As I said you are damned if you do and damned if you don't. People are complaining that not enough is being done and people are protesting too much was done. Neitehr side is particularly right and there is relatively no obvious middle ground. I think this Novel COVID is different than other viruses in the past and even the flu so some different type of reaction is warranted but no clear science backs what that is. One thing is clear is the draconian measures could have been avoided to some extent if we were not so worried about politics and Trump was not lying or trying to downplay it so much due to ego and simply attacked it head on. We had plenty of warning in February from reactions of other countries and information that finally cmae out of China. Even WHO did send out information for testing protocols that SK followed quickly successfully. Also SK and Taiwan had testing being done en masse back in February I believe and got a grip on it faster which we failed miserably. One thing I do believe is that if we reacted better as a country in February we would be emerging right now from the worst and even would have been seeing openings in early April.
Darwin also promoted the concept that poor decisions and adaptations lead to extinction. Which is where the current "Darwin Award" concept comes in.
This is true. With the noted distinction that poor decisions and adaptations were provable by science via cause/effect and not just conjecture based.
Trump was certainly more part of the problem and less the solution when this first started - which was when it most mattered.
But as you noted earlier, innocents will be taken down with them. This story breaks my heart: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...covid-19-youngest-michigan-victim/5170070002/ The 5-year-old daughter of a police officer and a firefighter, who succumbed to complications stemming from the coronavirus. When does this stupid and dangerous protesting cross the line of criminal negligence?
Kentucky sees record spike in coronavirus cases days after lockdown protests https://www.foxnews.com/us/kentucky-record-spike-coronavirus-cases-lockdown-protests Kentucky witnessed its highest daily spike in coronavirus cases Sunday – just days after hundreds of protesters broke social distancing measures and gathered outside the state capitol building to demand Gov. Andy Beshear reopen the economy. (More at above url)
But valid.....someone kneeling to protest something... someone going out in the middle of traffic and blocking it up to protest .... Whether you agree with the protest, Kap's was legal and the other people were illegally gathered and blocked traffic. I remember when a protest involving minorities happened there were a lot of tough guys here bitching about it and some random comments about driving right through... So again....1st amedment only is important when it is the right message or color I guess.
I'm not sure why you brought this up again when you and I talked about it. Kap's protest was the dominion of the NFL. He was an employee and protested during employer time. It was not subject to the 1A. It was a question of company policy. People protesting on a public road are subject to 1A.