American life in practical standstill amid
coronavirus pandemic
Fox News,
by
Danielle Wallace
Original Article
Posted By: earlybird,
3/15/2020 1:07:38 PM
The surge of coronavirus cases throughout the United States and around the world has brought countries to a practical standstill.
While countries like Italy, Spain and China have declared complete lockdowns in an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19, life in the United States also has dramatically changed in just a week.
From work to entertainment to even worship, several aspects of American life have been reordered as health officials encourage the public to carry out "social distancing" to prevent the spread of the infection.“The less public gatherings we have now the better. It’s a new virus. We don’t have immunity to it. We don’t have a vaccine
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Catherine 3/15/2020 1:11:24 PM (No. 347140)
I think that's a good thing. Our pace of life is so fast, this break is a needed relief for many. Enjoy. Stay well. We're all doing okay.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
snakeoil 3/15/2020 1:30:23 PM (No. 347161)
It's not a pandemic. It's a panicdemic. Stopped watching local news because they are now putting "deadly" in front of the WooHu Virus. I have two medical procedures next week which were planned months ago. And I am going to them and challenging Super Hyped Sniffles to do its worst.
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BS
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
privateer 3/15/2020 1:31:28 PM (No. 347165)
If this is good, a nuclear winter would be even better, right? This is mass hysteria, brought on by lies and lies of omission; robbing hard-working Americans of their savings and investments, current livelihoods, and future prosperity. Brought to us by commiecrats in order to hurt the man they hate more than anything on earth. Besides, as that medical luminary, Bubba's surgeon general Jocelyn Elders said 'we're probably all gonna die of something someday'.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
DVC 3/15/2020 1:52:28 PM (No. 347189)
Not my life. I refuse to buckle under - as usual.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
LadyHen 3/15/2020 2:00:54 PM (No. 347197)
After seeing our local mall's parking lot cram packed last night, I call bullhonkey on your "standstill."
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Penney 3/15/2020 2:02:12 PM (No. 347199)
After a week of the dems' media hysterics, sanity will return and life goes on. ...Our infamously short attention span will cut this lefty propaganda scare tactic short.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
zzzghy 3/15/2020 2:02:30 PM (No. 347201)
Life is still good as ever. Better, actually.
We're in a spasm of stupid shizzle right now but it will fade soon enough. The pecker-pated panic pigeons can only fly so far, you know.
I live in the desert. I'm a trained and ready to go earthquake guy. We can wipe our cabooses with cactus if it comes to it but the point is it never will.
Wash your hands and relax. Stockpile a few rolls of paper towels, make some tacos and chill out.
You'll be fine. This is no big deal in the reasonable world.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
VinGoombatz 3/15/2020 2:08:46 PM (No. 347208)
No changes for me. Visited the grocery store and got what I needed. Visited a restaurant and had a meal and wine. Finished some of my freelance work. "Standstill"?
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Jiobaobubai 3/15/2020 2:13:02 PM (No. 347210)
Still handing out at my favorite bar and the other regulars and I are enjoying quite the spectacle.
Cheers.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Penney 3/15/2020 2:23:28 PM (No. 347221)
America was blindsided, ambushed this past week with 24/7 press hyperventilations about this story, but haven't we already seen the movie?! Infact, how many hollyweird scripts have already covered this story ad nauseam.
Practice good hygiene as we have always been instructed before the dumbing down decades, secure the borders, clean up the cities dem pols have turned into dumps and carry on, as they say. Remember these 2 words of wisdom: Cleanliness is next to Godliness, ....but, 'garbage in, garbage out.'
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
JHHolliday 3/15/2020 2:43:13 PM (No. 347235)
Posters are correct. This is a 'panic-demic' hyped by the Chicken Littles in the media. The fading news media business is desperate for clicks and eyeballs and is hoping this damages President Trump. They have turned this into The Black Death or Andromeda Strain. It's not. It's just another nasty flu bug. It will kill some vulnerable people but that's true of pneumonia and seasonal flu. I am headed to my patio to have a nice cigar and chill out.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 3/15/2020 3:08:34 PM (No. 347255)
To: Fox News in general and Danielle Wallace in particular: what you are experiencing is a media-driven attempted homicide. You, yes Fox, bought into the meme of the sky is falling, all is lost, we are doomed, etc., and I, for one, hope you suffer financially for your stupidity. May you soon join Bill Maher and all the other lazy performers, off the air. Permanently, works for me. Cartoons offer more insight and depth than you have done lately.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
LC Chihuahua 3/15/2020 3:17:43 PM (No. 347267)
More scare tactics. I have stopped watching the 'news'.
