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Posted on 8/13/20 at 5:49 pm to Crimsonians
Posted on 8/13/20 at 5:49 pm to Crimsonians
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So you think the numbers are going down because of masks? Not just a natural progression of the virus? You really think people in NY and NJ are wearing their masks more than others now?
You just insist on making this some party line/talking points issue don't you?
I guess you don't even know the history of each person's opinion and just go with what they say. Like I said in my post that you apparently didn't read all the way though, NO I DO NOT THINK THE MASK MANDATE IS THE BIGGEST REASON BEHIND THE CURRENT TREND.
I DO THINK THAT IF THE MASK MANDATE ISN'T FOLLOWED IN SCHOOLS THAT THE CURRENT DOWNWARD TREND WILL NOT CONTINUE.
The downward trend is mostly a part of the natural progression of the virus as the environment existed one week ago - but that environment has now been artificially altered by introducing large populations of previously geographically separated people into closed, indoor spaces. If those people don't exercise good judgement and wear masks in those spaces you WILL see increased numbers. In our ERs (Montgomery area), the docs and nurses don't walk into the room with our COVID transports wearing space looking gear anymore, but every one wears a mask. In a confined environment, masks make a massive difference. That's not political, it's just fact.
You REALLY need to try to look past whatever hangup you've got with anything you perceive to be supportive of a left leaning agenda and weigh statement based on what they actually say.
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Posted on 8/13/20 at 6:55 pm to JustGetItRight
I did read your post. We have different beliefs. I believe if we would have opened a long time ago, you wouldn't have to be worried about this school situation.
Posted on 8/13/20 at 7:15 pm to Crimsonians
Why would you believe something that isn't true?
Posted on 8/13/20 at 7:18 pm to Bobby OG Johnson
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Phil Kerpen
@kerpen
CDC: 25.5% of Americans age 18 to 24 seriously considered suicide in the past 30 days. 16% of age 25 to 44.
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Phil Kerpen
@kerpen
CDC re school closures, particularly high schools: "We're seeing, sadly, far greater suicides now than we are deaths from COVID. We're seeing far greater deaths from drug overdose that are above excess, that we had as background, than we are seeing deaths from COVID."
If you are reading this and are one of those that fall into this category I just want you to know we love you and we will get through this. Keep fighting no matter what.
Posted on 8/13/20 at 7:57 pm to Crimsonians
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I did read your post. We have different beliefs. I believe if we would have opened a long time ago, you wouldn't have to be worried about this school situation.
I don't know why I'm even bothering but I can't resist. Again, if you followed who posted what throughout this thing you'd know that I didn't support the closings at all. Not for one second.
Beliefs about March and April don't matter.
Heck, maybe you're right. Maybe if you had left everything open we'd be in the same place as Sweden now. That's quite possible.
It's also irrelevant because the closures did happen. All that matters is where we are now - and where we are now is that if you want to see a lockdown with no football and maybe no basketball let a whole bunch of kids catch COVID, bring it home, and drive those numbers back to were they were a few weeks ago.
I'd prefer to watch college football. I VERY MUCH prefer my daughter be allowed to continue her 5th grade education in as near a normal fashion in the classroom as she's doing right now. For that to happen, basic protections when among groups inside buildings must be utilized. There's not a single protection that's more effective than wearing a mask in those situations. That's simply fact.
This post was edited on 8/13/20 at 7:59 pm
Posted on 8/13/20 at 8:03 pm to Dubosed
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Yup. The talk about a legitimate vaccine is laughable. It isn't gonna happen any time soon and probably never will. We are just delaying the inevitable at this point.
I respectfully disagree. We've got probably a half dozen viable vaccines now using several different technologies. But we haven't completed the testing to ensure they are effective AND safe, unlike Russia who just throws one out there and says it works, let's see if it's safe. At least one of them will be both. The problem will be determining how long it conveys immunity and convincing people to take a vaccine that everyone feels was done like a cram session before finals and producing enough doses to meet the demand.
I've got a sneaky feeling this will be at least an annual vaccine just like the flu vaccine to give Big Pharma a nice new revenue stream. There's probably a long lasting vaccine out there somewhere, but it will never make it.
Posted on 8/13/20 at 8:52 pm to phil4bama
300 students/staff quarantined in the Limestone County school system.
WAAY 31 News
So it looks like 6 positive tests have led to 300 being quarantined.
WAAY 31 News
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Four students and two staff members in the Limestone County School System have tested positive for coronavirus, and more than 300 students are in quarantine.
So it looks like 6 positive tests have led to 300 being quarantined.
This post was edited on 8/13/20 at 8:53 pm
Posted on 8/13/20 at 9:15 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
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So it looks like 6 positive tests have led to 300 being quarantined.
Posted on 8/13/20 at 9:17 pm to Crimsonians
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I did read your post. We have different beliefs. I believe if we would have opened a long time ago, you wouldn't have to be worried about this school situation.
You don't have to believe this. Absolutely, 100%, we wouldn't be talking about this at all at this point if we hadn't overreacted to this virus.
