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I think he would tell you his adherence here is to the science, not any border or political ideology.

It can also be said we had far less understanding of this thing when it hit NY. We have far more understanding of it now than we did four months ago, but still not nearly a complete picture. However, we learned enough about how it spreads and how to stop the spread, and yet FL, AZ, GA, TX, etc, still ran head first into it.

I’d say the thread title can be updated now since everyone has effectively had the opt-out decision made for them.

My best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who's going with the girl who saw Ferris pass out from covid at 31 Flavors last night. I guess it’s serious.

I want to be wrong, but I just have a hard time seeing this season happening.

Neurological damage too. A close friend has seen a number of “recovered” COVID patients at Strong and they are fuuuu**ed up. Nobody knows how long that damage is gonna last either.

You DO know “death” isn’t the only potential side effect of the virus, don’t you?

I made this little beauty for the last Giants game in OP 3-4 years ago, which was the season after his little incident. #neverforget

Nailed it. He looks like he should be in one of those Guy Ritchie Sherlock Holmes movies.

Heh, remember how upset the snowfla... I mean REAL AMERICANS® were about that, like the NFL stole money from a bunch of sweet, unsuspecting generals.

All that free labor for the first 200+ years sure helped.

We had a group of guys in the row behind us for a few years who looooved calling Tyrod Taylor the n-word. I mean, these dudes wallowed in it, like pigs in sh**. I bet they’re considering handing in their fandom cards over all this too. I say good riddance. The world moves on, and people who can’t get cranky. It’s inevitable.

Yeah, but it feels true, and as Isaac Asimov said: “The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that ‘my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge‘.”

Normal person: Happy Holidays! Regressive crank: IT’S A WAR ON CHRISTMAS Normal person: ALL HOLIDAYS MATTER

It’s been talked about for years. Is that really a knee-jerk? All that focus-grouping consultants did on the term “cancel culture” is really paying off though. It’s become a pillar of regurgitated, unoriginal internet arguments.

Only one side of that equation decided to make it a pissing match.

I’ve had to take my shoes off at the airport for the last 20 years because of one dipsh**’s failed dipsh** terror attempt. Yet we can’t all get together on mitigating the spread of disease. Because reasons, and freedom, and such as, and the like.

I’m pretty sure the Bills already announced a while ago that you can choose a refund or credit toward next year for any missed games this year.

Happy to see the announcement and updated policy. I emailed my STH rep just a week or two ago after the Giants announcement, and she told me if we opted out, we could preserve our seniority, but NOT our exact seats. I’m glad they went this way, and I don’t see how it won’t become the norm league wide. Not just for safety’s sake, but all the people hit with job losses and furloughs. I’m on a partial furlough this summer, and while we are fortunate enough to get by OK even with the furlough, it’s still $200/month I’m glad to not have to spend.

Yup. Only one “side” decided to turn simple public health measures into culture wars.

Well, the good news is now people might not be so pissy when they can’t attend games this season.

My folks are in their 80s too. I’ve been doing their grocery runs for them and visiting my mom from the porch walkway, over 6 feet away. My dad is severely disabled (since childhood, from polio - so we’ve got some up-close and personal familiarity with epidemics in my family) and unable to come to the door, so we talk on the phone. They both have a number of other underlying conditions. My mom’s a retired RN, so she gets all of the precautions, etc. So then last week my wife tested positive for the Covid-19 antibodies. She’s a frontline hospital worker, but nobody else in her department tested positive. So, it’s a good chance her infection came from community exposure, but there’s no way to know for sure. I haven’t been tested yet, but there’s a good chance I got it along the way from my wife. So my point, is that visiting my mom from the doorway and practicing social distancing wasn’t just borne out of “fear,” it was borne out of a sense of empathy, and strong belief in the concept of mitigating risk. My folks and I knew all along there was a non-zero chance I could pass the virus to them, and perhaps we avoided it by being careful. So I have a hard time listening to people who say “stop living in fear!” It’s not about fear. It’s about caring for others and taking steps to minimize risk.

There’s the disconnect. It’s not about fear, it’s about empathy and mitigating risk of infecting others. Fear implies selfishness. How do I know? The opinions of 6 doctors I personally know, but not in a biblical way.