Walz who said, "Mind your own business" set up snitch line during COVID

probinson said:

If I am sick, I stay home.

Why are you being dishonest? I just said that when I cough and sneeze I do so into either a tissue or my upper sleeve, as the CDC has recommended for decades.

Why are you pretending like a 6-foot social distancing rule that "just sort of appeared" is in any way similar to staying home and away from people when you're not feeling well?

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What should have happened didn't happen....and I'm not blaming any particular administration. I think they both should have done better.

They understood a few things rather quickly that held true. The demographics most at risk were the elderly and immuno-compromised. Death rates weren't some catastrophic black death levels...they likely wouldn't exceed 3-5%. I'm not saying that's a good thing...just that it's not the end of civilization. Because it's essentially a cold virus....it's going to mutate rapidly, and most likely to a less lethal variant.

Those aren't ideal factors for a risk assessment....but a cost/benefit risk assessment should have been done. Small businesses were bled dry. Many left unemployed and inevitably evicted from homes they rented. These things also kill a lot of people.


A plan for shutting down businesses and demanding people stay home unemployed may have prevented deaths...but it also certainly caused them too. At no point did our government consider which might be causing more death, last longer, or be more difficult to find solutions for.

wing2000 said:

...then maybe dial back your point of reference.

Reminds me of my local neighbor reporting me to the HOA for leaving my trash can out too long would be one example. Okay, maybe that is too minor....then again, do we know what consequence, if any, people who were reported faced?

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It's a bit weird to think that had the government been honest about mask effectiveness, not suggested businesses require masks, not used divisive rhetoric to scare the feeble minded into complicity, and perhaps promoted the idea of personal responsibility (you know....I'm responsible for my health, you're responsible for yours, not the gross "these people are walking plague spreaders because they don't wear a mask" rhetoric)....perhaps these people never would have gotten in an argument that resulted in murder and prison but hey....gotta break a few eggs, eh comrade?

Occams Barber said:

Walz actions probably saved several thousand lives.

Minnesota has the fourth LOWEST Covid death rate in the US. At 31.3 deaths/100,000 its death rate is less than half that of the worst state (Kentucky 72.9).
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LocationSort by Location in descending order	Death Rate (Click for Rankings)Sort by Death Rate (Click for Rankings) in descending order	DeathsSort by Deaths in descending order
Hawaii	20.3	444
Vermont	25.2	238
New Hampshire	30.3	615
Minnesota	31.3	2,299
Washington	31.6	2,918
District Of Columbia	33.1	226
Utah	33.3	970
Montana	33.6	516
Massachusetts	34	3,177
Oregon	34.1	1,902
North Dakota	34.2	330
Florida	34.4	12,165
Colorado	34.8	2,259
Rhode Island	35	535
Nebraska	35.5	873
Idaho	36.3	823
Wisconsin	36.7	2,878
Maine	37.2	798
California	37.8	17,504
Alaska	38.3	264
South Dakota	39.4	453
Iowa	39.7	1,714
Wyoming	40	291
Maryland	40.2	3,088
New Jersey	40.6	4,947
Connecticut	40.8	2,022
New York	41.4	11,129
Louisiana	43.1	2,360
Delaware	43.7	619
Virginia	44.4	4,731
Michigan	45.1	5,969
Illinois	45.5	7,281
Georgia	47.1	5,635
Arizona	47.4	4,607
North Carolina	47.4	6,275
Pennsylvania	47.5	8,745
Texas	49	14,573
South Carolina	51	3,502
Missouri	53.8	4,318
Arkansas	54.4	2,114
Alabama	54.6	3,576
Indiana	54.9	4,577
Kansas	56.1	2,043
Nevada	58.3	2,198
Ohio	60.1	9,333
New Mexico	61.8	1,665
Tennessee	62	5,400
Mississippi	63.8	2,300
West Virginia	71.5	1,857
Oklahoma	71.9	3,413
Kentucky	72.9	4,083

COVID-19 Mortality by State

National Center for Health Statistics

www.cdc.gov

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Walz also killed people by ordering nursing homes to take in covid cases.

Tropical Wilds said:

If you want to go over the numbers, we can, because they’re also baloney, but let’s try to really refocus on the points you brought up in your post before you go walk over into conspiracy theory wonderland.

Do you least understand the difference between your misrepresentation (he opened a hot line and encouraged people to spy on others) and the reality (people were calling with concerns and to address the issue of 911 being overburdened, they opened a hotline instead)?

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Walz actions encouraged people to call and rat on thier neighbors. Instead of calming people he implemented such strategies that caused people to be so fearful they just had to snitch to save their lives etc. People were made to think this was the end of civilization. This was the Democrat response. It scared people because the Democrats frightened them so badly in Minnesota.

So instead of telling people to stop calling 911 on their neighbors Walz elected to encourage it by having a hotline where people could.

rjs330 said:

Walz actions encouraged people to call and rat on thier neighbors. Instead of calming people he implemented such strategies that caused people to be so fearful they just had to snitch to save their lives etc. People were made to think this was the end of civilization. This was the Democrat response. It scared people because the Democrats frightened them so badly in Minnesota.

So instead of telling people to stop calling 911 on their neighbors Walz elected to encourage it by having a hotline where people could.

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LoL, y’all just read anything but what actually happened, but ok.

Tropical Wilds said:

LoL, y’all just read anything but what actually happened, but ok.

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Lol I read what happened, from Walz defenders.

rjs330 said:

Lol I read what happened, from Walz defenders.

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Clearly you didn’t, but hey, whatever. No skin off my nose if are ok with showing you’re not informed on the topic.