Conavirus......

[flowerseverywhere]

I watch Cash Gordon’s videos on NYC real estate, and there I see that MANY restaurants have adapted to Covid by making outdoor dining areas. I doubt it was much of a sacrifice to eat outside. This sounds like made up drama.

oh well. When I am in a foreign country I respect their laws and customs. No one is entitled not to.

[LDAHL]

This disease is deadly; much more so to the foolish than the cautious.

But it is also become extremely tedious, as people insist on superimposing their cultural signifiers and tribal identifiers on it. And ridiculously hypocritical as people try using it as a distraction from various other issues.

[bae]

Here in the UK, I can receive, for free, one of these 7-test kits every single day. Takes 15 minutes to do a test, reports of test results are trivially accomplished by scanning a QR code on the test if you choose to participate in the test-and-trace app, and it’s all handily linked to my NHS number if desired.

The standard protocol for the folks in my household here, and in the group I am working with, is to test before interacting with others. Every day if need be.

There is also a convenient app and QR codes everywhere that allow you to voluntarily check in when you enter a site or store, and you will get notified if you’ve been close to someone whose test comes up positive.

Meanwhile my partner in the USA has to scramble to locate test kits simply so she can more safely teach her classroom of elementary students. I may smuggle back a case of these tests when/if I return to the USA.

[Yppej]

I and others have noticed that as mask mandates come back in various towns, some businesses just aren't enforcing it. Everyone has had enough.

[pinkytoe]

Bae, why do you think we don't have similar protocols and test kits available here? Everything here seems chaotic and disorganized.

[bae]

Bae, why do you think we don't have similar protocols and test kits available here? Everything here seems chaotic and disorganized.

It is a great puzzlement to me, it doesn’t seem to be rocket science.

[Jane v2.0]

It is a great puzzlement to me, it doesn’t seem to be rocket science.

It might be explained by the former president's oft-announced disdain for testing. But there's not much excuse for not having widespread availability now.

[jp1]

This disease is deadly; much more so to the foolish than the cautious.

But it is also become extremely tedious, as people insist on superimposing their cultural signifiers and tribal identifiers on it. And ridiculously hypocritical as people try using it as a distraction from various other issues.

Indeed. The Democrats should have realized the futility of having a rational discussion once the conservatives cheered for death at CPAC a few months ago.

[ApatheticNoMore]

Maybe we just don't care about whatever issues you think we should care about. People focused on the pandemic because it was an immediate personal threat, much stuff isn't. Now vaccinated I feel less so, but I follow it some to see if I should feel (and act!) more so.

But there are other issues than covid? Well geez, one is perfectly well aware of that. Much of this state has been burning for months upon months, climate change might be an issue. Ok it is a much bigger issue than covid in the long term (and that's probably not very long term). But if there are immediate survival threats one deals with them first.

[LDAHL]

It is a great puzzlement to me, it doesn’t seem to be rocket science.

Because, as one pundit said, it’s less click-baity and base-engaging than vaccine mandates.