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Boulder prohibits gatherings of any size for 18-22 year olds

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Re: Boulder prohibits gatherings of any size for 18-22 year olds

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Post by peapicker »

Balgair wrote: post #134
rdtwo wrote: post #38

Why not just gather in the neighboring city?

The old saying is that Boulder is seven square miles between the mountains and reality. You can buy passports on Pearl St. to get into Boulder. It's kinda it's own little world. The next town over is Louisville, which has pretty much nothing for a 18-22 year old to do. Or Longmonth, which also has pretty much nothing to do. Denver is ~30 min away depending on traffic. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Boulder,+CO/@39…

Louisville and Longmont, both in Boulder County, are also subject to this prohibition as is is a county-wide regulation.

Re: Boulder prohibits gatherings of any size for 18-22 year olds

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Post by mieses »

rgiscard wrote: post #242

COVID infections by by age in Boulder County: Age Number of Individuals in Boulder County * 0-9 66 10-19 1,261 20-29 1,364 30-39 340 40-49 335 50-59 318 60-69 189 70-79 144 80+ 111 Source: https://www.bouldercounty.org/families/disease/covid-19/covi...

and probably less than a total of 5 deaths?

why does the number of infections matter?

a focus on the number of infections rather than suffering, illness or death implies a goal of slowing or preventing herd immunity and, by extension, prolonging Covid regulations.

Re: Boulder prohibits gatherings of any size for 18-22 year olds

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Post by rgiscard »

mieses wrote: post #244
rgiscard wrote: post #242

COVID infections by by age in Boulder County: Age Number of Individuals in Boulder County * 0-9 66 10-19 1,261 20-29 1,364 30-39 340 40-49 335 50-59 318 60-69 189 70-79 144 80+ 111 Source: https://www.bouldercounty.org/families/disease/covid-19/covi...

and probably less than a total of 5 deaths? why does the number of infections matter? a focus on the number of infections rather than suffering, illness or death implies a goal of slowing or preventing herd immunity and, by extension, prolonging Covid regulations.

Please run for the county health commissioner or CDC director if you feel this strongly about this.

Re: Boulder prohibits gatherings of any size for 18-22 year olds

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Post by dragonwriter »

rgiscard wrote: post #245
mieses wrote: post #244

Earlier quoted context omitted.

and probably less than a total of 5 deaths? why does the number of infections matter? a focus on the number of infections rather than suffering, illness or death implies a goal of slowing or preventing herd immunity and, by extension, prolonging Covid regulations.

Please run for the county health commissioner or CDC director if you feel this strongly about this.

> Please run for the county health commissioner or CDC director if you feel this strongly about this.

The lowest elected position in the CDC chain of command is the President of the United States.

Re: Boulder prohibits gatherings of any size for 18-22 year olds

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Post by mieses »

dragonwriter wrote: post #246
rgiscard wrote: post #245

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Please run for the county health commissioner or CDC director if you feel this strongly about this.

> Please run for the county health commissioner or CDC director if you feel this strongly about this. The lowest elected position in the CDC chain of command is the President of the United States.

to prevent cavities, dentists should pull out all your teeth. if you object to this obvious remedy then you are clearly an irrational person.

Re: Boulder prohibits gatherings of any size for 18-22 year olds

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Post by mieses »

cbsks wrote: post #92
ApolloFortyNine wrote: post #83

It's pretty disgusting the amount of additional powers we're allowing the government to take during this pandemic. You might may something to the affect "desperate times call for desperate measures," but have no doubt, the next 'emergency' is right around the corner. Once you give government power, it's quite difficult to take it back. People will be toeing the lines for years on what an emergency is, until it simply…

What new powers are being granted to the government? The authority to order a quarantine is not new.

misapplying quarantine powers to indefinitely transform everyday life is a new thing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_opportunism

Re: Boulder prohibits gatherings of any size for 18-22 year olds

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Post by nradov »

ardy42 wrote: post #229
itsoktocry wrote: post #191

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Compare the US's curve to China's. If the US hadn't tried to half-ass it's measures Are you advocating welding people in buildings?

> Are you advocating welding people in buildings? No, that's a straw man. It's like saying that someone who advocates for an effective police force is also advocating for that force to recklessly kill suspects. What I am advocating for is mandatory pandemic control measures that are strict enough to work and applied consistently until the job is done, and a population that's willing consistently take efforts to prote…

How will we know when the job is done? Please give specific numbers.

Does violation of fundamental civil rights like freedom of assembly not also harm the common good? We can't focus narrowly on one objective and ignore everything else.

Re: Boulder prohibits gatherings of any size for 18-22 year olds

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Post by ls612 »

davesque wrote: post #232
ls612 wrote: post #213

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Aside from the part where I didn’t say that you had a good point.

Why are you commenting as "I" in response to a comment directed at __blockcipher__?

Sorry about that. The way HN renders on my phone it looked like you were replying to me.
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