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For the brief second I was talking with him, I could see a group of them standing and sitting together. Someone even stood right behind him with a dog...
"Don't worry, we've been isolating" says the guy who went out to grab a rotisserie chicken from the grocery store with his friend a week ago... that is not isolating.
How can I get through to him? He's in his sixties with multiple heart attacks under his belt, prime target for a covid-19 death. I'm in Canada and don't see how he doesn't realize how critical the situation is getting, especially in the US.
Fucking Boomers.
Edit: he uses imgur periodically, hope you see this Dad.
saigondevil
Murica - Covid tuk err jobs. Churchill said America will do the right thing after it exhausts all the other possibilities
SingingMeAndCthulioDownByRlyehFhtagn
Tell him you love him. Treat each call like it’s your last.
Leithreas
You've got to hope enough other people are isolating so the at-risk and/or dumb ones don't get cut down.
Jackalwolf
TAKE THIS LADY TO THE FRONTAGE! Witness her incompliant dad of samthrax.
wingod
We all have choices to make some will make good ones and some will make poor ones. Choose wisely people and stay away from ones who don't.
Frobnosticus
"doesn't realize how critical the situation is" I mean...maybe it's not.
grrayghost
Clearly he feels he's had a good run
jerzey602
call local cops to break it up
noway10
Oh to be young and know better than everyone else. It’s not a boomer thing darlin it’s a youth disdain thing. When you get older there 1/2
noway10
2/2 will be a new nickname the youth call you.
samthrax
That's fine, I'm upset with him because hes risking his life and others.
WisconsinHome
I agree with your concern and frustration with your Dad. And I’m a boomer who has only seen people in their teens and 20s being
WisconsinHome
Stupid. Just because you’re frustrated doesn’t give you a reason to insult an entire generation. By the way I’m following all protocols
redsweatah
Sorry to say but you’re not going to get through to him.Maybe by emotional manipulation (I don’t say that lightly) but that could backfire.
samthrax
I've talked to him multiple times, shared scientific evidence, updates, etc. I've talked with out emotion, I've talked with emotion. I'm 1/
samthrax
At a loss... I lost my mom to heart disease and always wished I could have saved her and now I feel like I'm gonna lose my dad, I'm lost
redsweatah
I’m sorry @op. He won’t likely won’t take it seriously until it’s staring him in the face. You’re a good daughter/son to worry for him.
samthrax
Thank you, I just want my dad to be there still once this is over
Bastoid
And dad, if you do read this: Shame on you!
DarthGoodguy
My father goes out. My mother stats in. She has a sore throat today & Dad literally said “how can you get sick, you don’t leave the house?”
EvenTheMostRidiculousNamesAreTakenWtf
This is why the USZ has the highest cases and deaths. People are idiots.
redsweatah
Idiots are everywhere.
Bastoid
Yes, but they are seldom in such huge concentrations in a population.
redsweatah
Nah, you hear about the US more but dumb people are in every country, race, religion.
Bastoid
Gets less air time, and are elected to fewer official positions, that's for sure.
samthrax
Yeah and it's not helping that the govt hasnt tightened restrictions. I'm mad at all this right now
madguillotine
You had me until "fucking boomers". Because they're the only ones not respecting isolation... Please!
Icantthinkofaname2
They're the biggest demographic knowingly breaking isolation guidelines
madguillotine
Right, so all those spring break people were boomers! Broad definition of boomers...
Icantthinkofaname2
I didn't say "all." I'm taking about the overall demographics. Stop changing the conversation.
PamofPooveyFarms
Good for him! He's an adult. What good is a life if we can't actually live it?
insertyourcleverusername
This is temporary, death is permanent.
Imwalkenhere
Especially if you could have lived for a couple of decades instead of just a week or 2 because you had a bbq
PamofPooveyFarms
He's an adult, his choice.
Imwalkenhere
He could be infecting other people and killing them there shouldn't be a choice
Bastoid
You do not get that spreading disease will get others killed. So shame on you.
PamofPooveyFarms
Says someone who enjoys the government telling them what to do what to think, how to act....
Bastoid
Idiot. idgaf what the gov thinks about it. I know the realities of this disease, how it spreads and how it kills. And _you_ are now a danger
samthrax
You're dumb
Bastoid
Thank you for answering for me. I agree.
PamofPooveyFarms
Thanks! =)
Bastoid
It's not a badge of honor for you too wear. You are a risk to others.
samthrax
Because he is also risking other people's lives. What if he has it and doesnt realize it? Now hes given it to others. Take this seriously
PamofPooveyFarms
I am sure all these ppl are all aware of the corona virus and they made their own decisions to not be held hostage by government overreach
samthrax
You're part of the reason this is getting so bad. Take this seriously and please respect the experts, not politicians but doctors.
PamofPooveyFarms
Where is it getting bad??? All I heard all week that the cases are dropping.
Bastoid
https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html
Bastoid
Currently, US at 21,400 dead. Italy at 19,900. At the current rate, you are going to pass them in 30 days. IF healthcare can keep up!
Bastoid
If people are telling you the numbers are dropping, you are getting news from woefully inadequate sources! Change channels!
Bastoid
There, you got the map. However, it says little about the incremental increases, only the absolute numbers.
samthrax
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/u-s-covid-19-deaths-highest-in-world-1.5529861