The Coronavirus thread

Quote: rxwine

Gotta be conservatives running Cigna. Greed and lies is the central theme.

Since when is protecting shareholder value "greed?"

Saying that the Canadian system is great is the lie. It is only great when you do not get sick. Then they hope you die before you need care.

See, people love single payer, until it declines to pay for a procedure they want.

Quote: JimRockford

I have more respect for the baseball teams that don’t use the fake fan cutouts. But if they’re going to use them they could make them more realistic by having half of them looking down at their phones.

I have not really seen them, but cutouts remind me of old-school Studio Wrestling.

The pro-police state libbies in this country are intent on making this happen:

Quote: Shrek

The pro-police state libbies in this country are intent on making this happen:

If it is a private business, who cares? Their business, their rules. Just don't go to that business if you don't agree.

Quote: DRich

If it is a private business, who cares? Their business, their rules. Just don't go to that business if you don't agree.

Right! Who cares?

Quote: AZDuffman

Right! Who cares?

There are specific laws preventing discrimination based on race, ethnicity, and a few other things. That is why what you post has absolutely nothing to do with the previous post. That being said, I fully support a private business from not allowing someone in wearing a mask if signage is clear. And I would fully support a business only allowing in patrons who wear masks, as long as the signage is clear.

Quote: SOOPOO

Quote: AZDuffman

Right! Who cares?

There are specific laws preventing discrimination based on race, ethnicity, and a few other things. That is why what you post has absolutely nothing to do with the previous post. That being said, I fully support a private business from not allowing someone in wearing a mask if signage is clear. And I would fully support a business only allowing in patrons who wear masks, as long as the signage is clear.

The point is not "if there are laws" the point is saying "who cares" to deciding to serve people or not based on if they get a vaccine or not. But we addressed vaccines in the other thread.

Quote: AZDuffman

Right! Who cares?

I don't think these guys understand that the concern isn't about private businesses. It's about the government forcing private businesses to require people to do all of those things. Like in some states, businesses don't have a choice about masks. The government forces private businesses to require them.

Quote: Shrek

I don't think these guys understand that the concern isn't about private businesses. It's about the government forcing private businesses to require people to do all of those things. Like in some states, businesses don't have a choice about masks. The government forces private businesses to require them.

The government forces private business to do all kinds of things already. If you have a liquor license the business is forced to check ID and there are consequences if you don't. Whether masks are something they should be mandating for business is an entirely different matter but, right or wrong, government has already taken the right to force business to do things.

Quote: kenarman

Quote: Shrek

I don't think these guys understand that the concern isn't about private businesses. It's about the government forcing private businesses to require people to do all of those things. Like in some states, businesses don't have a choice about masks. The government forces private businesses to require them.

The government forces private business to do all kinds of things already. If you have a liquor license the business is forced to check ID and there are consequences if you don't. Whether masks are something they should be mandating for business is an entirely different matter but, right or wrong, government has already taken the right to force business to do things.

*bold red = mine

Right, and that's exactly my point (in red). The government shouldn't be forcing private businesses to do that.