Conavirus......

[jp1]

The outside mask standard here, both in suburbia and when I’m hiking, is that most people pull them frown if no one is around but pull them up as needed. In the city more people, including me, just leave them on for the entire time they are outside their home unless they are just standing in their driveway or something.

[bae]

I can't think of any particularly good reason to bother with the mask when outside away from other people.

[Teacher Terry]

I have it handy in case I have to walk past someone. APN, that person was being stupid since you weren’t near them.

[jp1]

I can't think of any particularly good reason to bother with the mask when outside away from other people.

Away from other people is key. On thanksgiving a lot of non hikers were out on the trail I hiked that day. None of them thought to bring a mask. It was the same sort of "amateur hour" experience that one has when one goes to an Irish pub on St Patrick's day or to a mexican restaurant on cinco de mayo and experiences all the non-big-drinkers acting like idiots. I ended up walking off into the brush several times to keep away from the ignorant fools.

[Yppej]

I heard on NPR today that the Moderna vaccine is 95% effective after one dose. But of course the pharmaceutical companies want to sell more product so they are insisting two doses are needed, and the politicians who take their special interest money are falling in line.

In a local news story homeless people are now being vaccinated and this is one example of a group it will be hard to track down for second doses. One dose should be headline news. We can double the number of people we vaccinate quickly, and just in time as a worse strain than the UK one is spreading around from South Africa. But if the crisis ends soon, and things return to normal, politicians can no longer control people with fear.

[bae]

I heard on NPR today that the Moderna vaccine is 95% effective after one dose. But of course the pharmaceutical companies want to sell more product so they are insisting two doses are needed, and the politicians who take their special interest money are falling in line.

Good god.

[Yppej]

Here is a news story on getting just one dose:

https://www.wbur.org/commonhealth/20...le-dose-debate

[jp1]

Just heard on the news that 85 million Americans are going to be traveling this weekend. Ignoring the public health recommendations. This is why we need the ability to assess penalties against people as opposed to trusting people to do the right thing. 25% of the population thinks it’s more important to visit family and friends than keep themself and others safe. The selfish stupidity of so many Americans is astounding.

[Teacher Terry]

It’s like some people live in a cave and don’t watch the news. I don’t know anyone that’s traveling or gathering for Xmas. It’s depressing with the cases so high.

[mschrisgo2]

Just heard on the news that 85 million Americans are going to be traveling this weekend. Ignoring the public health recommendations. This is why we need the ability to assess penalties against people as opposed to trusting people to do the right thing. 25% of the population thinks it’s more important to visit family and friends than keep themself and others safe. The selfish stupidity of so many Americans is astounding.

“Stay home now, so that when we gather next holiday, no one is missing.”