Will you go to business as usual if trump tells everyone to?

[onecaliberal]

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	1 (2%)
	No
	25 (49%)
	HELL NO!!
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[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. I don't think I'd ever do anything Trump told me to do,

because it would inevitably be wrong and stupid, but especially that.

[onecaliberal]

9. I am worried that my employer will force me to stop working from home

And report to work on his say so. Red county school district. They’re considering bringing students back on May 4th. Graduations are scheduled to begin June 4th and as of now, have not been cancelled.

[jimfields33]

27. My thought exactly

I didn’t vote because it’s not a yes or no situation for most.

[TheBlackAdder]

31. This is so spot on! 😂

[Midnight Writer]

2. Maybe if he tells us very strongly, forcefully like no one has ever seen. In an all caps Tweet.

[underpants]

5. COVFREEFREE

I think that’s the all clear from Dear Leader

[onecaliberal]

15. Thanks for the laugh. I needed that.

[Totally Tunsie]

3. ESPECIALLY not because Chump told us to.

[Arkansas Granny]

4. I'll use my own metrics (points to own head), not Trump's.

Asked by a reporter at his administration’s daily briefing on the coronavirus pandemic what metrics he would use to determine when to reopen the economy, Trump pointed to his head. “The metrics right here,” he said. “That’s my metrics. That’s all I can do.”

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[leftieNanner]

6. You need one more option:

HELL NO!!!

[onecaliberal]

17. Added. 😀

[SoonerPride]

7. Agolf Twitler can fuck off

I will do precisely the opposite of anything he ever says.

He’s a goddamned moron and evil incarnate.

Fuck him.

[Blue_true]

8. You should have included "Hell No!!!" as a choice.

Honestly, I wouldn't believe anything that Trump says, he has earned that level of disrespect for his word.

[onecaliberal]

25. I added it. I agree with you. Wondering why the media just won't say how ridiculous this idea is.

[trackfan]

10. I just don't see everybody rushing off to ball games and theaters.

It's not going to happen any time soon.

[Mike Nelson]

11. Absolutely...

... not. I'm listening to my Governor (in CA).

[DBoon]

14. same here

I listen to a sane government official who makes citizens' health his highest priority and follows credible medical experts

[progree]

12. I won't be, no matter who says it's safe,

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I'll give it at least a month after, for example, my governor (Walz(D,MN)) gives the all clear, and even then only when the death rate is very low, before I go to busy restaurants (I don't go to bars, but if I did, I'd give it a long long wait before going to one), or to theaters.

I've read way too many horror stories about Cov-19 patients on ventilators (note to people who have been on ventilators for other issues, and it wasn't such an ordeal: for a lot of Cov-19 patients they have to put it on the highest settings, and for a lot longer). And I'm in an at-risk group.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1059&pid=8554

Even very well-meaning and medically well-advised and informed governors have to balance the impact of (hopefully) a few additional cov-19 deaths vs. having the economy remaining shut down for months and months (poverty kills too).

I don't have that consideration. I have only one goal for myself: stay alive and off of ventilators. And if I don't get infected, I won't be infecting others.

Of course, as far as when Trump says everything is OK, that would be totally useless non-information to me. Well, or it would tell me to expect a second wave of infections to begin shortly.

[2naSalit]

13. Hell NO.

Based on my own metrics.

[SidDithers]

16. Why would anyone believe anything Trump says?..

Or follow any direction he gives?

Sid

[blueinredohio]

18. We're both retired so we don't go that many places anyway.

But if Trump says it's ok then I know to stay home.

[forthemiddle]

19. I will listen to my Governor

But when my State starts to open up (Indiana), I won’t be staying at home.

I will continue to use social distancing, and wash my hands, but I won’t be afraid to get out in public either.

[Walleye]

20. Same here. When my governor gives the all clear.

[Hanzzy72]

21. Definitely not

I've never listened to that idiot before and I'm not going to start now. All of his followers can go back to work if they want, they should make them wear a MAGA hat if they're going to be out so we can identify them.

[jimfields33]

28. How nice you have that privilege

Many cashiers, nurses, doctors and millions of others don’t have that wonderful luxury you have. You are hopefully grateful.

[smirkymonkey]

22. Um, No.

I will only use my own instincts to decide when to go back out. I will listen to the medical professionals first and foremost. Politicians will not have any sway over my decision.

[Fiendish Thingy]

23. I am in a high risk group, so will be isolating until a vaccine is available nt

[DFW]

24. I live in Germany

Merkel has sway here. Trump does not.

Plus, "business as usual" for me means weekly workdays in France, Belgium, and Holland, and once a month in Spain and Switzerland. Trump has no say over those countries opening their borders, either.

If Trump were to tell the leaders of Europe, "no more business as usual for the next week," they would probably mean he has decided to make no idiotic statements for the next seven days. Knowing Trump as they do, they would most likely assume he has come down with a severe case of laryngitis.

[morillon]

26. Not in this red area

People around here are too corrupted by cult thinking to protect themselves. I'm not going near any of these folks for 6 months or more.

[Hoyt]

29. Yes, if experts, governors, and people I trust give the OK. I don't really

think trump is going to give all clear until it’s time. He was going to reopen last week of March, but put it off to Easter. Then, it was May. And he’ll do it again. I’m fine with wanting to “reopen,” but only when it’s safe.

I like what Biden said, something like — “Look, I’d like to reopen tomorrow if it makes sense . . . . . .”

[mike_c]

30. partly

I have a workplace that is pretty safe-- a locked lab that no one but me and my partner have entered since before Christmas, in a building on lock down since early March when campus closed (zero cases previously). I'm currently on the list of "essential faculty" so I could return to work now if I wanted to, and it's probably at least as safe as staying home, but I don't really need to yet. I did have to move my office last week so I was on campus and it's a bit eerie, all dark hallways, empty parking lots, and silent solitude.

I still wouldn't stop social distancing, however. In fact, the only reason I might return to work is because I'm just as isolated there as I am at home.

[greenjar_01]

32. My job has already told everyone that we're remote through the summer

I would be very hesitant to be out and about before August 1 at the earliest.

[tavernier]

33. I'm a semi retired home health nurse and also volunteer at the high school.

I don’t intend to see patients or work at the school because I’m 73 and considered high risk, age wise anyone.

[Raine]

34. NO I don't care who tells me we're returning to business

as usual, I not going to for a long long long time!

[Fla_Democrat]

35. Never quit

Hard to go back to "as usual", when I'm already there.

[Solly Mack]

36. Nope

We'll still limit our contact with other people by shopping only for necessities when needed. No gatherings, no going out to eat, not even food delivery.

I don't want people being harmed economically but I also have no desire to test my family against Covid 19.

Masks, social distancing, disinfecting, and additional handwashing will continue to be the order of the day.

I've upped my donations and will happily buy food for others (or whatever they need that I can do).

Still not inviting them home to supper though.

Well, unless it's an absolute emergency and they need a place to stay. I'd waiver and cave. I always do.

I'm an idiot. Overlook me.