on coping with C19 lockdown

[J Rorick]

i can't cite you chapter and verse on this, but "conventional wisdom" certainly seems to be that a nursing home is a very dangerous place to be these days.

Sonoma County has had 160 total deaths, and 81% were residents of nursing homes or residential care units (assisted living). Believe they also accounted for high percentages of deaths in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Washington.

[bhall]

Sonoma County has had 160 total deaths, and 81% were residents of nursing homes or residential care units (assisted living). Believe they also accounted for high percentages of deaths in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Washington.

Today I read something like 40% of deaths and 6% of cases across the U.S.. So a hugely disproportionate impact.

[bhall]

Vaccine Distribution. I'm near the back of the line, where I should be, behind 268.7 million Americans.

Find Your Place in the Vaccine Line

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/12/03/opinion/covid-19-vaccine-timeline.html

[gh]

Vaccine Distribution. I'm near the back of the line, where I should be, behind 268.7 million Americans.

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but the good news is that once you factor in the anti-vaxxers, you'll be behind only perhaps 100M!

[bhall]

but the good news is that once you factor in the anti-vaxxers, you'll be behind only perhaps 100M!

I was just doing that math. Last I saw polls showed only 58% of Americans said they would get the vaccine. Even if I'm last that puts me roughly at 191 million.

[Dave]

but the good news is that once you factor in the anti-vaxxers, you'll be behind only perhaps 100M!

I’d love to see a requirement that everyone show proof of vaccinations before using public transportation or getting healthcare.

[bad hammy]

If I goose my blood sugar a bit (should be doable!) I'd be diabetic and therefore behind only 23 million. As it is now I'm standing next to bhall . . .

[Big Tusk]

I was just doing that math. Last I saw polls showed only 58% of Americans said they would get the vaccine. Even if I'm last that puts me roughly at 191 million.

That shouldn't be surprising. Fewer than 50% of adults receive the influenza vaccination each year in the US.

[Atticus]

It just said on the news that I (>65) would see a vaccine in January, after the Dec people (health, first responders, nursing homes) are done.
I will be in the front of the line.
But it'll still be summer before the mask/social-distancing mandates can be relaxed.

[NotDutra5]

Neon sign flashing for me: BACK OF THE LINE PAL!

[gh]

NBA won't do random testing for marijuana this season

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/30449833/nba-conduct-random-marijuana-tests-2020-21

[gh]

Santa Clara County (me) has jumped ahead of the California's projected state SIP mandate and will effect one starting Sunday night. No more restaurant dining, indoors or out.

[Atticus]

No more restaurant dining, indoors or out.

It's hard to sustain a business model depending on Uber Eats!
That said, perhaps draconian measures will only be needed for a few months, pending the vaccine roll-out.

[bad hammy]

Between now and at least April, hunker down when at all possible, mask up & social distance when not . It's going to be ugly . . .

[Atticus]

Between now and at least April, hunker down when at all possible, mask up & social distance when not . It's going to be ugly . . .

Because we still do so much outside in the winter, I'd think the Deep South has an advantage.