Re: A better way to handle the Coronavirus Crisis?
[Re: KeithC]
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03/18/20 06:04 PM
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The idea of socially distancing yourself shouldn’t mean front seat to back seat. Nor should it mean dancing in a place that might get you the cough of a lifetime. Really guys, staying home and out of crowds for a while isn’t going to kill us. But being in crowds with a bunch at the bar, dance floor, or even in a vehicle could be the beginning of a fast end.
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Re: A better way to handle the Coronavirus Crisis?
[Re: KeithC]
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03/18/20 07:28 PM
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Typhoid Mary didn't get Typhoid Fever either, but she sure did spread it around. Kids mixing it up at school pick it up and take it home to their younger parents that go to work at a restaurant or factory or a place where they come in contact with lots of people. You have got to break the chain or flatten the curve. Locking us over 60 people up because it's no big deal doesn't seem like a good plan to me. But that's just my opinion. You have got to slow down the spread.
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Re: A better way to handle the Coronavirus Crisis?
[Re: KeithC]
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03/18/20 08:05 PM
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I'd like to see you get those tman members over 65 to go to a nursing home over this, LOL.
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Re: A better way to handle the Coronavirus Crisis?
[Re: KeithC]
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03/18/20 08:09 PM
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Some nursing homes are pretty nice,only problem-too many old people there.
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Re: A better way to handle the Coronavirus Crisis?
[Re: KeithC]
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03/18/20 08:42 PM
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Keith my 85 year old dad suggested something very similar. He and my 82 year old mom live at home. He just figured it better for young folk to develop an immunity while old folks avoid crowds and such. Think he figures it's better for old folks to lay low than it is to quarantine young folks and crash the economy. Since he grew up on the backside of the Great Depression I don't think he wishes for anybody to have to live like that.
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Re: A better way to handle the Coronavirus Crisis?
[Re: KeithC]
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03/18/20 09:59 PM
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There is no easy solution to this pandemic. People are going to be angry, hurt financially, even bankrupted and some will die, no matter what is done at this point. I think the best thing to do is to prevent the largest number of people from having their lives destroyed.
I realize that some Americans still work past 65, most do not. I also realize that most, but not all older Americans are better off financially than younger working Americans, many of whom live pay check to pay check.
The current slow down of the disease is causing experts to predict this crisis will last 18 to 24 months in the US. I understand that slowing down the spread, to avoid overwhelming our medical system will save more at risk lives. The problem is that many, many more lives will be ruined as people go broke and we are forced into socialism.
No one person is going to be able to come up with a complete solution to the pandemic. Many people working together will solve it.
The reason I phrased the post title and first sentences as questions, is that I wanted constructive input. People need to pull together to work on a solution, not get angered because they mistakenly think they are being picked on because of their age. The solution will likely still be inconvient for many or even all of us.
Keith
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Re: A better way to handle the Coronavirus Crisis?
[Re: BillyTraps]
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15% seems like a small number...until you do the math 15% is a huge number of people, but much less than 100%, who suffer otherwise. We need to be in triage mode. There is not going to be any perfect solution, just better or worse ones. I am glad I am not the president. Keith
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Re: A better way to handle the Coronavirus Crisis?
[Re: KeithC]
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03/19/20 12:57 AM
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Keith I take your point and for one am not angry in the least. Just pointing out that there are a lot of people that are past 60 that are an integral part of the solution. Just saw a clip on Fox about a daughter and her father who is a doctor in the ER at seventy something and lovin’ it. She said she knows he’s still going strong and will never retire. Also saw a young man on spring break on a beach somewhere tell the interviewer he was not concerned about getting the bug. He figured he would get it and so would the interviewer. When she asked if he was concerned about infecting someone else with a higher risk factor he just said no. Agree with you that we are all in this together and the struggle will be won by a combination of many from all walks of life pulling together.
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Re: A better way to handle the Coronavirus Crisis?
[Re: KeithC]
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03/19/20 01:13 AM
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I also called dispatch and told them that if they had plenty of drivers to cover the loads that I would “volunteer “ to take the day off. As I have started receiving one part of my retirement benefits I figure missing a day of work will not effect me as much as it would one of the “younger “ guys LOL. I think the youngest driver we have is about 49. Anyway hope everyone stays safe and well as possible. MAY GOD BLESS AMERICA AND MAKE HER BURDENS BE LIGHT.
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Re: A better way to handle the Coronavirus Crisis?
[Re: KeithC]
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Your post almost sounds as if you're suggesting that older people should give up their lives, so that your's won't be interrupted!
Yes, older people should do what they can to avoid catching this, but that in no way should include committing themselves to a nursing home to do so!
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