The Redhats wear red hats as a symbol of their sympathies.
Is this not why anyone wears a hat with a political emblem or meaning? If so, why repeatedly point it out?
Breweries are not open it doesn't look like (edit - they're open to make beer, but not for customers to come drink). My friend goes to a local winery out here, he says they open up one day a week for customers.
That's interesting, here in Florida breweries are open (at 50% capacity, like restaurants), but bars are not. It's a loophole since breweries are classified as manufacturers with a sampling room (which is essentially a bar). Meanwhile, cases are climbing and the Governor shows no sign of changing his re-opening plan. Just have to wait and see how it goes.
Trump supporters love those red hats
And your point is?......Just who exactly do those red hats bother?
So, if you are "bothered" by a red hat. whose issue is that?
I'm not bothered with them at all. In fact, I appreciate the advanced warning of the type of person I might be forced to interact with. You know, a loud mouth, immigrant hating, science denying, cult member that thinks wearing a mask is a sign of liberal weakness. I usually try to avoid them, but I appreciate the warning in the event that I'm forced to interact with them.
I’m confused - do you see wearing a Trump hat as “a message of support for the president” or an indication of fanaticism? Most of your post says it’s simply Trump fans supporting their guy (which I would agree with), then at the end see it as fanaticism
could be misunderstanding
all good & welcome aboard! 
We should only interpret the red hat as meaning support for the President, nothing more nothing less. I don’t see any reason to look more into it than that. But to wear attire to show support of a sitting U.S. President would indicate a symptom of fanaticism, IMO. But I think it is misguided of the left to immediately associate a red hat with racism or anything of the sort.
Boynton Brother, what is up!
Boynton Brother, what is up!
So you see it, too. Banned & joined anew all in one day.
I'm out.
We should only interpret the red hat as meaning support for the President, nothing more nothing less. I don’t see any reason to look more into it than that.
MAGA really means Make America White Again.
Code for they angry white conservative people.
Here in the Golden Isles - pretty much everything has opened to original capacity. Some business (notably some restaurants) have actually started to take it upon themselves to re-close after several staff tested positive for Covid.
I have done (at least) my part to support several of my favorites - including regularly ordering take-out and over-tipping. Just yesterday (Father's Day) I visited my absolute favorite place (pick-up to go). I was astounded! EVERY table and booth filled beyond capacity. Folks lined up like sardines and pushing like a locomotive to get it. Even wearing a mask - it just didn't feel safe.
Looks like the tourists are here in full force. For the rest of the summer, I'm letting them support the restaurants.
Illinois got hit hard early .... now we are the only state to actually follow the CDC guidelines for opening up and our numbers are going down. We are starting phase 4 this Friday - which will open up a lot more stuff, including dining indoors (with limitations). Almost every place here requires a mask - and compliance has been pretty good by where I live..... we'll see what this next phase brings.
South Florida has gone backwards a bit. Some restaurants are more packed than others, especially if it's closer to a bar than a restaurant since bars are still not open. Some are back to featuring live music. Breweries are open, however, which is a loophole in their classification as a manufacturer where you can sample. Some are being careful by wearing masks and limiting occupancy, other establishments have rolled the clock back to February.
Meanwhile, cases are back up. Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties are back to either requiring masks in public or are considering it in an effort to get case numbers back in decline without closing businesses that only just re-opened. None of that bodes well for bars that are eager to re-open.
A while ago someone posted a comment something like -
where are the increases in cases in Texas and Florida? Its not happening and it's not gonna happen'
Sadly, that person was wrong.
It's happening
🙁
We should only interpret the red hat as meaning support for the President, nothing more nothing less. I don’t see any reason to look more into it than that.
MAGA really means Make America White Again.
Code for they angry white conservative people.
Here's one for you.
You don't have to do the survey or a text, but watch the whole video.
I got home a couple days ago from a nearly 2 week trip to Colorado.
When I left Ohio was near their low point for 7 day, 14 day and 21 day rolling average case count increases (380, 399 and 427). Now, Ohio has nearly matched our high case count increases in the respective averages (872, 745, 632). Big turn around! Our all time 7-day average new case count high was April 21 at 920. The current is less than 50 off that. Our 14-day average of 745 is the new high and our 21-day average is just 30 off of our May 8th record high. After 26 straight days of lower hospitalization rates, Ohio now has seen 6 days in a row with increasing admissions, current average is +18 a day. Similarly with ICU beds statewide, we had experienced an even longer drop in ICU use, but now are averaging about 3-5 new ones a day. Although statewide hospitalizations and ICU use are still very much below their peaks currently (724 currently hospitalized vs 1110 peak, 244 currently in ICU vs 524 peak).
Data in my county looks to be holding steady, about 12 new cases a day and 2.5 new hospitalizations a day which aren't too much higher than a couple weeks ago.
While I get my arms around these figures, I will be very very curious what happens in the county in which I visited in Colorado.
The summer season tourist traffic is booming! My local friends think it may actually be busier than ever as more people from the front range Denver/Colorado Springs area are vacationing closer to home in their own state rather than traveling abroad then there is the typical Texas and Arizona part-timers and vacationers there as well. From local news stories: An ATV and Jeep rental company says their June business is up 46% from 2019. A rafting company says that some of their group contracts with youth groups were canceled, but they are seeing more family booking than before. A bicycle rental company says they are busier than they ever planned to be. One bike rental owner said he wished he would've taken out a loan in February to buy every bike he could so he had more to rent now! He's booked up and sold out.
As I had said before, mask usage and distancing in Colorado is much more prevalent then what I see here in Ohio.
This rural mountain area has only seen about 80 coronavirus cases to date, vast majority of which are linked to a nursing home. Statewide Colorado appears to be experiencing only a modest increase in cases right now. Will the summer season keep it that way?
