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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]BA.2 gonna make Youngkin look like a fool.[/quote]

This. The pandemic is done when it’s done, not when we want it to be done. Your odds of surviving an individual case of COVID are pretty good. Your odds of surviving anything else when the hospitals are overloaded aren’t as great. [/quote]

[b]How many times can you people make this argument.  When in this area hospitals have never been overrrun and no such doomsday scenario has materialized here locally.  But it seems the thought fills you with glee, so that’s odd.[/b]

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And why do you think that is? We’re a COVID-conservative people. Most of us do healthy things and it’s served us well. But we are fooling ourselves if we think this is “over” less than a month after the worst wave yet, and new variants keep evolving to avoid prior immunity, natural or vaccine. I’m not for masking forever, I want to get back to normal too, but I’m not ready to celebrate and throw caution to the wind, either.  The burnout is real among the health care profession- it’s stupid to assume they will be back to “normal” in time for the next wave. (And there will be one- there’s a whole population of kids that can’t get a shot, along with kids whose parents won’t get the shot, and this virus is evolving at the speed of light). [/quote]

Great.  And during the down periods between variants, people can choose not to wear masks and shouldn’t be shamed for it and screamed at that they are “anti-maskers”.

Also you’re over estimating how much human behavior impacts these waves.  A lot of it is community vaccination rate.  [/quote]

And my kids won't be wearing masks during variant periods unless it's a variant that actually has much greater than a flu level risk to kids (haven't seen one yet).  We never wore one during Delta or Omicron, and plan on doing the exact same thing going forward.

Time to get back to normal. We never did this during the flu. COVID is a less than flu-level risk for vaccinated adults and unvaccinated kids. Never did it for the flu and aren't doing it going forward for anything else.

Most importantly - we follow the science, and masks don't work when you look at studies with actual humans and control groups (not unscientific obersvational "studies" with masks perfectly placed on mannequins).[/quote]

If you were “following the science”, then you’d know what you’re saying about the flu being more dangerous is complete BS. More kids have died from COVID. Not a ton, but numerically more. We don’t know how many have experienced complications or longer term damage. Estimates are pretty high in the unvaxxed adult population. Plus, you know, most kids have been getting flu shots for several years. No shots are available for the under 5 set. [/quote]

False!  More kids are estimated to have died annual during the 2-3 month  flu season prior to COVID than have died annual from COVID.  Check the CDC's numbers.

And here you COVIDians go again with LoNg CoVid. Take a look at studies with actual control groups. In kids, it's extremely rare.  For unvaccinated adults, that's a risk they're willingly taking as vaccines have been available for a year.

And once again, kids under 5 have less risk with COVID than with the flu or RSV.

So yes, we're following the science. That's why we haven't worn masks since this past summer.[/quote]

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