Once again the self appointed speaker of all things non-birding chimes in.
No one cares what you think about the pandemic Joel. Keep it to birding. Hope
the moderator deletes your completely out of place message.
Jon
Sent from my iPhone
On Nov 21, 2020, at 7:49 AM, Joel Geier <clearwater@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
This statement in yesterday's OBOL digest begs a response:
The impact of lockdowns and limiting our normal movement will ultimately be
way worse than the pandemic itself.
Such a statement could only be made by someone who lives in a state where,
fortunately, the governor has taken proactive measures that have been
effective to limit the spread of this contagion.
It could only be said by someone who has not lost a friend or family member
among the 254,320 Americans who have died so far, and who knows no one among
the hundreds of thousands of others who are dealing with lingering effects
after surviving the disease.
Surely no one who knows anyone working long shifts in intensive care wards in
one of the worst-affected states would say this.
We've been very lucky so far in Oregon, by and large, though there are signs
that we're on the leading edge of a wave that will get worse in the next few
weeks. Please take a look at what's happening in Iowa, South Dakota, or
Wisconsin right now, or in west Texas where they've re-purposed refrigerated
semi trailers as morgues. Losing a bit of access to a favored birding spot or
missing out on some hypothetical rarity is a very small price to pay, to
avoid that scenario here.
--
Joel Geier
Self-quarantining in the Camp Adair area north of Corvallis
