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Anonymous wrote: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.

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I am a teacher. Everyone who masks and was really careful at my school in December and tons of people still got Covid. I just don’t see how you can argue masks prevent spread. Most people don’t wear masks correctly or tightly to their faces.

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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.

400+ a day is also as low as its been at any time since COVID started other than than summer of 2021. The tragic reality of COVID is that it's not going anywhere. and it kills a lot of people.

400 isn't really that many. Almost 3 million people die in the US each year. It's not like Covid robbed us of immortality.

Anonymous wrote: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.

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Anonymous wrote:So MoCo DHHS said they’re High because they were counting covid patients at outpatient monoclonal antibody infusion centers? That’s ridiculous. Those patients obviously aren’t hospitalized.

Its pretty serious if they need infusions... but clearly you don't get that.

Anonymous wrote:So MoCo DHHS said they’re High because they were counting covid patients at outpatient monoclonal antibody infusion centers? That’s ridiculous. Those patients obviously aren’t hospitalized.

Anonymous wrote: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.

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Anonymous wrote:Just this week I know 6 people who developed Covid after flying back to MoCo from vacations. Not too surprising the rate is high is high right now.

And I bet none of them are hospitalized.

Anonymous wrote:Just this week I know 6 people who developed Covid after flying back to MoCo from vacations. Not too surprising the rate is high is high right now.

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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.

I am a doctor. No more theatre for me either. ..I will be open faced during your surgery. Much more comfortable for me!

Anonymous wrote:Why is MoCo High on their own dashboard but Medium on the CDC's? Is it a data lag?

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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.

I am a doctor. No more theatre for me either. ..I will be open faced during your surgery. Much more comfortable for me!

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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.