Is MoCo going to "high" on CDC Covid Data Tracker?

[Anonymous]

Someone at work mentioned it is; I don't know how they're privy to this information. They said when the map is updated tonight, Montgomery County, MD will be in the "high" category.

I find this remarkable, given how strongly MoCo is vaxxed and how mask crazy people have been for two years. How does this happen?

Sadly, this means I'll have to mask at work again.

[Anonymous]

Wtop.com said the same and it will show up as high on the cdc website as soon as it's updated. Why is hard to answer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Someone at work mentioned it is; I don't know how they're privy to this information. They said when the map is updated tonight, Montgomery County, MD will be in the "high" category.

I find this remarkable, given how strongly MoCo is vaxxed and how mask crazy people have been for two years. How does this happen?

Sadly, this means I'll have to mask at work again.

Because neither vaccines or masks stop transmission.

I’m sorry to hear you will have to mask.

[Anonymous]

Yes. So many people I know are traveling / flying and coming back with Covid. And then their kids are spreading Covid before they know they have it.

This new variant is much more transmissible, so if you take your mask off inside, or to eat on a plane, that's pretty much it.

[Anonymous]

I received an email from covid actnow yesterday which moved Mont. co into the low category. I guess they use different standards.

[Anonymous]

Is that any different than past surges? Every time COVID numbers go up, they go up in the masked and vaccinated areas too. It's probable, I think, that they go up less than they would if we weren't as masked/vaccinated, but nothing we've done in Montgomery County has ever produced COVID numbers that weren't pretty high during these surges.

[Anonymous]

Yep. And the new scale is based on hospitalizations, not just cases. The new variant is more transmissible, and so many people just aren't even trying anymore. We are up to 400+ deaths a day from COVID, and people act like it's over.

[Anonymous]

yes, but ICU utilization and hospitalization due to covid is low. This is not March 2020,

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Someone at work mentioned it is; I don't know how they're privy to this information. They said when the map is updated tonight, Montgomery County, MD will be in the "high" category.

I find this remarkable, given how strongly MoCo is vaxxed and how mask crazy people have been for two years. How does this happen?

Sadly, this means I'll have to mask at work again.

Because neither vaccines or masks stop transmission.

I’m sorry to hear you will have to mask.

Plenty of masks significantly reduce transmission.

Many masks do little to nothing. But please be accurate.

[Anonymous]

The more we spread it the smarter it gets.

My h’s work announced yesterday that moco will be high.

[Anonymous]

This is why I live in a free part of the country. Perfectly healthy, no masks, no covid tests, no vaccine.... I've been living this way all this time. Part of the problem is that people spend too much time inside, breathing stale air. Go outside in the sunshine. Hot sunshine is healing. Intelligence is how the strong survive. Good luck, OP. I would refuse to work at a place that required me to wear a mask.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Someone at work mentioned it is; I don't know how they're privy to this information. They said when the map is updated tonight, Montgomery County, MD will be in the "high" category.

I find this remarkable, given how strongly MoCo is vaxxed and how mask crazy people have been for two years. How does this happen?

Sadly, this means I'll have to mask at work again.

Because neither vaccines or masks stop transmission.

I’m sorry to hear you will have to mask.

That's OK, I intend to wear the thinnest, least effective cloth mask I have and participate in the hygiene theater.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yep. And the new scale is based on hospitalizations, not just cases. The new variant is more transmissible, and so many people just aren't even trying anymore. We are up to 400+ deaths a day from COVID, and people act like it's over.

I'm no conspiracy theorist, but I question that number.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yep. And the new scale is based on hospitalizations, not just cases. The new variant is more transmissible, and so many people just aren't even trying anymore. We are up to 400+ deaths a day from COVID, and people act like it's over.

I'm no conspiracy theorist, but I question that number.

Hate to break it to you, but you are a conspiracy theorist.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Someone at work mentioned it is; I don't know how they're privy to this information. They said when the map is updated tonight, Montgomery County, MD will be in the "high" category.

I find this remarkable, given how strongly MoCo is vaxxed and how mask crazy people have been for two years. How does this happen?

Sadly, this means I'll have to mask at work again.

Because neither vaccines or masks stop transmission.

I’m sorry to hear you will have to mask.

That's OK, I intend to wear the thinnest, least effective cloth mask I have and participate in the hygiene theater.

Mesh masks work well for that. They're great if you wear glasses.