Recent content by shinytop

You did the right thing. Any error you made was in not finding a way to let your wife know. As the host of the other family you had obligations to act as a host. And a good host would have driven them to their hotel. There is no way you are going to convince your wife now so maybe some...

The people of our country responded in many different ways to the mitigation attempts because we had Luddite politicians giving opposite advice and in some cases pushing through laws that made the mitigation actions illegal. We live in a fabulous country. At a time when we needed leadership we...

It does not really matter where the bug came from. What matters is that we learn from it how to be ready for the next one. Will Big Pharm have a play book that may work faster on getting vaccines? Will the vulnerable be identified so they can be better protected? Will WHO develop means and...

Florida's biggest challenge is leadership that does not believe in science, education, history, or disease prevention.

Because when it is about the data you misinterpret and misrepresent the data you post. You ignore that hundreds of millions in this country have received multiple does of vaccines and are still alive. This kind of goes against your statements that masks and vaccines kill. Other than that you...

A random thought. Many on here are talking about vaccine efficacy. And they are talking about it in different countries. Since different countries uses different vaccines (I know there is some crossover) i have to wonder if this discussion means anything. And I have to wonder if JUC is saying...

The US official line had not been 100% correct but always well intentioned. Which means they are well ahead of JUK in both accuracy and intentions.

Is that you DJ?

In a world with free speech even the galactically stupid have a right to their opinion. Seems like Darwin is taking some time off..

I don't think anybody currently reading this particular thread is in the dark regarding masks. Some people they never work, some think only certain mask work and others think any mask is better than none. So since all of these posts about masks have been written and read maybe we could table...

Then the government would just provide lemonade to Mexico.

The reason we have had such an anti-vax and anti-mask and anti-lockdown in this country is mainly due to two things. Primary is the stand taken by political leaders such as Trump, DeSantis, and Abbot. Laws outlawing lockdown and mandates permeated many states. Florida outlawed requiring masks...

I can't believe I am doing this. But I must defend Florida to a degree. I have been very outspoken about the anti-science and anti-history actions of my state's government. There were many weeks when we led the country in cases per capita. In recent weeks our standings have gone way down...

We could be adult and require all get the vaccinations unless their is a firm medical reason they cannot receive it. We do this for schooling, the military, foreign travel, whey not for allowing everybody to live.

I had shingles several years ago. Very unpleasant experience.