unclevlad Posted September 13, 2021 Report Share Posted September 13, 2021 NYT has an article pointing out how deeply ludicrous the anti-vax mandate criticisms are. Quote There is a deep inconsistency in that argument. Mississippi has some of the strictest vaccine mandates in the nation, which have not drawn opposition from most of its elected officials. Not only does it require children to be vaccinated against measles, mumps and seven other diseases to attend school, but it goes a step further than most states by barring parents from claiming “religious, philosophical or conscientious” exemptions. So the "moral uproar" that "forced vaccination is tyranny" is absurd. Not that it matters; the article points out later that Biden may do the Republicans a favor by giving them something to rant about, while at the same time not forcing them to endorse vaccinations any more than some have. And unfortunately that may be true, but not creating the workforce mandates is 100% certain to be a failing strategy. Armory 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted September 14, 2021 Report Share Posted September 14, 2021 pinecone and Tom Cowan 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted September 14, 2021 Report Share Posted September 14, 2021 On 7/15/2021 at 9:19 PM, Cancer said: National case counts clearly trending upward again. I will hazard a forecast that one of two scenarios will occur: there will be a peak in case counts about a week into August, and then they'll trend downward again. case counts will go level in mid-August, and then spike hard in late August/early September. Not a big a spike as last December & January, but much higher than anyone currently thinks possible. At the risk of jinxing, if I fudge my 2nd scenario into mid-September, seems to be coming true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted September 15, 2021 Report Share Posted September 15, 2021 NSFW Spoiler BarretWallace 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assault Posted September 15, 2021 Report Share Posted September 15, 2021 wrong thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted September 15, 2021 Report Share Posted September 15, 2021 What I have to put up with in this state... Fewer Than 1 in 2 Vaccinated Against COVID-19 in Most Ohio Counties Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted September 15, 2021 Report Share Posted September 15, 2021 Transmission rates for the country and its territories: https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#cases_community California is faring better than the other states, but not by much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted September 15, 2021 Report Share Posted September 15, 2021 8 hours ago, Cygnia said: What I have to put up with in this state... Fewer Than 1 in 2 Vaccinated Against COVID-19 in Most Ohio Counties Ohio is a sharply mixed state; there's multiple good-sized urban centers but a LOT of rural territory. The rural areas are where this is happening; the story gives a graph of vaccination rate versus voted for Trump, and the correlation is scary good. Overall, Ohio's in the middle of the pack in terms of full-vaccination rates. Both sides are lying with statistics, of course. The headline makes it sound worse...those 66 (of 88) counties account for how much of the population? The overall rate misses the fact that large swathes of the state...like many others...are lagging behind badly. The ranking number alone...Ohio would be 30th of the 50 states...blows up very MINOR differences...Ohio's rate is 49.3%. 8 other states are within 1% of that. We're still at the same question we've had for multiple months: how to convince the skeptics to accept the vaccine. They've proven too intransigent to accept the ongoing cost, so........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. MID-Nite Posted September 16, 2021 Report Share Posted September 16, 2021 My sister died of COVID this morning. So god damn pointless and preventable. BarretWallace, Cygnia, Lawnmower Boy and 16 others 19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted September 16, 2021 Report Share Posted September 16, 2021 15 minutes ago, Dr. MID-Nite said: My sister died of COVID this morning. So god damn pointless and preventable. My condolences for such a devastating loss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted September 16, 2021 Report Share Posted September 16, 2021 I am so sorry to hear that, Dr. MID-Nite! I'll keep your family in my prayers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted September 16, 2021 Report Share Posted September 16, 2021 1 hour ago, Dr. MID-Nite said: My sister died of COVID this morning. So god damn pointless and preventable. My deepest condolences and sympathies for you and yours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted September 16, 2021 Report Share Posted September 16, 2021 So terrible. My deepest sympathies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted September 16, 2021 Report Share Posted September 16, 2021 Condolences, Dr. MID-Nite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted September 16, 2021 Report Share Posted September 16, 2021 Sympathies to you and your family, Dr. MID-Nite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Walsh Posted September 16, 2021 Report Share Posted September 16, 2021 Oh how awful, Dr MID-Nite. My condolences to you and your family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarretWallace Posted September 16, 2021 Report Share Posted September 16, 2021 That is terrible, Dr. Mid-Nite. My condolences to, and prayers for, you and yours. I have no better words. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranxerox Posted September 16, 2021 Report Share Posted September 16, 2021 That is so awful. My heart goes out to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted September 16, 2021 Report Share Posted September 16, 2021 Texas school district that included masks in dress code hit with restraining order Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted September 16, 2021 Report Share Posted September 16, 2021 9 minutes ago, Cygnia said: Texas school district that included masks in dress code hit with restraining order They tried. Unfortunately, this isn't that surprising. I can hope the school districts can win in the end, but I don't expect it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted September 16, 2021 Report Share Posted September 16, 2021 1 in 500 Americans have died of COVID Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawnmower Boy Posted September 16, 2021 Report Share Posted September 16, 2021 20 hours ago, Dr. MID-Nite said: My sister died of COVID this morning. So god damn pointless and preventable. This is devastating, and leaves so much of the "news" around this pandemic seeming even more facile than usual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt the Bruins Posted September 16, 2021 Report Share Posted September 16, 2021 My condolences, Dr. MID-Nite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rravenwood Posted September 17, 2021 Report Share Posted September 17, 2021 How awful - condolences to you and yours, Dr. MID-Nite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Neilson Posted September 17, 2021 Report Share Posted September 17, 2021 A million deaths is a statistic. A single death is a tragedy. My condolences as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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