I don't even disagree with most of what you're saying, but good God that's a wide paintbrush. So much anger.
Social Distancing at ISU
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I don't even disagree with most of what you're saying, but good God that's a wide paintbrush. So much anger.
This is incorrect. Over 170,000 Americans have died of COVID in less than 6 months. That’s around a 1 in 2,000 chance of dying if a new disease over a less than 6 month period. You are flat out more likely to have died of COVID, let alone your “much much more” hyperbole.
Please just stop saying false things. You are by far the most consistently incorrect person on this site. C’mon man.
Ames City Council moves forward with mask mandate
The Ames City Council approved the drafting of a mask mandate on Tuesday for many buildings open to the public.
www.amestrib.com
I believe Argent was meaning that person in the video, which would be 1000% true. That idiot is far more likely to get killed doing something like that compared to the virus. He's more likely to get killed by a lot of other things than the virus.
He's obviously figured something out, having lived this long being an idiot, so maybe he's not more likely to die from that?
Statistically speaking, if you're constantly putting yourself in harms way like that, you are increasing the likelihood of something bad happening by a lot.
You also thought there would be no football.
You might regret saying that. Did you just jinx the season?
I really do hope they can have the season and do it safely. I’ve just doubted that can possibly happen. I’ve said that I hope I’m proven wrong.
Everything will probably hinge on the next 2-3 weeks. With all the students back on campus now, we will know in that time frame if there’s a big outbreak or not?
If there's a breakout within the team or within other teams, that's when I'll get worried about the season happening or not.
I may believe that if it wasn’t for his repeated posts of the same nature. It’s clear he is trying to push this theme and he has repeatedly posted false information on this subject.
His logic is off. Total unintentional deaths in the US is around 150,000 per year. That doesn't mean you're doing anything wrong either nor does it mean alcohol was involved. So as a whole, this virus has taken more lives than making stupid decisions.
For young adults and children though 25 or under, deaths due to the virus won't come close to deaths relating to poor decision making.
I wonder what department that instructor is in. In the department I work in (yes, I work at ISU) I can say every faculty member is taking this seriously. The department chair very much is stressing the importance of face coverings. Having said that, no doubt there are faculty who won't do what they are asked to do. Faculty are no different than students in that regards. Faculty are no different than the general population either.
If the team is in a “bubble” with no contact with the rest of the student population, then I’ll go with that too.
If they aren’t in a bubble, it will only be a matter of time until an outbreak on campus affects the team.
The bubble needs to extend beyond the student population. If it's spreading through the general student population, it's going to be spreading through the rest of the Ames population. This increases the risk of infection when just going to a store or other place of business.
There's no question that it could. Hopefully the players are responsible enough. They know what's at stake and what the consequences are, but that doesn't mean everyone will be perfect and you almost need perfection in this situation.
That's why the mask mandate of Ames was important. Not going to be many places where you can go maskless.
Mac Brown said today he believes not having his players go into classrooms helps put a better seal on their bubble.
That's the most obvious statement about the spread of the virus I've seen recently.
We were talking about March and April. Nobody in Denver was playing golf.
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How is that what you got out of my posts?
I wasn't picking a political side, just refuting what a poster said about cities not being locked down early in the pandemic. March and April was as close to a lockdown as we get in the U.S.
