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What was the last "petition" anyone contrived that actually changed anything of substance, other than petitions to get something on a ballot or someone recalled, an actual official petition?

If a petition actually COULD "DO SOMETHING", I'd be mildly interested, as opposed to some collection of random people signing up something which is basically an OPINION with zero force to it.

Nelson Mandela probably was glad people used petitions

Yes, this is part of the origin of my anger.  We all knew cases would increase.  It was absolutely inevitable.

We also know that the percentage of young people in this age group that actually get sick from coronavirus, is quite small.  And we know that the percentage of people in this age group that die of coronavirus/COVID19, is incredibly small.

So I had hopes that health officials weren't going to run screaming with their hands in the air once "THE CASES, OH MY GOD THE CASES" began increasing.  Because I thought they were smart enough to know this was inevitable and they actually had a better, REALISTIC plan for handling it, once we saw the inevitable rise in "OMG THE CASES!!!!"

If their standards were going to be this low, then they shouldn't have bothered at all.  But I know exactly why they DID bother with the fake attempt at "in-person" classes, because they were terrified if they stated from the beginning it would be online-only, they'd miss out on the tuition checks. 

Yep. I was discussing this very thing with my wife this evening. My kids go to a small private school. They start back September 8, and the plan now is for them to go back in person 5 days a week, but I’m afraid the first kid that tests positive that they will revert back to online or sending assignments home.

I’m going to try and get a meeting with some leadership from the school and see what the plan is when (not if) some cases break out in the school.  From a business standpoint it behooves private schools to announce in person learning, make sure the checks clear, and then change course once the checks clear.

Panic reactions are nonsensical with this, I agree.  It's always been simple math. 

You want college football to happen like there was no pandemic, we don't have to fret or fuss, just play with the numbers.
70 scholarship players x 130 FBS teams = 9,100 players + other players, coaches, medical staff, etc.  Plus FCS, Division II, Division III, NAIA, etc.

Let's stick to the smallest number - 9,100.  If there's a 0.05% death rate, that's 46 players.  Dead.  Not 5%, one-half of a percent.  Let's say these are young, stud athletes and it's "only" one-tenth of a percent that die...that's 9 dead players.

Is that worth it?  We get our memories and stats and glory and 9 of the players die.  Fair trade? 

Hey Afro Man,

Your logic makes no sense... your assuming none of those 9100 athletes will catch covid and die if they don't play football.   Problem is, they  will have a much greater chance of catching covid going back to the dorms or to their home towns socializing with their friends than they would in a controlled FB enviornment!   Playing FB has nothing to do with the death rate. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wonyrM4p7v4

Wait, Clay Travis took a flamethrower to something? That I can't believe. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wonyrM4p7v4

Politics.  No doubt.  

yeah- let’s play indoors in January     😂😂😂😂