Golden Jubilee
Posts: 5177
Joined: Thu Nov 29, 2012 9:28 pm
Location: Lyman, IA
Re: Corona Virus
Our state governor has made it "Illegal" for schools to close without state approval, has resisted all attempts for mask mandates and closures. She has finely started to face the the fact that if she doesn't do something that the hospitals will be turning people away. This is not unique to Iowa, most surrounding st states are in similar position. Nebraska, South and North Dakota are all in a similar position. All have state government made up of the same party, any guesses on which? Minn is in better shape because they took early action but there they have a divided government and there are law suits back and forth over the restriction.
Once our hospitals start to turn people away, there will be no place to send them, all the states around us are in the same position.
South Dakota stockpiled Hydrocloriquine when Trump was saying it would kill the virus, I can remember how much but it was in the millions of doses. How did that turn out? The still have no mask mandate and had Bike week and big campaign rallies that were big spreader events.
Long ago we as a society decided that "your right" to kill your self by smoking does not trump my right to not breath you exhaled smoke. The same holds true here. your "right" to not mask up does not give you the right to put others endanger for your foolishness.
I have already buried one friend, and death isn't the only long term outcome from this, many who get badly sick, do not fully recover, they may not die, but aren't "back to normal" either. There is a good chance that I will get it, my parents will die from it, and I will lose a lot more friends, before this is over.