COVID-19 2020

instead of the no-fly list, she should go on the no-parent list

wtf, I'm going to show up with guns at the school because you are making kids wear masks!

just read:her and her husband own a gun shop…

White privileged on display…

Space wrote:

Public school officials in Page County, Virginia say they’ve increased security at school today, & will on Monday, after Amelia King told the school board, last night, “no mask mandate” then threatened: “I will bring every single gun loaded & ready to…I’ll see y’all on Monday.”

https://twitter.com/i/status/1484579532128407553

Mom charged for saying she’ll ‘bring every single gun loaded’ over school’s mask rule

Fuck.Yeah.

sadly I see: Amelia King 2022
running for office VA on the guns for everyone ticket

I keep getting messages that multiple kids in my kids classes have tested positive for covid… like every school day…


Which brings me to my next point: I don’t think people are taking covid seriously anymore…there’s an increasing lack of belief in what the public health authorities are saying and a feeling that everyone is going to get it- multiple times probably- and it’s not that bad so why worry

And I just got another one…so multiple messages from the same principal within minutes

Starsky wrote:
Which brings me to my next point: I don’t think people are taking covid seriously anymore… and a feeling that everyone is going to get it- multiple times probably- and it’s not that bad so why worry

I mean, I am kind of here. We are past the point where "eliminating" COVID is a possibility; this is endemic. (And that's sad.) You can clearly see the CDC start to telegraph that post-omicron, they're going to remove suggestions that children wear masks or that asymptomatic people test, as they do this with no other respiratory infection. If you're vaxxed and boosted, this is the flu at this point.

I'm going to continue to get boosters and mask where asked and I think its good this has normalized people staying home when sick and mask wearing in general, but this is with us forever and young, otherwise healthy on-time with their vax people have little to fear of it. How seriously am I supposed to take it for the remaining 50 years of my life?

Julian, wrote:

Starsky wrote:
Which brings me to my next point: I don’t think people are taking covid seriously anymore… and a feeling that everyone is going to get it- multiple times probably- and it’s not that bad so why worry

I mean, I am kind of here. We are past the point where "eliminating" COVID is a possibility; this is endemic. (And that's sad.) You can clearly see the CDC start to telegraph that post-omicron, they're going to remove suggestions that children wear masks or that asymptomatic people test, as they do this with no other respiratory infection. If you're vaxxed and boosted, this is the flu at this point.

I'm going to continue to get boosters and mask where asked and I think its good this has normalized people staying home when sick and mask wearing in general, but this is with us forever and young, otherwise healthy on-time with their vax people have little to fear of it. How seriously am I supposed to take it for the remaining 50 years of my life?

RESPEK.

However, I was here post first jab.

I am not really passing judgment but I have kids and I don’t feel comfortable not taking precautions and giving my family the covid and spreading it so Friday and Saturday after work (Aziz) I didn’t go to the bar after the shows

When the wave comes down I will

I understand why people might not make the same choice

that does bring us to a point now

Restuarants/clubs asking for proof of Vax?

If you have the vax and are boosted, great for you.  But you in no way are stopping yourself for being a vector for the spread, you just won't die or be a burden on our healthcare system

I think initially it drove vax rates up, and that was good
but we are getting to a point where I think we need to stop 'showing our papers' to see a musical

We are past the point where "eliminating" COVID

  did anyone think that we were going to do that?  I don't know, first I've ever heard anyone mention it

Starsky wrote:
I am not really passing judgment but I have kids and I don’t feel comfortable not taking precautions and giving my family the covid and spreading it so Friday and Saturday after work (Aziz) I didn’t go to the bar after the shows

When the wave comes down I will

I understand why people might not make the same choice

I agree on the wave. I stopped masking in summer when the case counts crashed and started back up as omicron and delta picked up. I'll continue to wear masks when cases are high – because I just don't want to get it again despite it being mild – but when they go low, I doubt I'll wear masks except where asked.

Starsky wrote:
I am not really passing judgment but I have kids and I don’t feel comfortable not taking precautions and giving my family the covid and spreading it so Friday and Saturday after work (Aziz) I didn’t go to the bar after the shows

When the wave comes down I will

I understand why people might not make the same choice

Are your kids not vaxxed?

In the verrry early days, it was widely understood that if 100% of the population stayed at home for 2 weeks, the virus would die on the vine and we'd be done with it. I don't think anyone thought we were going to do that, but we've always known how to.

allegedly-H@tch wrote:

We are past the point where "eliminating" COVID

  did anyone think that we were going to do that?  I don't know, first I've ever heard anyone mention it

Like if everyone worldwide stayed home for 30 days in May 2020 and we had 99.9% vaccination compliance worldwide, was there a theoretical path to R<1, sure.

Julian, wrote:

allegedly-H@tch wrote:

We are past the point where &quot;eliminating&quot; COVID

&nbsp; did anyone think that we were going to do that?&nbsp; I don&#039;t know, first I&#039;ve ever heard anyone mention it

Like if everyone worldwide stayed home for 30 days in May 2020 and we had 99.9% vaccination compliance worldwide, was there a theoretical path to R&lt;1, sure.

so we are all in agreement there was 0% chance of that happening

I would have done it.

Yada wrote:

Starsky wrote:
I am not really passing judgment but I have kids and I don’t feel comfortable not taking precautions and giving my family the covid and spreading it so Friday and Saturday after work (Aziz) I didn’t go to the bar after the shows

When the wave comes down I will

I understand why people might not make the same choice

Are your kids not vaxxed?

They are vaxxed but that apparently doesn’t prevent you or anyone from gettzing or spreading it.

Whether it’s mild or not is another thing entirely

I don’t really care if it’s mild. I don’t want to get it and I don’t want to test my kids or partner either.

I am willing to take some risk… when the case counts go down I will hang out at the bar and not worry about my mask although hopefully the temperature picks up and can hang outside …I only have to wait a few days for the case count to go down…it’s on the way down today

Fantastic photo from the latest issue of The Nation. Tried to find original (credited to Kevin Frayer/Getty Images) but came up empty.

Maryland reported 2,690 confirmed cases today, about a fifth of the numbers a few weeks ago.

Justin wrote:
Maryland reported 2,690 confirmed cases today, about a fifth of the numbers a few weeks ago.

Fairfax County has dropped from 2400 per day three weeks ago to 600 per day now.

That's a wee bit more than the 5 per day we were averaging back in June and early July.