I'm pretty sure I didn't start this except to say that from a safety and PR standpoint things like the President spending a lot of time on the golf course as the virus invaded the US and a bunch of us carrying on playing golf while Rome burns are not things I'd advocate.
In his own words:
Reply 199- There is no science that would inform such decision. Only quackery and denial of science.
297-Suddenly people realize that they need an effective federal government. Too bad it's been systematically, purposefully, and effectively dismantled.
311 It makes me ask wtf happened in the richest, greatest country in the world where we've reached this point after months of kowing this was coming with continual denials and obfuscation such that we're at a juncture where our leader is going on his propaganda network arguing about the exact number of tens of thousands of ventilators needed in NY state while telling folks that we'll be cramming churches just in time for the Easter Bunny.
364 Between our President's spending 80% of his time in the past three months playing golf and people acting like we are somehow entitled to go our and play a game instead of sheltering at home in this world crisis the game is not going to come out of this well. Sorry, but that's reality.
450 Complete lack of testing .....
My comments until the last few pages were few and mostly descriptive. I don't know what made this thread veer, but no matter how heart-felt the above remarks are, not only are they grossly inaccurate, but also highly offensive. And to bring religion into it! Mike, I have known and liked you for years. I am disappointed.
A.G.- thanks for being there for me. I am sorry that some of what you write comes across to me as pedantic. It was not meant as a slur nor did I intend on being sarcastic when I address you as Professor. I think I remember you saying that you taught economics in high school. Correcting me for using the word "solving" instead of "allocating" in a supply/demand problem might have been done by a professor in Econ 101, but never in industry when analyzing pricing scenarios for various products. And I am fine with that as I think that being more precise in communications is better than being less. My apologies if I made you feel that I was calling you names.
Bryan- thanks for continuing to fact check. The numbers I quoted came from a daily email coming, I think, from the City of Frisco. The differences might be due to timing, but they are not particularly material anyways.
I am concerned and worried about the effects of the virus especially in the big, crowded cities. Other than golf and the occasional trip to the grocery store, we are in or around the house the rest of the time. To the best of my knowledge, the HC system is not stressed around where I live, though I fear that the southern sector of Dallas County could very well be overwhelmed as the virus appears to be having a more serious, disproportionate effect on the poor.
For myself, I am more concerned about catching the virus and unknowingly infecting other people than checking out. Fortunately, other than with my wife, my contact with other folks is minimal and seldom within the recommended 6' minimum. Our course has taken all the common recommended precautions and carrying my bag eliminates having to touch but a few surfaces touched by others (our supt. has installed a 2" wide sleeve of 2" pvc pipe in each cup and it makes picking the ball out of the hole without touching anything but the ball very easy).
As to whining about not playing for couple of days, well, that's what I do, whine. And getting used to playing with some pain is a reality which won't likely get better through time. Best of luck to you and yours (I'd have stayed in FL a few months longer!).