Credibility shattered
01-04-2021, 06:09 AM
#141
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This all reminds me of an episode of Top Gear when Jeremy Clarkson was talking about his two friends, one from CA, the other from Germany:
CA: "what if you drove without a license"
German: "oh, that's impossible, you cannot drive without a license."
CA: "yeah, but what if you DID"
German: "IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO DRIVE WITHOUT A LICENSE"
CA has gone off the rails. At the beginning of this thing when we didn't know anything about the virus, I get it. But the idea is that as we learn more, we relax restrictions where they aren't necessary as a part of an iterative problem solving process. In true CA form, they're just rolling out tons of CYA over-regulation without thinking about the consequences.
CA: "what if you drove without a license"
German: "oh, that's impossible, you cannot drive without a license."
CA: "yeah, but what if you DID"
German: "IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO DRIVE WITHOUT A LICENSE"
CA has gone off the rails. At the beginning of this thing when we didn't know anything about the virus, I get it. But the idea is that as we learn more, we relax restrictions where they aren't necessary as a part of an iterative problem solving process. In true CA form, they're just rolling out tons of CYA over-regulation without thinking about the consequences.
01-04-2021, 06:21 AM
#142
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Go look at freight ads for O/Os that have “No California Loads”. The CARB regulations and stops are so bad that rates to the East Voast from CA are about $10,000 during the summer slack season.
01-04-2021, 11:16 AM
#144
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Originally Posted by Excargodog
We lost 81,000 to drug overdoses this year. Most of those were young adults. That may (or may not) be related to COVID, either directly (COVID irritating vascular system) or indirectly (lockdown depression)
01-04-2021, 11:23 AM
#145
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Originally Posted by Gordie H
I don’t doubt these numbers and sorry to read them…I used numbers from 2015 since I liked how the nhtsa presented data and I couldn’t find a slide like that for any later years. But my overall point is the under 65 covid deaths still command respect.
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