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I doubt the vaccine will be a 'miracle' that gets rid of the virus completely. I think one like the flu vaccine is acceptable. Better than what we have now which is ... mask wearing and social distancing. I truthfully don't like wearing the mask, but I do it anyway. From what I understand, the...

I was also taught to cover if I sneeze or cough (or even yawn, heaven forbid!). Some people weren't taught that or don't give a single crap about covering when they sneeze or cough and that's gross/not polite/spreading the disease further. People who have studied disease transmission and...

I appreciate that! My point is that I think we can all agree to not do that in someone else's home, and the extension of that is not doing it in someone else's face. The tools to prevent doing that unintentionally are masks and social distancing. That's the only point I'm trying to make. I...

Okay. I have been responding to this part of your post. If deaths are what we should worry about, which is a direct quote from you, what do we do about reducing deaths? "Don't make me wear a mask" and "wear one if you want" doesn't sound like a way to reduce deaths. The reason I'm talking with...

"Those that are worried about it can stay home and stay safe. Your CHOICE. I’m not DEMANDING you don’t wear a mask. Stop DEMANDING that I do." I have read the post fully and I have come back. How does this have any bearing on the death numbers. If 100,000 people per day were dying to a pandemic...

Okay I'm going to ask you again since you seem to be having trouble staying on your own train of thought. You said that you're only worried about death numbers. The coronavirus death numbers are rising quickly in some states. I asked what you think we should be doing to combat these numbers and...

Source: Wikipedia (only one I can find fast)

"but of those deaths, how many were death BECAUSE of WW2 and not death WITH WW2?"

Okay, deaths are going up significantly in my state of Texas. You agree we should worry about those death numbers that we are seeing on the rise in some states. I am confused - what do you think we should be doing?

Riding motorcycles should be allowed. Going fishing should be allowed (without huge groups, I guess). Working on the house should be allowed. Crash7's going shopping for some pegboards though, maybe ask him about that. My social life and human interaction was harshly impacted but I understand...

"Let me see the death graph!!1!"

I'm sorry, what did you ask for the death graphs for if you aren't going to comment on them? Do you have to be "fearful" of something to protect yourself and others from it? I am not "afraid" of the virus as someone who is less likely to die from it, but I am not going to completely ignore the...

So are business closures the only thing that is affecting you? What are your grievances?

That's their (and their family's) decision, not mine. You and I are both capable of having our own ideas about this without directly impacting their survival chances for the worse. I hope we can at least both agree on that.

Okay, sure. Here's the one Google presents to you for the whole US. The overall rate is down from what it was before but there's an uptick lately. Could be something, could be nothing. Let's look at the rate for my state, Texas: Completely different story. Cases are rising significantly...

Okay, I'll bite. Have you seen one of the many graphs showing the exponential rise of cases per day since then? When do you think is an acceptable time to stop wearing masks during a trend like this?

I understand you're not doing that, but who out there is? The workers bringing the virus into the elder care facilities aren't maliciously licking doorknobs and catching the virus on purpose to kill the elderly, they probably got it from someone who had it who likely didn't wear a mask or wash...

For someone who doesn't want other people making decisions on your health, you sure are for making a lot of decisions regarding other people's health conditions. Namely, just let it spread and let it kill them without their consent. Or just not wear a mask, spread it to someone else, and then...

If it was as easy as just protecting yourself it wouldn't be an issue. The issue is that essentially everyone requires human contact to live, and the more people that have it makes it more likely for the people who are susceptible to get it and be killed by it. It's not about you and I am blown...

To be fair, your quarter and nickle example aren't a good analogy either - these are American lives, not pocket change.