[stupac2]

We get it. You two DGAF. You can go golfing now, brighten up.

Yeah, that's it, Dabig . . . I don't give a *****.  
Never mind that people might say the same thing about you and your cohorts re: all those out of jobs, those with mental health issues whose situations are being exacerbated by lockdown, etc.

But you keep painting your little moral high ground picture in your mind, if it makes you feel better.
For me, I'll try harder to see "the light" being shone in these parts.    

P.S.  Not much of a golfer - maybe 2x/year.  But if I were, then I would definitely try to get out there.  I'm looking for reasons to get out and about; unlike The Enlightened in these parts, who are looking for reasons to stay inside.  And btw, on that front, no one is forcing you to go outside - and that will be true today, tomorrow, and well . . . forever (even after the SiP restrictions are lifted).  So no worries for you guys - you can hunker down and bunker in all the way till Kingdom Come.  Woo hoo!!

Did you look at the polling thread I started? Fully 2/3 of Americans agree that people shouldn't go back to work in our current state. The percentage is basically identical between people making <$50k and >$50k.

Did you read the article I linked titled "Reopening the economy won't save the economy"? Because I've never see you or Mick or any other SiP doubter engage with the arguments and explain why removing SiP would meaningfully help the economy. But basically, right now people are afraid. When people are afraid, they're not going to spend money on unnecessary purchases, and that virtually guarantees a recession of some form.

It's also perverse to expect people who are afraid of exposure to show up to jobs that virtually guarantee it, providing them meager healthcare, while exempting the business owners from liability. That situation is barbaric.

I think that the majority of us on here see SiP as an extremely unfortunate necessity, because we need to avoid turning into Lombardy or NYC, perhaps not at all costs, but at high cost (although I think the cost is less than you think it is, given the realities about what people will spend if SiP were lifted). We also think that the government at various levels should do whatever they can to ameliorate the situation for those most affected (some governments are doing this more effectively than others). No one is happy about this situation, and your continued characterization of people who aren't champing at the bit to remove SiP as eager to "hunker down until kingdom come" is asinine. I may as well say that you're just sociopathically eager to build your bank account over the skeletons of the poor. I don't think, and dearly hope, that's not true.

[stupac2]

We get it. You two DGAF. You can go golfing now, brighten up.

Yeah, that's it, Dabig . . . I don't give a *****.  
Never mind that people might say the same thing about you and your cohorts re: all those out of jobs, those with mental health issues whose situations are being exacerbated by lockdown, etc.

But you keep painting your little moral high ground picture in your mind, if it makes you feel better.
For me, I'll try harder to see "the light" being shone in these parts.    

P.S.  Not much of a golfer - maybe 2x/year.  But if I were, then I would definitely try to get out there.  I'm looking for reasons to get out and about; unlike The Enlightened in these parts, who are looking for reasons to stay inside.  And btw, on that front, no one is forcing you to go outside - and that will be true today, tomorrow, and well . . . forever (even after the SiP restrictions are lifted).  So no worries for you guys - you can hunker down and bunker in all the way till Kingdom Come.  Woo hoo!!

Did you look at the polling thread I started? Fully 2/3 of Americans agree that people shouldn't go back to work in our current state. The percentage is basically identical between people making <$50k and >$50k.

Did you read the article I linked titled "Reopening the economy won't save the economy"? Because I've never see you or Mick or any other SiP doubter engage with the arguments and explain why removing SiP would meaningfully help the economy. But basically, right now people are afraid. When people are afraid, they're not going to spend money on unnecessary purchases, and that virtually guarantees a recession of some form.

It's also perverse to expect people who are afraid of exposure to show up to jobs that virtually guarantee it, providing them meager healthcare, while exempting the business owners from liability. That situation is barbaric.

I think that the majority of us on here see SiP as an extremely unfortunate necessity, because we need to avoid turning into Lombardy or NYC, perhaps not at all costs, but at high cost (although I think the cost is less than you think it is, given the realities about what people will spend if SiP were lifted). We also think that the government at various levels should do whatever they can to ameliorate the situation for those most affected (some governments are doing this more effectively than others). No one is happy about this situation, and your continued characterization of people who aren't champing at the bit to remove SiP as eager to "hunker down until kingdom come" is asinine. I may as well say that you're just sociopathically eager to build your bank account over the skeletons of the poor. I don't think, and dearly hope, that's not true.