Conavirus......

[rosarugosa]

It was not my intention to make or encourage attacks on Yppej.

I was simply presenting the impressions I have that have led to the decision I have made.

my preference would be that people neither attack nor argue fruitlessly with Yppej.

yppej, I am glad to hear that your life is better than your posts have led some of us to believe. Should you care, I assure you that mine is much better than the impression you seem to have.

Nicely said, CL.

[Tybee]

The courthouse here went to remote hearings whenever possible again on August 16, with mandatory masks for anyone regardless of vaccination status if they go in the actual courthouse, with no more than 5 people in a space, I think it is.

So my Mom's upcoming trial is now back to Google Meets. I don't think the judge could deal with masks on everyone's face as they testify, Google Meets was hard enough to understand what was going on.

I kind of feel for the judge, who wanted everyone in the courtroom so he could judge for himself. None of the participants were very savvy with Google Meets, and my mom did not understand at all what was going on.

Another reason he wanted her there, but that's not going to happen. Big impact on judicial process, not something I ever thought of.

[Yppej]

I have jury duty in October. I cannot imagine wearing a mask all day, though at least the courthouse is a new building that should have a properly functioning HVAC system. Hopefully it is cancelled. If not I will ask the judge if I can be excused because the mask is a burden to me and will distract me from focusing on the case.

[iris lilies]

Jp1,

…..trolls are like stray cats. If you feed them, they stick around….

…nobody has tried to explain to me why they are still engaging. I really wanted to know. Do you just enjoy the fight?

I’m not JP, but I actually respect JP and I like him. That is not true for all posters on this forum. But I don’t think his finest hours are spent engaging with Jeppy’s trolling posts.

Is this one of those “third person” posts I shouldn't make? I don’t quite understand that concept because if I talk openly about JP, he knows I’m talking about him. He can come here and engage about that. Or not. It’s not like I’m oblique about the subject of my post.

[flowerseverywhere]

Florida update: in my area our ICU occupancy is 96%
state overall at 93%
Note: Available beds may not really be available if they cannot be staffed.

People are telling reporters it is taking and hour for a response to a 911 call. Not sure what it is in my immediate area. Some morgues are reporting they are at capacity.

news article about situation in Orlando. 20% of new cases in kids 5-14 year olds.

https://www.wesh.com/article/orange-...rnoon/37407217

Florida Supreme Court to rule soon if Governor deathsentence can dictate local school districts are not allowed to have mask mandates. Some cruise lines already won the battle requiring vaccines and masks in certain areas, which he forbade.

i could care less about snarky comments about anything I post. I believe the doctors and scientists who are actually involved researching real data and treating actual coronavirus patients are doing their best to advise on this moving target of a mutating virus.
I do not believe people who want to get re-elected or make money.
Maybe it is helping some people cope by arguing things. I don’t know.

[Tybee]

Florida update: in my area our ICU occupancy is 96%
state overall at 93%
Note: Available beds may not really be available if they cannot be staffed.

People are telling reporters it is taking and hour for a response to a 911 call. Not sure what it is in my immediate area. Some morgues are reporting they are at capacity.

news article about situation in Orlando. 20% of new cases in kids 5-14 year olds.

https://www.wesh.com/article/orange-...rnoon/37407217

.

I just checked our area in Maine (well, all of Central Maine, actually, but includes our county) and we are at 64.9%.

But we have very little medical reserve here--it is taking average of 3 months to get a doctor's appointment for people moving to the area. So lots of people without doctors.

[Jane v2.0]

Oregon's struggling, too--and their government has been responsible all along. My friend got a notice that five counties' hospitals--including hers--were full, due to COVID: "...facilities across Oregon are running so full that, at times, patients have been sent to other hospitals in California, Idaho and Washington to receive the care they need."

[Tradd]

Last I looked a few days ago, IL’s positivity rate was about 5.1%. Not sure on hospital bed numbers, but downstate is really tight on available beds. Fewer vaxxed people in those areas.

[frugal-one]

Jp1,

it’s because trolls are like stray cats. If you feed them, they stick around.

or it could be that when you are lonely and feeling powerless and failing at in person human relationships, you cling to any source of attention and sense of control you can find. I don’t know. I don’t believe I can have a rational conversation with Yppej, so I’m not asking her. At this point I’m just going off the posts I’ve read. - which gives you only the vision of the person they present filtered through your unmoderated viewpoint. And I’m pretty sure my brain doesn’t work neurotypically, so there’s that.

nobody has tried to explain to me why they are still engaging. I really wanted to know. Do you just enjoy the fight?

Definitely got the troll pegged.

[Yppej]

Oregon's struggling, too--and their government has been responsible all along. My friend got a notice that five counties' hospitals--including hers--were full, due to COVID: "...facilities across Oregon are running so full that, at times, patients have been sent to other hospitals in California, Idaho and Washington to receive the care they need."

Oregon was anti-vax before covid:

https://centerforhealthjournalism.or...vaccine-safety