MAGA really means Make America White Again.
Kind of sad that you choose to see it that way. But hey, your call, right?
Went out to dinner for the 1st time last night. Sat outside. It was great. Wait staff wore masks, we did walking in and out.
Things are stable in MA and NH. We opened up slowly, we wear masks. I think that makes a big difference
There are no guarantees that it won’t get worse again.
I like to think that the approach that we took to this, although painful, made a difference
Ohio has essentially set a new high on our rolling 7 day average for new cases 11 straight days. Hospitalizations back where they were mid-May, about 100 off peak. ICU use is still pretty low compared to peak, current is 45% below our peak. That is atleast good...for now. My specific county overall is holding up better than the statewide numbers...for now, our new cases are still half of what they were at peak.
That rural county I visited in Colorado...after remaining at a long plateau with mid / upper 70s total cases throughout all of June and a slight uptick to 82 cases as of July 8th, the state is now reporting 116 cases there after a recent batch of test results just came in apparently from a few days ago.
Some of the reporting is hard to follow now. Some places do not count cases if they are from out of the county or state. Some places count deaths different ways. Some places count hospitalizations different ways. Sometimes county health department numbers do not match state health department numbers for that county on the same day.
New cases. The media's shiny ball
"New Cases"!!!!!!
All of these "New cases" and everyone is now wearing masks...
Mmmmmm
The new cases are coming from places that people weren’t wearing masks
Going to bars, indoor restaurants, indoor political rallies
The new cases are coming from places that people weren’t wearing masks
Going to bars, indoor restaurants, indoor political rallies
& Outdoor protests....
The new cases are coming from places that people weren’t wearing masks
Going to bars, indoor restaurants, indoor political rallies& Outdoor protests....
Yeah, the Anti-Mask protestors have not helped curb the spread.
MAGA really means Make America White Again.
Kind of sad that you choose to see it that way. But hey, your call, right?
Don't be sad, it's just someone else's viewpoint. And hey look they didn't go all snowflake persecution complex and get puffed up on how their views are always under attack - just made a point and moved on.
Why italics and bold on "right" ? Does that somehow give that stale colloquialistic emphasis more mpact?
I am not sad in the least, just a generalization... And for someone who appears to be entertained by my use of italics, you might want to learn to use spell check..
The new cases are coming from places that people weren’t wearing masks
And where does this amazing factoid find its origin?
Red Rocks gets set to host its first concert since Coronavirus began. The Colorado Symphony will perform "acoustic on the rocks" July 29- Aug 2. Tickets are on sale.
Red Rocks gets set to host its first concert since Coronavirus began. The Colorado Symphony will perform "acoustic on the rocks" July 29- Aug 2. Tickets are on sale.
Will the performers be wearing masks?
Going to a drive in concert tomorrow.
Red Rocks gets set to host its first concert since Coronavirus began. The Colorado Symphony will perform "acoustic on the rocks" July 29- Aug 2. Tickets are on sale.
Will the performers be wearing masks?
This article doesn't state the musicians will, but Colorado has a mask order so I would think they will be.
https://theknow.denverpost.com/2020/07/17/red-rocks-concerts-2020-colorado-symphony/242045/
Going to a drive in concert tomorrow.
Cool. How was it?
Hope it wasn't a drive in punk rock show, last one I went to the mosh pit was a demolition derby. I am driving a tank next time.
Have you ever tried DC traffic?
Told my wife next time we go I'm buying the oldest pick-up I can find that runs good, welding rail road track down both sides, using same as bumpers (extended 2 feet front and back, and dash cams that cover 360 degree viewing.
Drivers up there think that a sign saying "Lane Ends In 500 Feet" means hit the gas and see if you can get into that
5 foot space between those 18 wheelers.
Only place I've been to where the exit ramps are also entry ramps, in the same lane.
Still open here in Ohio. Mask mandate in effect this past Thursday. I did say and believed the Governor should've mandated it back in the spring. Water under the bridge now.
Ohio's rolling average for new cases are 1300 a day. If that holds for the rest of July we will be about 40,000 new cases in July alone, compared to almost 50,000 cases April, May and June combined! Statewide our hospital usage is back at peak levels, 1000-1100 patients being in the hospital for covid on any given day. Although our ICU use is still some 35% below peak. Our trough for low daily increases was June 8-17th with averages at or below 400 a day....make today's numbers 225% increase off the lows.
My county is holding up better, about 22 new cases a day on average compared to 33 7-day rolling average at our May 8th peak. My county went from being 7th in the state for cases, to currently 10th. So it's worse in other spots in Ohio than it is where I live.
Ohio did recommend Ohioans traveling back home or people traveling from states with 15% positivity rate self-quarantine for 14 days.
My wife's family made their annual summer trip to Myrtle Beach, coronavirus hot spot. They just got home yesterday. Not sure what they will be doing, talking about 14 people in total. We won't be seeing them I know that. Two work at either a hospital in nursing or a long term care facility in administration - they could get tested to see if they can return to work sooner...or those employers might not want them to come in, I don't know.
One of my best friends who lives in Charlotte just returned from his annual family Myrtle Beach trip some time this past week. Today he told me he's been sick since Friday with a 103 fever. Will probably seek a test tomorrow.
Our Governor told a story of a group of students that traveled to Myrtle Beach, 45 of them to be exact. Said that more than half now are positive.
We also have local cases stemming from graduation parties and bars.
Our median age has gone from 63-ish this spring, down to 50s in June, to a current age of 42.
Here's a troubling trend that doesn't bode well for school re-opening.
Child hospitalizations from Covid-19 surge 23% in Florida as schools statewide must reopen
https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/27/health/florida-covid-children-hospitalizations/index.html
