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        <div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I wear a mask also.   It is a PIA. but I am one of the ones that could have bad outcomes from the Zombie Apolitze so why not. <br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I believe if everyone would follow the simple rules this thing could die down and save a lot of lives. It will not completely go away until a vaccine is developed.  <br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">People need to be able to go back to work.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">The same thing happened during the FLUE pandemic. People refused to wear masks. Americans hate to be told what to do. :-}<br></div><div><br></div>
        
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                    On Saturday, August 15, 2020, 7:42:43 AM CDT, cgs <oxygenfarm@gmail.com> wrote:
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    <font size="+1">Hey, guys, can't we cool off the rhetoric?<br clear="none">
      Accept that there are good people who refuse/decline to do simple
      things which might help prevent big problems.<br clear="none">
      I wear a mask, because why the hell not? I recently met with an
      Amish man who asked why I was carrying a mask, ready to put it on.
      I told him I'm healthy but am willing to look like a Halloween
      character to protect him.<br clear="none">
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    <div class="ydp71075d49yiv0608039044yqt6517033736" id="ydp71075d49yiv0608039044yqtfd89776"><div class="ydp71075d49yiv0608039044moz-cite-prefix">On 8/14/20 11:40 PM, Mogrits wrote:<br clear="none">
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        openly, apparently) can say what you want. The largest virus in
        the world is much much smaller than the smallest bacteria known.
        Medical masks can block bacteria in some cases but do not block
        viruses. Virus transmission is not the intent of a surgical
        mask. Don't even begin on what these paper masks and cloth masks
        prevent.
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        <div>You in essence just called me stupid. Too bad you come to
          that. History will sort this out. You won't like the result
          when your country reopens and covid somehow re-emerges in your
          country after it subsides everywhere else.</div>
        <div>Warren</div>
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        <div class="ydp71075d49yiv0608039044gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Fri, Aug 14, 2020 at 6:02
          PM Tom Martin <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:tmartin@xtra.co.nz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">tmartin@xtra.co.nz</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">
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            <p>I do think at 2 cents, you've over-valued your opinion.<br clear="none">
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            <p>As someone on the listed mailed me: "Americans suffer
              from two virus, Covid-19 and stupidity."<br clear="none">
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            <p>A poll out today, (Fox New) yielded 74% of Americans
              desire a National Mask Mandate.<br clear="none">
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            <p>Tom<br clear="none">
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            <blockquote type="cite">On 14 August 2020 at 15:18 Mogrits
              <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:mogrits@gmail.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">mogrits@gmail.com</a>> wrote:
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              <div dir="ltr">Spencer,
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                <div>I'm sorry to hear of your loss and potential future
                  loss of friends and family. I agree with the member
                  that said in so many words "enough is enough, that
                  ATIS is a place to read without all this garbage."</div>
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                <div>That said, I have two cents to offer: Barely any of
                  what we hear about this is true or settled. People
                  have died, but they die of the flu every year. How
                  many months now has the death toll been between
                  150,000-160,000? It's been a while. The virus has
                  about burned itself out in the USA. It may come back
                  in the winter, or it may not. Who knows. The one
                  certainty is the hysteria about it will CEASE on Nov
                  3rd regardless of what's happening with caseloads.</div>
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                <div>No offense to the respondent from New Zealand, but
                  theirs is not a response to be emulated. You cannot
                  hide from a virus. Other countries will be well and
                  done with Covid 19 and NZ will become a new hotspot
                  once they relax restrictions.</div>
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                <div>Young folks figured out early on they have
                  negligible risk and rightfully so. That's why they
                  went on Spring Breaks and the other nonsense of youth
                  months ago- it does not infect or at least affect
                  them. So far there is not one case of a public school
                  aged child transmitting to an adult and any youth aged
                  Covid death is suspect at best. Teachers Unions are
                  now holding this Country hostage and by extension it's
                  economy by keeping parents out of work. </div>
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                <div>My personal opinion is if you have so much
                  confidence in the stupid paper or even worse, cloth
                  mask then you wear your mask and protect yourself.
                  These cheap pieces of garbage take droplets which
                  don't travel far due to weight and aerosalize them
                  where they go much farther. Don't tie a bandanna on
                  your face and tell me you are "preventing the spread".
