COVID-19 2020

Sigma-hatch wrote:
Just one week into the new school year, 5,599 students and 316 employees in Hillsborough County are isolated or quarantined as COVID cases continue to rise.

Out of 220,000.  That said, they should all be home anyways.

excontradiction wrote:

Sigma-hatch wrote:
Just one week into the new school year, 5,599 students and 316 employees in Hillsborough County are isolated or quarantined as COVID cases continue to rise.

Out of 220,000.  That said, they should all be home anyways.

a key stat that I didn't intentionally leave out…thanks for updating

TSA to extend mask mandate through January

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott tests positive for COVID-19

twitter losing its mind over the fact that Carrie Underwood liked an anti-mask tweet.  worlds are collapsing out there. 

And I would have guessed Carrie Underwood was the savior we all needed.

Sigma-hatch wrote:
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott tests positive for COVID-19

"Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas tested positive for the coronavirus on Tuesday, though he has no symptoms, the governor’s office announced.

An ardent opponent of mask and vaccine mandates, Mr. Abbott has taken his opposition to such requirements all the way to the state Supreme Court. Mr. Abbott, who is fully vaccinated, will now be isolated in the Governor’s Mansion while receiving medical treatment*.

“The Governor has been testing daily, and today was the first positive test result,” the statement said. “Governor Abbott is in constant communication with his staff, agency heads, and government.”"
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/17/us/greg-abbott-texas-covid-positive.html


* per CNN, "medical treatment" = Regeneron.

Thoughts and prayers?

I have been hoping for this for over a year and finally they are doing it….free, at home tests

All of DC public libraries have at home COVID-19 testing kits for FREE!
https://t.co/MwVQYtQZg0
https://www.hillrag.com/.../12/test-yourself-for-covid-19/

^ nice.  hope this innovation makes it my way.

My understanding is it's a take home swab test (but I think you can just do it right at the library), that you can drop back off at the library in a drop box where you got it and get the results in a few days…but likely a week

they only have 8k kits available on any given day, but you can check were the inventory is in real time
Kinda shocked that DC is leading the way on this, but kudos

That's super inefficient. I was assuming it was the BINAX style 15 minute quick-test like we use at work that doesn't require someone to have a clinical background to be able to read (pregnancy-test style).

Well that would be EVEN BETTER….but not all Americans work for a big-pocketed Health company (I have no idea where or what you do)

Had no idea you could buy these at CVS now
https://www.cvs.com/shop/abbott-binaxnow-covid-19-antigen-self-test-2-tests-for-serial-testing-prodid-550147
but $11 a pop is kinda  steep

But this is not a PCR test, right this is the 'antibody' test that I keep hearing isn't the gold standard on testing

Sigma-hatch wrote:
Well that would be EVEN BETTER….but not all Americans work for a big-pocketed Health company (I have no idea where or what you do)

Had no idea you could buy these at CVS now
https://www.cvs.com/shop/abbott-binaxnow-covid-19-antigen-self-test-2-tests-for-serial-testing-prodid-550147
but $11 a pop is kinda  steep

But this is not a PCR test, right this is the 'antibody' test that I keep hearing isn't the gold standard on testing

Correct, its not gold standard but its good enough, and frankly good + you know and can act in 15 minutes vs great but it takes 24-72 hours for a lab to process is kind of a wash.

excontradiction wrote:
And I would have guessed Carrie Underwood was the savior we all needed.

sweetcell wrote:
twitter losing its mind over the fact that Carrie Underwood liked an anti-mask tweet.  worlds are collapsing out there. 

She spent a fortune repairing her face after her fall back in 2017, so it makes sense.

What's that?  The "like" was about her kids, 6 and 2, not being forced wearing masks while in school?  Oh…ffs people

vansmack wrote:
What's that?  The "like" was about her kids, 6 and 2, not being forced wearing masks while in school?  Oh…ffs people

her kids strike me more as Anthem people.

sweetcell wrote:
her kids strike me more as Anthem people.

They've probably already been on the stage of the Grand Ol Opry and the Ryman. 

got into this late, but this tweet got me upto to speed

Jeremy Hooper@goodasyou
It’s not just that Carrie Underwood liked an anti-mask tweet. It’s that Carrie Underwood liked an anti-mask tweet from Matt Walsh, one of those most negligently histrionic voices on the topic of protecting kids from COVID.

I can't stand Matt Walsh, so I question her choices in life

President Biden @POTUS
Today, our medical experts announced a plan for booster shots to every fully vaccinated adult in America.

This shot will boost your immune response — and it’ll increase your protection from COVID-19.

Sigma-hatch wrote:
I can't stand Matt Walsh, so I question her choices in life

She married a Canadian professional hockey player over a decade ago and NOW you question her choices in life?