Extending Public Health Emergency Past May 20th?

[Anonymous]

And as a result we will explicably continue to have a rise in cases and the potential for variants that the vaccines cannot handle.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And as a result we will explicably continue to have a rise in cases and the potential for variants that the vaccines cannot handle.

Yep. All because a bunch of whiny snowflakes can't handle wearing masks and earnestly believe that restricting indoor dining is a grievous assault on their freedoms.

[Anonymous]

Once everyone who wants a vaccine has had one, all restrictions should be lifted. At that point we’ll be in the “new normal”, which will include new variants popping up & occasional surges in infections. But that will like persist for decades, and ishouldn’t be a pretext for shutting down.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I guess I'm not really sure what people who are pro "open back up" are all upset about.

Schools are settled for the year, so that ship has sailed.

But almost everything else but international travel is available to you: want to eat at a friend's house? Ok. Want to go bowling? Ok. Want to fly to Florida and stay in a hotel? Ok. Want to eat in a restaurant or get your hair done or see a movie? Ok. Want to enroll your child in sports and carpool and watch their games? Ok. Want to go to the gym and get a coffee after? Ok.

If you're pro open up and vaccinated, go to town. I am vaccinated and unlikely to do any of the above for a while, but no one is stopping you.

Are you afraid that if people keep extending emergencies schools will never open full time? You'll have to keep wearing a mask? You can't fly to Europe without hassle? What, specifically, do you want that you can't do now?

And NONE of that stuff should be happening. None of it. That stuff is the reason we’re still in this mess. Because people just weren’t willing to make some sacrifices for a few weeks last year. That’s how we got here. People just weren’t willing to isolate last year. And that gave us this.

Call it punishment. Call it teaching the public a lesson. Call it whatever you wish. But the people that got us here by not staying home can now deal with further delays and lockdowns. Serves all of you right. You put us here. Now you get to suffer even longer. It’s your own faults.

Nice. Someone who doesn’t believe in vaccines.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Once everyone who wants a vaccine has had one, all restrictions should be lifted. At that point we’ll be in the “new normal”, which will include new variants popping up & occasional surges in infections. But that will like persist for decades, and ishouldn’t be a pretext for shutting down.

When will that be? Bowser is now dating late June.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Absolutely not! Just get your vaccines and move on with your lives. I know you want to be able to watch everybody suffer in their aloneness along with you, but us normal people are ready to get back to life and see our kids have some joy in their lives again. Worry about yourself and stop this utter nonsense.

+1

There should be no emergency after May 20. I agree this is getting absolutely ridiculous.

People like the two of you are why the existing measures didn’t work in the first place. You didn’t take them seriously. And still aren’t.

Other countries did full lockdowns and then cases increased when lockdowns ended. Part of the reason the US had such high mortality rates is that we are an unhealthy country. Diabetes, hear disease, obesity, etc. It is also time to admit getting COVID is not that big of a deal for the vast majority of people. Cases increasing is not some doomsday scenario anymore. I was pretty careful for almost a year. I’m done with that now. As are many Boomers I see traveling all over and having dinner indoors at restaurants.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I guess I'm not really sure what people who are pro "open back up" are all upset about.

Schools are settled for the year, so that ship has sailed.

But almost everything else but international travel is available to you: want to eat at a friend's house? Ok. Want to go bowling? Ok. Want to fly to Florida and stay in a hotel? Ok. Want to eat in a restaurant or get your hair done or see a movie? Ok. Want to enroll your child in sports and carpool and watch their games? Ok. Want to go to the gym and get a coffee after? Ok.

If you're pro open up and vaccinated, go to town. I am vaccinated and unlikely to do any of the above for a while, but no one is stopping you.

Are you afraid that if people keep extending emergencies schools will never open full time? You'll have to keep wearing a mask? You can't fly to Europe without hassle? What, specifically, do you want that you can't do now?

And NONE of that stuff should be happening. None of it. That stuff is the reason we’re still in this mess. Because people just weren’t willing to make some sacrifices for a few weeks last year. That’s how we got here. People just weren’t willing to isolate last year. And that gave us this.

Call it punishment. Call it teaching the public a lesson. Call it whatever you wish. But the people that got us here by not staying home can now deal with further delays and lockdowns. Serves all of you right. You put us here. Now you get to suffer even longer. It’s your own faults.

