as Trump.
Oh please. Bernie Sanders loves Mother Russia and I have hours of videotapes from Burlington, Vermont’s former mayor in the 1980’s to prove it. You can’t just wish away voluminous amounts of actual evidence, Bernie Bro.
P.S. – BIDEN FOR PRESIDENT!
(Don’t tell my boss Vladimir that I’m a Joe Biden fan. No gulag!)
“Don’t tread on me?” That’s right, wear a mask and don’t tread on me with your potentially lethal spit, germs and breath. Pandemics happen all the time throughout history. Get over it. We’re lucky to have such great communication and technology that we can slow it down and even shut it down, perhaps. If these guys were the only ones who’d get sick, I’d say fine, let Darwin take his course. But they others sick and that’s the problem. In the end, it’s all about people being so macho they feel they appear weak wearing a mask. We’ll see who’s weak once they start catching and spreading this nightmare. But death cults are nothing new. Heck, some worship the killing of a peace spreading Jew advocating equality for the poor and downtrodden which is why they wear the method of execution around their necks. The old joke goes if Jesus lived and was executed in modern times (and yeah, these guys would kill him–they don’t get that they wouldn’t recognize him if he kissed them on the cheek) they’d all be wearing electric chairs around their necks. And let’s not forget that many of these cult members believe in the end times so they are actually trying to end it for us all, keeping it their open, dirty secret. I want the freedom to be alive. If we’re going to open up, wearing a mask and more importantly, defying their naked emperor and advocating for universal testing on demand would get us going pretty darned quick. But ask them: they don’t mind killing people. Ask them. I have.
If you don’t want people to “not tread on you”,stay home.[edit] So now patriots And freedom fighters are cult members eh. Amy Goodman and Nancy Pelosi must be serving up some dam good kool aid!
Over population is the disease. Killing people is the answer. There, I said it.
FOG, I don’t understand. If you are worried about over population, why did you have kids? Isn’t the best way to deal with extra kittens is having your cat spayed not drowning the ones that are born?
After, rereading that, I’m having some second thoughts. Please know that I’m not implying your lovely wife needs to be “spayed” and you shouldn’t have children. I’m just trying to understand your thinking.
I am neutered. “No cats, no dogs, no kids” was my motto for many years. After meeting my wife, and realizing that my actions were pure selfishness, we decided to have children. How do I word this properly? Human beings individually, I will not say all, are not the problem. Human beings as a whole are the problem. Unfortunately I view life at a pessimistic and what I call “realism” state of mind. Yes, overpopulation is ironically killing us. Covid 19 is prospering becuase it has 8.5 billion hosts. Mother Nature knows that overpopulation is a problem. It is always trying to “fix “ that problem, be it birds, pigs, rabbits or humans. I had i discussion with my children just the other night about the decision to have children of there own in this upcoming age. You could say I was trying to even discourage the thought through the words of “realism”. Our species is fuked. Not spiritually, but as a fact that natural resources are not being able to support us any longer. Disease and famine is becoming the new norm. We are destroying the very foundations for us not to survive, but thrive and prosper. The thing with me, is I realize that I AM THE PROBLEM! Many don’t. My mere existence, along with my children are only compounding the problems that we all currently face,and will continue to face. Look around you? We are now the enemy to each other! We are all to blame. So….. yes, depopulation is the only answer to the problem that we all wake up to every day. We are killing ourselves. I am the problem. You are the problem. That’s The reality. If We all come to that conclusion and realize that we are The problem as a whole, than maybe things will change. The problem is no one WANTS to die, including me. Mother Nature has the answer, we are ignoring it. In the end, She will win. Her fight is far from over and our own demise will ironically be us. History repeats itself, that is a universal fact. Meanwhile I’ll leave on a positive note. Enjoy life, it’s short. I try and teach my kids that life is a risk, take the leap. If you die doing it, than so be it.
“Preparedness is a state of mind, survival is of the fittest. Mother Nature doesn’t care either way.” (Me)
You know what I find even more comical and ironic kym? I chose i profession saving people! Sometimes I really have to step back and laugh at my self? Humans are weird.
We are a mass of contradictions, aren’t we?
