[MRCA] When Will Hamfests Resume???

[Mister Mike]

This has nothing to do with the accuracy of predictions. It has everything to do with perception and fear.

Bottom line is if they don’t come because they or their wives are fearful they might contract the disease the event will lose money.  The bills will still be due.

> On May 27, 2020, at 2:08 AM, Mkdorney <mkdorney at aol.com> wrote:
> 
> The problem, Mister Mike, with your hypothesis is that the so-called experts in this field in the USA suck at predicting what will happen as far as COVID-19 is concerned. And  the healthcare folks are so focused on COVID-19 that treatment for other things gets over looked.  I have personally  experienced this as I was got sick with Pneumonia three weeks ago. Even when I went to the hospital ( by ambulance) most of the staff I had to deal with were all stuck on Covid-19. Pneumonia was only diagnosed after the COVID -19 virus was eliminated as a possibility ( and I had trouble breathing that entire time. It was not fun.  I almost checked out. ). We need to concentrate on other things besides that damned virus. 
> 
> I’m on the mend now. Had 1.6 liters of fluid drained from a lung, got the correct drugs, and looking to return to work on June 1st.   A little less giddy up in my step, but then again every day on the green side of the grass is a good one. 
> 
> Mark D. 
> WW2RDO
> 
> “In matters of style, float with the current. In matters of Principle, stand like a rock. “.   -   Thomas Jefferson 
> 
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>>> On May 26, 2020, at 10:54 PM, Mister Mike <w1rc at near-fest.com> wrote:
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>> 
>> Maybe you guys don’t get how serious this still is.......
>> 
>> It is not what I want or what you want.....it is what the people want.  
>> 
>> You can't have a hamfest/flea market without stuff.  And who brings stuff?  People.  Who buys the stuff? More people.  So logically we have to say that you can’t have a hamfest without people; the more the merrier.
>> 
>> Organizers can plan hamfests all they want provided they have the money to pay for them.  Where does this money come from?  People.   So it stands to reason that if you want to do a hamfest you should have a reasonable expectation that enough people will come so the bills, which can be considerable, can be paid.  
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>> So it should be easy to understand that hamfests cannot resume until there is the confidence on the part of the organizer that enough people will come to ensure that the costs can be covered.  That can only occur when there is confidence on the part of the people that they will be safe and not become infected if they attend.  
>> 
>> A smart organizer will try to predict when that will happen and not attempt to resume before the people are ready to return.  
>> 
>> The above is my personal opinion.  However I do not see how anything you have written is relevant to the circumstances that I have outlined.
>> 
>> Festers will resume when the people have the confidence to attend again.  The trick will be to know when this will take place.
>> 
>> 73,
>> Michael, W1RC 
>> 
>>>> On May 26, 2020, at 7:10 PM, J Mcvey <ac2eu at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> Now the minders at Homeland security are getting a whole new branch, "virus trackers" . All you good little citizens can also sign uo to be tracked via your cellphone too! Everything is just great technology to "improve our lives',.
>>> They have also assured us that Alexa isn't a spy listening device,, so why worry? It's all good -right?
>>> The 9/11 tragedy was the excuse for Homeland now this virus is the excuse for overt scrutiny.
>>> Oh! I feel soooooo safe...
>>> I did some things as kid that were just considered "boys playing" at the time which would get a kid picked up by the FBI now.
>>> Is this progress?
>>> On Tuesday, May 26, 2020, 06:31:54 PM EDT, Ray Fantini <rafantini at salisbury.edu> wrote:
>>> Man you’re depressing! Remember when we were young and did daring things, fly airplanes, drive fast and dangerous cars and shoot at people? Well I never actually shot at any people but still.
>>> Now we all cower down in our homes and wait for our minders to tell us its all right to go out and play.
>>> Don’t get me wrong, not mad at you just the world we live in today.
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