UMB WX Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 13 hours ago, DotRat_Wx said: Why does everyone keep posting 'media fear mongering' and sharing it over and over and over again..... Stop clicking on it The Running of The Narcissists Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalcottWx Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 4 hours ago, amarshall said: I missed it , can someone repost it LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natedizel Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 15 hours ago, powderfreak said: Yeah haven't seen any around here. Did a lot of errands in BTV the other day and not a one. Like we talked about before, the last places I saw masks required were gas stations while driving to/from BOS in a couple of the S. NH towns that seemed to just let their mandates be running out and not fighting it. I think Dendy said Lebanon was the last one in NH to require masks, also happens to be a huge shopping district with box stores and stuff so people noticed.... but that was all city/town gov't stuff not individual businesses. Tippy's posts is the first I've heard of an actual business doing it on their own. Went minnie golfing the other day and place was full. No one had masks on except this family of 4 with 2 children. We all outside to. Whatever makes them feel safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klw Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 29 minutes ago, natedizel said: Went minnie golfing the other day and place was full. Minnie golfing 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natedizel Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 2 minutes ago, klw said: Minnie golfing Ya it was fun. The kid gets a kick out of it. And i see whay you did there. Or what i did Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wmsptwx Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 21 hours ago, PhineasC said: Are there any businesses actually requiring masks? I haven't seen a one. Maybe old granny thrift stores run by Karens or woke SJW coffee shops. No places I want to be. Lol remember when you lectured us all about how people would never stop wearing masks and or going back out into society!? Seems like much ado about nothing from what I see. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 10 hours ago, wx2fish said: Of all places the McDonald's up in Lancaster had mask signs last weekend. I was on the back from Pittsburg and didn't even have one, but most people inside weren't wearing one. It’s always the places you least expect it, ha. Guess McDonalds might qualify as a coffee shop though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhineasC Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 I think there are still some places out there with leftover mask signage they haven't bothered to take down. I could also see leaving it up as a liability thing and then not enforcing it. Kinda puts the onus on the customer to read the sign and then choose to ignore it anyway. The number of businesses turning away customers over masks must be vanishingly small at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhineasC Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 1 hour ago, Wmsptwx said: Lol remember when you lectured us all about how people would never stop wearing masks and or going back out into society!? Seems like much ado about nothing from what I see. Yeah, I am very happy the sane people won out instead of folks such as yourself. It is a relief, trust me. Restores my faith in humanity a bit, although I'm sure it was mostly an economic decision to suddenly lift all mandates basically overnight. Stay safe out there with Delta and Lambda! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathafella Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 Mask twist: While we were I Chicago for 6 weeks one of the family members had symptoms of a cold-tested and negative for covid. The cold spread to about half the family-everyone tested and negative. So the cold people started masking around other family members especially to protect the oldest. It was ironic that the only ones masking were known to be covid negative. Incidentally I’m one of the lucky ones-didn’t get the cold yet despite my wife and daughter having to endure it last week and the week before. I’m of the belief that if you vaccinate you’re pretty close to having no chance of covid but that’s beside the point of the post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 1 hour ago, weathafella said: Mask twist: While we were I Chicago for 6 weeks one of the family members had symptoms of a cold-tested and negative for covid. The cold spread to about half the family-everyone tested and negative. So the cold people started masking around other family members especially to protect the oldest. It was ironic that the only ones masking were known to be covid negative. Incidentally I’m one of the lucky ones-didn’t get the cold yet despite my wife and daughter having to endure it last week and the week before. I’m of the belief that if you vaccinate you’re pretty close to having no chance of covid but that’s beside the point of the post. The emerging data out of Israel suggests that it may not be close to no chance of developing covid for people who have been vaccinated, once Delta dominates to the point that it almost becomes the only variant in town. There was a substantial decrease in vaccine efficacy against symptomatic illness from May to June in Israel. The good news