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Even if the vaccine is 95% effective, that means it is 5% not effective. Some could still get it and a smaller number could croak.

Yeah. I posted a story from NPR about the latter a few days back. That could be a great thing

There is still plenty of suckage in my school. “Specials” were ravaged by budget cuts as well as having teachers teaching multiple subjects they know nothing about due to cuts (I’m teaching a block of ancient civilizations...wheee!). There are some technology issues and logistical problems (we are still not sure how to do lunches when we have all of the kids back due to CDC guidelines and space). But the kids have been awesome. Where my wife works it has been pretty close to normal for months (masks are the biggest difference, as well as group work). The pace that things are bouncing back overall in society has me optimistic. Good luck finding a vacation rental on Cape Cod this summer

Yup. He (and you to a lesser extent) have talked a ton about the sensitivity of the PCR tests...even though I can’t follow half of it... I wish we could read through those old threads

Regarding Phin’s above post, I agree on just about all points. It def was worse for older people (not always but % wise hugely). Hopefully lessons learned regarding LTCs etc can help in the future. I was excited to pass out paper report cards to my students today! The online ones sucked. I then had to leave early because our furnace at home was busted.

I would say comparing it to airline terrorism protocols isn’t a good argument. One is an act of nature, one is human behavior. A closer model maybe is having states do travel restrictions during severe winter weather...a govt response to a natural phenomenon. But yeah...once the genie is out of the bottle, hard to put it back in

I honestly had not heard about that outbreak. They should be fine considering age and fitness. Who is in rough shape? It took E Rodriguez on the Sox 9+ months to recover

Worldwide this has killed about 2.9 million people. Third worst since the Black Plague in the 1300s (including HIV/AIDS which was over a longer period of time). Still a pretty big deal. Many(not all) of the precautions etc were warranted.

Brazil. They had like 4200+ deaths the other day. Worse than any US day with 2/3 the population

As Phin and others have said, the long lasting damage isjust starting to manifest itself. One thing that is really showing is how some parents are really not able (for whatever reason, in many cases not their fault) to help their kids... they were 100% dependent on the physical school building and the staff being there for their child. The resiliancy of many kids is astounding though. As we get more and more back, more and more kids will be getting better. It won't fix all ills, but it is something. Not sure how we will fit them all into the cafeteria though...

It is pretty bad in hockey too https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/04/hockey-cte-todd-ewen-brain-injury/587818/

I could see LWM of BED in that range fer shure

I seem to remember that they reported his brain was in the worst shape of anyone his age they had examined

My comment was mostly tongue in cheek but I see your point

I really want snow days back next year...and snow

I do prefer to differentiate my home and work life... although I have been doing more work at home after hours/at night... I also don't mind my commute, probably because it is pretty short (30 minutes) with not much traffic most days.

Yeah... that is the best way, and to do it outdoors, but really hard to do in a stage production...or in a wind ensemble, etc...

Today, we had to endure a similar meeting, but since it was online, I could multitask and get some work done. This would not work (and would be frowned on) in a large setting.

Some more... again, this was early on, which is why I was wondering about newer studies... https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciaa1241/5908276 https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/could-singing-spread-covid-19

This is a collection of studies referenced... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7808728/

Yep. Infected people expelling lots of viruses no bueno. There was an early (like March 2020) case in Seattle where a bunch of choir members all got the 'vid at a rehearsal. A couple died. This lead to research... I will see if I can drag some up

I do hope my staff meeting, etc can continue online... I hated gathering with everyone (70+) people and basically watching a Powerpoint or some such nonsense. Talk about a lack of productivity.

Any new science related to singing and Covid? We have a teenage daughter who is a theater/performance arts bug. This has been really rough on her

Lots of people still want the vibe of living in a city. Once the initial shock of the pandemic had receded living there continued to look attractive for some.

That’s true. I hate that game but it makes sense for them to do so I miss half gallons of ice cream.