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What, no Star Wars paraphrasing? Hurt I am.

And let's face it, we have a good number of people around here who already question the practice of vaccination. Can you imagine their reaction if one gets fast tracked without the normal regulation? I suppose there's always going to be the people who will find conspiracy in anything (just read this thread), so that will just be one more thing that some jump on. Internet memes, where spelling goes to die.

We started Jack Ryan this weekend. I think I have two episodes left in the first season. It's really well done, I just wish the episodes were a bit longer.

So could it just be a difference between asphalt and ice?

Worst case scenario: you won't need to buy TP for quite a while either.

A neighbor shared a picture from that Costco yesterday. Did I see an entire wall of bottled water in the back of that store? That portion of this craze makes even less sense to me than the TP run. Do they think all of their faucets suddenly stop working? And speaking of Wegman's, they can't build that one here soon enough. That one will be walkable for me.

And that's only because the postponement allows them to skip out on their annual March swoon.

Until you have to go to the store to pick up a random item. Then you'll care if people aren't calm. The run on stores is truly a sight to behold. Yesterday I stopped to pick up a box of spaghetti for dinner at a store that would have maybe 3 customers at that time. Each of their 5 or 6 registers had lines of 3+ people each with full shopping carts. And of course it's those highly necessary items like bottled water since all of our faucets are now broken. Just my luck, I wound up next to the super chatty old guy who wanted to know my life story. You try staying calm when an old guy is rambling on and on about how back during the war they used to wear onions on their belt because it was the style at the time. One lady did get things right though. Her full shopping cart? Nothing but alcohol... they kind you actually get to drink, not the homemade hand sanitizer variety.

There's a fine line between fearless and reckless.

I'm pretty sure he's responding to the whackjob conspiracy theories that were being floated around by someone living in another country. So most of us here can't really speak for the information sources available there.

If the season does wind up shortened by any amount, are us center ice subscribers entitled to a refund of some sort? Personally I think this whole thing falls under the Forest Gump “it happens” label and we’re SOL, but I wonder if they’ll do anything.

One other thing was lost in that initial post. If the overal mortality rate is 1%, but it’s 12-18% in the elderly, that means the mortality rate in non-elderly is less that 1%. The numbers need to average out. So while we do need to take action to protect the elderly, the rest are probably taking a greater risk doing certain every day risks like driving.

The recommendation on how the general public should use masks does not apply to everyone. Those with impaired immune function, in this case people who have recently recovered from cancer treatment, are not the general public. They do need to protect themselves more than the average person.

It's a completely different story for someone with compromised immune system.

Why would you lose the power for an extended period of time?

Give me your money. I'll take care of everything.

So even though he already had the stunning girlfriend, Novotny stole matter's co-worker's GF too? Some things just aren't fair.

People are going to look. That's just the way it is. We're not used to seeing those mask around very often.

Just wait until they realize that pitch forks are the number 1 method of transmission.

You got screwed!?

So did you go to that game or not?

Italy's calling the shots now?

To weave? Yes, he's a good dude.

Seriously folks, stop responding.