Think about the greater good.

Chip said it i think in his words from Sunday. I will have to say, over the years, i've become more physically distant from others, fewer hugs, and all that. Stoke can be shared w/o contact. it is good practice now to become more self sufficient, even if riding in a group. be prepared for your own shit. if you're one of the assholes always mooching off others, change your ways. If you're not one of the mooches, don't ride with the mooches. Pick your riding partners well.

Sobering bullshit going on out there. The predictable response from the idiot masses that actually voted for the spray tan grifter is, well predictable, if they kept with their own it might be fine but it is impossible to prevent contamination.

A word to those out there saying "Pfft no big deal, only 3,000 dead in the last two weeks - 113k people die each year in cars, or pick some other mortality statistic." That's not how this works. 3k times 26 is what? And that's assuming there's linear growth. That puts it right up there with the leading sources. I don't need to say this to anyone who might have found this bullshit web log, y'all know it. Others don't.

yes. the flu shot is a stupid cash machine, it does reduce the severity if they catch the formula correctly, but won't prevent someone with the flu shot from spreading the virus. And maybe spreads it more because you don't feel sick enough to stay at home and so you go to work and everything while contagious.

I hope the death toll stays stable and doesn't ramp up. I hope it is just infectious and benign. And yeah it is what everyone is talking about, what else?

Jill's latest is a good read.

Post title is from Stevil

I have to say I appreciate Seth's goal here. Baking is good. I bought extra flour for that fact. I don't have nearly enough to last for weeks on end.

Things are about to get worse. Not better. even if it just from more and more being locked down. Not sure what is going to happen.

I had contemplated going to the store today, grabbing a few more things. I think there's going to be a second wave of panic soon, but I also don't want to contribute to it by heading out now. We can wait. We can ration. Some people can't.

That fuckton of unknowns out there... 

I saw this and like it:

Let's reframe social distancing and call it the physical distancing and social solidarity movement, we need each other.

I like that quite a bit. Def have been using the phrase physical distancing instead of social when i can.

I did go to work today. Nice quiet super cold ride in. Headwind and high 20s and maybe I should have covered my ears. Pretty quiet here. a decent amount of stuff to do in preparation, and very very few people here so easy to keep my distance, plenty of stuff to decontaminate surfaces with. Building air is a good % of outside air, not recirculated.

Good luck out there.

stay safe, stay healthy, be kind...

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