WhitinsvilleWX

1 minute ago, WhitinsvilleWX said:

Back when I was in and out of there with an ID badge, you had a sticker on the badge.

I used to moonlight there when the path department got busy.

3 minutes ago, weathafella said:

Since everybody masks now-how is it enforced?   

Back when I was in and out of there with an ID badge, you had a sticker on the badge.

2 minutes ago, weathafella said:

I believe it was the Trump administration that enforced flu shots for VA all employees with the alternative masking for 6 months at work. Since this was all before covid it created an obvious segregation and there was nearly 100% compliance.   Not sure how they enforce the flu shots mandate now but as of last September they were talking removal.

Mass general has had that rule for a long time. Get a flu shot or wear a mask during flu season. 

4 minutes ago, UMB WX said:

not sure why people are surprised that businesses are requiring  jabs, masks and/or weekly testing. they don’t want to shut down and they don’t want the liability.  Though Its entertaining watching phin fling his BS all around 

My company requires once a week testing and masks if your not vaxed.

1 minute ago, weathafella said:

I don’t think government employees and contractors are required to vax.    The carrot and stick is vax or submit to weekly testing.    I believe some private sector companies are more strict.

You’re right. It’s either weekly or 2 times a week tests. 

6 minutes ago, ineedsnow said:

Meh.. I had actual covid it wasn't bad at all.. crapping alot and lost my smell other then  that I was good still no jab for me

I can’t smell anything anyway.  Or not much. Too many years breathing formalin fumes in the path lab.

4 minutes ago, weathafella said:

The problem is we are like 50 different countries each with their own rules and wide open borders with no restrictions.  Covid will be with us until the worst outbreak states die down permanently.  Those states will probably move around but I think our size as a nation makes this impossible to control.   

They can’t control it in small countries either, not really. 

7 minutes ago, PhineasC said:

Delta is already everywhere in this country and tens of millions of people are infected with no or mild symptoms. By the time Biden vaxxes anyone else under the mandate Delta will have already burned itself out. We have become so stupid over this virus. It's ALL stupid virtue signaling now.

My son had a cold last week. Not severe. Lasted 4 days. Runny nose and sneezing. No fever? Delta? I dunno. Don’t care. Nobody else in the house got sick. 

7 minutes ago, Lava Rock said:

do you have a link to the comparison to ebola, smallpox, etc? Not seeing at cdc, thanks

Internal memo. 

2 minutes ago, PhineasC said:

It feels fun being coerced and under gaslighting.  

You know I’m a huge proponant of the vax for a lot of reason. And I think everybody eligible should get it. 
But, for the CDC to start throwing out things like worse than Ebola and smallpox, that’s in the least irresponsible and borderline criminal. Now you’re going to have people running around scared that this is another wave of smallpox like disease. 

5 minutes ago, Lava Rock said:

So CDC is basically saying the R0 is greater than pox virus now. If so, you'd thinks mask mandates and closures wouldn't be far behind and covid will spread like wild fire. But, if they are only recommending masks for certain age groups, seems like they might be acknowledging delta is less severe, just more contagious. We'd be in a world of shite if it's more transmissable than pox and more severe, but other country data doesn't support that. Clear as mud

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It’s a big stick and scare tactics to get more people vaxed. 

3 minutes ago, Brian5671 said:

No political or financial capital for more shutdowns...masks probably the only thing you'll see reinstated...

From what he mass dept of health just put out, no  across the board mandate. 

12 minutes ago, Lava Rock said:

Jfc, where is this all going

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Totalitarian state. 

Here’s what the health department in mass just came out with. Baker will reiterate the following:

In a statement, state health officials said, "In light of the information provided by the CDC, and in order to maximize protection of vulnerable individuals from the Delta variant, the Department of Public Health released updated guidance today that recommends that a fully vaccinated person wear a mask or face covering when indoors (and not in your own home) if you have a weakened immune system, or if you are at increased risk for severe disease because of your age or an underlying medical condition, or if someone in your household has a weakened immune system, is at increased risk for severe disease, or is unvaccinated."

So basically do what you think is best. It’s your choice. That’s what it should be. I’ll give the Mass Dept of Health and Baker credit. They didn’t go off the deep end. 

DESE just came out with guidence. 
It RECOMMENDED that k-6 wear masks indoors but not outdoors or indoors when eating.

All UNVAXED staff, teachers and students in 7th grade and above are urged to wear masks.

All VAXED students, teachers and staff 7th and above there’s no recommendation to wear masks.

So now the CDC says that delta is more contagious than MERS, SARS, Ebola, the common cold, the seasonal flu and smallpox, and it is as contagious as chickenpox. They recommend anyone with weak immune systems mask anywhere, even in areas of low transmission. 
Cambridge will have me back in a mask at work by Monday

ugh

They also have an internal report that’s says universal masking is essential. So blue will mask, red won’t. Same old thing. 

40 minutes ago, NorEastermass128 said:

Yup. It’s coming. 

I think he’ll leave it up to towns and cities to decide. 

1 hour ago, PhineasC said:

To get jabbed against a virus that I probably already had and is zero threat to me and that I can still catch and spread around, forcing me to still mask and distance anyway. That jab?

Uncle Joe says you will

2 minutes ago, PhineasC said:

I guess we are really at the point where the Federal government is going to force citizens to get a EUA medical procedure done against their will even if they just sit in a private office all day?

Definitely a dark national turning point.

Govt contractors are mandated. I guess you’ll be going to the local jab shack (ie CVS)

Lots of good data could be mined from the p- town cases. Is there a correlation with which vax was taken?  How many of the positives were actually sick vs those that had exposure, were asymptomatic, and tested because of contact tracing. 
The biggest takeaway is out of close to 1000 cases, only 7 went to the hospital and from what I understand most were released already. And no deaths. 
Again, this will turn out similar to transmitting a head cold. 

4 minutes ago, DotRat_Wx said:

I don't know your boy Sumbul but usually you can piece together what everyone will do by those 2

Curatone is another usual suspect who’d do it. You know who he is, right?

2 minutes ago, DotRat_Wx said:

I don't know your boy Sumbul but usually you can piece together what everyone will do by those 2

It’s a she and she is  the mayor of Cambridge. 

4 minutes ago, DotRat_Wx said:

Baker spoke yesterday, Janey tonight. No mention of masks returning. I wouldn't be worried about it. We aren't seeing the spike

I don’t care what Janey does. My concern is Sumbul Siddiqui 

8 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

He’s become painful to watch.  Just fallen apart since getting COVID and myocarditis.

Berrios will be a huge ask for prospects.

He’s not right. He’s cooked. 

23 minutes ago, DotRat_Wx said:

I understand that part of it. But as Bob said, we aren't seeing an increase in hospitalizations or deaths like the unvaccinated states and those are the important metrics. Elective surgeries being canceled down there and icu's are full in Texas again 

I understand that. My point  is they’ll use the cases as reasoning to put us in masks again. Putting my faith in Baker not to is tough, but like I said yesterday, he’ll be under a ton of pressure to do it. Hopefully he won’t give in. Honestly, I would care if he did, I’d ignore it. But I couldn’t ignore it at work.