Full House at the Rangers game right now

[Shoeless Moe]

Gotta love that!



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[Jason19th]

No you don’t. It is irresponsible and conflicts with all accepted science.

[honus94566]

Originally Posted by Jason19th

No you don’t. It is irresponsible and conflicts with all accepted science.

Yes, he does. Refer to his original post. It's pretty clear, actually.

Your opinion is just that, your opinion. It's no more or less important than his.

[abothebear]

It’s great that they are letting healthy people decide what they want to do with their lives. What a strange idea.

[YankeeCollector]

Originally Posted by abothebear

it’s great that they are letting healthy people decide what they want to do with their lives. What a strange idea.

100%

[FrankWakefield]

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[oldjudge]

Allowing full attendance at a sporting event, especially without mandating mask wearing, is idiocy at this point. I agree that people should be free to act as they choose, except when it starts affecting others. Get everyone vaccinated and I’m fine with this. Until then, I think events like this just lead to the continuation of the pandemic.

[vintagetoppsguy]

Originally Posted by oldjudge

Allowing full attendance at a sporting event, especially without mandating mask wearing, is idiocy at this point. I agree that people should be free to act as they choose, except when it starts affecting others. Get everyone vaccinated and I’m fine with this. Until then, I think events like this just lead to the continuation of the pandemic.

Masks are required at all their home games. Did everyone comply? I don't know, but probably not. But that's going to hold true any place that masks are required.

[carlsonjok]

Originally Posted by abothebear

It’s great that they are letting healthy people decide what they want to do with their lives. What a strange idea.

I'm going to be the grammar guy for a moment and point out that you misspelled "asymptomatic."

[vintagetoppsguy]

Originally Posted by Jason19th

No you don’t. It is irresponsible and conflicts with all accepted science.

Are you talking about the same science that said they "have found no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission" of the Coronavirus? That science?

[Jason19th]

Originally Posted by vintagetoppsguy

Are you talking about the same science that said they "have found no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission" of the Coronavirus? That science?

No, I am talking about the peer reviewed and rigorous study that has been done by the Centers for Disease Control over the last year plus. I am talking about the studies that have been completed by world renown Universities in America and Europe. I am not talking about a self serving statement made early in an outbreak by a totalitarian government.
Let’s stop pretending that this is a political or even disputed issue. Covid is an airborne virus that is spread by droplets. We are within a couple months of widespread immunity and transmission will drop. Why can’t we just wait a bit more and finish the job. Baseball can be done much more safely than Texas is deciding to do. A small sacrifice of having 25% capacity would have a huge impact.

I am not asking for the world to close. I am not asking to close many business. I agree with the science that says that most kids should be back in person. All I am asking is that we don’t pack 50,000 people into a stadium for a couple of months

Jason Mishelow

[vintagetoppsguy]

Originally Posted by Jason19th

We are within a couple months of widespread immunity and transmission will drop.

We're also about 13 months past "two weeks to flatten the curve."

You do what you feel is right for yourself. Nobody will fault you for that. But let others do what they feel is right for themselves too...including going to ball games. If you don't want to go, don't go. But don't call other people irresponsible because they want to go. Is someone criticizing you for doing what you want to do? I'm guessing not. So why are you doing it to others? Who are you that only your opinion matters?

[packs]

I think it's natural for people to worry for themselves. The pandemic has taught us that other people's actions can have consequences for you re: getting sick. That's why they call events that people attended in the past super spreader events. They affected people who weren't there.

[Jason19th]

[QUOTE=vintagetoppsguy;2090800]We're also about 13 months past "two weeks to flatten the curve

That was never science, that was wishful thinking. That did not come from scientist.

[AustinMike]

Originally Posted by vintagetoppsguy

You do what you feel is right for yourself. Nobody will fault you for that. But let others do what they feel is right for themselves too...including going to ball games. If you don't want to go, don't go. But don't call other people irresponsible because they want to go. Is someone criticizing you for doing what you want to do? I'm guessing not. So why are you doing it to others? Who are you that only your opinion matters?

What I feel is right for me is to go speeding around in my car while drunk. Good to know that nobody will fault me for that.

