I wish the US had people like Ardern in power.
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The American right:
āWe canāt let the cure be worse than the disease!ā
(paraphrasing)
āBut have you tried injecting lysol? miracle mineral solution? could we perhaps get the radiation inside the bodyā¦?ā
(and hydroxychloroquine has nasty side-effects too. does anyone else find their attitude self-contradictory?)
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Everyone but them.
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You may all have seen this but I post it just in case:
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I canāt but help think of this donation derby from Cat and Girl when I see her with her bandana onā¦
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So, the neighbors that caused me trouble last year - actually, just the one household member, the young guy who told me I shouldnātāve ācalled the fucking cops, you fucking bitchā the same night I called the cops because they were playing their music too loud after curfew - are having a gathering.
āAll public and private gatherings are prohibited, so you should not interact with anyone outside of your household. The only exception to this rule is for funerals, which must be limited to ten people.ā from the Michigan Radio website re the revised stay-at-home order.
What do I do? I donāt want to be the one to tell them thereās a pandemic going on - Iāll lose my temper. And I fear retaliation if I call the cops. Any suggestions?
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Thatās a tough one. Can you communicate with other neighbors and form a united front with someone else other than you calling the police?
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This isnāt that kind of neighborhood; the neighbors north of the troublesome ones are flying a āPolice Lives Matterā flag, and I think they kind of get along which is weird because the ones right next to me are Hmong.
Itās as if no one really cares about what happens to anyone else but themselves. This is also the 'hood where I got one card re my motherās death. No food, no flowers, nothing. When my house got robbed, no one saw anything (I donāt believe it, but nothing I can do as it was back in '16).
My lawn is growing and I canāt mow it any more due to my wrists. I hate to say it, but back in the old days, even a neighbor who hated my guts would still mow it for me, even if it was just to make the street look better. But even before COVID-19 there was little interaction. I donāt get it.
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Iām sorry. Thatās not great at all. Youād figure the PLM neighbors would not like the gatherings as well?
maybe you can do an end run around police, get in touch with whoever represents you on your city or county council? Or maybe call the public health department in your county if they continue to have gatherings? Itās a legitimate public health threat now, and I suspect someone will take this seriously.
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A few nights ago, an ambulance and fire truck came to their house. Itās the first time Iād seen them practice social distancing and wearing masks. I didnāt see anyone get in to the ambulance, and Iāve no clue what happened.
Also: The younger man was out riding a bike with the kids the same day. No problem - except he was holding the baby in one arm and steering the bike with the other. And no one said shit - including me. Heās a bully. I feel dreadful because Iām scared of him. And I donāt want my son starting anything.
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Any gatherings since then?
You shouldnāt. He sounds like a bully that no one is willing to stand up to.
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Hard to tell, there wasnāt a gathering that night, just the family there.
Heās a vet, too, and only in his late 20s. Heās got anger problems and possibly PTSD. I think the older folks are all from the old country, not sure about the younger women.
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This is a tough problem, but it still feels like the authorities need to be involved, since they are now responsible for endangering public health on top of endangering public safety. I also donāt feel like itās fair to put that on YOUR shoulders, since this guy has already threatened you. I donāt knowā¦ an anonymous tip to someone?
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Well, everyoneās left nowā¦for now. Iāll just wait and see, but Iām now wearing a mask whenever I go outside my home, not just for grocery-shopping.
Itās not, but it seems Iām the only person on the block raised to be a bloody citizen, fercripessakes.
UPDATE: Visitors came back, theyāre having a cookout.
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Yeah, that seems like a problem. Iām sorry. Keep wearing your mask and staying safe.
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She said she was āforcedā to quarantine which violated her First Amendment rights.
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āI have been told not to participate in public or private accommodations as requested by the government, and therefore denied my 1st amendment right of freedom of religion,ā Whitlock wrote.
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She says an arrest in that situation would violate the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Sometimes, you really, really, really want to reach through your monitor and slap someoneā¦
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You have to wonder what happened to fuck up her thinking so badly.
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Nooooo, youād get sick
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If it meant slapping some sense into someone like thisā¦ small price to pay.
Besides, could always wear gloves. With a biohazard container and plenty of replacement gloves handy if they started to break down from the slappingā¦
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