Thank you for your comment! Yes- overpopulation of humans AND overconsumption of resources by humans is killing the planet and ourselves. We will lose population by famine, disease or inevitably by war. This doesn’t mean I welcome any of these or that I want to die today. But we need to face reality. Our path forward is wrong and we cannot continue to blindly consume and add population. We cannot have everything we can imagine. That was always a delusion. Count your blessings- just to be alive at all! Take stock in what is truly valuable and sustains. We are very lucky to live here and not in the cities…My only worry is that the Covid-19 deaths will not be enough. We really need to shed a bunch of people. I suggest we start with the mega-rich and the child molesters. Guillotines do not use fossil fuel to operate….
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Suggesting violence termination of life will certainly result in opposition. And nothing drags down the intelligence of a community faster that favoring the irresponsible over the responsible. A more consistent program of valuing the individual’s useful contribution by protecting them from the danger of being overrun by the parasitic, uncivil and aggressive masses would be a good place to start. More “Fathers of the Year” and less entertainer awards shows. Conspicuous consumption, not the average person living within their means, should be cause for embarrassment.
“Enjoy life, it’s short. I try and teach my kids that life is a risk, take the leap. If you die doing it, than so be it.”
So if folks in Humboldt don’t have children cause of over population we can then bring in all the over population from China, India and Muslim nations…Right?
Hmm…
People who don’t have kids often have too many cats.
Pretty much in line with the Nazis’ idea of leibenstrass or the need for “elbow room” just own it fascist. Just say it. you dont believe in freedom. you want to kill people if they dont follow your cult leader. Wasnt Obama supposed to have tried to set up “death panels” by offering health insurance? Were you pro death panel?
No. You totally didn’t get it at all.
Go back to Portland, antifa. You can goose step to the Medical Industrial Complex while bullying old men in the streets.
“Those who sacrifice freedom for safety deserve neither.”
– Benjamin Franklin
Where were the anti fascists? “Anti fa” is a lame term thought up by somebody too limp to complete saying their own words, but, just to be clear, you are against anti fascists, is that pro fascism?
“The only good Nazi is a dead Nazi.” — America (circa 1944)
They originally called themselves The United Socialist Party of Germany. They abolished the democratic constitution of freedoms on there first day of office. They than blamed the rich for the country’s unfortunate state of affairs. They empowered the poor with biased propaganda.We know the rest of the story….
Clearly you don’t know any of the story. I would tell you to go read “Rise And Fall of The Third Reich” or “Hitler’s Willing Executioners” {edit}
Nazis suck. Neo-Nazis suck. Paleo-Nazis suck. Republicans who are in reality actually Nazis suck. Diaper Donald Trump and his beloved “German bloodlines” suck. [edit]
Going too far. Might get [banned]
Deleted for what? Besides the edits of insults, what is wrong with this comment, Kym?
Bonnie, this morning this commenter has been posting a number of comments insulting others that I had to delete. I’m warning them . And actually I meant to warn them that I would ban them if they keep breaking the rules but am so tired I said delete instead.
Ah…I understand tired. Takes a lot of time, energy and dedication to keep this news site going for the good of the community. Much respect, Kym.
(And I hope that Bot heeds the warning and saves you more grief.)
How dare I insult Nazis!
P.S. – Vladimir Putin says he just loves how gullible the average Trumper is, since it makes the FSB’s job so much easier! Trump/Pence 2020.
And those pesky Russian blood lines…?
“German bloodlines” is the correct phrase that Diaper Donald Trump used about his idiotic inbred family of greedy grifters.
The question is can an anarchist form groups to demand political power and still be an anarchist?
The actual quote is:
“Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.”
And it’s a dandy quote. But it wasn’t about some grand idea, some higher truth, but specifically about a tax dispute in Pennsylvania with the Penn family who were trying to skip out on taxes by ordering the Governor to veto them. Franklin was actually being pro-tax for defense spending during the French and Indian wars. which occurred years before the Revolution.
Don’t get me wrong, I like Franklin. But that quote has been used and abused and completely ripped out of context.
Like the constitution
My favorite mistake all the “constitutional scholars” make is the misunderstanding of what the actual First Amendment is.
***Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
***
It’s the freedom of speech bit that is completely misunderstood. The Government can not prohibit it. I am always amused when someone on a private internet forum starts in on “My free speech, First Amendment!!!” when the private internet forum says, “No, you can’t say that here”.
Oh and when someone does exercise their free speech, then gets whiny when others, also exercising their free speech, tell them they are full of it.
