Brian5671

you're educated. Alot of America is not....

everyone's ignoring most of the stuff here now (except masks indoors) example- Grocery stores still have the one way stickers on the floor and 6 feet markers by the checkouts...worthless...

Doubt it. Most places didn't fully shut down this winter despite surging cases. But I agree, it's time to move on. We flattened the curve which was the original goal, not to eradicate the virus.

the rolling quarantines at school are annoying right now-if my kid is exposed to someone nearby they have to quarantine going back to the last date of contact-one of mine had to sit home for 4 days. Assuming if they have the vaxx they don't have to do that....

yeah that's pretty weird I see that here in the burbs....

Better than the early days of the brain tickle-that was my biggest fear having to do that test....

Once for me. Tested upon leaving Colorado from a ski trip. That's it.

Some will remain...but the days of a multiplex in almost every town are over. The potential audiences are much much smaller going forward...who wants to pay $100 for a family of four (includes snacks) when you can watch it at home for $8? The 2 theaters here (one with 2 screens, one with 8 or 10) both closed here in the last year....

CT is 100% open, but there are still things that are suffering. Take the local ice cream joint. It's open, but there's no concerts at local schools so you don't have 30 families hitting the place at once after their 5th grade concert. Catering for large parties? Technically open but who is throwing a large indoor party right now? Concert/lecture halls? Not really open if there's no events scheduled. It's not always a matter of what's "officially open"

Silly. Outdoor spread is rare

We know that it lasts at least 6 months. We don’t know if it’s longer (it could be) since it’s only been in existence for 6 months

It gets people to click on the headline.

whole thing will begin a slow fadeaway...no one is listening to Biden or Fauci repeat the same 14 month old talking points. The shutdown make sense last spring, but it no longer does-even Michigan is not closing much down with their latest surge and they had the largest shutdown last spring....

We flew done to Florida to visit my parents for a week-went from LGA to RSW-same thing-lines, no social distancing-the folks who are flying are clearly comfortable with things now...some having been vaccinated probably helps. I still see restaurants frantically wiping down chairs and tables-what a joke-that is pure theatre-it's an airborne virus-cleaning a chair does nothing. (however it is nice that things are being clearned vs not cleaned at all, but alot of this is simply theatre to make people feel more comfortablle.

that's why your 1st shot is rough. People that have had COVID tend to see stronger side effects on the 1st shot while people that have not had it have stronger side effects on the 2nd dose. Seems the 2nd time your body sees it you get the worst effects

Busting warm again....

At some point if that happens just have to go back to mostly normal. Crazy to hide in. Bunker for years on end

Let's hope. But it's becoming more and more clear the herd immunity % is going to be high. Many have had Covid and we're 20-40% vaccinated depending on state and it's still stubbornly high....

I'd agree. We went back here in early March full time and the difference is astounding-they come home and talk about what they learned-happy to see friends etc. Beats 7 hours staring at a zoom screen.

yeah, I can't remember the last wet period around here-most systems have underperformed since early March QPF wise

can you expand on this? My guys are in 6th grade...

had PFE 2nd shot 3 days ago-other than sore arm no other side effects....about 10 more days until I'm considered fully vaccinated.

If we survived the last 4 years we can survive anything....

I doubt most places will return to offices in the summer-maybe post Labor Day...not b/c of Covid, but b/c it's summer....if that holds its 18 months out of the office-imagine predicting that on March 1, 2020? Also the length of time has gotten people used to working remotely-hard to tell people they have to come back 5 days per week after that length of time....

68 and sunny here-another bluebird sky.