Pandemic 2020

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Budley Doright

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As much as I dread the day when the live virus crosses my threshold, I really dread the idea that we might go back to distance learning for my high schooler.

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What we are seeing now is every bit as bad as what we saw last year. True, we can now protect workers and kids from the worst of the disease but I can see how our health departments might be justified if they ordered school closures. Given how much better he is doing with in-class learning, I'm willing to risk it with him. Not my call but I most selfishly want him to finish his junior year at school.
I would be as well. And your risking getting the virus to give your kid what he needs to excel is not selfish. I do know, I would have not succeeded in a home school environment, hell I barely succeeded in class lol.
 

DIY-HP-LED

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I have to say when compared to Canada, most of the 70 million unvaxxed Americans have to be republicans (40%) and the worst of them too. It's the only thing that accounts for the difference in vaxx rates, we share the same media for the most part, have a similar public health setup and just as many regular antivaxx wingnuts and immortal youth. So from this I infer that the cursed will suffer bigly this winter and if hospitals are swamped many will die, as the mortality rate goes up for want of proper treatment.
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Roger A. Shrubber

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I have to say when compared to Canada, most of the 70 million unvaxxed Americans have to be republicans (40%) and the worst of them too. It's the only thing that accounts for the difference in vaxx rates, we share the same media for the most part, have a similar public health setup and just as many regular antivaxx wingnuts and immortal youth. So from this I infer that the cursed will suffer bigly this winter and if hospitals are swamped many will die, as the mortality rate goes up for want of proper treatment.
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i'm ok with that...fate is usually not very forgiving when you give it the bird...
 

C. Nesbitt

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Just saying, I value my kids' ability to get a good start in life and only recently realized I was willing to risk his exposure at school in exchange for his getting a good public education and all the socialization, exposure to ideas, the ability to ask questions directly to the teacher and so forth. To be sure, I'm doing all I can to reduce risk but if avoiding Omicron were the highest priority, we'd have locked down a couple of weeks ago.
Thank you for sharing this perspective on weighing the value of school/socialization against risk of Covid for your family and kids. You are not the only family that is making a similar calculus. We and several families we know have wrestled with this same topic for the last year and a half. It is not a cut and dry discussion, we know families that have chosen virtual due to a kid’s extreme.anxiety about being exposed and other families where virtual was a complete loss of a year of learning.
 

DIY-HP-LED

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i'm ok with that...fate is usually not very forgiving when you give it the bird...
It's only logical, if you look at the numbers they match up, I made a post about the difference in vaxx rates awhile back. There are tens of millions of unvaxxed republicans, about 40% and they are around say 24% of the electorate.
 

DIY-HP-LED

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Restrictions tighten as Omicron cases surge across Canada

As the Omicron variant continues to spread across Canada, several provinces are tightening restrictions to combat rising COVID-19 cases. But some provinces are hoping expanding booster shot availability will prevent further shutdowns.
 

DIY-HP-LED

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I'd say an N95 mask with a surgical mask over it as a pre filter is what is required if you want to avoid omicron in public places. It was all the protection healthcare workers had for almost a year and it worked for them. Getting vaxxed and boosted will help too.
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If you are still wearing a single layer cloth mask 'ditch it,' head of Ontario's science table says

If you are using a single-layer cloth mask to protect yourself from a new COVID-19 variant that is believed to be more than six times as infectious as Delta “ditch it, full stop.”

At least that is the message from the scientific director of Ontario’s Science Advisory Table, who tells CP24 that there is likely a need for higher grade masks amid the threat posed by Omicron, particularly for frontline workers.

“One thing which is really important to realize is if you have a single layer cloth mask ditch it, full stop,” Dr. Peter Jüni said. “The minimum would be a double layered cloth mask that has been washed before so that it is denser and filters better and really fits well. Even better than that a medical mask below and the cloth mask on top and then it depends on your (exposure). If you are a bus driver for example it makes sense even to think about better protections.”...
 

Jimdamick

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blackjack or marcos out here in CO. plus dominos, pizza hut.

i miss a good ny style thin crust pizza. with house made sausage
I've been to a few places around this planet & no one makes a better pie than NYC,
Name one style in the US that is better
New Haven brick oven?
Good but not great
Chicago deep dish?
Nasty is the word that comes to mind
The sauce blows (wadda ya expect in frigging Illinois?)
The dough is too doughy
The cheese sucks (no fresh mozzarella in water there :( )
I wouldn't wipe my ass with that shit.
Serve that in NY & you'd be swimming with the fishes
Or at least a little stomping would'nt be out of the question
:)
 

DIY-HP-LED

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A Covid-19 'viral blizzard' is about to hit the US, expert says, with 'millions' to be infected soon
(CNN)The coronavirus will hit millions of Americans in a "viral blizzard" within a few weeks as infections from the Omicron variant pile on top of Delta, an expert predicts.

Already, hospitalizations are rising as the holiday season gets into full swing. Long lines for Covid-19 testing formed Thursday in metro areas, including New York, Boston and Miami.

The Delta variant remains a problem. And Omicron, with its high transmissibility, could strike millions more soon, said Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota.

"We're really just about to experience a viral blizzard," Osterholm told CNN's Erin Burnett on Thursday. "In the next three to eight weeks, we're going to see millions of Americans are going to be infected with this virus, and that will be overlaid on top of Delta, and we're not yet sure exactly how that's going to work out."...
 

captainmorgan

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A Covid-19 'viral blizzard' is about to hit the US, expert says, with 'millions' to be infected soon
(CNN)The coronavirus will hit millions of Americans in a "viral blizzard" within a few weeks as infections from the Omicron variant pile on top of Delta, an expert predicts.

Already, hospitalizations are rising as the holiday season gets into full swing. Long lines for Covid-19 testing formed Thursday in metro areas, including New York, Boston and Miami.

The Delta variant remains a problem. And Omicron, with its high transmissibility, could strike millions more soon, said Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota.

"We're really just about to experience a viral blizzard," Osterholm told CNN's Erin Burnett on Thursday. "In the next three to eight weeks, we're going to see millions of Americans are going to be infected with this virus, and that will be overlaid on top of Delta, and we're not yet sure exactly how that's going to work out."...
I've heard numbers like 1 to 5 million infections a day are possible.
 

rkymtnman

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schuylaar

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Is there not a McDonald's near you?
Or a Burger King?
Popeye's?
Wendy's?
KFC?
Tony's Pizzeria (There gotta be one of those)
Are there busses or bicycles available?
If you answer yes to any of my queries, you have no excuses unless your a cripple, right?
But your not are you?
Well, that tells me something about you.
You're fucking lazy & don't blame Biden.
Get a job & you wouldn't have to rely on a broken system or anyone else.
Simple (you can thank me later :) )
Bible question..you're my expert.

in theory, isn't there a time when because of all the corruption and evil Michael blows his trumpet and the contents of the second bowl is released; not all men will be killed but the innocent will die too and God will then reveal himself? thoughts?
 
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