Ministry of Pain
Footballguy
As you can tell by the thread title there is going to be a mega push from the MoP for folks to start thinking about how we are going to move forward because it seems crystal clear in some fortunate areas like South Florida that we are going to have most of the high risk folks vaccinated over the next couple months, we should be planning a big celebration and kick off for the Summer.
-It is arrogant of me to assume everyone has the same environment around them right now as I do...because clearly it's not. I don't hear about other cities or areas where they are making huge progress. But I hope others will post some good news to add in here.
An area of deep disturbance from my eyes is the following: We were told we were gonna put Grandma and Grandpa in the grave early and most folks understood and we shut down a lot of things and pushed people into poverty almost overnight by closing Restaurants and nobody wants to hear about the millions of people out of work, I think I saw a number of over 10 million people forced into poverty or having to beg for unemployment checks, that's horrible.
Is anyone asking when we are going to open back up to the point folks can relax and not feel like they are being stared at or persecuted when they re out an about?
-If we have 75-80% of the Senior vaccinated down here and believe me WE WILL very soon, I can't see any reason to not go back FULLY to things as they were in Feb 2020, it's been about a year now. Are folks really wanting to shut things down to vaccinate everyone, all ages from Children to Seniors? Even if this entire board said they wanted 100% vaccination before they put a toe out...that's no way to actually govern so let's deal with the reality that we are closer to opening than closing but I see a push back already locally at the ground level and I don't understand why?
Are we really going to keep places in a lock down state of mind until the entire population has had the vaccine? That is Crazyville but that seems to be what is being broadcast out of the leadership positions in this country. Plus if you have gotten the vaccination...these 52% should be able to run around maskless now, regardless of anything posted on the windows to these local businesses.
-Few things to keep in mind...MoP has not watched TV since before the election...I watch Antiques Roadshow on DVR if that counts but no news or programs that have commercials that remind you of the current pandemic, who needs to see that stuff? I am now encountering folks out there in the real world who you can tell instantly just got done watching CNN/FOX, whatever and they are loaded with fear and anger and you want to simultaneously laugh and cry with these people. I know many of you are "those people" and I am not better than anyone for not watching much news BUT MoP's weight is in check, find time to exercise daily now, have a great relationship with my son, marriage is still a work in progress
but it's usually my fault and even if it's not, it really is.
Share what is really happening in your neck of the woods if you can. You can poke directly at me, that's fair but please leave the politics out of this so we can get some dialogue by people who are choosing not to pick jersey colors right now. What can we do down here in Florida to help some of you in other parts of the country?
Cheers!
-It is arrogant of me to assume everyone has the same environment around them right now as I do...because clearly it's not. I don't hear about other cities or areas where they are making huge progress. But I hope others will post some good news to add in here.
An area of deep disturbance from my eyes is the following: We were told we were gonna put Grandma and Grandpa in the grave early and most folks understood and we shut down a lot of things and pushed people into poverty almost overnight by closing Restaurants and nobody wants to hear about the millions of people out of work, I think I saw a number of over 10 million people forced into poverty or having to beg for unemployment checks, that's horrible.
Is anyone asking when we are going to open back up to the point folks can relax and not feel like they are being stared at or persecuted when they re out an about?
-If we have 75-80% of the Senior vaccinated down here and believe me WE WILL very soon, I can't see any reason to not go back FULLY to things as they were in Feb 2020, it's been about a year now. Are folks really wanting to shut things down to vaccinate everyone, all ages from Children to Seniors? Even if this entire board said they wanted 100% vaccination before they put a toe out...that's no way to actually govern so let's deal with the reality that we are closer to opening than closing but I see a push back already locally at the ground level and I don't understand why?
Are we really going to keep places in a lock down state of mind until the entire population has had the vaccine? That is Crazyville but that seems to be what is being broadcast out of the leadership positions in this country. Plus if you have gotten the vaccination...these 52% should be able to run around maskless now, regardless of anything posted on the windows to these local businesses.
-Few things to keep in mind...MoP has not watched TV since before the election...I watch Antiques Roadshow on DVR if that counts but no news or programs that have commercials that remind you of the current pandemic, who needs to see that stuff? I am now encountering folks out there in the real world who you can tell instantly just got done watching CNN/FOX, whatever and they are loaded with fear and anger and you want to simultaneously laugh and cry with these people. I know many of you are "those people" and I am not better than anyone for not watching much news BUT MoP's weight is in check, find time to exercise daily now, have a great relationship with my son, marriage is still a work in progress

Share what is really happening in your neck of the woods if you can. You can poke directly at me, that's fair but please leave the politics out of this so we can get some dialogue by people who are choosing not to pick jersey colors right now. What can we do down here in Florida to help some of you in other parts of the country?
Cheers!
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