The classic example is when the Skokie Nazis wanted to march through the largely Jewish village of Skokie. The government of Skokie denied them a permit. The ACLU took up their case because it was indeed a 1st case. And the ACLU felt really dirty doing it, but what they did was consistent.
If the Nazis had tried that with a private entity they would not have had any standing.
Same with private businesses requiring masks. That is well within their rights to do so.
I think all of the lawsuits around the cake people in colorado blew that out the window. Those businesses supposedly reserve the right to refuse service to anyone. They based it on their religious freedom vs. freedom from supposed discrimination. If you were correct at all Angie, they would not have lost that lawsuit, and I don’t think they should’ve. BUT, that lawsuit goes to show, you must yield to the rights given to us in the constitution, even if you are a private entity.
The cake decorator won in the Supreme Court. https://www.npr.org/2018/06/04/605003519/supreme-court-decides-in-favor-of-baker-over-same-sex-couple-in-cake-shop-case
And that’s a different situation.
Just like the no bare feet in a store can be enforced for health reasons so too can a you must wear mask rule.
https://letsgobarefoot.wordpress.com/2014/12/20/no-shirt-no-shoes-no-service-where-did-it-come-from/
A business has a right to enforce or not any posted restriction they want as long as it does not involve a legal order that it is not required by code or regulation. There may be a public order about masks, legality of which has not been tested in court for businesses, but I suspect it would not be upheld in court and getting businesses to file the reopening plans is a calculated plan to make them agree to something unenforceable up front. Because good luck to any business that suffers assault or damage from an angry mask refused in getting officials to help. And why businesses where such a rule is impossible are being refused permission.
Not exactly. Franklyn’s objection was not what Siegel and NPR and other advocates for government interference interpreted it to be. The surrounding words of the quotes are “But surely the Proprietaries Conduct, whether as Fathers of their Country, or Subjects to their King, must appear extraordinary, when it is considered that they have not only formally refused to bear any Part of our yearly heavy Expences in cultivating and maintaining Friendship with the Indians, tho’ they reap such immense Advantages by that Friendship; but they now, by their Lieutenant, refuse to contribute any Part towards resisting an Invasion of the King’s Colony, committed to their Care; or to submit their Claim of Exemption to the Decision of their Sovereign.
In fine, we have the most sensible Concern for the poor distressed Inhabitants of the Frontiers. We have taken every Step in our Power, consistent with the just Rights of the Freemen of Pennsylvania, for their Relief, and we have Reason to believe, that in the Midst of their Distresses they themselves do not wish us to go farther. Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. Such as were inclined to defend themselves, but unable to purchase Arms and Ammunition, have, as we are informed, been supplied with both, as far as Arms could be procured, out of Monies given by the last Assembly for the King’s Use; and the large Supply of Money offered by this Bill, might enable the Governor to do every Thing else that should be judged necessary for their farther Security, if he shall think fit to accept it.
… But thus much is certain, that by refusing our Bills from Time to Time, by which great Sums were seasonably offered, he has rejected all the Strength that Money could afford him; and if his Hands are still weak or unable, he ought only to blame himself, or those who have tied them.”
https://www.bartleby.com/73/1056.html
So, the longer version essentially says what I just said.
It was about raising money from taxes. For the King’s war….an extension of the Seven Years War in Europe.
And, as I pointed out, it was about a specific action years before the revolution. It was not some great treatise on the ideals of Liberty, but part of a larger speech on why people should pay their taxes. The safety desired was that of the frontiersmen. The ones in the “line of fire”. Like I said, I like Franklin, but the “Liberty” he was talking about wasn’t the liberty of those on the frontier, but others sitting in the east who didn’t want the French (and their Indians) to win. Which is amusing considering the role France would play, in some years hence when Franklin and all those other Liberty loving folks would rebel against the King.
The speech is about some folks not coughing up money (and the people on the frontier wanting safety over liberty). You know, the actual people who had the right to want that safety.
The actual people on the frontier “not” wanting more. You advocate imposing what the people involved don’t want because they find’ think spending the money would work. And guess what? It didn’t. Maybe the people who resisted were the wiser and Franklyn should have listened. “The letters cover Franklin’s success in dealing with British Gen. Edward Braddock, who had been sent to Pennsylvania in 1755 to defeat the French at Fort Duquesne, in modern-day Pittsburgh.
