Now people that can’t see further than their nose are insisting on ending quarantine. Instead of 3 hot spots (WA, CA, NY), we’ll start with 3,000 hot spots in every nook and cranny of the country. Instead of slowing down doubling the infections every 14 days, we’ll go back to doubling every 5. There’s a reason why the second wave of the 1918 flu was twice as big – this next wave will be much more deadly once hospitals are overrun. NY was a picnic compared to the next 3 months. In 1919, a Philadelphia parade attended by 200k people ended in 5k flu deaths.

I’ve seen this in other countries as it happened. Most people here haven’t seen it and haven’t even read the history. Those that ignore history are doomed to repeat the worst parts. Think about talking with your buddies at the fishing dock when your parents or grandparents or friends are struggling to breath from the virus you spread. And when the deaths start up, you can’t slow it down because of the 3 week lag between infections and terminal.

I’m a little more disturbed by the groups of a dozen or 20 people gathered in parks and such, and making no pretense at being six feet apart. (Probably the same “special” folks who don’t have to pick up their litter, clean up after their dogs, etc.)

If you’re wondering about tickets and arrests… I can say with relative confidence that unless you’re doing something really awful, you might get a ticket but you won’t get hauled into da joint. In normal times, there are typically 40 or 50 arrests listed on the Sheriff’s website on any particular day… lately it’s been more like six or maybe ten. (I’d guess they’re concerned about the spread of the illness between people in tight, jail-like quarters.)

EDITOR NOTE–From a practical standpoint, it would also be difficult to give someone a “speedy trial” since the courts are closed.

And please shave that crap off your face, you look like a Taliban when in reality you’re living a good life in America. If your life was 1/3 as good as it is right now you’d still way ahead of a Taliban.

This crisis is an opportunity to serve your community and country, not tear it down, not hope for failure. The common enemy is a virus not your elder neighbor with a face mask on.

If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animated contest of freedom – go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen!
– Samuel Adams

Correction : Zero Hedge is published in Canada, has been around a long time, and is generally regarded worldwide as one of the last news aggregators that isn’t 100% Oligarch propaganda.