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I'm not excusing Musk's decsion, but I will say that lots of places are ignoring the shelter in place request. Residential construction workers are still puttin

by scurvy 7y ago

I'm not excusing Musk's decsion, but I will say that lots of places are ignoring the shelter in place request. Residential construction workers are still putting up drywall, laying tiles, etc. Parts of the city have the usual number of people on the street you'd expect on a weekday. Tourists are walking around. High end coffee shops are still selling $6 lattes. I went to the doctor and the pharmacist and was surprised at the amount of people milling about. Definitely no 6 feet of social distancing either. While the public works construction crews are exempt from this, maybe they can fix Van Ness while everyone's cooped up?

cjhopman 7y ago
> I'm not excusing Musk's decsion, lots of places are ignoring the shelter in place request Wow, really? Let's take a look at your examples. > Residential construction workers are still putting up drywall, laying tiles, etc. Residential construction is exempted. > High end coffee shops are still selling $6 lattes. coffee shops are exempted for take-out and delivery. > the doctor and the pharmacist and was surprised at the amount of people milling about Doctor's offices and pharmacists are exempted.
- scurvy 7y ago
  > coffee shops are exempted for take-out and delivery. > Residential construction is exempted. That's some very essential services there. My point is that the number of exclusions make this policy a joke. It's not a serious effort. It's half-arsed at best. It's not going to work. > Doctor's offices and pharmacists are exempted. I know, that's why I went.
  - xkjkls 7y ago
    > That's some very essential services there. People need food and retail workers need employment.
    - scurvy 7y ago
      Now you're picking winners and losers. These people get to work but those people can't. Bad situation.
      - xkjkls 7y ago
        How am I picking winners and losers? We should try to keep any business open that doesn't unnecessarily increase the spread of the virus.
  - cjhopman 7y ago
    > My point is that the number of exclusions make this policy a joke Bullshit. You are changing your stance once it was called out as wrong. These were your examples for "I will say that lots of places are ignoring the shelter in place request". Doing things that are exempted from the request isn't ignoring it.
    - scurvy 7y ago
      Wrong, and let's try to keep things civil. You clearly missed the point and are dying on a hill not worth it. I'm not alone in my disgust about people's activity during the lockdown: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/03/18/coronavirus-cnn-sanjay-gupta/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/03/18/coronavirus...
- yingw787 7y ago
  I believe halfway-built residential construction, when left for a long period of time, not only becomes a total loss due to exposure to the elements, but also structurally unstable and a danger to life and limb in surroundings areas. I remember a few years back North Carolina had a windstorm and it knocked down a partially built apartment complex, because the roof beams weren't installed and it was just a bunch of trusses.
  - scurvy 7y ago
    Yeah these people are remodeling bathrooms. They're not even living there. Also, lol at new construction in San Francisco! ;)
    - yingw787 7y ago
      I thought dogpatch had some buildings go up, seemed new-ish when I went there. Might all topple into the bay when The Big One hits because it's built on a trash heap, but construction is construction ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

by scurvy 7y ago

cjhopman 7y ago

> I'm not excusing Musk's decsion, lots of places are ignoring the shelter in place request Wow, really? Let's take a look at your examples. > Residential construction workers are still putting up drywall, laying tiles, etc. Residential construction is exempted. > High end coffee shops are still selling $6 lattes. coffee shops are exempted for take-out and delivery. > the doctor and the pharmacist and was surprised at the amount of people milling about Doctor's offices and pharmacists are exempted.

scurvy 7y ago
> coffee shops are exempted for take-out and delivery. > Residential construction is exempted. That's some very essential services there. My point is that the number of exclusions make this policy a joke. It's not a serious effort. It's half-arsed at best. It's not going to work. > Doctor's offices and pharmacists are exempted. I know, that's why I went.
- xkjkls 7y ago
  > That's some very essential services there. People need food and retail workers need employment.
  - scurvy 7y ago
    Now you're picking winners and losers. These people get to work but those people can't. Bad situation.
    - xkjkls 7y ago
      How am I picking winners and losers? We should try to keep any business open that doesn't unnecessarily increase the spread of the virus.
- cjhopman 7y ago
  > My point is that the number of exclusions make this policy a joke Bullshit. You are changing your stance once it was called out as wrong. These were your examples for "I will say that lots of places are ignoring the shelter in place request". Doing things that are exempted from the request isn't ignoring it.
  - scurvy 7y ago
    Wrong, and let's try to keep things civil. You clearly missed the point and are dying on a hill not worth it. I'm not alone in my disgust about people's activity during the lockdown: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/03/18/coronavirus-cnn-sanjay-gupta/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/03/18/coronavirus...
yingw787 7y ago
I believe halfway-built residential construction, when left for a long period of time, not only becomes a total loss due to exposure to the elements, but also structurally unstable and a danger to life and limb in surroundings areas. I remember a few years back North Carolina had a windstorm and it knocked down a partially built apartment complex, because the roof beams weren't installed and it was just a bunch of trusses.
- scurvy 7y ago
  Yeah these people are remodeling bathrooms. They're not even living there. Also, lol at new construction in San Francisco! ;)
  - yingw787 7y ago
    I thought dogpatch had some buildings go up, seemed new-ish when I went there. Might all topple into the bay when The Big One hits because it's built on a trash heap, but construction is construction ¯\_(ツ)_/¯