anthony2k7
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Not near me so kinda off topic, but I see a news alert saying Israel has just implemented another hard lockdown for "3 weeks"
I just saw that. Sounds like April all over again. Praying we won’t see this again.Not near me so kinda off topic, but I see a news alert saying Israel has just implemented another hard lockdown for "3 weeks"
Overall numbers have been down consistently for the past few weeks. They are not where they should be yet but they have been lower. I give credit to the mask mandate.https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/us-map
My neck of the woods up here in the north is doing great (the big white patch in New England) but I see a lot of red down south and quite a bright quilt of color in Texas? So I'm not sure what data you are looking at?
People were complaining before that the low skills people working minimum wage jobs were getting a windfall with that extra $600 a week. What happened to that windfall, or was that not true? A friend's son got that $600 on top of the $375 of his regular unemployment, and banked quite a nice amount. So now I'm confused. Unemployment gives you about half of your usual income, so that $600 would only be less than a full paycheck if you made more than $1200 a week, or about $62K a year. I know it wasn't for a full year, but it was more than some people made weekly. But I do get that it is not simple. People have to work in order to fuel the big capitalistic society we've created. That's how it's done here. I feel like we could do this differently, but politics are not allowed to be discussed. Sometimes I feel like a sacrificial lamb to the altar of capitalism though. I know I can quit if I don't like it, but I've always loved my job. Just hoping not to die because of it.
Florida's seven day average appears to be 2566 at the moment. Depending on what NY pegs Florida's population at, it should some off the list around 2147 cases per day as a 7 day rolling average.
If the colleges test aggressively, it will be months and months and months and months before Florida drops off the NY list. If the colleges close one eye, turn their head, and squint, Florida might be off the list in a month or so at this pace.
And I stand behind mine. Depending on your source,the numbers can skew differently. I do agree,the 0-9 age range looks to be in LESS mortal danger than other groups. That said, the statement "there is no danger to children unless an underlying condition" is false. I think back to that group of children who developed sever neurolgical symptoms and went thru h**l to survive,and to this day ,NO ONE KNOWS WHY. There has been no clear explanation offered.
#1- there is no contact tracing when people visit Disney or Uni,and then go home. It's all voluntary.But tracing has not show a large outbreak according to the interviews and articles I’ve read.
Maybe I’ve missed it, but I haven’t seem anyone report on the boards becoming ill from Disney after the reopening?
Also remember several people on here have said they lie about where they are going on vacation. There was a whole long thread about it a while ago where people admitted to lying rather than admit they were going to a covid hotspot.#1- there is no contact tracing when people visit Disney or Uni,and then go home. It's all voluntary.
#2- you won't see many reports here on the boards,or anywhere of people becoming ill after a trip to Disney. Those that do, tend to keep that info to themselves.
Now that you have clarity on your previous wildly over-stated misconception, does it change your position at all?My bad, I misread it. Thanks! I'll edit my post.
That might be baked into the numbers to a certain extent. Many Universities are sending positive kids (within X miles) home to quarantine already.Next spike will be when university kids return home for the holidays. Some are already returning due to the kids failure to social distance and wear masks
Now that you have clarity on your previous wildly over-stated misconception, does it change your position at all?
That might be baked into the numbers to a certain extent. Many Universities are sending positive kids (within X miles) home to quarantine already.
What thread was that? Can you find it?Also remember several people on here have said they lie about where they are going on vacation. There was a whole long thread about it a while ago where people admitted to lying rather than admit they were going to a covid hotspot.
Also remember several people on here have said they lie about where they are going on vacation. There was a whole long thread about it a while ago where people admitted to lying rather than admit they were going to a covid hotspot.
These are two little-understood issues within this broader topic.When we sheltered in place, I had a substantial increase in domestic violence arrests. People were stuck in homes with abusive paramours. Now tell me, did sheltering make them any safer?
We have lower income families unable to have their children remote learn because they don’t have the means. We risk having a greater divide between the haves and the have nots.
I thought that was the thread the poster was talking about which is why I asked them which one they were talking about so I could make sure I was remembering correctly. That thread was NOT about lying.The thread was about people feeling shamed for going on any vacation, so they just didn't tell people on social media. They didn't "lie".
I’ve seen posts that have said that they don’t tell their employers where they are going when they take vacation. Not necessarily that they lie about where they have been. But on the other hand I could totally see people doing just that.I thought that was the thread the poster was talking about which is why I asked them which one they were talking about so I could make sure I was remembering correctly. That thread was NOT about lying.
The thread was about people feeling shamed for going on any vacation, so they just didn't tell people on social media. They didn't "lie".