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March 16, 2020 at 11:57 AM #815626March 16, 2020 at 12:31 PM #815627
svelteParticipantWe’ve got a friend who flew to France on vacation last week knowing full well the world situation.
Bet she’s loving life stuck in a hotel room now…gotta be an expensive way to spend this downtime…
March 16, 2020 at 12:39 PM #815628svelteParticipant[quote=The-Shoveler]
Or just decide it is not worth it like England.
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With England choosing one route and most other countries chosing a shutdown, we should be able to tell whether the shutdown did any good.
If England doesn’t get hit any worse than other countries, then maybe we’ve all overreacted.
March 16, 2020 at 12:43 PM #815629CoronitaParticipant[quote=spdrun]Vaccine tech is a lot better than 100 years ago where all they had was “treat infected tissue with heat or disinfectant and hope it works.”[/quote]
Vaccines won’t “fix” people who already have it. That could take some time, and by the time one is available, we might be already past are high infection rate. I think people need to come to the reality that we could see a lot of people dying, some might be people you know. Obviously we hope that’s not the case, but it’s a reality. That’s why I always say, enjoy your life while you can. You never know what tomorrow brings.
March 16, 2020 at 12:53 PM #815630FlyerInHi
Guest[quote=svelte]We’ve got a friend who flew to France on vacation last week knowing full well the world situation.
Bet she’s loving life stuck in a hotel room now…gotta be an expensive way to spend this downtime…[/quote]
She can still walk around Paris and enjoy. One of my friends canceled a trip to Ireland and loss $2500. Part of the group still went ahead. I would have gone instead of forfeiting the money.
March 16, 2020 at 1:05 PM #815631Anonymous
Guest[quote=FlyerInHi][quote=svelte]We’ve got a friend who flew to France on vacation last week knowing full well the world situation.
Bet she’s loving life stuck in a hotel room now…gotta be an expensive way to spend this downtime…[/quote]
She can still walk around Paris and enjoy. One of my friends canceled a trip to Ireland and loss $2500. Part of the group still went ahead. I would have gone instead of forfeiting the money.[/quote]
Nope France locked down for 15 days. Everyone has gotta stay put home or in hotel
March 16, 2020 at 1:29 PM #815633GuestIt’s not martial law. You can stroll at the park and admire the architecture.
March 16, 2020 at 2:14 PM #815635Guest[quote=FlyerInHi]It’s not martial law. You can stroll at the park and admire the architecture.[/quote]
#fakenews
Nice going snowflake. What irony that you sound JUST LIKE Trump minimizing this and ignoring the science and medical communities
March 16, 2020 at 2:20 PM #815636GuestThere are so many things one can do on one’s own or with a companion as a tourist.
Drive to the Loire Valley and go on a picnic.March 16, 2020 at 2:36 PM #815637Guest[quote=FlyerInHi]There are so many things one can do on one’s own or with a companion as a tourist.
Drive to the Loire Valley and go on a picnic.[/quote]Nope! Not allowed! No walks in the park! No picnics in the Loire! Violators will be punished!
https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-france-president-macron-announces-15-day-lockdown-2020-3
March 16, 2020 at 2:56 PM #815638CoronitaParticipantSpeaking of not listening to orders. While most of the spring break partying venues have been cancelled, this one apparently has not been.
Of course the younger generation don’t really care and don’t think any of them will get sick. And of course if they do get sick, they don’t care if they bring it back home, where it could kill someone with a compromised immune system or older people, in the sort of selfish, young I don’t give shit sort of way.
March 16, 2020 at 2:59 PM #815639CoronitaParticipant[quote=svelte][quote=The-Shoveler]
Or just decide it is not worth it like England.
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With England choosing one route and most other countries chosing a shutdown, we should be able to tell whether the shutdown did any good.
If England doesn’t get hit any worse than other countries, then maybe we’ve all overreacted.[/quote]
There comes a time when public health matters more than the economy, even if it is an overreaction. I’m glad we are erring on the side of precaution. UK’s argument isn’t that they aren’t going to go into lockdown. It’s that they aren’t going to do it yet. Same thing with Mexico.
March 16, 2020 at 4:02 PM #815640CoronitaParticipantSan Francisco just went into shutdown. Clearly concentrating population in high density housing is terrible when it comes to highly contagious pandemic viruses. When this is all said and done, me thinks we will have a reversal of trends where people want to move back out into the suburbs and lower density housing.
High density appt condo builders , take note.March 16, 2020 at 4:12 PM #815641spdrun
ParticipantAgain, mistranslation wins the day … outdoor physical activity, dog walking, etc are still allowed in France, just not in groups. You just have to carry a form pinky-swearing your reason to be out or be fined the equivalent of $40.
March 16, 2020 at 4:19 PM #815642svelteParticipant[quote=spdrun]Again, mistranslation wins the day … outdoor physical activity, dog walking, etc are still allowed in France, just not in groups. You just have to carry a form pinky-swearing your reason to be out or be fined the equivalent of $40.[/quote]
Link to back up your statement please.
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