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You positively most certainly do by jt

I think you are hypersensitive to that because you are hyper invested in your own opinion. My perspective is perfectly balanced; zero vacations here (did have a trip to Tulsa, in full disclosure, but stayed with friends who had already tested negative and with my son who had already had the virus and had the antibodies), no dining in at restaurants, had to quarantine for two weeks when my son came down with it, have to make sure to give my wife time to take a shower when she gets home from the hospital from work, have numerous clients and friends involved in the treatment of the virus (big reason as to why I won't eat indoors at restaurants despite the ability to do so on a limited basis) etc.

I don't think you really make it clear where your expertise starts; please educate the rest of the board as to your particular area of specialty on this. How familiar are you with the numbers in particular states? How exactly do you form your opinion on school re-opening being safe? Is it based on the actual numbers and science, or is it based on convenience? How about on college football? What particular numbers are you looking at, nationwide? Should, as an example, Montana, be treated the same as Florida? Can we effectively socially distance at games, or is that restricted to indoor restaurants that you like to eat at?

I would say that your expertise lies in asking loaded questions such as "how many deaths are acceptable to you?" I'm pretty sure that Irishjoeinnc has the same type of expertise here. Your expertise also lies in not being able to take it very well, despite the fact that you dish it out constantly.

Basically, you're Irishjoe out there looking for his while the rest of us get to wait in line, and just like him you don't think that you're a hypocrite.