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Brian (briguy) posted an update Thursday, Apr 2, 2020, 2:20pm EDT, 5 years, 6 months ago
Jim -- I don't get it either. We're supposed to be sheltering our homes too. When I called a few people from our church to check up on them and say "hi", they were horrified to hear I'd spent a couple of hours out wandering completely alone in a field. I mean I get the concept, stop having close social contacts. The extent of mine yesterday was to wave to my farmer friend and exchange brief pleasantries from 50+ feet away.
Whats the alternative? Stay sedentary on the couch eating chips until I become diabetic and a ripe corona target anyway?
A week before I went to the Chicago lake front alone with my fishing pole, trying to catch a salmon (failed). Then the mayor noticed groups of dimwits were gathering in the parks to play soccer and stuff. BAM! -- close the lakefront parks. Now I can't even sit quietly alone by the lake and ruminate about the end of times, or my version of the apocalypse will include a $500 ticket!
I like what Sweden has done. Advise people on the best practices and then trust that their citizens aren't eager to kill themselves. Of course, that's Sweden, and this is the US where rank stupidity runs rampant. grrrrr.
