Coronavirus ~ COVID-19

[homoe]

Up to 90 COVID-19 cases linked to high school wrestling tournaments in Washington.

So far, between 80 and 90 COVID-19 cases have been linked to four high school wrestling tournaments in Washington state. The tournaments all took place on Dec. 4.

Sidebar: I remember parents being interviewed at the start of the school year and them saying it was time to get kids back into sports. Well smart move folks!

Is it any wonder we're still dealing with Covid?!

[homoe]

USE COMMON SENSE as well!!!!

If I hear one more person blame the unvaccinated for this latest fiasco with
COVID I'm going to scream!

IMO the CDC isn't issuing enough strong warnings on COVID and prevention of it since the vaccine came along! Again in my opinion they have dropped the ball and seem to only want to preach about getting vaccinated! For the life of me I don't see how they can say it's safe to travel, attending sporting events, etc etc!

I don't know if it's economy driven or the fact that us spoiled Americans just won't be unconvinced that is driving reckless behavior!

I have the vaccine, but I also have a brain! I'm NOT going to travel, or attend any big event spreaders, etc etc. What I am going to do is wear my mask and gloves, limit my exposure to others as much as possible, and pray to god that I don't get COVID!

[FireSignFemme]

Today I came across the following, found it interesting and thought I'd pass it along

United States Census Bureau – Household Plus Survey Data Tables, results based on information collected so far. Currently we're in phase 3.3 of the study which is scheduled to continue until February of 2022 but results for those intersted for Phase 1 – 3.2 are available online at -

https://www.census.gov/programs-surv...rvey/data.html

[homoe]

Mon, December 20, 2021, 2:00 AM

Americans are tired of COVID and don't want another round of cancellations, but they're happening anyway.

Omicron is spreading so fast that it's forcing officials' hands, and scrambling Americans' plans just two weeks after an Axios-Ipsos poll found that most weren't interested in upending their lives to avoid the new variant.

"This virus is extraordinary. It has a doubling time of anywhere from two to three days," NIAID director Anthony Fauci told Jake Tapper on CNN's "State of the Union" Sunday.

President Biden plans to deliver remarks Tuesday on the status of the fight against COVID, including new steps the administration will be taking to help communities in need of assistance, a White House official told Axios.

"The President will also issue a stark warning of what the winter will look like for Americans that choose to remain unvaccinated," the official said.

Professional sports teams and entertainment venues, as well as corporations and schools, have all announced cancellations and closures in recent days.

The NBA rescheduled five more games over the weekend after the NHL and NFL rescheduled several games last week.

Radio City Music Hall canceled the Rockettes' remaining Christmas shows and iHeartRadio's Jingle Ball Concert in Miami was scrapped — just two major examples of a flurry of live entertainment halted in cities across the U.S.

After Omicron derailed many company end-of-the-year parties, many are giving up on return to work altogether right now, Axios' Erica Pandey writes. Businesses like restaurants have already begun to feel Omicron's painful effects, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Schools around the country — including in New York, Maryland, the District of Columbia and Missouri — shifted to virtual learning in the days leading up to their holiday breaks, Insider reported.


https://www.yahoo.com/news/omicron-f...100006382.html

[homoe]

Originally Posted by homoe

USE COMMON SENSE as well!!!!

If I hear one more person blame the unvaccinated for this latest fiasco with
COVID I'm going to scream!

IMO the CDC isn't issuing enough strong warnings on COVID and prevention of it since the vaccine came along! Again in my opinion they have dropped the ball and seem to only want to preach about getting vaccinated! For the life of me I don't see how they can say it's safe to travel, attending sporting events, etc etc!

I don't know if it's economy driven or the fact that us spoiled Americans just won't be unconvinced that is driving reckless behavior!

I have the vaccine, but I also have a brain! I'm NOT going to travel, or attend any big event spreaders, etc etc. What I am going to do is wear my mask and gloves, limit my exposure to others as much as possible, and pray to god that I don't get COVID!

Fauci urges Americans to stay 'prudent' as omicron 'something to be reckoned with'.

Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday that the omicron variant has overtaken all other COVID-19 mutations and is "something to be reckoned with," but said Americans should be able to gather with family for the holidays if they stay "prudent."

"If you are vaccinated and boosted and are prudent when you travel when you’re in an airport to be wearing a mask all the time, you have to be wearing a mask on a plane. Do not do things like go to gatherings where there are people who you do not know what their vaccination status is," Fauci told ABC chief Washington correspondent John Karl on "This Week."

Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the White House chief medical adviser, added that the omicron variant has an "extraordinary capability" of transmitting from one person to another as it rapidly spreads across the country.

"It seems to be overtaking all the other variants, including delta, with a doubling time of about two to three days, which means that this is really something to be reckoned with," he said. "It is really rapidly spreading literally throughout the world and certainly in our own country."

