Check, please! And the desire to "open"

It's Thursday.  Hump day came and went.  I had multiple Zoom meetings.  I wish I had bought Zoom stock back in say January -- but not being a US Senator I had no inside info that shit was coming. :)

Yes, the magic check appeared in my bank account yesterday.  It was less than calculated here, but then no one has a copy of the 2018 1040 sitting around.  Do you? (I know people who read this who will be saying "yes, duh" but I ain't one of them 😀) 

I told my bro-law I was thinking of investing it in toilet paper futures.  I saw on Twitter a paper mill in Maine that makes toilet paper burned yesterday.  😔 (acc to the key, this is a "pensive face." Really?!)

But today's "thing" has to be the acceleration of people wanting to "open the economy."  There was a protest in Ohio yesterday for the governor to let up restrictions.  I am not the first one to say this: it looked like a Zombie movie.

Then there's the Pennsylvania legislature.  If you don't know this, it's been Republican since 2010.  And we have a Democratic governor now in the middle of his second term. 

So the Republicans decided the governor wasn't doing the whole stay at home thing right, that more businesses should be open, so they passed a bill (SB613) that opens more businesses.   The liquor store was one of the ones frequently cited (PA is the only state that has closed them, deeming them non-essential.  Talk about a mistake in definition!!!).  Also, and more questionably, construction.  They want to go back to building stuff. 

The Democrats tried in both the House and Senate to add worker protections to the bill -- making wearing masks in stores mandatory for workers, more unemployment coverage, that sort of thing -- but failed.

Felt a lot like politics.

No one likes this.  No one likes not going out.  Few (now) like not going to work. 

But we all recognize this virus is deadly and spreads easily.  Today's message from our lieutenant governor seems to be "let's get to <1 reproductive value on the virus" -- which means every person gives it to less than one person.  Then it dies. A good message.

But let me finish with this for those out there protesting or legislating to open things up: you can do that all you want, and governors can say "we're open for business," but a lot of people (it'll be interesting to see how many) aren't going anywhere other than the grocery store or work -- depending on the environment and leave time -- until there's either herd immunity or a vaccine.  A lot of people aren't going to run out to businesses and buy stuff if they can get the virus.  A lot of people aren't going to restaurants to eat until there's almost no chance of getting something that can kill people in hours. 

So, acting like you're just going back to "normal" with an edict and wishful thinking is you being a dumb ass.

Have a good one.  We've almost made it through week 10 zillion of "Stay at Home" -- TGIF !!! woo woo.