Posted on 8/13/20 at 9:18 pm to Bobby OG Johnson
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Phil Kerpen
@kerpen
CDC: 25.5% of Americans age 18 to 24 seriously considered suicide in the past 30 days. 16% of age 25 to 44.
Waiting for the MSM to chime in and tell us all how Trump was right about the cure being worse than the disease.
Posted on 8/13/20 at 9:21 pm to JustGetItRight
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but that environment has now been artificially altered by introducing large populations of previously geographically separated people into closed, indoor spaces.
Many parents are back at work. What exactly do you think they've been doing with their kids? In my city (Hoover, AL), they're at daycare. Sending kids to school isn't changing anything about the current situation.
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I DO THINK THAT IF THE MASK MANDATE ISN'T FOLLOWED IN SCHOOLS THAT THE CURRENT DOWNWARD TREND WILL NOT CONTINUE.
Mask mandates are nonsense. California has been under a mask mandate for months.
Posted on 8/13/20 at 9:38 pm to imjustafatkid
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Mask mandates are nonsense. California has been under a mask mandate for months.
Come ride my truck. Don’t wear your mask in the back. We’ll see who catches it and who doesn’t.
I’ll send you a get well card.
I am not talking about masks in stores. I am not talking about the same 10 kids in a daycare. Neither of those have a very high risk of spreading corona or anything else. A full school is a different environment. If you can’t see the difference a simple mask can make in a group of 1,000 in a small hall there really isn’t much more that can be said.
I voted for Trump. I will vote for him again. I haven’t pulled the lever for a (D) at the statewide or national level in my entire life - and I’m 52 and started voting at 18.
This isn’t political, it is common sense for August 2020 in Alabama. It’s really sad that some of y’all won’t budge simply because you think it makes you look like a Biden supporter.
Posted on 8/13/20 at 9:55 pm to JustGetItRight
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This isn’t political, it is common sense for August 2020 in Alabama. It’s really sad that some of y’all won’t budge simply because you think it makes you look like a Biden supporter.
This statement doesn't make sense. Neither Trump nor Biden put Alabama under a mask order. Our Republican governor did that.
Posted on 8/13/20 at 10:03 pm to The Spleen
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That’s what happens when an article critical of Trump is posted. This thread will be made non-political again soon. Cancel culture is out of control!
Nah.
Early COVID-19 test results for Alabama college students show low positivity rate
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With a week left until classes begin at the University of Alabama System’s three campuses, the first numbers of COVID-19 reentry tests are available.
As of Wednesday morning, approximately 30,000 students had been tested either in person or through the mail-in kits. Of that group, 0.83 percent tested positive, a GuideSafe Entry Testing spokesperson told AL.com on Wednesday evening.
Posted on 8/13/20 at 10:33 pm to TideSaint
I will say the caveat to that statement the UA system put out is not everyone is back on campus yet. I'm guessing here, but I'd say 50% or so have moved in. They really spread move-in out this year to account for the virus and social distancing. So kids with a reason to go back early like rush, camp 1831, band, etc. are back, but there are many kids that aren't. In other words, these tests were done mostly at home, all over the country. Now we're going to stuff over 40,000 kids within just a couple of square mile of campus. Alabama is starting from a good place, but there's going to be a spike. The question becomes can they control and contain that spike. I hope they can. I've got skin in the game.
Posted on 8/13/20 at 10:41 pm to phil4bama
At some point we all have to reasonably assume we've come into contact with it. It's been in our country for almost 10 months now.
We have 5 million confirmed cases in the United States. 55 million more to go to catch up to the Swine Flu of 2009.
We have 5 million confirmed cases in the United States. 55 million more to go to catch up to the Swine Flu of 2009.
Posted on 8/13/20 at 10:44 pm to TideSaint
Saint, best estimates are for every detected case, there are 6-10 undetected ones. Swine flu? We're there.
Posted on 8/13/20 at 11:43 pm to JustGetItRight
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Come ride my truck. Don’t wear your mask in the back. We’ll see who catches it and who doesn’t.
I’ll send you a get well card.
I am not talking about masks in stores. I am not talking about the same 10 kids in a daycare. Neither of those have a very high risk of spreading corona or anything else. A full school is a different environment. If you can’t see the difference a simple mask can make in a group of 1,000 in a small hall there really isn’t much more that can be said.
I voted for Trump. I will vote for him again. I haven’t pulled the lever for a (D) at the statewide or national level in my entire life - and I’m 52 and started voting at 18.
This isn’t political, it is common sense for August 2020 in Alabama. It’s really sad that some of y’all won’t budge simply because you think it makes you look like a Biden supporter.
Thank you man. Seriously, thank you. Basic common sense.
Posted on 8/14/20 at 12:56 am to stomp
Is it healthy to use Hand sanitizer on your face? It’s become a habit for me, everytime I get in my truck I sanitize my hands and use some to sanitize my face too
Posted on 8/14/20 at 6:30 am to mistaken4193
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Is it healthy to use Hand sanitizer on your face? It’s become a habit for me, everytime I get in my truck I sanitize my hands and use some to sanitize my face too
It's not healthy to use hand sanitizer as much as everyone is using it currently, regardless.
It's not more unhealthy to use it on your face.
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