[AustinMike]

Originally Posted by vintagetoppsguy

You do what you feel is right for yourself. Nobody will fault you for that. But let others do what they feel is right for themselves too...including going to ball games. If you don't want to go, don't go. But don't call other people irresponsible because they want to go. Is someone criticizing you for doing what you want to do? I'm guessing not. So why are you doing it to others? Who are you that only your opinion matters?

It's also good to know that since I don't call people who don't want to drive drunk irresponsible, they shouldn't call me irresponsible for wanting to drive drunk.

Originally Posted by vintagetoppsguy

Let me reword it for the mentally impaired. If people aren't breaking any laws or causing intentional harm to others, they should be left alone to do their own thing.

Driving drunk isn't causing intentional harm to others. It's just a side product ... collateral damage. A law was passed to make it illegal to drive drunk because of that potential collateral damage (not every drunk driving escapade ends with someone being injured or killed). People gathering in large crowds during a pandemic without masks and social distancing can create a side product ... collateral damage. There is a potential for people to pass the virus to others who then pass it to others. Potentially, some people may get very sick and even die.

Are people who drive drunk irresponsible?
Are people who gather in a large crowd without masks during a pandemic irresponsible?

[MattyC]

Originally Posted by vintagetoppsguy

Are you talking about the same science that said they "have found no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission" of the Coronavirus? That science?

This is such a specious post. Using the logic on display here, we can cite any number of positions held by doctors/scientists in the past, going back centuries, and use that as a reason to call them wrong and foolish today. But we all know that knowledge evolves. Things we didn't know on Day X, especially about novel subjects, we come to learn in Day X +++.

[vintagetoppsguy]

Originally Posted by MattyC

This is such a specious post. Using the logic on display here, we can cite any number of positions held by doctors/scientists in the past, going back centuries, and use that as a reason to call them wrong and foolish today. But we all know that knowledge evolves. Things we didn't know on Day X, especially about novel subjects, we come to learn in Day X +++.

Yeah, but the fact of the matter is that we're not going back centuries; we're only going back a little over a year. Nice try though. You get an E for effort.

[mr2686]

I am a potato!

[dstudeba]

Originally Posted by vintagetoppsguy

Yeah, but the fact of the matter is that we're not going back centuries; we're only going back a little over a year. Nice try though. You get an E for effort.

You are the one who started with a deliberately misleading post. Yes it is a little over a year, but in terms of the amount of research that had been at the time and the amount of research that has been done since it is a huge amount of time. But that doesn't fit your agenda so you will disregard it.

I don't give a flying flip if you get the vaccine or go to a baseball game or do whatever makes you feel good. This isn't about my views on Covid, it is an objection to your cherry picking scientific examples to meet your needs.

[Casey2296]

Every thread needs a card.
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[slightlyrounded]

Originally Posted by Casey2296

Every thread needs a card.
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Agreed, but in keeping with the theme of the thread our subject should be convalescencing!

[brianp-beme]

I like this one of Ted getting swallowed up by the quicksand at the edge of a toxic waste pit.

Brian

[wazoo]

I like potatoes

[ullmandds]

Originally Posted by wazoo

I like potatoes

I LOVE potatoes!!!!

[keithsky]

MLB wants to move the all-star game because of the voting right and take there stand on it but they don't care about 40,000 fans shoulder to shoulder and most without masks spreading covid. Wow strange world.

[edjs]

Originally Posted by wazoo

I like potatoes

I’m making potatoes right now.

[One 'ol Cat]

Originally Posted by wazoo

I like potatoes

You say potato, I say Saboto....


...let's call the whole thing off...

[Tom S.]

Originally Posted by wazoo

I like potatoes

[drmondobueno]

Originally Posted by Shoeless Moe

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I’ve forgotten what 40,000 people look like, living here in a podunk town of 1700. As for potatoes, I prefer burritos. Made from locally grown beans, meat, cheese and locally sourced corn masa. Need a salad? Add some romaine, red onion, tomato and fresh jalapeno. Pile it on, pile it in, take your B P meds.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by drmondobueno

I’ve forgotten what 40,000 people look like, living here in a podunk town of 1700. As for potatoes, I prefer burritos. Made from locally grown beans, meat, cheese and locally sourced corn masa. Need a salad? Add some romaine, red onion, tomato and fresh jalapeno. Pile it on, pile it in, take your B P meds.

That sounds like a great salad. In a few months I will be making those with fresh produce from the garden.