on coping with C19 lockdown

[scottmitchell74]

You brighter minds help me rebutt coworkers who say, "it's not really a vaccine, it's a _____." I simply don't know enough. Layman's terms if possible! 🙂

If/when I get in the mood to wallow in the mire with them.

[Conor Dary]

My experience traveling through Oregon last August was that in the more rural parts of the state, the mask laws are more like suggestions.

That is putting it mildly.... there are lots of parts of Oregon like Douglas County just south of Lane County where a mask is thought of as an insult. Also vaccines aren't popular either.

[polevaultpower]

Oregon is mask central and has lots of cases and hospitalizations because a lot of people are too stupid to get vaccinated.

My experience traveling through Oregon last August was that in the more rural parts of the state, the mask laws are more like suggestions.

[Conor Dary]

Meanwhile...

On a per capita basis, Florida is ninth in the country in cumulative deaths — 10 percent higher than the US average.

https://mobile.twitter.com/mattygles...11927473246214

[NotDutra5]

https://news.yahoo.com/florida-now-h...090013615.html

Which U.S. state has the lowest COVID-19 rate right now?

It’s not California, home of America’s strictest mask and vaccine requirements. Nor is it Vermont, even though 71 percent of residents there have been fully inoculated — the most in the country.

No, the state with the fewest daily COVID cases per capita is the same one that recently had more than any other: Florida.

[jazzcyclist]

I repeat: She's ill, do the right thing and do as she asks, rather than pander to one's ego. I saw an 80+ woman in the gym today with a trainer who was 30+, neither wore a mask, and their faces were 2-3 feet apart as they talked. That's wrong in my book. Even if both were vaccinated.

I agree. Whenever I'm around my parents I keep some distance and if I do have to get in their faces for whatever reason I put on a mask.

[Conor Dary]

Oregon is mask central and has lots of cases and hospitalizations because a lot of people are too stupid to get vaccinated.

[Conor Dary]

As well as stupid.

The only stupid thing is not being vaccinated....

Getting vaccinated protects against severe illness from COVID-19, including the Delta variant...

[Tuariki]

I repeat: She's ill, do the right thing and do as she asks, rather than pander to one's ego. I saw an 80+ woman in the gym today with a trainer who was 30+, neither wore a mask, and their faces were 2-3 feet apart as they talked. That's wrong in my book. Even if both were vaccinated.

As well as stupid.

[jeremyp]

In Minnesota masks aren't required anywhere...and they are doing quite well.....

I repeat: She's ill, do the right thing and do as she asks, rather than pander to one's ego. I saw an 80+ woman in the gym today with a trainer who was 30+, neither wore a mask, and their faces were 2-3 feet apart as they talked. That's wrong in my book. Even if both were vaccinated.

[J Rorick]

In Minnesota masks aren't required anywhere...and they are doing quite well.....

Global Epidemic figures from yesterday say Minnesota's average new cases for last 7 days (10/19-10/25) is 2139 daily. That's 37.9 per 100K population, which places them #10 (highest). Hardly doing "quite well."

[Conor Dary]

Meanwhile..

As Florida’s DeSantis descends into anti-vaxx Crazyville, Miami-Dade Schools follows the data | Editorial

https://amp.miamiherald.com/opinion/...mpression=true

[Conor Dary]

His other options were: 1. To drag her outside, and it was in the high 80's. 2. To sit out in the hall and talk. The issue here is for a woman with cancer, give her what she requests, not your sanctimonious prattle.

In Minnesota masks aren't required anywhere...and they are doing quite well.....

[lonewolf]

I asked Super Granddaughter Karen what she thought about the Karen thing. Her response was a silent middle finger.

[Conor Dary]

Can we back off my family please? You guys already have been all over Karens, which is my wife's name. Now Typhoid Mary [Mallon]. My father did our family genealogy back in the 1990s before he died in 2000. Mary Mallon was my grandfather's aunt. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Mallon

FWIW, Mrs BamBam (Karen) and I got our Moderna boosters yesterday - our 3rd shot. Her arm is a little sore but otherwise OK. I actually had a little reaction to this one - none on the first two - I got really tired last night very early and had a headache, but feel fine today.

My niece played a girl who died from typhoid in the PBS show on Typhoid Mary...very sad...and she didn't even get a screen credit! So consider yourself lucky.