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It's sort of weird to hear everyone talking about how social distancing is now the norm, when in the last few days up through today, there have been viral video
by notJim 7y ago
It's sort of weird to hear everyone talking about how social distancing is now the norm, when in the last few days up through today, there have been viral videos of massive crowds at airports, bars, and beaches. The governor of West Virginia just held a press conference encouraging people to go out to eat at restaurants. Several states are supposed to have democratic primary elections tomorrow. I didn't watch the debates, but apparently candidates were encouraging their supporters to go out and vote.
- Waterluvian 7y agoThat's still happening at a massive scale. I think it's fair to say that advising social distancing is the norm. But actually doing it very much isn't yet.
- anchpop 7y agoTelling the population to do social distancing and hoping they actually follow through is a fool's game. Several states have realized this and started taking measures into their own hands. This includes closing all resturaunts, schools and movie theaters. What they should do next is give the police P95 masks and disposable gloves and train them to use them. This would allow them to have the police drive around and distribute food to families that need it so they don't have to go to the store. They should also heavily incentivize all businesses to give their employees time paid off right now, or allow their employees to work from home.
- kazagistar 7y agoIt's up to the states to either postpone the elections or ramp up infrastructure to ensure they can be done safely (more polling places for no long lines, multi day elections to reduce the rush, lots of cleainging supplies with cleaning between votes, etc). But saying people shouldn't vote at all is antidemocratic. Why not shut down the national election as well and just give it to (candidate you dont like)?
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