That is not dead which can eternal lie, and with strange aeons bring us some web forums whereupon we can gather
http://garbi.online/forum/
That's too bad.Kraken wrote: Tue Jul 27, 2021 10:38 pm I only learned a couple of weeks ago that Mitch McConnell is a polio survivor.
My kids go back in two weeks. My youngest can get his first shot in six weeks. *sigh*YellowKing wrote: Wed Jul 28, 2021 11:24 am The next county over decided not only to resume in-person schooling, but to do so with no masks, no social distancing, and no sanitization between class changes. Not surprisingly, they've had 13 cases in the first week back. Weird how science predicts stuff, innit?
I assume no masks because freedom?coopasonic wrote: Wed Jul 28, 2021 11:32 amMy kids go back in two weeks. My youngest can get his first shot in six weeks. *sigh*YellowKing wrote: Wed Jul 28, 2021 11:24 am The next county over decided not only to resume in-person schooling, but to do so with no masks, no social distancing, and no sanitization between class changes. Not surprisingly, they've had 13 cases in the first week back. Weird how science predicts stuff, innit?
Viruses have rights, too.El Guapo wrote: Wed Jul 28, 2021 11:43 amI assume no masks because freedom?coopasonic wrote: Wed Jul 28, 2021 11:32 amMy kids go back in two weeks. My youngest can get his first shot in six weeks. *sigh*YellowKing wrote: Wed Jul 28, 2021 11:24 am The next county over decided not only to resume in-person schooling, but to do so with no masks, no social distancing, and no sanitization between class changes. Not surprisingly, they've had 13 cases in the first week back. Weird how science predicts stuff, innit?
Same. I think my 7th grader will be good with it at least until 9/11 when she is fully vaxxed. My sophomore seems to understand we are protecting the 7th grader, so I think she'll be good for that long too. After that, we'll see.coopasonic wrote: Wed Jul 28, 2021 11:46 am My kids will be wearing them, or at the very least sent to school with them, but the governor says no mandates.
Health and infectious disease experts say the rate at which COVID-19 cases are growing in Alberta is alarming, as it spreads faster than during the height of the pandemic's third wave.
The R-value, which represents the number of people infected by each infected person, was 1.48 (with a confidence interval of 1.38-1.59) in Alberta as of Sunday, according to Alberta Health.
That number — which has doubled in recent weeks — means 100 people with the virus will spread it to 148 others.
"The current R-value provincewide is one of the highest we've seen throughout the pandemic. So although the numbers are low today, the rate of viral spread is really as fast as we've seen at any other point during the pandemic," said Craig Jenne, an immunologist and microbiologist at the University of Calgary.
"This really is the foundation for what everybody refers to as exponential growth … it is definitely laying the potential and the groundwork for a large surge of viral cases in the coming weeks."
During the pandemic's third wave, when around 1,500 new cases were being reported in Alberta each day, the R-value hovered around 1.15.
Although Alberta has a presence in many industries such as agriculture, forestry, education, tourism, finance, and manufacturing, the politics and culture of the province have been closely tied to the production of fossil energy since the 1940s.
The dramatic shift in the risk the coronavirus poses to the general population justifies removing the province's remaining COVID-19 protocols, Alberta Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw told CBC News.
The province announced Wednesday that Alberta will soon have no mandatory COVID-19 protocols: no more mandatory masking, contact tracing or isolating. It's part of a move to treat the coronavirus more like other respiratory viruses.
Starting Thursday, anyone with COVID-19 symptoms or a positive test result must isolate, but quarantine for their close contacts will be recommended and not mandatory.
On Aug. 16, isolation following a positive test will no longer be required but "strongly recommended," and by the end of August, testing will be scaled back to only those with severe symptoms.
Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi said that lifting the remaining health orders in Alberta was "the height of insanity."
Uh... wow. So is covid no longer killing people out there at all?On Aug. 16, isolation following a positive test will no longer be required but "strongly recommended," and by the end of August, testing will be scaled back to only those with severe symptoms.
Q: There are other jurisdictions reimposing mask mandates to deal with the spike in delta cases — even Disney World and Disneyland. To paraphrase a local political scientist yesterday, why does Disney World care more about my children than my provincial government does?
A: It's important to remember that COVID-19 is not the only risk our kids face. For children under 12 in particular, COVID-19 infection is equivalent to or even possibly slightly less risky than something like seasonal influenza.
If we look at our last seasonal influenza year of 2019-2020, we had a higher ICU rate for influenza in kids between the ages of five and nine than we've had for COVID-19 throughout the last 17 months.
My dad had polio too. He spent some time in an iron lung when he was four or five years old.Rumpy wrote: Wed Jul 28, 2021 1:10 am My Dad had polio. But he thankfully had it at the tail-end when they all the research and vaccines available, so he didn't get the worst of it. He did have to spend time in those machines though, which he describes as a scary experience. He still gets pain now and then due to residuals.