Unfortunately for you, no one cares what you think. We’re gradually but inexorably getting rid of restrictions in the US. And there’s nothing people like you can do about it.

OK, cool story. No one cares what you think either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I guess I'm not really sure what people who are pro "open back up" are all upset about.

Schools are settled for the year, so that ship has sailed.

But almost everything else but international travel is available to you: want to eat at a friend's house? Ok. Want to go bowling? Ok. Want to fly to Florida and stay in a hotel? Ok. Want to eat in a restaurant or get your hair done or see a movie? Ok. Want to enroll your child in sports and carpool and watch their games? Ok. Want to go to the gym and get a coffee after? Ok.

If you're pro open up and vaccinated, go to town. I am vaccinated and unlikely to do any of the above for a while, but no one is stopping you.

Are you afraid that if people keep extending emergencies schools will never open full time? You'll have to keep wearing a mask? You can't fly to Europe without hassle? What, specifically, do you want that you can't do now?

And NONE of that stuff should be happening. None of it. That stuff is the reason we’re still in this mess. Because people just weren’t willing to make some sacrifices for a few weeks last year. That’s how we got here. People just weren’t willing to isolate last year. And that gave us this.

Call it punishment. Call it teaching the public a lesson. Call it whatever you wish. But the people that got us here by not staying home can now deal with further delays and lockdowns. Serves all of you right. You put us here. Now you get to suffer even longer. It’s your own faults.

Unfortunately for you, no one cares what you think. We’re gradually but inexorably getting rid of restrictions in the US. And there’s nothing people like you can do about it.

OK, cool story. No one cares what you think either.

I care what the “NONE of this should be happening,” poster because vaccine deniers are a danger to us all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Absolutely not! Just get your vaccines and move on with your lives. I know you want to be able to watch everybody suffer in their aloneness along with you, but us normal people are ready to get back to life and see our kids have some joy in their lives again. Worry about yourself and stop this utter nonsense.

+1

There should be no emergency after May 20. I agree this is getting absolutely ridiculous.

People like the two of you are why the existing measures didn’t work in the first place. You didn’t take them seriously. And still aren’t.

Other countries did full lockdowns and then cases increased when lockdowns ended. Part of the reason the US had such high mortality rates is that we are an unhealthy country. Diabetes, hear disease, obesity, etc. It is also time to admit getting COVID is not that big of a deal for the vast majority of people. Cases increasing is not some doomsday scenario anymore. I was pretty careful for almost a year. I’m done with that now. As are many Boomers I see traveling all over and having dinner indoors at restaurants.

This! People who have “science is real” on their yard signs are the same people who don’t want to acknowledge that obesity plays a major role and should be the number one issue brought up by public officials when talking about Covid. These same people wear masks when they’re walking alone in a forest. Virtue signaling that you’re a “responsible person” by wearing a mask in the woods and not wanting to hurt people’s feeling by telling them to lose weight is not science. It’s a warped psuedo religious dogma.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

This! People who have “science is real” on their yard signs are the same people who don’t want to acknowledge that obesity plays a major role and should be the number one issue brought up by public officials when talking about Covid. These same people wear masks when they’re walking alone in a forest. Virtue signaling that you’re a “responsible person” by wearing a mask in the woods and not wanting to hurt people’s feeling by telling them to lose weight is not science. It’s a warped psuedo religious dogma.

Speaking of "science is real" - telling people to lose weight does not actually result in people losing weight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Absolutely not! Just get your vaccines and move on with your lives. I know you want to be able to watch everybody suffer in their aloneness along with you, but us normal people are ready to get back to life and see our kids have some joy in their lives again. Worry about yourself and stop this utter nonsense.

+1

There should be no emergency after May 20. I agree this is getting absolutely ridiculous.

People like the two of you are why the existing measures didn’t work in the first place. You didn’t take them seriously. And still aren’t.

Other countries did full lockdowns and then cases increased when lockdowns ended. Part of the reason the US had such high mortality rates is that we are an unhealthy country. Diabetes, hear disease, obesity, etc. It is also time to admit getting COVID is not that big of a deal for the vast majority of people. Cases increasing is not some doomsday scenario anymore. I was pretty careful for almost a year. I’m done with that now. As are many Boomers I see traveling all over and having dinner indoors at restaurants.

