Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Youngkin is the first Republican I have vote for in over a decade and I am 100% behind him on this. It is time to transition out of the pandemic. If we are triple vaxxed and masking now then why not mask forever?

What does Alexandria and read the room have to do with anything. Is Alexandria a mask wearing tribe? What are the risks to the triple vaxxed, how does that compare to flu and other viruses, how exactly effective are a lot of these masks?

And now truth about covid today: it is less of a risk, according to official and reliable government data, than many typical daily activities we engage in without fear. Per a recent NYT article:

"Once you get a booster, your risk of getting severely ill from Covid is tiny. It is quite small even if you are older or have health problems. The average weekly chance that a boosted person died of Covid was about one in a million during October and November (the most recent available C.D.C. data). That risk is not zero, but it is not far from it. The chance that an average American will die in a car crash this week is significantly higher — about 2.4 per million. So is the average weekly death rate from influenza and pneumonia — about three per million. With a booster shot, Covid resembles other respiratory illnesses that have been around for years. "

The Biden administration is blowing the messaging and losing the narrative. The only - and I mean only - number that matters is a numerator over a denominator that defines your likelihood of dying from covid. And if you're fully boosted, that number is now virtually 0.

Everything else is noise...mask quality, ventilation, social distancing, etc etc. It mattered early on, but not anymore. Cases don't matter, except as they might 'overwhelm' hospitals...though we cannot live under that threat forever.

Every credible expert outside of the administration is calling for rapid reduction of restrictions, starting with masks. I truly hope Biden's experts get control of the narrative - the economy is booming and the vaccines work, but no one feels better because we are still being told to hunker down. It's bad politics, and inconsistent with the science and facts on the ground.

And yes, it is why Youngkin won - democrats never offered an off ramp. Mask forever, school shutdowns no big deal, and so on. Should we rip the masks off kids now while omicron is still a threat? No. But where was/is the offramp metrics from Duran? APS? Arlington County? Democratic controlled Richmond?

Scream at me if you want, but remember:

Science is real. Wearing a mask is now political theater.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Youngkin DOES need to learn to "read the room" - most people in NOVA do wear masks regardless of mandates.

And yes, masks can indeed be effective. Studies show that a properly worn N95 or KN95 can protect you for hours if you're next to someone who is contagious with covid, whereas if you're unmasked you only have a few minutes before you're likely exposed.

The hysterical woman heckling and yelling at the Governor was wearing an ineffective cloth mask, which studies have shown not to work.

So much for dem’s knowledge of science.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Youngkin is the first Republican I have vote for in over a decade and I am 100% behind him on this. It is time to transition out of the pandemic. If we are triple vaxxed and masking now then why not mask forever?

What does Alexandria and read the room have to do with anything. Is Alexandria a mask wearing tribe? What are the risks to the triple vaxxed, how does that compare to flu and other viruses, how exactly effective are a lot of these masks?

And now truth about covid today: it is less of a risk, according to official and reliable government data, than many typical daily activities we engage in without fear. Per a recent NYT article:

"Once you get a booster, your risk of getting severely ill from Covid is tiny. It is quite small even if you are older or have health problems. The average weekly chance that a boosted person died of Covid was about one in a million during October and November (the most recent available C.D.C. data). That risk is not zero, but it is not far from it. The chance that an average American will die in a car crash this week is significantly higher — about 2.4 per million. So is the average weekly death rate from influenza and pneumonia — about three per million. With a booster shot, Covid resembles other respiratory illnesses that have been around for years. "

The Biden administration is blowing the messaging and losing the narrative. The only - and I mean only - number that matters is a numerator over a denominator that defines your likelihood of dying from covid. And if you're fully boosted, that number is now virtually 0.

Everything else is noise...mask quality, ventilation, social distancing, etc etc. It mattered early on, but not anymore. Cases don't matter, except as they might 'overwhelm' hospitals...though we cannot live under that threat forever.

