TheBanyanTree: Wherein Peter goes shopping (peter macinnis)

[Kitty Park]

I am resigned to the fact that many Americans are under-educated and
self-absorbed.

Perhaps others saw the photo of a crowded high school hallway where few, if
any, of the students were masked and social distancing was impossible.
"Facing a fierce online backlash, (the Dallas, Georgia principal) Otott
<https://www.paulding.k12.ga.us/domain/5300>told parents and guardians in a
letter
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2020/08/05/viral-photo-crowded-georgia-high-school-hallway-lacks-context-superintendent-says/?hpid=hp_no-name_hp-in-the-news%3Apage%2Fin-the-news&itid=lk_inline_manual_13>earlier
in the week that the images 'didn’t look good.' But he argued that they
lacked context about the 2,000-plus student school, where masks are a
'personal choice.'”

Then there are the 250,000 motorcyclists who are expected in Sturgis, South
Dakota, for their annual 4-day weekend.  Masks are optional.  Social
distancing?  The woman interviewed shrugged her shoulders, smiled, and said
they had to live their lives.

Obviously our national situation won't improve soon.  My hope is that those
of us who continue to be diligent about following safety guidelines will
survive.


Kitty
kcp-parkplace.blogspot.com




On Sat, Aug 8, 2020 at 10:20 PM peter macinnis <petermacinnis at ozemail.com.au>
wrote:

> There are whales frolicking in the waters, birds in the trees and clouds
> in the sky.  Because we came down fairly hard at the start, in spite of
> the idiots, we are holding the threat at bay, so Chris and I go walking
> most days for an hour and a half. We count the spring flowers (for
> plants, spring starts in late July) and stuff.
>
> We're walking barefoot on a razor edge...
>
> peter
>
> On 9/08/2020 06:33, tobie at shpilchas.net wrote:
> > We’ve been sheltering extremely in place since very early March.
> Somebody tell me, are there still oceans? clouds? Is physical law still
> working? If I drop something outside of our shelter, will it be guaranteed
> to fall as per gravity?
>
>
>
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