OT Coronavirus: America in chaos, News and Updates. One million Americans dead and counting

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  1. HailBlazers

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    Herd immunity right?
     
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    Been talking to Marris and ABM I take it?
     
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    Wow, the science sure does change quickly! When were the SoCal ICU's at negative capacity, like a month and a half ago?!
     
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    Props to Brown for setting school restart.
    Kids need to be back in school asap.
    I have 2 grandkids that have been in a private school since the start of this and there has been zero cases. I have grandkids also that haven't attended in school for a year and its been very tough.
    The teachers have been vaccinated with the understanding they will restart.
     
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    Republican state legislators in idaho organized a mask burning. Children burned masks while their parents cheered and took videos.

    Teach your children well...
     
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    See the post below yours about the B.1.1.7 variant’s exponential growth? That, combined with the one from South Africa and the one from Brazil are the dangers in opening schools too soon, IMO. The studies done by CDC and the results in schools like your grandkids’ reflect what to expect with the original virus, not the new more transmissible ones. Teachers may be vaccinated, but kids aren’t and neither are their families at home. There’s a real risk of blowing things up again.
     
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    My understanding now is that schools or public places won't be truly safe to open until next fall and that's only if 85% of the population is vaccinated and everyone follows mask wearing and hand washing protocols .....as to the latter...it's not looking good...the intellectually challenged among us have the attention span of a mosquito in a blizzard
     
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    Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Teach Your Children

    One of my all time favorite songs.
     
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    According to Fauci we will achieve herd immunity when we have somewhere between 75% and 80% vaccination rate.
     
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    I quoted the song, not sarcastically, at my mother's funeral.

    One of the legislators claims to have "done research" which of course is not cited, that wearing masks actually does "damage the soul". Also masks induce anxiety by reminding people of the pandemic. I would have thought the fix was getting pandemic under control, but hell, I'm just a scientist, I never researched "souls".
     
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    Let me put my Wookie hat on. "Republicans have souls". LOL.
     
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    Wearing a dirty cloth mask and touching it constantly is unhealthy...

    Dr Fauci says “There’s no reason to be walking around with a mask. When you’re in the middle of an outbreak, wearing a mask might make people feel a little bit better and it might even block a droplet, but it’s not providing the perfect protection that people think that it is. And, often, there are unintended consequences — people keep fiddling with the mask and they keep touching their face.”
     
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    They haven't researched souls....they've just sold them
     
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    I get it, the most at risk should have been vaccinated first too like many other States did. If the science and experts recommend closing schools across the board until further notice because of more threats then they should step up and be heard.
    If they can closely monitor schools as they reopen with criteria that needs to be met that could help. It appears science also indicates the negative impact on kids has been tough.
     
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    I’m sure they will be watching the situation, but I am concerned that there’s a potential perfect storm coming that could blow things up quicker than the health officials can react. States are loosening restrictions dramatically in response to reduced cases, the variants are growing exponentially while cases of the original virus remain flat, and spring break is coming with it’s potential as a super-spreader event. All I’m saying is that vigilance is imperative.
     
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    When exactly did Dr. Fauci say that? He's been saying the exact opposite for a year, over and over. He did say don't fiddle with mask. But wear it.
     
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