This! People who have “science is real” on their yard signs are the same people who don’t want to acknowledge that obesity plays a major role and should be the number one issue brought up by public officials when talking about Covid. These same people wear masks when they’re walking alone in a forest. Virtue signaling that you’re a “responsible person” by wearing a mask in the woods and not wanting to hurt people’s feeling by telling them to lose weight is not science. It’s a warped psuedo religious dogma.

Plagiarizing Bill Maher is not a good look. Neither is fat-shaming. Children have died. Thin people have died. Did they catch some kind of "fat cooties" in addition to COVID.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Absolutely not! Just get your vaccines and move on with your lives. I know you want to be able to watch everybody suffer in their aloneness along with you, but us normal people are ready to get back to life and see our kids have some joy in their lives again. Worry about yourself and stop this utter nonsense.

+1

There should be no emergency after May 20. I agree this is getting absolutely ridiculous.

People like the two of you are why the existing measures didn’t work in the first place. You didn’t take them seriously. And still aren’t.

Other countries did full lockdowns and then cases increased when lockdowns ended. Part of the reason the US had such high mortality rates is that we are an unhealthy country. Diabetes, hear disease, obesity, etc. It is also time to admit getting COVID is not that big of a deal for the vast majority of people. Cases increasing is not some doomsday scenario anymore. I was pretty careful for almost a year. I’m done with that now. As are many Boomers I see traveling all over and having dinner indoors at restaurants.

This! People who have “science is real” on their yard signs are the same people who don’t want to acknowledge that obesity plays a major role and should be the number one issue brought up by public officials when talking about Covid. These same people wear masks when they’re walking alone in a forest. Virtue signaling that you’re a “responsible person” by wearing a mask in the woods and not wanting to hurt people’s feeling by telling them to lose weight is not science. It’s a warped psuedo religious dogma.

+100. THIS!!!
And I’m a registered Democrat, BTW. I voted for Bernie Sanders, Ben Jealous, and Marc Elrich.
I happily wear my mask indoors and I was all about the stay at home to stop the spread last year, since we were told that’s what it would take.
Now we have vaccines - it’s not perfect but it’s good enough. Time to get back out there and live.

Obesity is a social justice and racial equity issue and yet unfortunately, political correctness trumps that. Maybe because it’s against capitalist interest to provide more access to healthy food and reduce sugar intake, but I digress. I’m as left wing as they come but I do think personal responsibility with health should at least be rewarded. I’m young and healthy and thin and I worked for that. Stop making me live by the same safety standards as overweight and vulnerable people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

This! People who have “science is real” on their yard signs are the same people who don’t want to acknowledge that obesity plays a major role and should be the number one issue brought up by public officials when talking about Covid. These same people wear masks when they’re walking alone in a forest. Virtue signaling that you’re a “responsible person” by wearing a mask in the woods and not wanting to hurt people’s feeling by telling them to lose weight is not science. It’s a warped psuedo religious dogma.

Speaking of "science is real" - telling people to lose weight does not actually result in people losing weight.

No. It takes hard work and discipline. Which is what they're not willing to do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

+100. THIS!!!
And I’m a registered Democrat, BTW. I voted for Bernie Sanders, Ben Jealous, and Marc Elrich.
I happily wear my mask indoors and I was all about the stay at home to stop the spread last year, since we were told that’s what it would take.
Now we have vaccines - it’s not perfect but it’s good enough. Time to get back out there and live.

Obesity is a social justice and racial equity issue and yet unfortunately, political correctness trumps that. Maybe because it’s against capitalist interest to provide more access to healthy food and reduce sugar intake, but I digress. I’m as left wing as they come but I do think personal responsibility with health should at least be rewarded. I’m young and healthy and thin and I worked for that. Stop making me live by the same safety standards as overweight and vulnerable people.

PP, if you believe that obesity is a social justice and racial equity issue, then why are you bringing up "personal responsibility"? I think you're a bit unclear on the concepts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Plagiarizing Bill Maher is not a good look. Neither is fat-shaming. Children have died. Thin people have died. Did they catch some kind of "fat cooties" in addition to COVID.

DP. Given that Bill Maher fat-shames, fat-shaming is included in the "plagiarizing Bill Maher" category.