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OK. As a doctor, this mask debate is silly.. -- Shbolf 07/30/2020 5:08PM Be effective at what? -- SteveInBaltimore 07/30/2020 6:34PM Non medical grade allows the virus to pass....in either direction... -- Shbolf 07/31/2020 01:08AM But non medical grade DOES stop -- SteveInBaltimore 07/31/2020 07:46AM Ok...Whatever... -- Shbolf 07/31/2020 1:29PM Folks dancing on a grave is not a good look. Esp someone w/stage4 cancer -- ColoVT82 07/30/2020 1:51PM Cain had stage 4 cancer, what kind? ** -- fordham 07/30/2020 4:58PM Funny, I don't remember you clutching your pearls -- VTSnake 07/30/2020 2:28PM Or dismissing potential risks as "bug gonna bug". FWIW I personally don't -- AbsolutVT03 07/30/2020 3:24PM I think anger more than dancing captures my feelings -- Vippie1 07/30/2020 4:33PM So you agree that the "protests" are not really a smart idea, correct? ** -- fordham 07/30/2020 5:00PM Lawful protests with masks and social distancing -have at it. -- Vippie1 07/30/2020 6:19PM Most people at least wait until someone is below ground or in an urn before -- HokieNLot11 07/30/2020 2:17PM I'm not sure John Lewis even got a passing mention here upon his death. -- vthokieq 07/30/2020 3:55PM I'm a little surprised. But, maybe posters are trying to follow -- HokieNLot11 07/30/2020 6:42PM And yet this thread exists. -- vthokieq 07/30/2020 7:01PM I have a one day policy -- `lag 07/30/2020 3:09PM No kidding. ** -- 48zip 07/30/2020 2:23PM Died to something he belittled online; UNC diploma likely to decapitate me ** -- Synaesthesia 07/30/2020 11:51AM He should've worn a mask. ** -- TJ Hokie 07/30/2020 11:45AM He should have read disclaimer on the back of ticket for the Tulsa rally -- Vippie1 07/30/2020 12:53PM The mask doesn't stop you from getting anything. It is known. ** -- psychobilly 07/30/2020 12:20PM I wear a mask and haven't gotten anything. ** -- TomTurkey 07/30/2020 12:37PM ^^^literally doesn't get it^^^ ** -- 48zip 07/30/2020 1:26PM Well if a guy called psychobilly tells you "it's known" -- Vippie1 07/30/2020 1:07PM I thought you guys followed the CDC info? Come on son! ** -- psychobilly 07/30/2020 1:13PM Join a gathering of maskless COVID people indoors for 30 minutes... -- psychobilly 07/30/2020 12:52PM Not me. That'd be suicidal. ** -- TomTurkey 07/30/2020 12:53PM Definitely not recommended for those at risk or who will be in the presence -- psychobilly 07/30/2020 12:54PM That's me...maybe. I don't want to find out the hard way. ** -- TomTurkey 07/30/2020 12:56PM Known by whom? ** -- TJ Hokie 07/30/2020 12:32PM It is known is just from Game of thrones. Just a little fun. -- psychobilly 07/30/2020 12:50PM Ahhhh...never seen Game of Thrones -- TJ Hokie 07/30/2020 12:57PM thems peoples ** -- FfxStationHokie 07/30/2020 12:39PM REALLY? OMG! ** -- psychobilly 07/30/2020 12:52PM Darned, very sad ** -- HortHokie 07/30/2020 11:40AM Wow. Covid doesn’t care about lot in life, or status, or -- HokieSignGuy 07/30/2020 11:04AM Very sad ** -- capitals1 07/30/2020 11:01AM Very sad. ** -- EDGEMAN 07/30/2020 10:59AM Should've worn that mask Herman ** -- OXVT 07/30/2020 10:58AM Actually he should have avoided an indoor rally full of people, many of -- SteveInBaltimore 07/30/2020 1:53PM Or maybe just maybe the responsible thing is to not have a rally ** -- Vippie1 07/30/2020 2:13PM No argument here but that is