Social distancing? Really? GTH. Not buying it. I will practice social distancing when I'm sick.
There is the virus, and the media's reporting on the virus. This is the left's latest attempt to get rid of Trump.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
fayebeck 3/15/2020 4:00:48 PM (No. 347304)
I am amazed that the socialists just don't take over America right now. Seems so simple. What would stop the take over? Shouting "lock and load" from the roof tops?
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
DVC 3/15/2020 4:39:02 PM (No. 347330)
I'm irritated that our county library system has shut down. I have at least 5 books on backlog, that I own, that I am reading, so I'll be OK for a while. But, THIS is a bigger deal to me than most of the rest of the silliness.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
3XALADY 3/15/2020 4:39:52 PM (No. 347332)
I'm off of Fox News, sick of hearing about the 'stuff.' Watched RFD channel last night and enjoyed a Polka Party and watching the dear people dance, dance, dance with such enjoyment. Also enjoyed the Grand Ole Opry show and some others with country music. Our Easter cantata that we have worked so hard on has been cancelled. Life will go on. Had lunch at Culver's today, no lines and no drive thru lines. Not like usual. I sing in the choir at the Methodist church, then go to my Baptist church for their service. Less than 35 people at the Methodist church. But I understand because there are many elderly there. However, I'm elderly too but I refuse to let those dam democrats tell me how to live.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
worried 3/15/2020 5:12:56 PM (No. 347362)
Before the vaccine, polio was a much bigger threat to us than this wimpy Coronavirus. People didn't panic then, and life went on. Measles was prevalent, yet people didn't panic over that. Then again, the media was more American than they are now, an exception being the New York Times, that favored communist Russia. A different time, when snowflakes were few and far between. My heart bleeds for what this country may become. But God bless America, and President Trump, your only hope!
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
Daisymay 3/15/2020 5:25:33 PM (No. 347367)
Just heard from my daughter in Illinois the Governor ordered all Restaurants and Bars closed. Not sure how long! Yikes!
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Italiano 3/15/2020 5:31:19 PM (No. 347375)
They don't call them "sheeple" for nothing. The really (and only) scary aspect of all this nonsense is what is going to happen when SHTF for real.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
judy 3/15/2020 5:44:00 PM (No. 347384)
Wheat kind of panic is this when Walmart parking lots are full & the church parking lots are empty??? The whole thing to me is unbelievable. I can’t watch TV , all they have is whiners & what if’s ??? The media in the past years have made them unreliable . Who do you believe?
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
bad-hair 3/15/2020 5:47:41 PM (No. 347386)
It works this way #19. The Governor ORDERS al bars and restaurants closed and then invites various(tested) chefs to cook dinner at the Governor's mansion for 20 or so.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
PChristopher 3/16/2020 1:50:56 AM (No. 347657)
American life at a standstill?! You wouldn't have thought so if you'd been with me at my local Wegman's on Saturday morning at 6 AM. American Life was annoyingly active there, cleaning out the meat section, the bread, the milk, the eggs, the pasta, the rice, the soaps and sanitizers, toilet paper, paper towels and water...to name but a few. There was no standstill of American Life there, boy. And speaking for all of us people afflicted with Crohn's, I like to really thank all of you healthy people out there who took every scrap of Toilet paper you could find, like you were trying to ride out the Apocalypse! And the water hoarding....What is wrong with you people!? Did the virus cut all supply lines to your kitchen faucet!? Get a grip, for God's sake!! Some author once said that Americans do two things exceptionally well: Nothing, and Panic. This past weekend was a memorable example of the latter. Just shameful.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
StormCnter 3/16/2020 5:53:18 AM (No. 347706)
Nonsense! Perhaps Ms. Wallace lives in a place that may be in "practical standstill", but I live in a place where we are living, working and existing almost as normal, but with only a few hardly noticeable readjustments.
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