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It makes me sick when I read stuff like this because I don't see how there will be a season.... Even if there is a season we know 16-0 won't happen. I feel they would make the playoffs....yet they have not advanced since their fist playoff game the last 2 years. This team is so loaded and stacked and should be a blast to watch......but..... What could have been......

I'm taking a deep breath and rolling my eyes in some blind hope that he can do the job. He's the only choice! I find it so hard to understand that in a nation as great as ours, with such a huge population of fabulously intelligent, gifted and capable citizens, that our only choices for the next President are Biden or Trump. Anyway....I liked Biden's 4th of July speech....

I'm beginning to think that the decline, that we are seeing here in Maryland, might be short lived.

WOW!

Love how Americans are stepping out to help each other....... In the gloom of what's happening, there are tons of inspiring efforts. I love searching through the worldwide photos and seeing people helping people...it's unifying......it's this spirit that will see us through.

That makes sense. Since I posted that, it became clear to me how stupid it would be for me to "give up, go to work and get dosed." I am high risk. I don't want to pass it on to anybody. I have now decided to stay at home regardless of the consequences. If it forces an early retirement, than so be it. I'll be fine. That was a very hard decision to reach. My family had to basically plead with me to wake up, not go back to work and retire if necessary.

Another step forward! It may seem like and "ant step" but they must be as careful as possible.

"let's take a peek at the future.... Here's a possible scenario to holding games this fall...."

The projections are getting worse. This last quote has placed me in surrender mode. Like "I give up." We can't hide out forever....not 1-2 years. Basically nothings changed. They probably won't have a vaccine for a year. With the vaccine, and once 70% of the population gets covid19, then it may be safe and possibly over. 70% means I'll probably get it and you too. So....I guess we need to practice all the safety precautions, go out and work, and take our chances that it won't kill us or anybody that we come in contact with. Really not an easy scenario to accept....yet I see no other way.

Georgia will show us what happens when the restraints are lifted too early.... How does this guy sleep at night?

Here's an upbeat article on some positive change in America....

Here it is 4/28 and it seems things are not getting better here in Maryland... There's all this outside pressure to open up businesses and try to get people back to work. I get it. I want to run free like everybody. I'm tired of being cooped up, yet it's not safe. It's going to be a long, tough time of practicing a strange new lifestyle until there is a vaccine. On the down side: I think this is only the tip of the iceberg. What's below the surface...global recession, famines, mass starvation, huge unemployment, migrations and wars. Looks like one long hot summer. On the up side: I can't help thinking that a massive shift for the betterment of all people will result from the massive change that we must make in how we live and view our relationship with all life and all people on this planet. There are inspiring efforts of service going on everywhere. People are connecting in empathy as everybody strives to work through this. We may not see the solution at this moment but it is there. Emerging. I'm an optimist. There is hope.

Amen. As hard as it is to say it we need to bite the bullet now. Take one big hit as opposed to several blows the same size as what we are experiencing. Look what happened in South Dakota with their Governor's "It's OK to go out" policy. Now they are in deep shit and lot's of people are dying. You can always make money. You can't bring back family, friends and loved ones....including everybody on this planet who have lost their life because of the virus. We are all connected.

From California....

This sounds like the plan from WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus .............. The "tracing every contact" part has been emerging from around the world over the last week or so. It would lead to faster quarantining of infected individuals which means less people infected. I'm not getting this 100% chemically and physically accurate, but a doctor whom I know and is brilliant, told me this virus blocks the oxygen cells from binding with the hemoglobin in your lungs so oxygen can't be delivered to your organs. For those people whose immune systems can't fight this off it's basically fatal. I think only 20% of people who are put on respirators get off alive. I'm your average Joe on the street so I could be wrong.

It's surprising that he's still in office. He's the worst leader this country has ever had in a time of crisis. He does not know what to do, waffles, blames everybody else and lies. He believes that he knows better than science on this virus and global warming. Why have a leader whom you can't believe is telling the truth? Or doesn't even know what the truth is!? How the hell did we get here? Here's a sane response.... And our Governor is a great example on how to lead.

Wow...you need to read this. Trump knew a month ahead of time how bad this would get if action wasn't taken immediately. Instead he told us "“We have it very much under control in this country.” https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/coronavirus-response-delayed-despite-health-officials-private-alarm/ar-BB12hHtT?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=U508DHP

Lol Dee! Good to hear from you. For now, you'll just have to live off the fortune that you are making off this board. My heart goes out for you 82. We're going to get through this however bumpy it gets. You know what to do. I'm going for a bike ride now since it went well on Thursday. No other stops. To the park and then home.

Funny that you said yard stuuf. 15 minutes ago my son said he was going to stop at Home Depot to get those brown yard waste bags. He's planning my weekend. I like the slowing down part but I don't like the "feeling helpless" part....meaning I want to get out and help people yet I'm high risk. All of us are will have to tighten our belts to get through this. I like this idea.... Hey! We're Marylanders man! We got to stick together!

Yea...a little bit of humor never hurts. And most certainly I am aware of the fire raging at our doors and the pain and suffering outside. Day 6 for me staying at home after Fridays furlough. No symptoms. I hope it's the same for everybody else. Now I am following the Governors orders to the T. This part I hope That I'm getting correct.... Yesterday I went for a bike ride. The park was basically empty so there was no contact with people. I hit the food store on the way home because it had been a week. That felt like the most dangerous place. People were talking in the aisles like it was a holiday, unaware they were spitting germs into the atmosphere and all over. Probably being home alone made it hard for them to keep quiet. I'm thinking the virus is definitely here. I had gloves but no mask. Can't get one. I had to thank the cashier and employees that I saw for serving the public and taking the risk. So I think bike riding is ok unless anybody has different information. I also take a walk everyday and cross paths with few people. Yoga! ...Yea I'm doing that and lifting weights at home. This is my opportunity to get in better shape becausec work just has me running like a dog and not able to take care of myself. Keeping in daily touch with my family. I'm interested in hearing what everybody is doing.

I wonder what the birth rate for next January will be?