is that the efficacy against severe covid showed barely any drop. They were the first ones to announce to the world that there was a signal of myocarditis/pericarditis in younger vaccinated people, so I'm going to assume they are on the right track with this analysis too (maybe the exact drop in vaccine efficacy can be debated). We are not really tracking mild breakthrough covid cases in this country anymore, so who knows what our country's scientists will be able to say about this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted July 8, 2021 Author Share Posted July 8, 2021 2 hours ago, weathafella said: Mask twist: While we were I Chicago for 6 weeks one of the family members had symptoms of a cold-tested and negative for covid. The cold spread to about half the family-everyone tested and negative. So the cold people started masking around other family members especially to protect the oldest. It was ironic that the only ones masking were known to be covid negative. Incidentally I’m one of the lucky ones-didn’t get the cold yet despite my wife and daughter having to endure it last week and the week before. I’m of the belief that if you vaccinate you’re pretty close to having no chance of covid but that’s beside the point of the post. There is a nasty cold going around this area. Both of my kids have had it in the past two weeks. Both kids chose in their own to wear masks when in public/stores/at work for a few days. It was sorta weird. Neither my wife nor I got it. I had a minor cold a few weeks back but not like what they had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 Well, as expected, the Habs went down to the Lightning. Oh well, they had a good run. At least I still have England in the Euro Championship. Go England! Beat Italy! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalcottWx Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 How's everyone doing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathafella Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 3 hours ago, Hoosier said: The emerging data out of Israel suggests that it may not be close to no chance of developing covid for people who have been vaccinated, once Delta dominates to the point that it almost becomes the only variant in town. There was a substantial decrease in vaccine efficacy against symptomatic illness from May to June in Israel. The good news is that the efficacy against severe covid showed barely any drop. They were the first ones to announce to the world that there was a signal of myocarditis/pericarditis in younger vaccinated people, so I'm going to assume they are on the right track with this analysis too (maybe the exact drop in vaccine efficacy can be debated). We are not really tracking mild breakthrough covid cases in this country anymore, so who knows what our country's scientists will be able to say about this. They also have a lower vaccinated rate than people realize. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalcottWx Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 Lol check out that gust front Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amarshall Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 8 hours ago, HoarfrostHubb said: There is a nasty cold going around this area. Both of my kids have had it in the past two weeks. Both kids chose in their own to wear masks when in public/stores/at work for a few days. It was sorta weird. Neither my wife nor I got it. I had a minor cold a few weeks back but not like what they had. My family is currently crushed with the cold. I'm vaccinated. My boys and I covid negative all in rough shape. My wife who was covid positive is fine. No cold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhineasC Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 10 hours ago, Hoosier said: The emerging data out of Israel suggests that it may not be close to no chance of developing covid for people who have been vaccinated, once Delta dominates to the point that it almost becomes the only variant in town. There was a substantial decrease in vaccine efficacy against symptomatic illness from May to June in Israel. The good news is that the efficacy against severe covid showed barely any drop. They were the first ones to announce to the world that there was a signal of myocarditis/pericarditis in younger vaccinated people, so I'm going to assume they are on the right track with this analysis too (maybe the exact drop in vaccine efficacy can be debated). We are not really tracking mild breakthrough covid cases in this country anymore, so who knows what our country's scientists will be able to say about this. You should just give yourself COVID and then recover (which will be easy) so it doesn't scare you anymore. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhineasC Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 Definitely a surge of summer colds right now. It passed through the summer camps here in MD over the last few weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernovice Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 14 minutes ago, PhineasC said: Definitely a surge of summer colds right now. It passed through the summer camps here in MD over the last few weeks. Ya same. 2 yr old had it for like 24 hrs but it's hitting the 4 yr old harder. I am obviously paranoid it's not just a cold but don't want to traumatize the kid either with a nasal swab. Not sure how knowing it was COVID would change anything anyways. Everyone I talk to says there is a nasty cold going around. We normalize. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 29 minutes ago, PhineasC said: Definitely a surge of summer colds right now. It passed through the summer camps here in MD over the last few weeks. probably would have "hit" back in april, but was delayed with masking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhineasC Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 4 minutes ago, Lava Rock said: probably would have "hit" back in april, but was delayed with masking Yeah, and not surprised to hear it's hitting some folks hard. Not a lot of immune system exercise for some people (especially kids) since March 2020. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 21 minutes ago, Supernovice said: Ya same. 2 yr old had it for like 24 hrs but it's hitting the 4 yr old harder. I am obviously paranoid it's not just a cold but don't want to traumatize the kid either with a nasal swab. Not sure how knowing it was COVID would change anything anyways. Everyone I talk to says there is a nasty cold going around. We normalize. My 5 year old had covid back in April and it was less severe than most colds he has had. We almost never found out but we decided to test him when he complained of a mild headache and had a low grade fever (around 100F) and there had been a couple cases in his daycare. The mild symptoms lasted maybe 2 days. My 2 year old never caught it from him despite us making no attempt to separate them. Guess it's that much harder for a 2 year old to catch it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STILL N OF PIKE Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 I notice many more articles in the financial press about the delta variant . It’s like not only does the fear mongering generate clicks (“it’s Covid on steroids says one expert” , “vaccinated people can still pass it on “ but it’s spooks a lot of older folks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 My kids both had a cold, but just very mild. Created a scare before vacation though lol. Got my son tested for covid which was negative. Strep and stomach bug going around too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 7 minutes ago, STILL N OF PIKE said: I notice many more articles in the financial press about the delta variant . It’s like not only does the fear mongering generate clicks (“it’s Covid on steroids says one expert” , “vaccinated people can still pass it on “ but it’s spooks a lot of older folks we're onto the lamda variant now. Keep up 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed, snow and hurricane fan Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 5 hours ago, PhineasC said: You should just give yourself COVID and then recover (which will be easy) so it doesn't scare you anymore. I took every precaution except Texas public schools were open and hard to make 12 year old kids keep masks on. 102F, developed pneumonia, cleared in 2 weeks w/o hospital (ruined Christmas), but I now have tinnitus, which gets better and worse, but never goes away. I'm 57, maybe you can bug chase if 30, but teachers in my district died, Mrs Beard, 8th grade secretary at my campus, Dueitt MS, died. Near my age. Moving to a new district partly because masks and a badly calibrated (unless my average temp is below 96F) only precaution, plus I wanted to teach pre-calc and AP Calc, which 11-14 year old students don't take. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Miser Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 I was in North and South Carolina for about 10 days at the end of June. What I found interesting when talking with people who live and work in the Myrtle Beach, S.C. and Asheville, N.C. area was that the states were not as "wide open" and hap-hazard as the news media portrayed during the peak covid times. Business were very in tune with CDC guidelines for mask wearing, and social distancing. Our visit happened to coincide at a point when many guidelines were recently lifted. Many restaurants and other places still had employees wearing masks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhineasC Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 1 hour ago, Ed, snow and hurricane fan said: I took every precaution except Texas public schools were open and hard to make 12 year old kids keep masks on. 102F, developed pneumonia, cleared in 2 weeks w/o hospital (ruined Christmas), but I now have tinnitus, which gets better and worse, but never goes away. I'm 57, maybe you can bug chase if 30, but teachers in my district died, Mrs Beard, 8th grade secretary at my campus, Bammel MS, died. Near my age. Moving to a new district partly because masks and a badly calibrated (unless my average temp is below 96F) only precaution, plus I wanted to teach pre-calc and AP Calc, which 11-14 year old students don't take. Sorry to hear that. Stats are what they are, however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhineasC Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 1 hour ago, STILL N OF PIKE said: I notice many more articles in the financial press about the delta variant . It’s like not only does the fear mongering generate clicks (“it’s Covid on steroids says one expert” , “vaccinated people can still pass it on “ but it’s spooks a lot of older folks The media coverage of the variants has been absurd and criminal. I have been telling the Boomers in my family to just turn off the TV. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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