The march to retake the fort was part of the French and British battle for control of the western lands in the colonies, part of a larger struggle for control of North America, Houston said.
The problem was that Braddock was given no horses or wagons when he arrived in America — no means of transport for him and his 2,000 redcoats. Braddock started to blame his hosts, so Franklin — the Pennsylvania assembly’s leading politician — stepped in to help.
Franklin went all over Pennsylvania trying to persuade farmers to lend their horses and wagons to Braddock and his men. It wasn’t easy, because the farmers were tough negotiators who were also anxious and suspicious of the effort.
Eventually, Franklin managed to get the farmers to agree, and within weeks, Braddock and his men were on the march.
Braddock suffered a devastating defeat before he even reached the fort, however, when a much smaller contingent of French and Indian soldiers surprised the British. They killed Braddock and about 1,000 of his men.”
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/04/25/uk.franklin.letters/index.html
Although the wording is adept for many purposes, the slickness of Franklyn phrase did not end up well. Something to consider when claiming historical vindication.
It is people like this that is getting us 20+ new cases a week.
No your getting 20+ “new” cases a week because they are testing more. 75% of the population has it. Mortality rate is still less than 1%. There not new! It’s been around for the last 8 months in the United States alone.
CORRECT! Thank you Fan of Guest.
How will y’all feel when forced to go to St. Joe’s or a “convalescent home” to recover from an ordinary virus, with no control over your body and in an unsafe, demonically institutionalized situation?
This happened in Canada and could happen here. Are you okay with this?
https://youtu.be/XdvMCNCotxU
P.S. masks weaken your immune system. Just saying…
Masks do NOT weaken the immune system. Truth. Just saying…
Your rebreathing bacteria. Yes it weakens you immune system, just like bleach bombing your surroundings and
Washing your hands with rubbing alcohol 20 times a day weakens your immune system. Fact
Too many armchair critics with all the answers, FACT
Yes they do its science.. Everything the health department advises weakens your immune system. Iver santization. Masks. Gloves. All of it. If it doesnt strengthen it it weakens it. Facts. Fight me.
75% of the population has it – FOG
Less than 1% of the human population has been infected by SARS-Cov2.
We have only tested 1% Brian ……not saying my percentage is accurate, but I might not be too far off by the time this all plays out.
So, you just admitted you made it up and have no idea what you’re talking about.
No FOG, you’re over 74% off, equaling an indistinguishable difference of 100% inaccuracy of your statement.
Why not spend a little time researching and making worthwhile comments, as opposed to the flooding of inaccurate and negative comments we are used to seeing from you?
In places that have had been a “hot spot” like New York have an exposure rate of about 19%. https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/live-blog/2020-05-13-coronavirus-news-n1205916/ncrd1206251#blogHeader
Places that have strict measures in place like Hawaii, at .05% have low rates. https://www.hpr2.org/post/hawaii-antibody-tests-suggest-communitys-level-exposure-low#stream/0
Now Cuomo rejoicing that the lower rates of various groups using PPE show it works ignore the issue that New York has made significant progress, although a a serious cost in deaths, towards herd immunity, places like Hawaii are still as vulnerable as they were at the start and dare not relax restrictions. “While Ashton is glad that COVID-19 isn’t spreading in her hospitals, the low number raises some concerns. One is that not many of us have developed antibodies, so we’re nowhere near achieving what’s known as herd immunity.”
The issue is not so much the spread in current death rate between those who impose strict measures and those who don’t because in the end roughly the same number get infected and/or die either way. It just takes the strict enforcers so much longer to get there. The question about whether it is “best” to get it over sooner with lesser restrictions or let the infections drag on for a long time with strict restrictions remains not discussed because of the hyper partisan ship on both sides.
When FOG speaks of over-population and “75 percent of the population” having SARS-Cov2, I respond with World totals.
Thanks for your specifics.
Saying something in accurate in response to something said inaccurately does not further the discussion. Admittedly it take a lot of patience, restraint and perseverance to move forward against such tides.
“I want my barber, church, audiologist”…i want some exitement! Why waste “re-opening” on that?
First of all, cut your own hair, babies.
Secondly, you actually need someone to lead you in prayer? You can’t do that on your own? Please.
