I get that aspect of it, but how do you handle the situations I presented? 5" of snow in 24 hours is impactful here but not warning criteria, and unless warning criteria gets lowered having no advisory makes things more difficult.
Just because they don't work 100% doesn't mean they don't work for the most part. California is a special case because there is a lot of entitled people who think they are invincible out there.
I have lost about half of what you have and I have a long way to go myself still but you are correct, it is what only some have the ability to do right now. This assumption that people pop out of bed one day and can start a massive lifestyle change is a bit of leap.
Unless there is a change to warnings coming, I don't like this. What about fog, urban and small stream flooding, what about a 5" snowfall, these are all things needing to advise people on.
^not sure if this is a serious account...
That being said the majority of people would rather the mandates last one more month so we can get the vaccinations out there to those who need them, ending the mandate now just adds unnecessary risk.
This is reason why you keep the mandate in place, it is absolutely no coincidence why Texas and all these other states are lifting restrictions right now, and spring break last year was a massive catalyst for spread in this country.
I work in an international terminal at an airport. Trust me I see a lot more people then you do and before the mask mandate went into effect by Biden, the numbers were about 75/25 wearing/not and worst rule breakers were other workers in the terminal. Still get plenty of the nose dick going on, where people don't know how to wear it but the mandate has helped substantially.
He is the example of many others like him, bullheaded who never consider others but themselves and will not wear a mask because they think they are 'healthy'.
I think you are responding to something I am not saying. I know it improves your chances of not having significant symptoms, what I am saying is that people will act like they can't catch it and not do the precautionary stuff, thus getting it but also spreading it. You are arguing something I am not.
I can point to literally thousands of regular people who tested positive for Covid this year with no symptoms. You are using something that is an anecdote to prove a point.
I am not pushing back on health improvements, you should reread what I am saying. Those here are saying they don't want to wear masks at all even now when it is proven that it improves your chances of not catching covid. That is the "Chad" behavior I am talking about.
All that does is limit the potential of hospitalization, doesn't mean that you can't get it. I don't want a bunch of Chads running around thinking they are super human when they are instead super spreaders.
Glad to hear you are getting better, you among others here should be a cautionary tale of what could have happened to everyone. But instead you have some of the posts above and on the last page acting like this is nothing. I mean you are only 20 and had a strong case.