TugHillMatt

I'm getting mixed messages from this mask. "Don't be a turkey." But...the turkey is on the mask...so if I wear the mask, won't I be a turkey?

Soooo, how about that Cuomo conference today? I don't know how anybody who hates Trump could love Cuomo....they're both pompous, loud-mouthed men who talk down to people. If you love one and not the other, it's strictly based on your political convictions...at least in my opinion. I did agree, and appreciate, Cuomo making sure to stress that the local government has the power and responsibility to try and control the rates and spread (in the yellow zone), while the state will step in once an area passes 3%. Now, there can be debate on what threshold 3% or 6% or whatever dictates state government stepping in...but 3% is our state's number. It seems like a more respectful way on giving "some power" to the people instead of just stepping in like some state governments and just shutting everything down. We've already seen that with the whole "every school in the yellow zone must test 20% weekly" thing where it has loosened up because results/stats have showed very low numbers in the schools. Now it's every 2 weeks, and that can still change based on numbers. I feel that this conference was a HUGE warning that he will not hesitate to shut everything down (he didn't say that at all in those words) but kept referring to "if we continue at this rate, this place will be orange and that red, etc..." which, in other words, "shut 'er down!" He seemed to imply it was inevitable with all the visiting that will be happening over the Holidays....but still hasn't given any orders.

Outside of the ding-aling son....is anybody going to talk about the "mask beard" the lady is wearing at 5 seconds in? It's amazing how the face mask has become an even more important device for some...and the most useless thing for others.

They're oblivious to what's happened to the state under Cuomo. Many like him solely because of their experience of his response during Lockdown #1..which was media propaganda to make him look like a savior.

Time to write another book: "How I Won an International Emmy"

Lol...I have been thinking about this movie lately. If we're all zombies in a year........

I appreciate your apology. Thanks. I wish Falls were LONGER...favorite season! (I lived in the Muskoka region of Ontario for 1.5 years...most beautiful falls and wintriest area I've ever lived!)

Thanks for the suggestion! I have legit been thinking about it some more this year. haha

Nope...climate sucks. lol All places have their pros and cons though. New Yorkers are a tough people with rough exteriors...but very, very generous. Also, there are many hard workers here. Southerners tend to be more passive about getting things done and have some of the "fake" hospitality.

On that note..maybe you should worry about your own province and country. Rude, isn't it?

It's MUCH cheaper to live in Tennessee and a couple of the surrounding states...and they have some great schools AND programs that benefit residents who act responsibly and work hard to benefit the state.

You live in rural areas. Any towns doing well in Upstate have ridiculous prices...it adds to class structure issues. In Baldwinsville, many apartments are 1100 t0 1700 A MONTH unless you get a dumpy place or can apply for assistance. Otherwise it's just another screw-job to those of us in the middle class who can't afford ridiculous monthly rents or mortgages...we get paid "too much" for assistance, but don't make enough to live among the wealthy. I believe it's a HUGE reason people are moving out.

Come on guys....there's a reason everybody's leaving this state...

Much of Upstate New York is partially poor because of low pay and ridiculous taxes...which the state government doesn't do much to help with. NYC, Albany, and Cuomo rob Upstate New York..they are part of the problem.

This ticked me off. Our delightful governor pretty much shaming Upstate New York for "not taking this seriously." We have been extremely patient in our "not so important to him" world of Upstate New York. In talking with friends and family in other states, we Upstaters have been dealing with this for pretty much longer than any other area of the country, and much more respectfully towards our fellow citizens. He should thank us all for not rioting and waving "our guns" at him like other states have at their governors. I'm sure he'll somehow find a way to blame us for the downfall of the state's economy, along with the "racism of Covid." As a fairly new resident of this state, I am boggled as to how Upstate New York has NOT seceded from New York City and its suburbs. There are just too many differences between SE New York state and Upstate. This is even more proof that NYC and its politics holds us down. Way to alienate the rest of "your" state, governor.

Schools have been working so very hard to stay open. My school has been open all year with the option of students doing virtual. Almost all have chosen in-person and are so thankful. As I sit here during transition time, I think sometimes the students don't realize how fortunate they are to be in person...but I think deep inside they are SO happy to be here.

I don't think they need to be closed. The numbers are sooo sooo low. I'm not sure if you're just asking rhetorically, or if you were under the impression I was saying schools should be closed. I don't think they need to be. (Although sometimes I wish they were because I am exhausted! )

Two of the schools in the district I live in (Baldwinsville) did asymptomatic testing of 261 school individuals on Monday and only 1 tested positive. There are several quarantined from tests earlier in the month. That would be .38%

Thanks for mentioning that. I can definitely see that...which is maddening when we the teachers are being pressed so much to be the masking/social distancing police...we only have them for 6.5 hours! Based on current trends, kudos to educators!

Great question. I'm sure there are. Surprisingly school results, as far as I am aware of, have been pretty private. I'm sure if many were testing positive, we'd be hearing about it. As has been discussed on here recently, schools have not been one of the main sites of spread.

Thank you.

I know schools make up a small portion of those being tested in NY, but those of us in schools in the "higher risk" zones are getting the free rapid-tests done. Most of these individuals are not infected.

Yes, it's ridiculous. Here, Baldwinsville School District is made up of the towns of Van Buren and Lysander. The schools in Lysander (yellow zone) have to have 20% of their student/staff population tested for Covid, but the schools in Van Buren (no zone) do not...despite those schools having more positive results over the past several months. Meaningless when extra-curricular activities, siblings and staff are shared between schools in the two towns. The river is not a magic line between Covid and no Covid.

Yeah, what a mess! Who are these random people jumping in here all aggressively? Way too much time on their hands? Jumping around from thread to thread to bicker and repeat themselves angrily. We have some great posters in our subforum...things can just turn ugly pretty quickly with so many political opinions. Buffalowx to me seems to be a pretty balanced guy, so I would trust his perspective on a situation (whatever drama is going on in some other site). On another note...a friend of mine, a pretty staunch Republican, posted on his FB page this week that he now knows 17 people who have Covid and that it is NO joke. He said many of them are really struggling right now.

Whew! I said my peace and then checked out because I wanted nothing to do with the bantering. Looks like LOTS of talk has occurred since. There's a difference between healthy discussion/bantering and toxic bantering where NOTHING is accomplished but more division. Honestly, Republicans...Democrats...neither are innocent...so my stance is I have no "side" to defend when it comes to politics. It's actually quite freeing. What I will stand up for is the proper treatment and actual respect for my fellow human. Republican rebels, for heaven's sakes, put the freakin' mask on and stop "anti social distancing" to prove a point. Its so childish. I have to wear a mask for work and I hate it...but two and a half months in to the school year, and I have had far less students absent this year than before. There hasn't been much sickness...I think our current masking, social distancing, and CONSTANT disinfecting have reduced pathogen spread. Democrats, stop trying to cast all blame on one individual...Trump...and anybody else who thinks "certain" things about Covid are being dramatized and driven by the liberal media to cause more havoc. Stop denying Trump's successes in building our economy just because "you hate him." It's so childish. The naivety and total dedication to one party and all the CRAP it believes just boggles my mind. BALANCE is key.