Finally, if you have an urgent need to be seen by an audiologist, then you’re probably a gray-haired geezer who doesn’t belong outside in the midst of others who may infect you with coronavirus. We wouldn’t want to see become another statistic. Just saying.
What? 100,000 dead Americans isn’t enough for these brainless Branch Covidians? These whackos need to go back to Waco where they belong!
🕯🌳Damn a bot talking common sense. 🖖🐸🌍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Freedom fighters are now whackos , hmmmm. And all the trump protesters? Hiding for another two years is the sensible thing to do? Shut down the economy for years? That’s your solution? Wen do we supposed to open up? When there is no more cases? People stop dying? Vaccine everyone? You know that not happening anytime soon right?
You waiting for the vaccine? Maybe they’ll sneak something like this into it for your own good. Do you really believe the globalist powers view you any differently than they do the Afghani mentioned in context? We are all expendable to the pwr elite.
https://youtu.be/-gfTqfVeLHw
I am completely sick and tired of these stupid jackasses screaming to open up the economy. Why are they wearing masks? I guess they can’t read, and don’t understand that the virus has killed over 90,000 people in this country, and two in Eureka. Go back to your caves jerks, you are not welcome!
You are aware that the economy is in the process of reopening, right? It always was supposed to, Newsom says we’re days away from reopening plans. it might shut back down in fall for the second wave unless they find out shutting it down hasn’t contained the spread or helped the election.
Mike, enjoy your case of the virus. Better yet, go to the casino that was sprayed down with the virus killer, and see if you get anything. Wake up man, the virus is still going strong and will only get worse with this early opening up of businesses, beaches, parks, etc. I frankly don’t care to die from the virus after reading about all the folks who have. A damn rotten way to leave this earth!
retired?
People gotta work, buddy!
Stay home and enjoy your golden years, the rest need to make ends meet.
Hard to make ends meet when you are dead!
Then you ain’t got nothin to worry about !
No one gets out of here alive, some people don’t have enough money saved and the government is giving money to the wrong people, those who Don’t need it.
I just gotca check from Image comics, thanks for the advertising.
It’s a great comic book.
I appreciate the fandom you express.
“Because we might die….”. 99 ways to die.
I think they shouldn’t open shit ..there fuckin stupid theres still postive cases and that’s really stupid we only had like a few cases now because no body taking it SERIOUSLY wtf
WTF, exactly, my friend.
WTF indeed.
P.S. – Anyone But Trump 2020! (Oh crap, if the boss Vladdie P. sees that I am going straight to Siberia!)
https://freopp.org/estimating-the-risk-of-death-from-covid-19-vs-influenza-or-pneumonia-by-age-630aea3ae5a9
[Quote]
Putting COVID-19 fatalities in context. Based on 2016 figures from the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics, and assuming 150,000 total U.S. deaths from COVID-19 in 2020, deaths from the novel coronavirus would rank between 4th and 7th as a cause of death among working-age adults. For age brackets above 25, the grey-shaded areas indicate causes of death that would be less frequent than COVID-19. (Graphic: National Center for Injury Prevention & Control; A. Roy / FREOPP.)
Ummm… what are you referencing? Is that a counterpoint to the data above?
It’s your months of obfuscating the reality by playing any number game you can with lives while ignoring the measures taken to save as many as possible.
In a kinder words.
Texting and driving results in more deaths…. but I still see morons texting n driving. Must be an essential.
But is that chart taking into account the physical distancing measures taken and closures of travel and businesses?
[Quote]
Comparing the relative risk of death from COVID-19 vs. influenza or pneumonia. Estimating relative risk is highly dependent upon the ultimate lethality of COVID-19, which is unknown at this time. Nonetheless, a clear pattern emerges from what we know, in which those under aged 25 are at the lowest risk of death from COVID-19, relative to influenza or pneumonia. (Source: National Center for Health Statistics; A. Roy / FREOPP)
Will we social distance in the future soup lines we are creating now?
Get an essential skill socialist
Running a casino into the ground in Atlantic City is essential? Only if your name is Diaper Donald using the casino as a means for laundering Russian mafia money.
Hey Diaper Don, my boss Vladimir Putin said keep up the great work!
OPEN, OPEN, OPEN!!
Open, Open, Open your tax records.
Yeah, let’s focus on trumps tax returns. That seems a priority of the left in this “crisis.” Lol
The tax records Lois Learner @ the IRS weaponized against the republicans?
