Georgia's reopening is a high-stakes public health bet -- and will likely please Trump

Discussion in 'Politics' started by gwb-trading, Apr 21, 2020.

  1. Tsing Tao

    Tsing Tao

    I am not projecting my Florida experience. I specifically said "anecdotal" several times. Similarly, you can't call out anything other than anecdotal info by claiming people you "know".
     
    #41     May 20, 2020
  2. WeToddDid2

    WeToddDid2

    That is easy. It is called legal liability.
     
    #42     May 20, 2020
  3. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

    So the legal liability for opening in the COVID-19 era is different between the two states. I think not.
     
    #43     May 20, 2020
  4. WeToddDid2

    WeToddDid2

    It seems as though you are looking at all of this from a very specific perspective. If I remember correctly, you are a programmer. Try to put yourself in someone's shoes that doesn't have a job, is having a hard time getting unemployment, is out of money, can't pay rent, can barely feed their family of 4, their car will be repoed within a few months, their credit is being destroyed, what would you be saying then?

    What if you were one of the 50% of small business owners in LA and you were going to go BK with three kids in college, a mortgage, credit card debt, cars payments, and you are out of money, what would you be saying then? Would you be saying and advocating to not reopen businesses until the employees and patrons can go to to the business without getting sick?

    Do you think that there is one restaurant in LA that can survive implementing social distancing with respect to their tables? No way. They are all BK. Every one of them. Well, the only way that doesn't happen is if their rent is substantially decreased.
     
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    #44     May 20, 2020
  5. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

    "What if you were one of the 50% of small business owners in LA and you were going to go BK with three kids in college, a mortgage, credit card debt, cars payments, and you are out of money, what would you be saying then? Would you be saying and advocating to not reopen businesses until the employees and patrons can go to to the business without getting sick?"

    So let me ask why are business owners with three kids in college, a mortgage, credit card debt, & cars payments who are on the hairy edge of bankruptcy in Georgia are refusing to reopen businesses until the employees and patrons can go to to the business without getting sick ---- while business owners in North Carolina of the exact same type of businesses (franchises, etc.) are moving forward with re-opening on Friday with complete enthusiasm. The restrictions in North Carolina for Phase 2 in restaurants, etc. are stricter than in Georgia.

    The Kemp administration in Georgia moved forward with "re-opening" without support of the business community, with opposition from the chamber of commerce, scathing comments from the President, outrage from the mayors of most cities & towns, and complete distrust from the population of the state. Now a month later, Kemp is wondering where is his economic rebound?
     
    #45     May 20, 2020
  6. Tsing Tao

    Tsing Tao



    Is this right?
     
    #46     May 21, 2020
  7. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

    The joys of fake data. Explain to us again why Emory Hospital is complaining that they have more COVID-19 deaths on many recent days than the entire Georgia state data is showing.

    Ignoring the fact the state data on deaths is 14 days delayed from being accurate.
     
    #47     May 21, 2020
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  8. Cuddles

    Cuddles

    you got a link?
     
    #48     May 21, 2020
  9. Tsing Tao

    Tsing Tao

    Do you have a link on the Emory hospital claim? What am I saying, of course you do. You probably have a dozen. Can you share one so I can read it? Pick any one out of the trove you keep.
     
    #49     May 21, 2020
  10. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

    It was in the earlier link I posted with the Georgia COVID-19 summary from May 15 including the complaints from the Emory staff.
     
    #50     May 21, 2020