Sounds like your Dad was more highly affected than mine. But either way, things would have been so much worse without a vaccine. I don't think those refusing the vaccine realize the implications. And I think that's maybe partly because we haven't had such a widespread epidemic in quite some time, and have become too comfortable in our surroundings. To anti-vaxxers, it's viewed as nothing more than an interruption into their daily lives the way the flu might be. They haven't had the weakup call of it hitting close to home.Hrdina wrote: Fri Jul 30, 2021 12:52 pmMy dad had polio too. He spent some time in an iron lung when he was four or five years old.Rumpy wrote: Wed Jul 28, 2021 1:10 am My Dad had polio. But he thankfully had it at the tail-end when they all the research and vaccines available, so he didn't get the worst of it. He did have to spend time in those machines though, which he describes as a scary experience. He still gets pain now and then due to residuals.
The answer is obvious. Children are Disney's target demographic and survival means dollars. Lawmakers can't even extract one vote from them, let alone campaign contributions.Q: There are other jurisdictions reimposing mask mandates to deal with the spike in delta cases — even Disney World and Disneyland. To paraphrase a local political scientist yesterday, why does Disney World care more about my children than my provincial government does?
The ironic thing is that my dad's views after he moved to Florida became a bit more aligned with the groups that are pushing anti-vax rhetoric (at least here in the US). I'm not 100% certain that he would have gotten the covid vaccine if he were still around (he would have been almost 80).Rumpy wrote: Fri Jul 30, 2021 1:37 pmSounds like your Dad was more highly affected than mine. But either way, things would have been so much worse without a vaccine. I don't think those refusing the vaccine realize the implications. And I think that's maybe partly because we haven't had such a widespread epidemic in quite some time, and have become too comfortable in our surroundings. To anti-vaxxers, it's viewed as nothing more than an interruption into their daily lives the way the flu might be. They haven't had the weakup call of it hitting close to home.
It's more than that, unfortunately. It's become a political loyalty test. There is no wake-up call that will over come the politics for so many people.Rumpy wrote: Fri Jul 30, 2021 1:37 pm To anti-vaxxers, it's viewed as nothing more than an interruption into their daily lives the way the flu might be. They haven't had the weakup call of it hitting close to home.
Huh, that'd be a shame if so. If anything, I would have thought he would be among those who'd be stressing the importance due to his previous experience.Hrdina wrote: Fri Jul 30, 2021 1:45 pmRumpy wrote: Fri Jul 30, 2021 1:37 pmSounds like your Dad was more highly affected than mine. But either way, things would have been so much worse without a vaccine. I don't think those refusing the vaccine realize the implications. And I think that's maybe partly because we haven't had such a widespread epidemic in quite some time, and have become too comfortable in our surroundings. To anti-vaxxers, it's viewed as nothing more than an interruption into their daily lives the way the flu might be. They haven't had the weakup call of it hitting close to home.
The ironic thing is that my dad's views after he moved to Florida became a bit more aligned with the groups that are pushing anti-vax rhetoric (at least here in the US). I'm not 100% certain that he would have gotten the covid vaccine if he were still around (he would have been almost 80).
Yeah, they've unfortunately made it political when it shouldn't have to be. Viruses hold no political allegiance.LawBeefaroni wrote: Fri Jul 30, 2021 1:58 pmIt's more than that, unfortunately. It's become a political loyalty test. There is no wake-up call that will over come the politics for so many people.Rumpy wrote: Fri Jul 30, 2021 1:37 pm To anti-vaxxers, it's viewed as nothing more than an interruption into their daily lives the way the flu might be. They haven't had the weakup call of it hitting close to home.
BREAKING: FDA, under pressure, plans ‘sprint’ to accelerate review of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine for full approval
A day after it recorded the most new daily cases since the start of the pandemic, Florida on Sunday broke its previous record for current hospitalizations, set more than a year ago.
The Sunshine State had 10,207 people hospitalized with confirmed COVID-19 cases, according to data reported to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
The previous record was from July 23, 2020, more than a half-year before vaccinations started becoming widespread. Florida then had 10,170 hospitalizations, according to the Florida Hospital Association.
Florida is now leading the nation in per capita hospitalizations for COVID-19, as hospitals around the state report having to put emergency room visitors in beds in hallways and others document a noticeable drop in the age of patients.
In the past week, Florida has averaged 1,525 adult hospitalizations a day, and 35 daily pediatric hospitalizations. Both are the highest per capita rate in the nation, according to Jason Salemi, an associate professor of epidemiology at the University of South Florida.
He had to find a blind nurse.
This is called have cake and eat it too.dbt1949 wrote: Tue Aug 03, 2021 12:16 pm The governor has recalled the legislature to amend or recall the no mask law passed earlier this year.
If only. (50+ million won't have it for months after that*.)