getting political ** -- SteveInBaltimore 07/30/2020 2:23PM No -- Vippie1 07/30/2020 2:50PM Where was the outcry aganist "Protesters" not wearing masks I ask you? ** -- Shbolf 07/30/2020 3:50PM There's been tons of outcry against it -- SteveInBaltimore 07/30/2020 5:01PM What a dumb false equivalency -- Vippie1 07/30/2020 4:44PM It's difficult to beat a disease that spreads for 2 weeks w/o symptoms. ** -- lchoro 07/30/2020 11:42AM Wash those hands. ** -- Stork 07/30/2020 11:25AM This seems inappropriate to me. ** -- 48zip 07/30/2020 10:59AM Non mask believer - contracted it at Tulsa rally .... -- OXVT 07/30/2020 11:04AM It's all in the timing. ** -- 48zip 07/30/2020 12:36PM You’re assuming a mask would have -- YardBird 07/30/2020 11:27AM Couldn't have hurt, even if low probability. -- TomTurkey 07/30/2020 1:00PM Everyone else needed to wear a mask as well. You don't wear it for you. ** -- NokieHokie 07/30/2020 12:40PM Not going to Tulsa would have. Shame he wasn't scared ** -- 81_Hokie 07/30/2020 11:30AM Why is that necessarily a shame? -- vthokieq 07/30/2020 11:45AM There's a difference between being comfortable with his mortality -- VTSnake 07/30/2020 12:21PM Perhaps -- vthokieq 07/30/2020 12:35PM Ok. I can totally agree with that -- VTSnake 07/30/2020 12:53PM That would've been a much better phrasing. -- vthokieq 07/30/2020 1:12PM It is impossible to determine where someone contracts it unless you go ... -- vt90 07/30/2020 11:25AM Convincing argument (?????)** -- typed by ben 07/30/2020 5:21PM Regardless - he didn't wear a mask wherever he got it - a mask ... -- OXVT 07/30/2020 11:36AM Nope...remember the CDC catchphrase... -- JoesterVT 07/30/2020 11:46AM Wearing a mask has the potential to reduce the viral load you get -- hokiemas 07/30/2020 2:14PM All true -- RTFC 07/30/2020 11:39AM Chances of catching it at an outdoor protest where most people wear masks -- VTSnake 07/30/2020 11:28AM Except everybody praises protests as if there is no chance of getting Covid -- HokieGator 07/30/2020 11:55AM Studies have determined the protests didn't increase covid transmission. -- Fatman 07/30/2020 12:49PM Los Angeles would disagree with you. ** -- RUHokie 07/30/2020 3:48PM Not exactly "protests didn't increase Covid transmission" -- HWA 07/30/2020 3:13PM Studies, or the NBER study? (I've only seen it.) Even that study suggests -- HokieEngineer 07/30/2020 1:27PM No. Everyone knows that riots prevent Covid,not protests. D'uh. ** -- 48zip 07/30/2020 1:30PM Well this is good news. I don't live my life studying that data for every -- HokieGator 07/30/2020 12:57PM The risk formula is basically: Location, Duration, Distance, and Barriers -- AbsolutVT03 07/30/2020 3:23PM Maybe b/c protests are a protected Constitutional right? I'm not sure why -- AbsolutVT03 07/30/2020 12:02PM Peaceably assembling is a constitution right. Many of these are not... ** -- psychobilly 07/30/2020 1:15PM I'd argue the opposite. Many are. The majority even. The ones that -- AbsolutVT03 07/30/2020 3:13PM I'm just speaking in regards to the "right to protest" vs "right to -- psychobilly 07/30/2020 3:32PM I mean in reality we don't really know b/c it's not like every peaceful -- AbsolutVT03 07/30/2020 3:36PM Peaceful protests are. These are not peaceful protests. Not even close. ** -- vt90 07/30/2020 12:17PM The vast majority have been peaceful -- SteveInBaltimore 07/30/2020 