COVID-19 Response: An issue that shouldn't be at all political....yet here we are

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Lil Rhody

Legit the military should be doing this ****. Army national guard army engineer corps. Someone. But yet again that would probably scare people.





But in all seriousness that's how it needs to be done. If you want to stop having the states fumble the ****** hand off from the feds at the goal line it's time to call in the professionals

Sent from my Pixel 2 using Tapatalk

---

No thanks

I'm sure COVID doesn't exacerbate this at all because its only a blue state problem. Good to know Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul represent their state so well.

But my freedumz!

I would be surprised if similar triage protocols have not been in effect — albeit likely unreported — in numerous other parts of the country from time to time during this pandemic (certainly they were in NYC in March and April)

Meanwhile, the mutated virus that is allegedly more contagious than the original seems to arrived here in the states just in time for one more holiday gathering.

And we are pushing 4,000 deaths per day (right on track to hit UWashinton model target).

A fun observation for those of you who whine about the economy: assuming conservatively that 50% of the US dead are on social security, and that the average ss annual payment is $18,000, we’ll save something like 4 billion dollars next year. Let’s hear it for “culling the herd.”

https://moneywise.com/a/every-states...check-for-2020

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Crovash

I would be surprised if similar triage protocols have not been in effect — albeit likely unreported — in numerous other parts of the country from time to time during this pandemic (certainly they were in NYC in March and April)

Meanwhile, the mutated virus that is allegedly more contagious than the original seems to arrived here in the states just in time for one more holiday gathering.

And we are pushing 4,000 deaths per day (right on track to hit UWashinton model target).

A fun observation for those of you who whine about the economy: assuming conservatively that 50% of the US dead are on social security, and that the average ss annual payment is $18,000, we’ll save something like 4 billion dollars next year. Let’s hear it for “culling the herd.”

https://moneywise.com/a/every-states...check-for-2020

---

We probably have. But the LA notice is especially alarming because LA county is home to roughly 3% of the entire US population. They have about 10,000,000 people out of a country that is made up of about 330,000,000.

https://i.imgur.com/D1jqrQ8.jpg

How people who resist masks look to the rest of us.

Apparently 60% of nursing home employees in Ohio have refused the vaccine. I believe anyone who works with the elderly like that and refuses the vaccine should be fired immediately.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by dbroncos78087

Apparently 60% of nursing home employees in Ohio have refused the vaccine. I believe anyone who works with the elderly like that and refuses the vaccine should be fired immediately.

---

And be replaced with who? It’s not like nursing homes are beating back the job applicants when there isn’t a pandemic.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by dbroncos78087

Apparently 60% of nursing home employees in Ohio have refused the vaccine. I believe anyone who works with the elderly like that and refuses the vaccine should be fired immediately.

---

Got a link that backs this up? Sounds pretty ridiculous at face value.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by spliff(TONE)

Got a link that backs this up? Sounds pretty ridiculous at face value.

---

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-w...-take-covid-19

Thanks.

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/1...e-april-452371

See this I don't understand. Even if the AstraZeneca vaccine is 70% effective, that's better than no vaccine, especially now when we are seeing so many cases of the virus. The idea is to get as many people inoculated as possible.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/30/healt...ons/index.html

Quote:

---

In the US, 2,589,125 vaccine doses were administered from December 14 through December 30 at 9 a.m., according to data posted Wednesday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That's an average of 161,820 shots per day, or a daily rate of 49 shots per 100,000 people in the country. 

That is significantly lower than the daily vaccination rates for Israel, the United Kingdom and Bahrain. The daily rate per 100,000 in Israel is 608, for Bahrain it's 263 and for the UK it's 60, according to data from those governments.

The US is doing better than Canada, where the daily rate is 10 doses per 100,000 people, according to researchers at the University of Toronto.

---

This is a problem too. The richest country in the world should not be lagging behind so many other countries in terms of administration.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by metswon69

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/1...e-april-452371

See this I don't understand. Even if the AstraZeneca vaccine is 70% effective, that's better than no vaccine, especially now when we are seeing so many cases of the virus. The idea is to get as many people inoculated as possible.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/30/healt...ons/index.html



This is a problem too. The richest country in the world should not be lagging behind so many other countries in terms of administration.

---

It is a problem. My apologies for chastising you the other night over this. It's an easy gut reaction based on the history of you and those like you with a similar political mindset *****ing about everything you disagree with.

The US massively succeeded in developing vaccines, but has absolutely failed in the administration of the vaccines. It is definitely a black eye to democracy. Whether it's the CDCs recommendations putting a certain demographic above the other, the failure of congress to realize the appropriate roll out or the state governments inability to act....it has absolutely been a failure.

It's a cluster **** and inexcusable.

I personally think this falls on the shoulders of the CDC. They should've never prioritized the vaccines roll out. It just made things difficult from a logistics standpoint.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by nastynice

So do you guys social distance in social situations? Like even when I'm hanging out with my friends I dont share a smoke, I tell them to cough in their shirt, I step away to cough, i wipe things down if someone is moving sloppy, dont share food or drink, I even wear masks around certain people in the house. To some degree I dont even touch the same thing. Some of my friends are hella sloppy out of ignorance, but I tell them that so they dont catch feelings when I wipe **** down after them.

I haven't been unmasked around my parents since february.

Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk

---

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by debo

I don’t have social situations.

I was unmasked around people four times since March - my parents for 2 days in May, my parents 1 day in July, my in-laws for 4 days in October, and my parents and brother’s family for 2 days at Thanksgiving. My parents and in-laws are retired, so they don’t interact with anyone. My job had routine testing performed through October, so I knew my risk of transmission to them was low. My wife works from home, so her exposure is basically whatever my exposure is.

I work in manufacturing seemed essential, so if I was going to contract COVID-19, odds were high it would come from work barring someone ill traveling...which my parents decided to do.

---

How long are you guys around these loved ones? If you're in close proximity, sharing an environment for prolonged stretches, the masks might be ineffective. Whats the pore size on your masks?

Thats assuming viruses transmit the way most experts have alleged. Several in my family have gotten it by now and they have some wild experiences. Like in one household none of the men got it despite their ladies "testing" positive, these guys are in the medical field and just ridiculing this virus. Im too scared to go visit them but thats because I lack the conviction of any belief on this one. Im a good sheep

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Chronz

How long are you guys around these loved ones? If you're in close proximity, sharing an environment for prolonged stretches, the masks might be ineffective. Whats the pore size on your masks?

Thats assuming viruses transmit the way most experts have alleged. Several in my family have gotten it by now and they have some wild experiences. Like in one household none of the men got it despite their ladies "testing" positive, these guys are in the medical field and just ridiculing this virus. Im too scared to go visit them but thats because I lack the conviction of any belief on this one. Im a good sheep

---

Couple times a week, couple hours at a time.

Masks dont guarantee safety, but they are definitely effective. Everything is a risk, but small changes in daily habits can decrease the risk significantly.

Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk