On Monday, July 6, 2020 at 10:48:58 PM UTC-4, Bob F wrote:
On 7/6/2020 5:43 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 6 Jul 2020 10:13:39 -0700, Bob F wrote:

On 7/6/2020 10:08 AM, wrote:
On Mon, 6 Jul 2020 08:52:08 -0700, Bob F wrote:

On 7/5/2020 9:50 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 5 Jul 2020 21:27:38 -0700, Bob F wrote:

On 7/5/2020 8:38 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 5 Jul 2020 22:29:46 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

https://imgur.com/gallery/Irh2XuW

Not a new idea

Bear in mind lots of things were illegal in 1918 that have since been
ruled unconstitutional like arresting people for protesting the draft.
I also wonder how wide spread that mask mandate was in 1918. One
picture or even a dozen pictures does not prove a national policy.


Why don't you look it up then.

I didn't make the statement that it was mandatory nationwide in 1918.
It is pretty hard to prove a negative.
I suppose I could find a picture of people in Lee County Florida not
wearing masks that year tho. I bet they would shoot you if you walked
up to them in one, thinking you were a bandit.


Actually, it was not a nationwide thing. States and localities did it.

I will take a page out of Joyce's book. Prove it.

You are telling me every yokel in Arkansas was wearing a mask?
I can believe it in New York City and maybe even in Chicago but I
doubt it was true in Little Rock. (or any other rural area)


Did I say anything to suggest that?

So you disagree with those that say Trump should be pushing for a
federal mask law? OK sorry for any confusion, my bad.


I was talking about 1917.

trump should be doing something. Hospitals are begging for testing
supplies, and trump's FEMA is saying "they are out of the testing
business". trump is the largest obstacle in this country to properly
handling this disastrous pandemic.

I was surprised to hear on the news last night that testing is not readily
available in LA now. IDK if it has been that way all along or more likely
it was better a month or two ago, but now has gotten worse again because
of more demand. Either way, it's not good. And like you say, Trump just
pretends it's all over and everything is fine. I think that is going to
have a collision with reality when hospitals start to run out of ICU beds
and ventilators again. Even if people are dying at lower rates, hospital
capacity will run out if this keeps accelerating and eventually the death
rate has to increase too.