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Old 03-29-2020, 03:31 PM
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No me neither. Some of those people that died here were thought to be the result of having attended church. Seems to be a bit of irony there that people would die shortly after efforts that were no doubt intended to help them to make it to the hereafter. I guess there will always be those contrarians that don't take things seriously and unfortunately there are those that just don't trust anyone or anything except their own feelings about things. Shakespeare I think that said "to thine own self be true"? Maybe so, but for the time being, I trust Doctor Fauci.
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Old 03-29-2020, 05:55 PM
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I'm with you there, Cal.
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Old 03-29-2020, 06:21 PM
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I agree too. It's going to be bad but as Dr. Fauci said we have to make efforts so we don't face the "worst case"scenario.
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Old 03-29-2020, 08:31 PM
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CNN saying that the medical people told the President that the death toll could be more than 2 million, if people returned to normal activities too soon. If all of us practice social distancing the death toll is estimated at 100,000. In his news conference today, he did an about face on his comments about trying to get people to return to work by Easter. I think the President gets some pretty crazy ideas from the usual sources and then the medical people have to talk him down. Thank God for them. The nation owes them a lot.
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Old 03-30-2020, 12:02 PM
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SHOULD THE UNTHINKABLE HAPPEN WITH NO TRACKS RUNNING

WILL WE MAINTAIN THIS FORUM FOR OPEN DISCUSSIONS
PERHAPS ON ANY TOPIC WE WISH TO PRESENT & SHARE

HOPEFULLY YES ~

WE'VE COME SO FAR FOR SO LONG TOGETHER
WE CANNOT LET A VIRUS COME BETWEEN US

PERHAPS IF WE HAVE NO RACING TO TALK ABOUT
~ THOSE OF US WHO HAVE A HORSE ~
COULD SHARE ANECDOTES
OR ANYTHING HORSE RELATED
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Old 03-30-2020, 12:25 PM
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I imagine that we will continue to discuss things although there may be those that think some of us, that will go unnamed might be a little too loquacious. I am of course talking about myself here. Don't know why I tend to go overboard with my opinions on here. Maybe it's because I live alone and don't have much contact with others of the human kind or maybe it's simply that regular face to face conversation moves too quickly for me to keep up and with the internet I have more opportunity to organize my thoughts. If you met me in person, you probably would think me very reticent. Even though I want to continue to talk here about whatever the subject is, my fervent wish is that none of us or our loved ones will succumb to this virus.

As for racing shutting down, I have been thinking about that all morning and whether it is realistic to think that Oaklawn and other venues will be able to continue on in the face of this virus. The virus has proceeded here a little slower than other places, but sounds to me like it might be peaking about the time proposed for the Arkansas Derby. Hope I am wrong about that or on second thought maybe that would be good. Not that I want to miss the Derby, but hopefully, that might mean that our long nightmare is coming to an end?
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Old 03-30-2020, 12:40 PM
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“...there may be those that think some of us, that will go unnamed might be a little too loquacious. I am of course talking about myself here. ”
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MY MIDDLE NAME IS = LOQUACIOUS!

One time I got laryngitis with no voice at all
And it hit all the headlines in the major newspapers

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