And got away with it.
Lets look at the Dems that didn’t get Audited.
I have no problem with that.
4 years ago, Diaper Dump Trump PROMISED to release his taxes after his so-called (made up) audit ended. So what’s up, Trump? You lying sack of Russian-controlled crap!
California is finally becoming a RED state again!!
Delusional much, Diaper Donald?
It is worth knowing that the people who comment here are not representative of the population of this country. MOST of us support the stay at home orders, even at our own economic peril. Most of us want to protect the vulnerable. Most of us are willing to wait til there is effective treatment or a vaccine, which by the way most of us will be willing to take.
Sleep well, stay safe, wear your mask, wash your hands. Love your neighbors as yourselves.
So, are you Doggo too? How many accounts do you have to copypasta the same rhetoric? Can’t you at least change it a little, so it’s not obvious that you’re just repeating the same tired opinion?
EVERY post on this subject of Covid-19
has long become
a tired w-o-r-n out regurgitation.
A thread where quite a few write their own articles of w-o-r-n out regurgitated poop-pile speel.
Sweet, posting as multiple commentators to appear as though people agree with you is sad. You really have that much time on your hands? Ok Karen.
Half of humboldt county are antivaxxers anyway, and won’t take the vaccine. Because they don’t want to be good at art.
Alex Jones from the far-Right plus KMUD Radio from the far-Left have turned a lot of Humboldt County residents on both sides of the political spectrum into idiots on the vaccination issue, not to mention other issues which will no doubt come up in discussion on this blog soon enough.
I just love how KMUD Radio talk show hosts hold public discussions over the air about medical issues without ever actually inviting a medical expert on any of their shows. Brilliant! NOT.
But if you’re an unmediated paranoid schizophrenic with your own blog, KMUD will be calling you some time today to talk about 5G being “the real culprit”.
The song remains the same, in a few weak men.
Some people have deep roots in this country.
Some people are native and pilgrims.
Some come from a mixture of the two.
Some people understand the context of oppression by the family story passed down for generations, and the many wars that were fought to establish and maintain independence.
Trust in “God”.
Tie up your horse.
Some people understand the 19th Century ended a long time ago, Tex.
This report is untruthful. I was at a rally two weeks ago and there were easily over a hundred people. Fake news here. CNN has a desk for you, Ms. Kemp.
Can you show me a media report that has that info? I checked other medias.
I was there and there were like a thousand of us. Just wait till we start shifting the movement to fight traffic lights. If you dont start opening everything up we’re gonna shut it down.
The NRA is the National Road Association lobby.
We have billions going to fight the unconstitutional taking of our rights to travel.
No more stop signs, traffic lights, speed limits and absolutely no DUI laws.
The socialists have been trying to take the roads away, but no longer will this happen without resistance..
And machine guns mounted on Dodge Caravans too?
Machine Guns mounted on All Terrain Vehicles?
Diaper Donald Trump’s even newer campaign slogan is “MAKE AMERICA MAD MAX”.
P.S. – My boss Vladimir Putin says Trump the Chump is doing an amazing job. That I can tell you. Believe me.
You’d think there would be pictures of a group of 1,000 protestors. One picture? If 1,000 people turn up for anything in Humboldt, there are photos plastered all over every news outlet and social media. You must have been doing some effective social distancing to avoid being pictured together.
How fortunate we must be for so many people to think this is what oppression looks like. We have never appeared so weak and stupid to the global community. We’re damaging our international political position, because the rest of the world wonders why we would endanger our own lives and those of our neighbors because we can’t handle basic universal public health recommendations to reduce transmission of a deadly virus. Before you tell me to “go back to” someplace I’ve never been, their borders are probably closed to Americans because we’ve forgotten how to put the greater good over our own minor inconveniences.
I’ll keep wearing a mask because I don’t want to harm others and it’s so easy. Maybe they can’t choose to stay home even if they’re afraid of dying because some asymptomatic freedom fighter thinks their convenience is more important than human lives, as long as they’re other humans.
Was it confirmed that the sign comparing pandemic masking to slavery was held by a local teacher?
A local racist moron obviously. How does a White person think it’s OK to brandish a sign like that in public and be upset afterwards about the public noticing how racist that White whack job is?
