More serious than I may have thought

Originally Posted by Patriot76

The last post was in the middle of March and the Coronavirus lives on affecting the economic, health and social lives throughout the nation. It has also become a political issue with conflicting views as to it's dangers. Living in two states that did not issue stay at home orders, our lives did not change drastically. Some businesses started curb side delivery, but no one was required to do anything beyond using common sense. Life went on as usual as other parts of the country were devastated.

Today I went to Menards and found out they instituted a required mask policy, which is their right. Strange thing was the majority of customers refused to enter the store because of the policy. I was using the KIOS to print receipts which was allowed without a mask and saw at least fifty people leave instead of buying a mask in less than 15 minutes. Some customers already had a mask and others did buy a mask, but this was by far the minority. Some of the individuals that bought masks immediately lowered them once they were beyond the entrance. This was the first day of the policy and they had not advertised their new policy very well.

To give you a perspective of our situation, our governor hosted an 4th of July celebration at Mt. Rushmore that did not require social distancing or masks that included the president of the Untied States. She then boarded Air Force One with the president even after being exposed to two individuals that week that tested positive for the Coronavirus. The next week she rode in a parade for a bull riders rodeo that did not require social distancing or masks. To my knowledge she still has not tested positive for the virus.

Bottom line is that there has not been a surge of positive tests after these two events although many individuals from surrounding states attended. Why have the protests not caused a surge, but attending college football games could be a game changer for spreading the virus. I am totally confused why Wyoming and South Dakota are immune to the impact it is having on other parts of the nation. I also know our time could come in the near future and if that happens the majority of our citizens will voluntarily do the right thing. Maybe it is because we do not count everyone that came into contact with a person that tests positive as also being positive.



We have had protests, but not the rioting and looting. Not one statue has been vandalized or destroyed even though we have a statue of every president in Rapid City. Is this because Wyoming has the highest gun ownership per capita ratio and South Dakota ranks high? Maybe it is because we could not find an impartial jury for those charged with such a crime. End of rant after one last question:

What are your plans after the November election and the pandemic is forgotten and another crisis takes over our daily lives?

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Yes everyone is taking it differently and parts of the country that are sparsely populated are less effected. However in the more (or even mildly) populated areas of the country it is an issue. Most people around me know someone who has had it and either been hospitalized or died, so it is a very real threat, even if your anecdotal evidence of one person not getting it makes it seem otherwise. People say

"oh well if you don't want to catch it just stay home, Im not wearing a mask"

But when people say "if you don't want to wear a mask, just stay home" the no-maskers get all angry. Or when businesses say you cant come in my store without a mask, the no-maskers feel like its their right to be able to go into any private business they want, when it is not. This is America, and if business doesn't want you on their property or as a customer, tough-luck (assuming the reason that they dont want you is not discriminatory/a protected class, which in this case, it is not).

I already had corona so I don't really care one way or another, Im less likely to re-get it and if I do Ive proven I can fight it off. But I still wear a mask when out in public just so other people around me arent uncomfortable. I dont need the attention of being the only person in a place without a mask.

It doesnt seem like a political thing to me it seems like a machismo thing to me "look how tough I am with an unobstructed mouth, Im not afraid of no virus".. or "No ones gunna tell ME what to do! Im the most important person around!" ... but everything now-a-days is a political statement so... meh

Originally Posted by kss

Yes everyone is taking it differently and parts of the country that are sparsely populated are less effected. However in the more (or even mildly) populated areas of the country it is an issue. Most people around me know someone who has had it and either been hospitalized or died, so it is a very real threat, even if your anecdotal evidence of one person not getting it makes it seem otherwise. People say

"oh well if you don't want to catch it just stay home, Im not wearing a mask"

But when people say "if you don't want to wear a mask, just stay home" the no-maskers get all angry. Or when businesses say you cant come in my store without a mask, the no-maskers feel like its their right to be able to go into any private business they want, when it is not. This is America, and if business doesn't want you on their property or as a customer, tough-luck (assuming the reason that they dont want you is not discriminatory/a protected class, which in this case, it is not).

I already had corona so I don't really care one way or another, Im less likely to re-get it and if I do Ive proven I can fight it off. But I still wear a mask when out in public just so other people around me arent uncomfortable. I dont need the attention of being the only person in a place without a mask.

It doesnt seem like a political thing to me it seems like a machismo thing to me "look how tough I am with an unobstructed mouth, Im not afraid of no virus".. or "No ones gunna tell ME what to do! Im the most important person around!" ... but everything now-a-days is a political statement so... meh

For me, it is not some "machismo thing". It is an "I'm not going to let this control my life" thing. Cars crash every day and I still drive a car. People get cuts and die from infections every day, and I still break down dirty as hell stuff to get the scrap. If you are concerned about a cold that kills even the dying at less than 1%, then you stay inside. To keep the healthy confined, is backwards in my opinion. If someone is so scared they worry about being around other people, they are the ones who need to sequester. It is the right of the worried to imprison themselves, it is not the right of the worried to imprison others to satisfy their fear. Logic tells me that wearing a mask to protect me from a virus is akin to putting up a chainlink fence to keep mosquitoes out of my yard. Also, a mask is not going to keep your hands clean in public and prevent transmission through contact. As far as I am concerned, let the healthy go about their lives and let the compromised and scared wear a mask and stay in their homes and keep the sick away from public and wearing the protection.