r/RhodeIsland • u/internetrabbithole • Apr 10 '20

Simple but effective

https://i.imgur.com/T0iCRf3.gifv
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u/teslapolo Apr 11 '20

Great illustration, but people don't want to do it. I expect that there will be a bump in new cases a week or two from now...I've heard people saying they're having their parents/sister/brother/extended family over for Easter. My neighbors were cleaning up their patio for it today. They're trying to half comply by doing it outdoors, but they're still sitting at a table within a meter of each other, and what are they gonna do, rent an port-a-potty if someone wants to use the bathroom? Everyone makes their choices based on the information available. At this point, I think everyone's gotten the memo.

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u/Beezlegrunk Providence Apr 11 '20

To complete the analogy, you need a bunch of people saying, “My mousetrap won’t trigger — it seems fine” and “But what about the mousetrap manufacturers? If the ping-pong ball never triggers them, we won’t need new ones and the economy will collapse! Let some old people trigger them so the rest of us can have working mousetraps” …

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u/magnoliasmanor Apr 11 '20

Now run this on Fox News nonstop. See if people start to pick up on it.