I think Starbucks it trying to reward those who have to show up no matter what. If you call the police, they show up. Transit and grocery stores may be ‘essential’, but they could close. Medical, police, and the military have to go to work.

I find Starbucks definition of “essential” pretty biased. As an attorney, not only am I essential, I am basically a super hero. I fight for justice. Uphold laws and stuff.  Mind you I do this from the comfort of my home office and I don’t wear pants some days. I want my free coffee.

Before everyone starts whining that they are essential it says:

Well said.

But relying on the honesty and integrity of the pharmaceutical industry and the political appointees who were put into the agencies to push Trump’s agenda...now that’s absolutely certain to be safe, right?

I am not an antivxxer, but I am not rushing to get the vaccine when it comes out, especially the ones that were rushed for public use by the Trump Admin. I have no problems with vaccines that went through the standard testing protocols. Of course it helps that I am not an essential worker subject to heightened…

There’s not been a mRNA based vaccine developed or approved for use. There’s no way to know what the long term effects are. That’s a valid concern in the same way people keep saying the unknown long term effects of Covid-19 are reason to be cautious. I'm hopeful that the 90%+ efficacy for the vaccine proves to be…

... maybe they don’t trust the record speed at which the vaccines have been developed and tested.

Cool, but like what’s the end game here… because we have it as part of recorded history that they themselves were fighting each other for the same land…

And remember, since this land was stolen by white people, if you are white, then you are obligated to hand over the land you are on to an indigenous person or else you are benefiting off the deaths of these people and the deaths of their culture, SHAME!

I feel a little paranoid / anti-vax over the vaccine and I kind of hate myself for it. I get my flu shot every year, support vaccines (never had kids to vaccinate myself) but I do worry about how fast the development of this one is.

the kids and teachers are a low risk group. us old folk are the main victims...so far. the big push for schools is they are money makers. how much per day is allotted the school districts per student?

That’s...not true at all. California (and specifically LA) is spiking hard. They have a high mask adoption rate, mandatory mask laws, and antidotal evidence shows nearly everyone wearing them at all times (even driving alone...).

What we need to talk about is that “we need to talk about” has become the Official Literary Device of Kinja...

I would hardly consider myself a science denier.  Masks obviously don’t work, or we wouldn’t be seeing a spike now.  The science dictates that it has to be something else that is causing the spike.  So let’s stop arguing about masks and get back to science and figure out what the real cause is.  And we need to get…

“If they must travel via train or plane, they should use the restroom before arrival at the station or terminal to reduce risk of exposure,” Cennimo says. “They should wear a mask the entire time they are traveling, try not to eat or drink, and use hand sanitizer frequently.

At some point you just have to accept a certain level of risk. Me staying at home 24/7, not seeing family, not going grocery shopping, etc was not healthy from a mental health perspective nor did it really decrease my risk that much. My family takes proper precautions and in the city I live in most people are good…

I pee in both my pool and shower... when I’m not in the shower or pool though, I pee in my backyard. 

You sound like the kind of person to say it’s gross to pee in the pool while standing waist deep in the shallow end.

I acknowledge nothing.