There’s been a lot of this by pols. I wish they could be heavily fined.
We call that elections.
Or in 45-speak: You’re FIRED!!!
And a damn good thing it is.
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Colibri
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This probably doesn’t belong in this thread either. JMO.
"Junior Moderator Opinion " ???
Just My Opinion, I think.
Actually, I think that one is permissible.
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Rest easy, Bo. It’s less like the end of lockdown, more like a shift from Lockdown 2.0 to Lockdown 2.1. Virtually all of England is placed in “high alert” or “very high alert”. BBC article - scroll down to see the alert level maps before and “after” lockdown. A second BBC article lists areas and summarises rules.
TLDR: if it’s risky but makes money (like having crowds at pro sports), we’ll probably allow it within safety rules; if it’s less risky but doesn’t make money (like having a couple of careful friends over for a drink), forget it.
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Not breaking news, but I wanted everyone to see it. @Snowboarder_Bo, you rock!
Agreed! (Love the “shredder”.)
Another enthusiastic AGREE!
Someone, please post this and the image over in the “Person of the Year” thread. I would, but I don’t know how and it ain’t looking good that I will ever learn.
Thank you. I will look forward to seeing it there.
So with SCOTUS ruling that states can’t limit church attendance, what’s next? Can’t close schools? Can’t close businesses? Can’t require people to wear masks?
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Ah; as always: thank you all for your kind words. I don’t know that I (or anyone, really 
) would agree that anything I’ve done rises to that level of accomplishment, but I do appreciate the sentiment. That it comes with cats is icing on the cake! I’m happy to help; thank you again.
Heck, Bo until a few weeks ago I thought you were a CDC/John’s Hopkins guru/whiz kid that was my prime, very much trusted source of the best, most reliable, digestible data that a “Doper scouted out and posted every day, no matter what. Bo and the New York Times, that is what I count on. Pulitzer Prize, here you come.
Now I know you are our very own guru/ whiz kid, even better.
61,308,613 total cases
1,437,840 dead
42,396,651 recovered
In the US:
13,248,676 total cases
269,555 dead
7,846,872 recovered
Yesterday’s numbers for comparison:
Maybe not exactly “news” although these numbers are from Q2 and the article is new, but still worth saying again, I think.
The numbers continue to show that the choice between saving the economy and containing the virus is a false dichotomy. The article shows several graphs by country of the deaths per million graphed against factors like GDP, imports, exports, consumer spending. There is not a direct correlation between the death rate of a country and the economic indicators.