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(CNN) More than half of US states are now reporting a rise in COVID19 Cases -- after many had seen case numbers decline following a summer resurgence
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Because we're stupid. It absolutely sucks being a teacher right now. It's like walking into a minefield every day I go into work.
Shall I put on my shocked face? Traveled out of state from MA for second time (COVID tests prior to both departures, to places with fairly low rates) and it's insane how many people don't bother wearing masks or pull them off they're outside of where they're required to wear them, or wear them wrong, or protest when they're told they need to wear them. A minor inconvenience to protect others (I suppose 'protect others' is the key) is somehow an affront to their lives and FREEDOMS.
COVID has basically crushed any sliver of optimism I might have had left for our ability to combat climate change.
I'm sure NYTimes and others will have full page spreads when official tally hits 200k, perhaps in the upcoming Sunday paper which is their big one. Given the gravity of the SCOTUS situation and that tally not quite jumping over 200k officially it makes sense to me they'd focus today's on RBG and her legacy/impact of her death. I'd also be surprised if there wasn't a very major debate within the paper about when/what to do for 200k and if it should be the focus of today's paper.
COVID has basically crushed any sliver of optimism I might have had left for our ability to combat climate change.
I'm sure NYTimes and others will have full page spreads when official tally hits 200k, perhaps in the upcoming Sunday paper which is their big one. Given the gravity of the SCOTUS situation and that tally not quite jumping over 200k officially it makes sense to me they'd focus today's on RBG and her legacy/impact of her death. I'd also be surprised if there wasn't a very major debate within the paper about when/what to do for 200k and if it should be the focus of today's paper.
Yeah I mean I hate the idea of willingly deceiving friends or family, but my first concern is everyone's health (my sister has 3 small children) and surviving the pandemic moreso than it is hurting feelings or being untruthful.
At least I can (half) truthfully say a coworker got it....... *ahem*....... in April....
I'm amazed that we're unwilling to go back into the office but we're more than willing to throw our kids back in the classroom.
Fortunately Seattle is 100% remote for the foreseeable future, but some districts in the nearby counties are already planning to send the kids back starting next week.
Yea local news sites and coverage has mostly dropped covid coverage, it's just the usual and accepted at this point, stuffs opening left and right, more people not wearing masks more and more, parties, theaters, restaurants opening up in larger amounts.
Lol same. I went up to NH a few weeks ago - restaurants and stores in the North Conway area were actually impressively responsible in regards to masks and other preventative measures, but the rest of what I saw throughout the state? It was the wild west.
This one pissed me off because we had Halloween on a Saturday this year. I am so angry at this fucking country.
Our federal response was an absolute disaster and resulted in unnecessary deaths, but without a vaccine, Halloween would have never been a smart idea. Look at Europe, they responded better than we did and they're already having problems again. Just wait until we get to Thanksgiving and Christmas.
A+! ...except for fake news
www.cnn.com
Analysis: Donald Trump gives himself an 'A+' for his handling of the coronavirus. Uh, what?
Very soon, the United States will mark a somber milestone: 200,000 Americans will have died from the coronavirus.
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Basically this.
Even New Jersey which has been averaging pretty low daily cases over the last half of the summer is now ramping up again. If cases level out again in the next week or so then we can probably blame Labor Day weekend for that surge. I haven't really criticized Governor Murphy at all this entire time since March, but maybe opening indoor dining at 25% capacity at the kickoff of Labor Day weekend and the start of the new school season probably wasn't a good idea, just saying.
Over here it's because of college campuses. Before the school year began the daily cases were sub 20 and sometimes low single digits. Now it has been over 100 per day and over 200 per day recently.
I'm finally coming to terms that I probably won't see any of my family besides my spouse for over a year. Last time I saw my siblings was March 21st, about a week after the first lockdowns started in the U.S. I last saw my parents....in February for my dad's birthday? And we last visited my in-laws this past Christmas. Even early on in the lockdowns when it was clear that the U.S. gov't had totally fucked the response and we would be in lockdown for months not weeks, I kinda expected that we would be done by mid to late fall. But now we're 6 months deep and fucking backsliding.
I wonder what has happened in the past few weeks that could account for this. Hmm.
Schools are open, who didn't see this coming? You want to see community spread, open schools.
Schools are open, who didn't see this coming? You want to see community spread, open schools.
There are a few reasons:
Parents needed to go back to work because they stopped getting government assistance.
