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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just spoke with an old friend today, our kids were in elementary together. They are a FARMS family with limited access to transportation or healthcare in a high-density part of the county.

She said they weren't vaccinated because she wasn't sure it was safe. I gave her an earful. She said she would consider if when they got some spare cash.

That's right. She didn't know it was free to get vaccinated.

You can blame my friend for her ignorance. I'm sure most of you would. I blame myself for not reaching out sooner. But mostly I blame our community for being so siloed that some people never even get the information they need. This is a woman whose eyesight is failing. She doesn't own a computer. She lives in an apartment complex with hundreds of people and apparently no one even bothered to do outreach to them. The pharmacy within walking distance doesn't do vaccines. Etc.

I'm driving her to a vaccination site this weekend. But this breaks me. How are we failing so many Americans like this? [b]I get the reopener's perspective: they just want people like my friend to disappear.[/b]

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Oh FFS. [/quote]

Wow. This is the silliest take in a thread full of bad takes (on both sides). You win (I guess?)[/quote]

To clarify, the disappearing friend = open schools PP.[/quote]

Exactly 4 kids ages 0-9 died in Maryland since March 2020. Even if the reopeners wanted anyone to disappear, practically speaking it is not going to happen. We are just flattening out with the omicron wave and slowing down with hospital admissions. There are a total of 60 kids hospitalized in the entire state, and only 12 of them are in the ICU. [/quote]

A 10 year old just died in another county.

How many school aged children (0-18) have died in MD?  How many have died in the US?  How many in the world?  How many kids are hospitalized right now in the US?  How many are in the ICU.  Just looking at MD isn't enough.  And 12 kids in the ICU is 12 to many!  How would you feel if it were your child?[/quote]

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