Every credible expert outside of the administration is calling for rapid reduction of restrictions, starting with masks. I truly hope Biden's experts get control of the narrative - the economy is booming and the vaccines work, but no one feels better because we are still being told to hunker down. It's bad politics, and inconsistent with the science and facts on the ground.

And yes, it is why Youngkin won - democrats never offered an off ramp. Mask forever, school shutdowns no big deal, and so on. Should we rip the masks off kids now while omicron is still a threat? No. But where was/is the offramp metrics from Duran? APS? Arlington County? Democratic controlled Richmond?

Scream at me if you want, but remember:

Science is real. Wearing a mask is now political theater.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you can not follow the rules and laws as governor why should anyone else?

What rules and laws?

Is there a law that says you have to wear a mask in Alexandria?
Is there a rule?
No and no.

No laws about wearing a mask. But it sounds like Youngkin isn't much of a politician if he can't read a room
Or if he's scared of wearing a mask because his rabid base might come for him.

It was terribly disrespectful of him in terms of the people working at that store. Shame on him for being such a snob that he thinks low wage workers don't matter.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Youngkin is the first Republican I have vote for in over a decade and I am 100% behind him on this. It is time to transition out of the pandemic. If we are triple vaxxed and masking now then why not mask forever?

What does Alexandria and read the room have to do with anything. Is Alexandria a mask wearing tribe? What are the risks to the triple vaxxed, how does that compare to flu and other viruses, how exactly effective are a lot of these masks?

The pandemic is not over and you and other anti- maskers/vaxers are fools and should you get Covid, no medical help for you.

See..... this is why we just kind of turn our backs and giggle at people like you.
You don't know that pp is an anti-vaxxer. In fact, based on her comment, she is vaxxed. Triple vaxxed.
And, you probably don't realize and won't admit that Covid-19, or some variant of it, will be around for the rest of your life.
Perhaps having a mask surgically implanted on your face would be the prudent thing to do.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you can not follow the rules and laws as governor why should anyone else?

What rules and laws?

Is there a law that says you have to wear a mask in Alexandria?
Is there a rule?
No and no.

No laws about wearing a mask. But it sounds like Youngkin isn't much of a politician if he can't read a room
Or if he's scared of wearing a mask because his rabid base might come for him.

So, then don't criticize him for not following the laws.
And, it seems to me he was reading the room. Nobody at his round table was wearing a mask.
And, the only person that seemed at all out of sorts was the crazy nutbag who struggled with self control. I might add that the mask covering her piehole does NOTHING to prevent the spread of this virus. It was loose, ill-fitting, and we have learned that these cheap cotton masks are useless at this point.

Anonymous wrote:Youngkin is the first Republican I have vote for in over a decade and I am 100% behind him on this. It is time to transition out of the pandemic. If we are triple vaxxed and masking now then why not mask forever?

What does Alexandria and read the room have to do with anything. Is Alexandria a mask wearing tribe? What are the risks to the triple vaxxed, how does that compare to flu and other viruses, how exactly effective are a lot of these masks?

Anonymous wrote:Youngkin may go down as one of the worst governors in Virginia history. And that is not a short list.

Anonymous wrote:Youngkin DOES need to learn to "read the room" - most people in NOVA do wear masks regardless of mandates.

And yes, masks can indeed be effective. Studies show that a properly worn N95 or KN95 can protect you for hours if you're next to someone who is contagious with covid, whereas if you're unmasked you only have a few minutes before you're likely exposed.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you can not follow the rules and laws as governor why should anyone else?

What rules and laws?

Is there a law that says you have to wear a mask in Alexandria?
Is there a rule?
No and no.

No laws about wearing a mask. But it sounds like Youngkin isn't much of a politician if he can't read a room
Or if he's scared of wearing a mask because his rabid base might come for him.

Anonymous wrote:Youngkin DOES need to learn to "read the room" - most people in NOVA do wear masks regardless of mandates.

And yes, masks can indeed be effective. Studies show that a properly worn N95 or KN95 can protect you for hours if you're next to someone who is contagious with covid, whereas if you're unmasked you only have a few minutes before you're likely exposed.