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It is going to get worse.  There has been Black Friday madness in some stores.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/maine-sheriff-investigating-claim-armed-men-cut-tree/story?id=69865519

https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/29/us/maine-coronavirus-forced-quarantine-trnd/index.html

 

Maine sheriff investigating claim that armed men cut down tree to force neighbor's quarantine

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Police in Maine are investigating an alleged incident in which armed residents used a tree to block a man's driveway in order to quarantine him and his roommates from the coronavirus.

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The man, who is renting the house in the town of Vinalhaven in the Fox Islands, left the house to check on a severed cable line Friday afternoon and discovered that a tree was blocking his path, the Knox County Sheriff’s Office said.

 

Several people with guns allegedly approached the resident and yelled at him, according to the sheriff’s office.

 

The man ran back into the home and he and his roommates used a VHF radio, their only means of communication, to contact authorities, the sheriff’s office said.

 

 

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1 hour ago, LeGOATski said:

That's kinda odd. They believed he was infected?

 

Yes

 

Us vs Them

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Officers learned that some residents believed the roommates needed to be quarantined. None of the roommates, who were from New Jersey and were renting a home in Vinalhaven while working a construction job since September, showed symptoms consistent with Covid-19, deputies said

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1 hour ago, Hardhatharry said:

Meh crazy people even when there is no virus.

No virus, but heading to maybe 100000 dead....you should go back to the beach party

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31 minutes ago, Niagara Bill said:

No virus, but heading to maybe 100000 dead....you should go back to the beach party

 

I think you misunderstood him, I think he meant that some of the people in isolated areas are kind of crazy about strangers even without a pandemic going on.

 

But the whole thing has some surreal elements.

Local paper:

https://www.penbaypilot.com/article/knox-county-deputies-investigate-vinalhaven-incident-tree-cut-barricade-driveway-quar/132336?fbclid=IwAR1gUHnQvTuD8ktccWTIJEWn8MZD4oq24TL2RjZHjXoVIfzLFdy5xGm4HOI#.Xn98RKNSbbg.facebook
 

"The incident blew up on Vinalhaven at 3:35 p.m., Friday, March 27, according to the S.O,, when a resident of Cripple Creek Road, Vinalhaven, was heading from his residence toward Round The Island Road. He was going to check on why the cable service was not working. When he got to the end of his road he found a tree blocking the end of it.

“While investigating the downed tree, a neighbor started yelling at him and a group of people showed up and began to gather around,”

 

So to avoid the risk of having someone with New Jersey plates driving around the island, the locals gathered in a group to yell at the guy. Nice.  Meanwhile they are all probably traveling off-island for groceries and other supplies themselves.

 

Then there's the State rep's Facebook response: "Stay home, wash your hands, don't talk to strangers, and don't waste the time of our first responders."

 

One of those four pieces of advice is not like the others.  Since it's possible to talk to someone from 6 feet away or with a mask on, WTF?  I gave directions to someone riding a bike today.  She was on one side of the bike path and I was 6 feet away and positioned upwind.  Good grief.

 

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