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‘Cocktails and Masks Don’t Really Go Together’
The New York Times ^ | August 1, 2020 | Andrew Higgins

Posted on 08/02/2020 12:33:59 AM PDT by Morpheus2009

Young Russians are partying again, seeking a return to normal life and willing to risk a coronavirus surge. “We are people, not robots, and want to have a life,” said a bar patron (and doctor).

(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: bars; coronavirus; russia; vodka
I guess more and more countries are seeing a rise in people who just are too irritated to care about restrictions. The bartender got full COVID-19, hospitalized, isolated at home for nearly a month, and just went back to work without the WHO mandated protection of a mask.
1 posted on 08/02/2020 12:33:59 AM PDT by Morpheus2009
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Watching Australian Rules Football again and nobody in the stadium is wearing a mask. I guess masks are only effective in the Northern Hemisphere. Because the virus swirls counterclockwise or something.


2 posted on 08/02/2020 3:29:58 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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Sure they do. I ordered a dozen mardi gras masks to wear in places where it reqires a mask. Next month, i will order a couple of the fancy ones.


3 posted on 08/02/2020 3:48:01 AM PDT by momincombatboots (Ephesians 6... who you are really at war with)
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Title and link to story don’t match...


4 posted on 08/02/2020 3:50:57 AM PDT by EVO X
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‘Cocktails and Masks Don’t Really Go Together’

Took a “sip” of coffee through one while doing traffic, of course it was when my side was stopped. Just heard that echoing gut-laughter...


5 posted on 08/02/2020 5:15:24 AM PDT by jughandle (Big words anger me, keep talking.)
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