Wearing a mask temporarily and in only certain public settings to SAVE PEOPLE’s LIVES is somehow equivalent to SLAVERY? WTF?!?!
If that moron is a teacher she should be suspended ASAP.
The sky is falling!
Russia loves you Diaper Donald! My boss Vladimir Putin says keep on killing Americans by the hundreds of thousands with your idiotic insanity and brain dead B.S. Our next shipment of rubles is on its way to Trump Tower as we speak. Stay strong, puppet “President” Trump!
A few satirical posts add salt to the mixture. Too many and it overwhelms everything else. Slow it down a bit.
Is this satire? I feel I have a pretty good grasp on the nuances of quality satire.
“You are pathetic… freak… idiot.
P.S. – …weirdo.”
Sounds like an old friend:-)
If you don’t have a problem with the mass meme above but do with the individual satire crafted for this site, then possibly your politics align with one and not the other.
That said, I’ve deleted a number of Russian bot’s pieces.
I don’t have a problem with any of it. Had you not deleted my satire in defense of you on another infamous story-
‘It’s better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than open it and remove all doubt’
– I wouldn’t have brought it up. Duplicitous application of your policy on your site is your right.
If someone is calling another commenter stupid, that should be deleted. If I’ve missed that with Russian Bot, point it out. But here, it appears to be an assault, as does the meme above, upon a general culture.
“Assault”? Assault is specifically physical so I don’t know what you mean.
“You are pathetic… freak… idiot.
P.S. – …weirdo.” Appeared to be directed at me, not a generalized insult. I asked for clarification from Mr.Bot without reply.
Trolling does not equal satire.
Hyperbole does not equal “assault”.
I believe that was deleted. Let me go check.
It was. Sometimes comments slip through that need to be moderated. That was one. I caught it later and it was deleted.
The comment section is often overwhelmed by lemons. (Without you saying it)
Someone is making lemonaide.
I find the balance to be measured and delightful.
Lets be real. The trump sticker at the end only sums them up:
Frightened and unbelievably misinformed people who think their ‘right’ to gather and pray is more important than the lives of others.
Its just hard to understand on any level, what it is that these people dont get about death and dying and how viruses spread and kill people. I love my business, but if I’m dead its kinda moot, you know?
Seriously, Evangelicals and Fundamentalists. You can’t worship the Almighty without pastoral supervision? Are you sure you’re Protestants?
Awfully Catholic of you, actually. Do you require a supposedly celibate man to stuff a tasteless wafer in your mouth, followed by a swig of grape juice?
Bot,
So, what do you live for?
Just to try to agitate people?
For what purpose?
What harm are they doing to you?
Who is your next hated group when you’re done with Christians?
Jews, Muslims, Buddhists?
Aren’t you free to believe what you want to believe.
Not all sickness is a virus, sometimes it’s something self imposed.
Like stinkin thinkin.
Perhaps you need a check up from the neck up!
Speaking truth to ignorance.
Please, just wear a mask for goodness sake. For the sake of everyone. It’s not hard to do and :gasp: it’s helping others. Golly. What a place to start…
My closest friend, a brother really, works in the funeral business far, far from humboldt. He’s knows a thing or two about rates of death, infectious disease, etc. He’s a dude who when he started at 21, had to literally scrape another 21 year old off the pavement due to a motorcycle accident. He’s scared shit right now. We talked this morning and he doesn’t usually talk shop these days, but he said, “there were 2 covid removals yesterday, 2 the day before, 2 today.” A few weeks back, they were running out of body bags.
Please, everyone, take good care
Did you notice California’s number are up with infected and fatalities? People are becoming too lazy. We are still too far from non infecting. This virus can still jump up and bite you. Like driving on slippery roads it is best to slow down and be carefull. A second come back will put this country into a longer “stay at home” mandate. We could be looking at the Fall time or even later. People will lose all levels of civility. One can see cracks in the armor already. People taking their lives in their own hands by just getting out and riding their bicycles and walking with anger. I’ve seen one argument at WINCO between two shoppers because one shopper wasn’t moving her shopping cart out of the way and was blocking the aisle. Relax, take a breath. No one is going anywhere fast. Are you really going to miss the cable TV channels selling a bunch of crap at inflated prices or football games from ten years ago? Relax and lower your heart beat. It would be a shame for you to have a heart attack and die before you contract covid-19.