ImTheCaptain
I disagree with you
Yeah, if Americans weren't so selfish they'd fly a fighter plane into a battleship for their emperor.
i guess showing up to a Trump rally without a mask is a little like a kamikaze mission
Yeah, if Americans weren't so selfish they'd fly a fighter plane into a battleship for their emperor.
yeah, no shit. I think the point is that we should try to be a little bit more like them in terms of looking out for our fellow man instead of the "me-first, I'm special" bullshit that Americans specialize in.
This is what I'm saying - I don't think you can be a "little bit more" Japanese. Like, I get the sentiment - that you think we should be a little more unified in our collective response. But you can't just take a Japanese person and rub it against you to become a "little bit more" Japanese.
Japan has deep-seated norms that 99% of us would find enormously oppressive or downright offensive. Their "success" (such that it is, they aren't doing amazing contrary to what was posted earlier in the thread), is due to the sum of the character traits and social structure, not some modular plug-and-play aspect of their culture.
What I'm trying to say is that saying, "we should be more like them," isn't really possible or a productive thought.
This. Can you imagine your kid getting Covid because their school nurse refused to cancel her Caribbean vacation? It’s professional malfeasance at a minimum.
Does Japan has restrictions on restaurants and bars?
We went to a near by town last night to look at the downtown Christmas light displays then get take out and head home. Walked past several jam packed restaurants and only the staff were wearing masks. Easily >150 people in one steakhouse with zero distancing and no evident ventilation. Such a shit show.
Comparing Japan to the US is apples vs. oranges. There's a cultural-difference component there that is off the charts. I lived there for a year.
This is what I'm saying - I don't think you can be a "little bit more" Japanese. Like, I get the sentiment - that you think we should be a little more unified in our collective response. But you can't just take a Japanese person and rub it against you to become a "little bit more" Japanese.
Japan has deep-seated norms that 99% of us would find enormously oppressive or downright offensive. Their "success" (such that it is, they aren't doing amazing contrary to what was posted earlier in the thread), is due to the sum of the character traits and social structure, not some modular plug-and-play aspect of their culture.
What I'm trying to say is that saying, "we should be more like them," isn't really possible or a productive thought.
https://files.nc.gov/covid/documents/dashboard/Weekly-COVID19-Ongoing-Outbreaks.pdf
I don't think I've posted this before, but I have to reference this document frequently. It's a list of all the "group home" setting outbreaks. They call it congregate living, because prisons and jails are included in it as well.
It's a good reference point to see how COVID disproportionately impacts the elderly.
For example, Dan E and Mary Louise Stewart Health Center in Wake County currently has an outbreak of 146 cases and 20 deaths. 71 of those cases are staff, with zero fatalities. So, you've got 75 elderly residents who account for 100% of the 20 COVID deaths.
Likewise, in Accordius of Wilson, there have been 76 cases and 10 deaths. 44 of the 76 cases are staff, and zero deaths. Of the 32 residents who got COVID, 10 died.
Hindsight is 2020 (Jesus, how apt), but we could have had zero shutdown or adverse economic consequence for this thing and the result would have been essentially the end to the Greatest Generation and a large swath of boomers. In short, COVID is/was a ruthless answer to all the Millennial prayers for the end of Boomer control.
I'm not saying that's what should have been done, but we could probably start broadly acknowledging that this illness has relatively little impact beyond what the seasonal flu has on people younger than 60. People can talk about long-term health impacts, but if you've ever had the flu, you know it has long-term health impacts as well.
This thread is proof positive that people are going to choose to stray from CDC guidance in favor of maintaining the semblance of a lifestyle. I'm not sure the half-measures that we're currently taking/enforcing are justified in light of the collateral consequences that they bring.
This is the kind of stupid ass Trump supporter talk that concludes all these American COVID deaths were inevitable.
They weren’t. We could have, and should have, done better.
There is one aspect of Japanese culture that would’ve drastically reduced deaths in this country. If it was socially unacceptable to be an asshole. The cool thing is that that is an individual action. Call out your friends, give them pushback when they are being a selfish asshole. Too many people in this country either revel in being selfish or just shrug and assume nothing they say can change someone’s behavior.
Does Japan has restrictions on restaurants and bars?
We went to a near by town last night to look at the downtown Christmas light displays then get take out and head home. Walked past several jam packed restaurants and only the staff were wearing masks. Easily >150 people in one steakhouse with zero distancing and no evident ventilation. Such a shit show.
I wish you were less of a retard.
I wish you were less of a retard.
Where I live there are signs everywhere saying “Stay Indoors” that were placed there by local government on advisement from CDC. And because of tight restrictions where I live there have been fewer deaths and fewer infections. But it’s you and yours that ruin it for everyone else, thinking you’re exceptional or special. Looking forward to not being able to secure child care in the first quarter of next year! Glad my sister hasn’t met her nephew! Thanks for doing your part!
This. Can you imagine your kid getting Covid because their school nurse refused to cancel her Caribbean vacation? It’s professional malfeasance at a minimum.
I think it would probably be a good overall ogb standard to leave porter’s significant others out of the overall shit talk, and this is coming from a guy who is ok with the fact that his mother is apparently servicing around 3/4’s of the board.
Whelp, they didn't and she didn't and no one was recommending that we cancel that trip when we took it. You don't know a damn thing about all the things she has done to keep herself and her kids safe so you don't need to be barking up that tree.