It's difficult not to think about it, since it's in our face 24/7.
I'm in what has been declared to be the highest risk group: 60+
So, I'm taking what I consider to be practical precautions. I'm also waiting and seeing... while I look at impacts around the world.
Some of them are pretty bad.
Facebook is filled with conspiracy theories written by people who have no more idea about this issue than they do on how to perform and abdominal resection.
Many of these posts are pure bullshit, comparing long since dead outbreak totals with the Corona virus impacts which have just started.
Those "comparisons" are statistically irrelevant and frequently use completely outdated numbers to "prove" their point.
The policy of this group is to keep all posts up, excluding those that we get warned about: neither of us will risk the continuation of the group to satisfy the desire of people to spread their perspective around the internet. And that includes the high volume of posts from those who are merely parroting what they've been told.
They post this stuff, it would seem, in an effort to convince people that their position is right.
For most of my life, I've been hearing or seeing a variation of the that same theme concerning Christianity.
If Christianity doesn't exist... then what harm has been caused by living a Christian life, or as close to it as possible?
If Christianity DOES exist... well, we've been acquainted with the harm that guessing wrong will cause you.
Which brings me to why I wrote this post.
THIS post, for example, is designed to be informative, not to tell you what or how to think.
MY conclusions, therefore, are mine alone. You, of course may, and no doubt will, think what you want. That's up to you.
But here's the reality: I'm not remotely interested in conspiracy theories concerning this issue.
Rightly or wrongly, We The People voted Inslee the power to respond the way he has in a recent election. Look up SJR8200, which WE passed by a 2:1 margin, granting the governor emergency powers, my thoughts of his idiotic political actions aside
There are many who feel both Inslee and the President have acted unconstitutionally. There are many, historically, who felt that Lincoln and Roosevelt acted unconstitutionally when they suspended habeas corpus.
The Supreme Court disagreed.
People are dying. ONE death is one too many. The nature of these responses to these deaths is based on the unknown. NO ONE knows how many will be infected. NO ONE knows how many will die from this.
I find myself in the position of supporting the actions of government in this matter for a few simple reasons.
1. Here in Washington State, WE gave Inslee these powers. We cannot, on one hand, enable him to do these things and then bitch when he does them.
2. NO ONE has a complete handle on this issue. Both sides quote doctors and articles and everything that goes with it. Both sides "prove" their points.
3. Many of these same attitudes have been expressed on a variety of issues, such as HIV and so forth.
I don't know a whole lot about medicine. And as a result, I've adopted a "wait and see" attitude.
I may be wrong. But I'm not willing to bet my life or anyone else's on it.
By all means, think what you like. As for me?
When the alternative is martial law?
I'll get over it.
And, BTW? Leave Franklin out of it.
(If you have any better ideas, then feel free to put them here. But coming across like an anti-vaxxer won't help your case.)
I'm in what has been declared to be the highest risk group: 60+
So, I'm taking what I consider to be practical precautions. I'm also waiting and seeing... while I look at impacts around the world.
Some of them are pretty bad.
Facebook is filled with conspiracy theories written by people who have no more idea about this issue than they do on how to perform and abdominal resection.
Many of these posts are pure bullshit, comparing long since dead outbreak totals with the Corona virus impacts which have just started.
Those "comparisons" are statistically irrelevant and frequently use completely outdated numbers to "prove" their point.
The policy of this group is to keep all posts up, excluding those that we get warned about: neither of us will risk the continuation of the group to satisfy the desire of people to spread their perspective around the internet. And that includes the high volume of posts from those who are merely parroting what they've been told.
They post this stuff, it would seem, in an effort to convince people that their position is right.
For most of my life, I've been hearing or seeing a variation of the that same theme concerning Christianity.
If Christianity doesn't exist... then what harm has been caused by living a Christian life, or as close to it as possible?
If Christianity DOES exist... well, we've been acquainted with the harm that guessing wrong will cause you.
Which brings me to why I wrote this post.
THIS post, for example, is designed to be informative, not to tell you what or how to think.
MY conclusions, therefore, are mine alone. You, of course may, and no doubt will, think what you want. That's up to you.
But here's the reality: I'm not remotely interested in conspiracy theories concerning this issue.
Rightly or wrongly, We The People voted Inslee the power to respond the way he has in a recent election. Look up SJR8200, which WE passed by a 2:1 margin, granting the governor emergency powers, my thoughts of his idiotic political actions aside
There are many who feel both Inslee and the President have acted unconstitutionally. There are many, historically, who felt that Lincoln and Roosevelt acted unconstitutionally when they suspended habeas corpus.
The Supreme Court disagreed.
People are dying. ONE death is one too many. The nature of these responses to these deaths is based on the unknown. NO ONE knows how many will be infected. NO ONE knows how many will die from this.
I find myself in the position of supporting the actions of government in this matter for a few simple reasons.
1. Here in Washington State, WE gave Inslee these powers. We cannot, on one hand, enable him to do these things and then bitch when he does them.
2. NO ONE has a complete handle on this issue. Both sides quote doctors and articles and everything that goes with it. Both sides "prove" their points.
3. Many of these same attitudes have been expressed on a variety of issues, such as HIV and so forth.
I don't know a whole lot about medicine. And as a result, I've adopted a "wait and see" attitude.
I may be wrong. But I'm not willing to bet my life or anyone else's on it.
By all means, think what you like. As for me?
When the alternative is martial law?
I'll get over it.
And, BTW? Leave Franklin out of it.
(If you have any better ideas, then feel free to put them here. But coming across like an anti-vaxxer won't help your case.)
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