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  3. Coronavirus

    in Colonial Crester's Corner

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    13 minutes ago, Hoosierhoopster said:

    Yeah. Was just in the grocery store and this idiot in line ahead of me was maskless. The clerk asked him if he was scared of getting Covid - kind of an indirect way of saying what’s your problem. He had a flip response bout being shot at in Nam. Way to consider others. 
    My mother made the decision not to travel out here from IN for Thanksgiving. Wish she could make it but it’s the right decision 

    I hate stupid people. 

    The guy in the store, not your mother. 😁

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  8. Coronavirus

    in Colonial Crester's Corner

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    2 hours ago, IUskim said:

    I actually have first hand knowledge of this. Way back when quarantine was really stringent and first started I live in a different state but work in Indiana. My employer gave me a certified notarized letter deeming me “essential” that I had to keep in my car at all times in case I was pulled over while entering or exiting the state. 

    I know it's likely neccassary,  but that just feels icky. Needing documentation to travel from state to state.

    We are living in some weird times.

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    Coronavirus

    in Colonial Crester's Corner

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    HSN,

    First, thank you. The vast majority of you have handled this difficult and divisive topic respectfully.

    The mods have come to a few conclusions. Deviating from our norm, we feel it is important to publicly inform the community.

    We made a difficult decision to ban RTZ, who we all know has been a long time member. Regardless, we want to convey to all of you that we are serious about our rules and culture. We also want everybody to know we value each of you. When anybody so blatantly breaks the rules and gets that personal, we have to act decisively. This protects our culture as well as showing our members we will not tolerate personal attacks against any of you. Regardless of who it is from.

    We are going to reopen this thread. It does serve a purpose. 

    Just be respectful of the rules and each other. Debate and discuss, as most of you have.

    Obviously this will be monitored very closely.

    Again, thank you all. We do not take the community or individual for granted. 

    Carry on.

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  15. Coronavirus

    in Colonial Crester's Corner

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    8 minutes ago, 5fouls said:

    I think shutting it down would be a disservice to those that have participated and kept politics out of it.  We learn a lot from sharing each others experiences on how to cope with the situation, 

    Hopefully temporary.  I am covered at work. Ending it now until I, or felllow mods, can properly address.

    Its a shame, really.

  16. Coronavirus

    in Colonial Crester's Corner

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    I am closing this for now. Some of you long time posters are blatantly making a mockery of this forum and the rules. May as well flip the middle finger to all the mods who have tried to let the community act civilly. 

    I have no time right now to edit and clean. And damn those of you who even make it necessary. 

    The lack or respect frankly just pisses me off. 

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  17. Coronavirus

    in Colonial Crester's Corner

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    7 hours ago, Reacher said:

    First toilet paper now printers? My wifes work printer died so we headed out last night to get a replacement. Costco had none. Walmart had none. Best buy was closed so went home to look online. Many on Amazon not available for 4-6 weeks. Ordered a B&W one that we found even though not exactly what we wanted. Apparently a combination of people getting them for their home offices and for kids being schooled at home.  I've also heard certain appliances, especially refrigerators, are hard to come by. 

    Appliances are a nightmare. Refrigerators are fairly tough for us to get. Washers/dryers are next to impossible.  Likely that way for the rest of the year. Its starting to tax our business for sure.

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  24. Coronavirus

    in Colonial Crester's Corner

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    26 minutes ago, tdhoosier said:

    This may seem like an odd request, but has anybody come across any good documentaries, articles, podcasts about the Spanish Flu or American history in the year 1918? 

    I just keep coming across little tibbits about that time and think it'd be interesting to hear more. I never knew until recently that the Spanish Flu did not come from Spain. The US and European media outlets were discouraged from reporting on it because the governments believed it detracted from the war efforts. Spain was the only country who reported on it, thus, it became known as the Spanish Flu. Also curious about what lead us into the roaring 20s, policy-wise or otherwise. 

    History tends to repeat itself. For some reason learning that we aren't completely in a new precedence historically brings me comfort. I don't know....I guess I'm weird. haha.

     

     

    This is a 20 to 30  minute documentary that came out just before COVID-19 took off. Mentions many past pandemics.

    I found it very interesting. And it does touch on the Spanish flu/war.

    If you have netflix, its a good, short watch.

     

    https://shadowandact.com/the-pandemic-episode-of-netflixs-explained-gave-us-an-eerie-coronavirus-warning

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  25. Coronavirus

    in Colonial Crester's Corner

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    14 minutes ago, Reacher said:

    Helpful info regarding the school debate- https://downloads.aap.org/AAP/PDF/AAP and CHA - Children and COVID-19 State Data Report 7.30.20 FINAL.pdf

    Includes state level data about kids tested, diagnosed, hospitalized and died from the American Academy of Pediatrics and Childrens Hospital Association. Current through July 30. 

    338,982 Child cases (out of 75 million+ child population) representing 8.8% of total cases, 0.03% of cases result in death (86 deaths). 

    For perspective, roughly 500 children die annually from the flu, 700 from drowning and 1200 from car accidents. 

    I know this doesn't address transmission to adults (teachers and family members) but all indications have thus far shown that is relatively minor. 

    We are going way overboard in closing schools- especially those in large cities / economically depressed areas. Studies show that the damage caused by such policies will be multiples worse than from Covid itself and possibly last a generation. 

    We have hard evidence here. We don't see kids that die of the flu and from drownings all over the national news. When a child covid death is a national news headline, that is a sign the media are out to manipulate emotions. Balanced reporting would include the data I presented above. 

    it is truly sick that people are taking advantage of children (don't tell me that kids will not suffer from not being in school) to promote their agendas- whatever they may be. We need to put a stop to that and get the facts reported accurately. 

    Slow down a bit guys. 

    We have been pretty loose in letting this thread stay organic.

    But a few of you keep stepping closer and closer to the line of political discussion.

    People taking advantage of children for an agenda?

    Thats pushing the limits of our discussion.

    Trump doctors this etc.

    You all can state your views on HCQ, schools, death rates etc.

    Just please stop purposefully seeing how far you can push it here. 

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