5:06PM There have been plenty of peaceful protests all around the country. I'm -- AbsolutVT03 07/30/2020 12:19PM It's the blind eye that is the issue. -- HokieGator 07/30/2020 12:07PM They are also ignoring the immense violence happening at these 'peaceful' -- vt90 07/30/2020 12:21PM See my post below regarding showing your own biases and agenda rather -- AbsolutVT03 07/30/2020 12:28PM LOL - as if you have no bias or agenda. We all do. ** -- vt90 07/30/2020 12:30PM Sure but I’m not the one ranting about it or trying to make factual -- AbsolutVT03 07/30/2020 12:41PM Pointing out another's bias exposes your own. -- RTFC 07/30/2020 12:57PM Not really for the reason I just explained. ** -- AbsolutVT03 07/30/2020 3:08PM OK. ** -- vt90 07/30/2020 12:43PM I guess I don't see the "blind eye" that you do. But then again I don't -- AbsolutVT03 07/30/2020 12:10PM Oh come on. You know there are no story's being done about the dangers of -- HokieGator 07/30/2020 12:16PM By ranting against the "media" and playing the victim card with regards to -- AbsolutVT03 07/30/2020 12:24PM This is true. And both sides do it. -- HokieGator 07/30/2020 12:35PM That's definitely true. I think my issue there is it's not a new thing. -- AbsolutVT03 07/30/2020 3:32PM I'm not sure you're making the point you think you are. You're showing -- AbsolutVT03 07/30/2020 12:18PM How so? ** -- HokieGator 07/30/2020 12:20PM He evidently was a Stage 4 Cancer survivor...you would think that someone -- Tuckahokie 07/30/2020 11:25AM Uh, yeah. Seriously compromised immune system. Very high risk person. ** -- Full-Set and Moonshine 07/30/2020 1:28PM It may be called "Covid" regardless. Aren't all deaths "covid" now if -- 48zip 07/30/2020 12:49PM Tweeted that "PEOPLE ARE FED UP" when emphasizing no masks required at -- RhinoVT 07/30/2020 11:07AM But masks are supposed to protect others, not necessarily the wearer. -- vthokieq 07/30/2020 11:21AM At 74, he shouldn't attend an event without a mask requirement. -- VTSnake 07/30/2020 11:25AM At 74, he probably shouldn't attend an event...period. -- Tafkam Hokie 07/30/2020 11:34AM He survived Stage 4 cancer (I forget what part of the body). He should -- hoosnowahokie 07/30/2020 1:38PM Then who would be running for President? ** -- 48zip 07/30/2020 1:27PM True ** -- VTSnake 07/30/2020 12:18PM Agry ** -- MrBayAreaHokie 07/30/2020 11:37AM No one around him wore one, either. Don't know what he did the day before -- RhinoVT 07/30/2020 11:23AM That's my point. -- vthokieq 07/30/2020 11:24AM Friend of mine is still convinced it a big hoax ** -- FfxStationHokie 07/30/2020 11:14AM I dont understand some of these people... ** -- capitals1 07/30/2020 11:17AM He has been brainwashed ** -- FfxStationHokie 07/30/2020 11:21AM A lot of people don't trust the gov't in this country..would help if -- MrBayAreaHokie 07/30/2020 11:41AM Actually there is no determination of where he contacted it... -- EDGEMAN 07/30/2020 11:06AM ...or if it was more the cancer, but just had the virus. ** -- 48zip 07/30/2020 12:50PM I'm thinking his age and compromised immune system -- Full-Set and Moonshine 07/30/2020 1:29PM I'm sure. Just making light if the apparent habit of a blanket cause on -- 48zip 07/30/2020 1:38PM COVID is probably accurate in this case -- Hokie360 07/30/2020 1:46PM Only person I've ever donated to for president. ** -- HokieGator 07/30/2020 10:56AM