People have continually shouted that kids don't die from this, while completely ignoring the larger issue. Mainly that kids 100% can get this virus and are just as capable of spreading it.
There was an upwell of parents calling educators free loaders who just wanted to keep drinking mimosas and getting a free check. After all, if the individual at Wal-Mart can work, so can you. Completely forgetting the fact that those individuals are not in a locked room for hours a day with kids.
I'm over here with a sore throat and upset stomache scared as shit because a co-worker with kids in school thought it was a bright idea to come to work sick coughing all over the damn place last friday.
My county in WV shut down schools in March when we had 3 confirmed cases. Now we have 87 and are adding around 5 a day and it's just...normal. Well normal until HS football is affected because of too many cases in a week then it's NOT FUCKING NORMAL and everyone must know about this grave injustice.
They do say pretty much all pandemics have a second wave that are worse than the first. Only THEN does the USA and other nations shut themselves down "for real", when the losses are too devastating to actually bear.
Stay strong, everyone. It is going to be a long winter.
Stay strong, everyone. It is going to be a long winter.
Isn't this happening everywhere? Not downplaying American leadership's gross negligence of COVID, but it seems like it's upticking again across Europe and other places as well.
It is, the problem is we the United States never got down to the levels of Europe and other places. So our uptick is a bit more unnerving.
The problem is that the US never came close to getting it under control for any period of time unlike other nations. They're experiencing a second wave, we are just going from Bad to Worse.
On the contrary, I think going back to the office is like the primary reason they want kids back in the classroom.
When is your company planning on sending employees back? My wife's is February at the earliest, and mine has no plan to do so for the foreseeable future.
Mine isn't (and the kids here aren't going back to school anytime soon), but it probably varies based on what kind of job you have.
But if you live in a place where the majority of people want kids to go back to school, I'd think that same majority of people think it's safe to go back to work (or for the people under them to go back to work)
Yes
Wisconsin just took off in the last week like crazy. They are matching or blowing away Illinois numbers which is crazy
Wisconsin just took off in the last week like crazy. They are matching or blowing away Illinois numbers which is crazy
Yep. Tacoma and Kent are talking about going back. Both districts are touting all their safety measures which will mean nothing if a kid comes in sick. My wife's school had several cases before schools were closed last year.
The developed countries in Asia got it under control. It's basically do it right the first time and you'll deal with far more manageable levels where you can contain it if there's an outbreak again.
I've got friends who live in Tacoma and received the email last night from the district, their plan is K-2 hybrid starting next Monday. Seems highly irresponsible.
Kent is, too? Fuuuck.
The first wave never left the US, because they have been continuing to feed it, unfortunately.
Tacoma's plan is INSANE. Kent doesn't have a date but I got an email on Friday claiming they're trying to get kids in because cases in the area are low. Hopefully it's just wishful thinking on their part because I'd hate to have to switch my son over to the state's online school until there's a vaccine.
It's not even just that schools are open.. it's more that around end of July/beginning of August, the powers that be decided that schools have to be open and didn't do any sort of planning or figuring shit out all summer about how they should open. It's a disaster and the primary reason we're homeschooling right now.
As an anecdote, I went in a restaurant for the first time since March (other than this small Chinese place near by that is take out only) to pick up some food. One of the few places that doesn't do delivery or Door Dash. Anyway, it was a surreal experience to see everyone just casually eating and drinking like there isn't a god damned pandemic still happening. I definitely live in an area with full on cognitive dissonance about reality. I heard the cry of what had to have been a baby no older than a month old. I truly do not get what people are thinking. Driving home with the food I realized that pretty much every chain restaurant was at capacity just by looking at their parking lots..
Pierce County Health Department has been crazy vocal about opening schools back up on TV and radio for weeks now. I haven't heard anything from King County about it at all. Surprised about Kent.
My daughter goes to school here in Seattle, SPS will certainly be the very last district in the state to reopen. And I'm ok with that.
Yep, and in TX Greg Abbott just opened businesses to 75% capacity all the while we are seeing a rise in cases.
I'm in Indiana and I lost track of what 'level' we're at just because my family is staying put. But I'm pretty sure it's something around 75%. Never in this entire experience have I thought "man, I could really go for some Texas Roadhouse right now!". I can't find the source of the tweet anymore, but I saw a tweet the other day that said something to the effect like.. "All of these people just dying to re-open so they can go out to eat again.. try being poor for once and never being able to go out to eat in the first place."
