Subj : Re: Vaccine
To   : Mike Powell
From : Dale Shipp
Date : Wed Feb 22 2023 00:54:02

 -=> On 02-21-23  16:13,  Mike Powell <=-
 -=> spoke to Dale Shipp about Re: Vaccine <=-

 > TTTT, I was not aware that the chain stores were allowed to stay open
 > and the mom & pop stores were forced to close.  That was bad judgement.
 > It seems to me that places like Walmark would have been greater
 > spreaders than any one small business.

 MP> Your state may have done things different.  Here, smaller stores were
 MP> forced to close while Walmart and Kroger (regional grocery chain)
 MP> could stay open.  Not sure about Kroger, but at least the local Walmart
 MP> did their part by keeping track of how many people went in and not
 MP> allowing too many in at once.
 
I honestly do not know which stores were allowed to stay open and which
were required to close (except for grocery stores).  I mostly just
stayed in my apartment during that period.

 > Same reaction, except that Trump was a big offender of that sort of
 > thing as well as hold massive ralleys with people all in close contact
 > and not masked.

 MP> But was he preaching something other than he practiced?  I agree, I
 MP> didn't agree with what Trump was preaching, but I don't think he told
 MP> people not to gather while doing it himself.

Your point is sort of valid.  Trump himself ignored or over rode the CDC
regulations or suggestions about not having mass gatherings.  So, while
he did not tell people not to gather -- his government did say that.

                               Dale Shipp
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