when this trend started to show itself months and months ago i posted it on the clemson board and people got irate its a blast
So I’m going to make a mostly likely vain attempt to get the rest of my family to get their vaccine pperc any articles I should use in this attempt
Son's daycare lifted mask requirement and social distancing guidelines for fully vaxxed staff starting on Monday.
not really . I think September-October is when we might see the costs of low vaccinated regions if their rates stay this low . weather is helping right now
I get your point but even when hospitals were overrun here the rallying cry of “freedoms” was still winning out over precautions. Now that the vaccine is out they’ve mostly switched to “the vaccine isn’t safe!” and so overall …
Beyond that what’s striking to me is how this whole thing has exposed how selfish we are as a country. People resisting masks, vaccines, etc… “My chance of dying is low, I’ll take my chances” “What about my freedoms?” “it’s a personal choice” “other people who are more likely to die should be the ones quarantining, not me.” The acknowledgement of higher risk groups in their reasoning and yet choosing to not worry about spreading it has been striking.
The pull yourself up by your bootstraps individualism that the Rs have preached for decades just boils down to I got mine. And a new tweak to that is that the chuds have learned that the fed/state govt can be used to punish the libs. There were so many opportunities to quash covid in the US -- masks, testing/tracing, real shutdowns, vaccinations, etc.
I had to explain to my father in his late 60s with cancer and my great uncle in his 80s that they are EXTREMELY IN those risk groups when they originally hit me with those statements trying to dismiss precautions. It was a pretty eye opening realization with HOW they watch their news
a guy in his 80s not going - "wow, the data says if i catch Covid i have a 1 in 4 chance of being dead" - is just wow.
They watch a ton of OAN and Fox News, where every story about a dangerous public issue is handled like "But that won't be dangerous to people like us. That happens to the bad people, you and me were always right the whole time."
I guess I'm kinda surprised the first test cruises had ports of call. Thought maybe the first ones would just be at-sea experiences.
Ah yes, let those who have killed more than COVID could ever dream of privatize more profit. Some of y'all have very broken brains.
Where are the current hot spots? Rural parts of Oregon, Washington, Tennessee, Missouri, Colorado and Texas? Michigan went from a looming catastrophe to under 300 cases a day in a state of 10M and under 2% positive test percentage in a matter of 4-5 weeks with vaccinations and masks.
Have they set a timetable for boosters? I got my second dose in early January and I'm starting to wonder when I need another shot
I want to know when I can upgrade my antibodies from that weak-willed J&J defense to something a little stronger.