Coronavirus thread

[Florestan]

No sane, rational person takes this as confinement to one's home for 20 years. Hence, it isn't worth bothering with the rest of your post, is it?

And yet, my dear Karl, you bothered to reply to it. 

[Florestan]

Not at all.

Well, I do. I wouldn't like to die tomorrow, or today at midnight, or any time soon --- I would like to live at least a hundred years. Yet I'm sure I will die not a second sooner or later than the time God allotted me.

[DavidW]

I spoke to an ER nurse the other day and she said that the majority of cases of COVID that she has seen in the past 3-4 months have been those that are unvaccinated.

Sadly enough I read an article that the unvaccinated blame everyone but themselves for the spread of the delta variant.  They mostly blame the Biden administration.

[VonStupp]

The politics surrounding mask mandates and anti-mask mandates are really spiraling out of control in South Carolina (where I live).

This is my fear when sending my girls to school wearing masks in a state that has fully-supported legislation banning any mask mandates statewide. The social pressure and trickle-down political heckling towards children could be yet another aspect of bullying in schools where I live.

But we aren't going to take a chance with my daughter's existing lung issues even if the chances of her showing symptoms are low for her age group.

[Karl Henning]

This is my fear when sending my girls to school wearing masks in a state that has fully-supported legislation banning any mask mandates statewide. The social pressure and trickle-down political heckling towards children could be yet another aspect of bullying in schools where I live.

But we aren't going to take a chance with my daughter's existing lung issues even if the chances of her showing symptoms are low for her age group.

Warm wishes for you & yours!

[VonStupp]

Warm wishes for you & yours!

Thank you! My character is about as a-political as they come, so I never thought I would ever be worried about political strife in concurrence with sending my kids to school.

VS

[Holden]

This is my fear when sending my girls to school wearing masks in a state that has fully-supported legislation banning any mask mandates statewide. The social pressure and trickle-down political heckling towards children could be yet another aspect of bullying in schools where I live.

But we aren't going to take a chance with my daughter's existing lung issues even if the chances of her showing symptoms are low for her age group.

I'm not pro mask but not totally anti either. The standard blue/green ones simply do not work as numerous tests and experiments have shown and in my case exacerbate a medical condition that I have. That said, your post reminded me that I don't look at people who wear masks with scorn either as I don't know what underlying conditions they might have.

[krummholz]

University of Virginia disenrolls unvaccinated students ahead of fall semester — 8:49 a.m.
Washington Post

Forty-nine students who registered for fall classes at the University of Virginia have been disenrolled after failing to meet the school's vaccine mandate, officials said Friday.

The campus unveiled its vaccine mandate in May and the overwhelming majority of the campus is in compliance, officials said. More than 96 percent of U-Va. students are vaccinated against the coronavirus and 335 students with religious and medical exemptions have been granted permanent waivers, officials said.

An additional 184 temporary waivers were granted to students who have had trouble getting vaccinated but plan to get their shots upon arriving to campus.

Less than 1 percent of students enrolled — or 238 students — are not in compliance, "but only 49 of those students had actually selected courses, meaning that a good number of the remaining 189 may not have been planning to return to the university this fall at all, regardless of our vaccination policy," said Brian Coy, a school spokesman.

Students have until Aug. 25 to get into compliance and re-enroll for fall semester classes, Coy added. Students can also choose to return to campus in the spring, but only after meeting the vaccination requirement.

U-Va., along with hundreds of other campuses, unveiled its vaccine mandate for students in May. The university since then has sent students "multiple reminders" about the policy, Coy said in an email.

My university also has a vaccine mandate, though with exceptions for documented medical or religious reasons. Estimates on the percentage of the student population that is vaccinated range from 80% to 90%. There is also a mask mandate in effect indoors (currently).

But that's the end of the good news. The president has stated pointedly that the mask mandate is temporary and will be lifted soon. And after it has been lifted, we (professors) will not be allowed to require masks in our classrooms. There are also no plans for further testing of either students or faculty after classes begin a week from Monday. Nor are students confined to campus - they will be free to leave and roam around the state in their free time. We are in a county where the rate of community transmission is given by the CDC as HIGH.

[Karl Henning]

My university also has a vaccine mandate, though with exceptions for documented medical or religious reasons. Estimates on the percentage of the student population that is vaccinated range from 80% to 90%. There is also a mask mandate in effect indoors (currently).

But that's the end of the good news. The president has stated pointedly that the mask mandate is temporary and will be lifted soon. And after it has been lifted, we (professors) will not be allowed to require masks in our classrooms. There are also no plans for further testing of either students or faculty after classes begin a week from Monday. Nor are students confined to campus - they will be free to leave and roam around the state in their free time. We are in a county where the rate of community transmission is given by the CDC as HIGH.

Oof!

[Karl Henning]

Atop his reprehensible disinformation hucksterism is the "elective tragedy" of his at last seeing light, but not living to try to undo the harm he's done:

Conservative Radio Host Who Mocked Vaccines Dies of COVID-19

[Mirror Image]

Sadly enough I read an article that the unvaccinated blame everyone but themselves for the spread of the delta variant.  They mostly blame the Biden administration.

Sad, indeed. We'll see how well it goes for them. My guess is COVID hasn't hit home for them (yet).

[JBS]

Trump had a rally in Alabama this evening.
During his rant, he mentioned he had been vaccinated and urged everyone there to get vaccinated.

The audience responded by booing him.

[Mirror Image]

Trump had a rally in Alabama this evening.
During his rant, he mentioned he had been vaccinated and urged everyone there to get vaccinated.

The audience responded by booing him.

Apparently, they didn't boo enough. They should've thrown anything rotten at him they could get their hands on --- tomatoes, apples, bananas, etc. This man needs to go home and work on his hair. His political future is finished after the disgraceful stunt he pulled on January 6th.

[T. D.]

Apparently, they didn't boo enough. They should've thrown anything rotten at him they could get their hands on --- tomatoes, apples, bananas, etc. This man needs to go home and work on his hair. His political future is finished after the disgraceful stunt he pulled on January 6th.

The people attending the rally probably dug January 6th and, if anything, think it didn't go far enough. 

[SimonNZ]

"Audiatur et altera pars..."

https://twitter.com/alexkramers/status/1428784100463333380

[Christabel]

Only in the USA.  Growing crazier by the minute.  Same goes for 'safe spaces' and all other forms of pathological altruism and consciousness-devouring over-protection.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Trump had a rally in Alabama this evening.
During his rant, he mentioned he had been vaccinated and urged everyone there to get vaccinated.

The audience responded by booing him.

Double-shock here on both accounts...less so on the booing.

PD

[krummholz]

Trump had a rally in Alabama this evening.
During his rant, he mentioned he had been vaccinated and urged everyone there to get vaccinated.

The audience responded by booing him.

As usual, the man is a day late and a dollar short, as the saying goes...

[71 dB]

As usual, the man is a day late and a dollar short, as the saying goes...

It is crazy and scary to think Trump might be back in the White House in Jan. 2025! 

[Mirror Image]

The people attending the rally probably dug January 6th and, if anything, think it didn't go far enough. 

Sad, but true.