                  That is just silly. Same with any other cloth or paper
                  mask. Nothing but social conditioning for an illness
                  with a high 90% survival rate. Does not minimize the
                  losses but does not justify hysteria.</div>
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                <div>And that's enough for me,</div>
                <div>Warren</div>
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                <div dir="ltr">On Thu, Aug 6, 2020 at 9:18 PM Jim Becker
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                        <div>I thought it was a big upgrade when I got
                          to go from a blackboard to a whiteboard.  And
                          that wasn’t an electronic whiteboard, just one
                          that let us use erasable dry markers rather
                          than chalk.  I still have my chalk chuck.  I
                          use it in the shop to make timing marks easier
                          to see.</div>
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                        <div>Jim Becker</div>
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                              <div><strong>From:</strong> <a shape="rect">Mark Johnson</a>
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                              <div><strong>Sent:</strong> Thursday,
                                August 06, 2020 1:48 PM</div>
                              <div><strong>To:</strong> <a shape="rect">at@lists.antique-tractor.com</a>
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                              <div><strong>Subject:</strong> Re: [AT]
                                [External] Re: Covid-19</div>
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                          <p>These days, a teacher, especially at the
                            college level, darn near needs an
                            associate's degree in Electrical Technology
                            to operate all the classroom electronics. <br clear="none">
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                          <p>I had enough trouble, 10 years back, as an
                            adjunct instructor, just dealing with the
                            electronic whiteboard in a small
                            computer-lab classroom. <br clear="none">
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                          <p>Mark J<br clear="none">
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                          <div>On 8/6/2020 1:05 PM, Gunnells, Brad R
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                            <div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);">Hahaha..well
                              I'm not sure it's really a thing. It was
                              easier to say that then to say the
                              installed computers, switchers, cameras,
                              microphones, etc, etc.</div>
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                            <div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);">It's
                              surprising how complex some of these
                              systems are. Multiple monitors, multiple
                              projectors that show different inputs,
                              software to record it all for later
                              learning.</div>
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                                AT <a shape="rect">mailto:at-bounces@lists.antique-tractor.com</a>
                                on behalf of Jim Becker <a shape="rect">mailto:mr.jebecker@gmail.com</a><br clear="none">
                                <strong>Sent:</strong> Thursday, August
                                6, 2020 9:41 AM<br clear="none">
                                <strong>To:</strong> Antique Tractor
                                Email Discussion Group <a shape="rect">mailto:at@lists.antique-tractor.com</a><br clear="none">
                                <strong>Subject:</strong> Re: [AT]
                                [External] Re: Covid-19</span>
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                                  <div>“Podium technology” There is a
                                    phrase I never expected to hear.</div>
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                                  <div>Jim Becker</div>
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                                        <div><strong>From:</strong> <a shape="rect">Gunnells,
                                            Brad R</a> <br clear="none">
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                                        <div><strong>Sent:</strong>
                                          Thursday, August 06, 2020 8:29
                                          AM</div>
                                        <div><strong>To:</strong> <a shape="rect">Antique
                                            Tractor Email Discussion
                                            Group</a> <br clear="none">
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                                        <div><strong>Subject:</strong>
                                          Re: [AT] [External] Re:
                                          Covid-19</div>
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                                    <div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);">I
                                      had a friend call and ask to use
                                      my trailer to haul some furniture
                                      for his son going back to college.
                                      It's going to be interesting how
                                      this all unfolds.</div>
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                                    <div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);">I
                                      work in IT at University of Iowa,
                                      so for me this work from home has
                                      been pretty much business as usual
                                      so I'm very lucky in that regard.
                                      I work closely with the folks that
                                      maintain the classrooms (due to
                                      podium technology) and they are
                                      equipping far more rooms to keep
                                      the class sizes down. In addition
                                      some will attend the classroom
                                      while others participate online.</div>
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                                    <div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);">But
                                      as John says, the dorms and
                                      apartment complexes are confined
                                      spaces. And lets be honest, when
                                      Friday night and the weekend roll
                                      around, how many teen and
                                      20-somethings are going to want to
                                      social distance? We saw pictures
                                      of Spring Break in the south. I
                                      presume we're going to see an
                                      uptick in our county numbers in
                                      early October.</div>
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                                    <div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);">2020
                                      has been a shit-show of a year,
                                      plus it's an election year on top
                                      of it. I'll be so glad to put this
                                      year in the rear view mirror,
                                      things have got to get
                                      better....right?</div>
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                                    <div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);">Brad</div>
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