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Covfefe-19 The 12th Part: The Only Thing Worse Than This New Board Is TrumpVirus2020

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BassAle said:
If you're vaccinated and aren't sitting right next to someone for a couple minutes straight, the risk outdoors is extremely low. It seems almost impossible to be exposed to the viral load required to cause an infection, other than a prolonged close contact, if you're outdoors and then factor in the protection a vaccine offers. I wouldn't worry.

Outdoor mask mandates are over in other countries with decent vaccination rates (Israel, the UK). You're going to see us follow suit soon.

I do still wear one outdoors if I'm around other people, even if I just briefly put it on to pass someone on a narrow hiking trail, but I do think it's probably totally unnecessary for a brief contact that lasts a couple seconds outdoors.

I'm interested to see how the summer goes. I live in a small town thats inundated with tourists every summer (impossible to maintain social distancing on the sidewalk many days). Last summer we had signs up that said "Congested Area, Please Mask" and the town also put out free mask stations several places around town.

That being said Fucker Carlson is a menace to society. I may wear a mask outdoors forever just to spite him.
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I don't think Minnesota ever had an outdoor mask mandate. I think it was just indoors and on public transportation.
 
burd said:
I like being nekkid while I work. I keep the blinds closed, and the dog is only mildly annoyed.

Work includes posting on this site. Old, pasty-white saggy skin, big belly, no butt, long thin hair, crooked teeth, red eyes behind coke-bottle glasses, for the curious among you.
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Hey you’re in top 10% of attractiveness in Wisco
 
MA will rescind the outdoor mask mandate as of 4/30. Honestly, I feel this is the right move. As has been stated, outdoor spread is very rare even among the unvaccinated and without masking, and - at least here - we're now at a majority with at least one dose. Between the likely ineffectual nature of outdoor masking and a high vaccine rate - adding to a dropping case load, hospitalization numbers and positivity rate - the time is now to start opening the relatively safe things back up.

Baker's plan was leaked and pulled back, but I managed to see it and I believe it to be sound (assuming its accuracy).
 
BassAle said:
That wouldn't fly at my office. Unless you're in a private office, or eating (which has to be done at a table by yourself), masks are mandatory regardless of vaccination status.

They're also still doing weekly covid tests for the on-site people. The number of symptomatic positives has been running 0-1 per week, and asymptomatic 0-2.

I still haven't been back to my office in over a year (they actually gave it away to spread out people that have to go on site). I'm guessing I end up mostly remote with the option to use a "hotel office" 1-2 days per week if I want.
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One of our plants (probably most or even all) require N95s to be in any building. Face coverings are required outdoors. We still aren't even going back until likely September.
 
24 hours + 6 and I feel worse now than last night/this morning. Not bad at all, just more chills. Not sure if I have a temperature though. My thermometer told me my temperature was 95.6, heh.
 
dxmnkd316 said:
One of our plants (probably most or even all) require N95s to be in any building. Face coverings are required outdoors. We still aren't even going back until likely September.
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Now that some of the variants can infect mice even without human Ace2 receptors, N95s or PAPRs have to be worn in all of our animal rooms (before, only certain rooms required respirators rather than surgical masks, depending on the status of the animals).
 
BassAle said:
Now that some of the variants can infect mice even without human Ace2 receptors, N95s or PAPRs have to be worn in all of our animal rooms (before, only certain rooms required respirators rather than surgical masks, depending on the status of the animals).
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Wait, that seems bad. I thought Ace2 was a big deal for the route of infection. Although I vaguely recall Ace2 being part of a two pronged route of infection.

Either way, how bad is it that it won't need Ace2?
 
ScoobyDoo said:
Based on my office people think just because they're vaccinated or had Covid before they can just run around without a mask on the indoors. Kind of ticks me off. I don't get it.
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Wow! ^All three comments.

Are you anti vax or something?


Covid Zombies are very misinformed to say the least. By far the most misinformed group and there isn't a close second.


https://www.brookings.edu/research/how-misinformation-is-distorting-covid-policies-and-behaviors/

https://fee.org/articles/americans-...9ULVc-nnwDwD8JSFRd9xOKJLjMv6uVpLgH4ZlU9h5nvCk
 
dxmnkd316 said:
Wait, that seems bad. I thought Ace2 was a big deal for the route of infection. Although I vaguely recall Ace2 being part of a two pronged route of infection.

Either way, how bad is it that it won't need Ace2?
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well, all mice have Ace2 receptors but the original spike protein did not bind well to the mouse Ace2 receptors. That’s why we made mice with human Ace2 receptors.

some variants can now also bind to the mouse Ace2 receptor well enough to cause infection.
 
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