Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes not going inside anywhere I don't have to and masking when I do. But haven't been inside a store or anywhere in a while bc I saw the wastewater shoot up.

"Shoot up."

LOL.

We need better math education in this country!

Almost 5x in the last month. “Shoot up” is an accurate description of this graph:

https://biobot.io/data/

We need less BSing in this country.

These did indeed shoot up!

https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2F0qv3g1x3dqhb1.png

"The metrics the CDC uses as early indicators of increasing virus activity also reflected small rises. Emergency department (ED) visits for COVID were up 21.4% compared to the previous week, with evaluation for COVID making up just 1.2% of all ED visits."

"CDC wastewater tracking reflects a general upward trend, with few sites reporting large increases."

Source: https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/us-covid-markers-slightly-again

Worth the read: https://www.insider.com/august-flu-vs-covid-infection-rate-2023-8

Hospitalizations are also very low historically. And even those numbers are biased upward because they also include asymptomatic (hospitalized for other reasons) and co-infected (have other coincident infections/ailments) covid patients in addition to the traditional symptomatic covid cases.
https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#trends_weeklyhospitaladmissions_select_00

I’m not doing anything different, but I noticed a lot of shoppers masked at the grocery store yesterday. It was a noticeable difference.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes not going inside anywhere I don't have to and masking when I do. But haven't been inside a store or anywhere in a while bc I saw the wastewater shoot up.

"Shoot up."

LOL.

We need better math education in this country!

Almost 5x in the last month. “Shoot up” is an accurate description of this graph:

https://biobot.io/data/

We need less BSing in this country.

That chart is for the last six months, showing us rising up from very low levels. However, you get a different picture if you click on the button on the upper right hand side that says "total results" which provides the picture since 2020. There, you see we're still much lower than last summer. Given current low levels, even small increases can generate large percent increases but that doesn't mean that we're at significant levels. Without context, percent changes are not useful.

The impact of the fear and trauma of COVID a when it first appeared is long lasting.

Just remember as you burn through N95 masks as an under 50 year old, otherwise healthy person, going to well ventilated, relatively empty grocery stores, you’re reinforcing a business model that reduces the availability of N95s for HCPs.

As you LiStEn tO tHe ExPeRtS just know that the CDC, still as of May 2023, is recommending N95 masks be prioritized for HCP use in healthcare settings.

Flattening the curve and reducing the spread wasn’t about keeping the otherwise healthy adults, like most of these posters, from getting sick - it was about preventing our healthcare system from collapsing and protecting vulnerable populations.

Now we have the vaccine, that takes the risk down substantially, especially for the otherwise healthy, who were at low risk to begin with.

But, healthcare workers still need them for COVID and also routine use. They’re the most at risk for COVID because severe cases that are expelling high viral loads will still present at the hospital.

So when you consume a lot of N95 masks, you are making a reduction in your small risk. But if everyone did what you did, HCPs wouldn’t have masks. So it’s pretty selfish to just look out for yourself. And you’re not going to get/give COVID at this point in the virus with incidental contact in a grocery store.

If you’re in a high risk group or live with someone in a high risk group, listen to your doctor and follow their instructions.

If you’re not in those groups, stop using medical equipment to allow you to do more than you’re otherwise comfortable doing. If you’re so worried about COVID, stay home. Don’t be selfish.

Who’s still testing for covid? Come on, it’s 2023.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So glad we moved out of the DC area.

I’m glad you guys moved out of the DC area too! Phew. Maybe you should also find a different anonymous forum to visit.

Why? This forum is so entertaining! COVID is still low, and the DCUM crowd rushes to don N95 masks and engage in self-imposed lockdowns just to rub their moral superiority in everyone’s face.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes not going inside anywhere I don't have to and masking when I do. But haven't been inside a store or anywhere in a while bc I saw the wastewater shoot up.

"Shoot up."

LOL.

We need better math education in this country!

Almost 5x in the last month. “Shoot up” is an accurate description of this graph:

https://biobot.io/data/

We need less BSing in this country.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, too many friends testing positive.

I'm back to wearing a n95 indoors while in public.

where do they live?

I’m not the PP, but my friends with Covid are largely in Bethesda.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People really need to stay home. I’m debating whether the kids should go to school virtual or maybe home schooling them.

Please be kidding.

+1. If schools start threatening this en masse again there are going to be riots.

Cope.

No. If schools close again I’ll be leading the riot. Kids are just not affected like adults. There’s absolutely no reason to damage their education like that

Anonymous wrote:So glad we moved out of the DC area.

I’m glad you guys moved out of the DC area too! Phew. Maybe you should also find a different anonymous forum to visit.

Anonymous wrote:Yes, too many friends testing positive.

I'm back to wearing a n95 indoors while in public.

where do they live?

Not really. We just went to Italy, and we masked at the airport/on the plane going over, because we didn’t want to get sick during the trip. I made my kid mask on the way home because he appeared to have a cold (tested negative). I will probably mask at hospitals and at the physician’s office forever, because why catch anything from there, Covid or not. We finally had gotten Covid in May, and I’d rather not get it again, but it wasn’t the worst thing I ever had, either.

No not yet.

If I have to - I will.
But for now, just enjoying socializing w/friends.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People really need to stay home. I’m debating whether the kids should go to school virtual or maybe home schooling them.

Please be kidding.

+1. If schools start threatening this en masse again there are going to be riots.

Cope.