[homoe]

According to the latest forecast from AAA, more than 109 million people were set to travel 50 miles or further for the end of year holidays, including Christmas and New Year’s. That’s up 34% from last year, and just 8% below the levels seen before the COVID-19 pandemic.

And many more families were planning to fly this year. AAA expected that 6.4 million people would travel by plane, nearly triple the number of people who traveled that way last year.

Yet, the emergence of the omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus has many questioning their holiday plans, especially as there’s been more evidence that people who are vaccinated against the virus can still contract the omicron variant. As of Dec. 19, there were over 72,000 new COVID-19 cases reported nationwide, according to the New York Times COVID tracker. The number of new cases has steadily risen throughout December, and hospitalizations are also increasing.

‘The truth is the safest thing with COVID is to stay home, if that’s the only consideration.’ — Dr. Preeti Malani, an infectious disease physician and chief health officer at the University of Michigan.

In all fairness the article goes on to address mental health saying “There is a huge risk to not getting together this year,” “People have been isolated, and that is every bit as much of a risk.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/new...ays/ar-AAS0zfe

Sidebar: IMO there's always some commotion at family get-to-togethers! Someone voices and brings up an perceived slight, someone drinks a little too much liquor, etc etc! I say stay home, if possible, and deprive yourself of all that merriment

[Stone-Butch]

As posted by Moe "there's been more evidence that people who are vaccinated against the virus can still contract the omicron variant"

Do you think this is a scare tactic that will prevent people from getting any vaccines? I don't.

Do you think it will stop people from travelling and being reckless? I don't.

I thank the news for the constant update on what is going on and what people should do but people are people and act in different ways and are not controlled by others comments. To those that disagree I say ROTFLMAO

[BullDog]

Why people continue to make excuses for the unvaccinated when they are clearly the ones causing a majority of the problems, putting others' health and lives at risk, and giving the virus a much better chance to continue to thrive and mutate is beyond me., They are also of course the ones who are by far most at risk for being hospitalized (putting unnecessary strain on healthcare workers and facilities) and/or dying.

Do the vaccinated need to take the proper precautions?. Absolutely. And many are not. I prefer to avoid people most of the time anyway so I stay home and I am perfectly okay with it. Can they can get COVID. Yes. But the way I see it discussed is usually completely out of context and very misleading and is not at all helpful. Getting vaccinated is by far and away the best thing people can do to protect themselves and others. That is what should be emphasized. And no it's not 100% bulletproof. Nothing in life is. I don't understand the focus some people seem to have on putting the onus on the vaccinated. Carry on.

I'm not controlled by anyone's comments but I do listen to science because the virus doesn't care about whacko anti-vax beliefs. It's just looking for a home. And yes I do believe what we say matters, especially with all of the misiformation going around.

[homoe]

The omicron variant has turned a season of joy into one of weariness and resentment amid a new coronavirus surge.

With days to go before Christmas, Americans are sick and tired of being sick and tired. Of reworking plans to adapt to the latest virus risks. Of searching for at-home tests and not finding them. Of wondering whether, after two years of avoiding COVID-19, or surviving it, or getting vaccinated and maybe even boosted, omicron is the variant they inevitably catch.

A sense of dread about omicron’s rapid spread — the fastest of any variant yet — has swept through the Northeast and Upper Midwest, which were already swamped with delta variant cases and hospitalizations. And unease has burgeoned even in states and territories like Florida, Hawaii and Puerto Rico that had moved past a terrible summer of delta and, until recently, experienced a relative virus lull.

IMO, it's better to be unconvinced for a while instead of DEAD forever!

[Kätzchen]

Originally Posted by BullDog

Why people continue to make excuses for the unvaccinated when they are clearly the ones causing a majority of the problems, putting others' health and lives at risk, and giving the virus a much better chance to continue to thrive and mutate is beyond me., They are also of course the ones who are by far most at risk for being hospitalized (putting unnecessary strain on healthcare workers and facilities) and/or dying.

Do the vaccinated need to take the proper precautions?. Absolutely. And many are not. I prefer to avoid people most of the time anyway so I stay home and I am perfectly okay with it. Can they can get COVID. Yes. But the way I see it discussed is usually completely out of context and very misleading and is not at all helpful. Getting vaccinated is by far and away the best thing people can do to protect themselves and others. That is what should be emphasized. And no it's not 100% bulletproof. Nothing in life is. I don't understand the focus some people seem to have on putting the onus on the vaccinated. Carry on.

I'm not controlled by anyone's comments but I do listen to science because the virus doesn't care about whacko anti-vax beliefs. It's just looking for a home. And yes I do believe what we say matters, especially with all of the misiformation going around.

I found a very interesting news article over on The Atlantic which delves deeper into the anti-vax phenomena in our American society, Bulldog.

Kurt Anderson records that, "Millions of Americans were tricked by propogandists of the political right into forgoing vaccinations and thus volunteering for death by Covid."

Anderson outlines how this happened by offering sociological study findings.

Link to news article:
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/ar...nation/621355/