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Cases way down, hospital admissions way down, positivity rates down.... governors following the SCIENCE.
That's the way it should be.
Not paying attention to a bunch of idiots in trucks blocking the U.S. - Canada border.
The trend is sharply down. Only Trumpsters actively hope for disease, death and the destruction of democracy.
You still didn't answer the question. Are these states using the same "science" that the CDC is using when it is telling States it is too early to remove the mandates?
While conniving political motivation can never be entirely excluded, perhaps a deeper cause here is psychology. Mandates mean a seige-mentality, where no sacrifice is too great, to forestall an unconscionably bad collective disaster. Lifting of mandates means that however grave the remaining thread, the worst has already passed. Whether it actually has so - according to "the sciecnce" or some alternative reckoning - is a secondary consideration.
Much to my dismay, the various "especially cautious" jurisdictions continue with their insistence on universal masking. Such are the wages of localism, so much preferred by those who style themsevles as conservatives. The state government may relent and relax, but the local one, does no such thing. But so long as any organ of government, wielding power over me, mandates this or that behavior - how am I any the freer, if these mandates are local, as opposed to state-level or national?
Our collective insanity is, it now seems, passing from national to state and finally to local. But we remain collectively insane. That is a psychological and not a political malady. I am not optimistic that an effective remedy can be found in the voting-booth.
It's interesting how fast good news travels. 3 hours after Nevada announced masks are no longer required (although recommended) I went to the grocery store and 50% are without masks. Yesterday and for the last 2 years 99% were masked. I'm shocked they didn't say that it only applies to the vaccinated. That's how it was for the week last year when they rewarded the vaxed, before Delta. Smiling faces, what a weird thing to appreciate.
I chalk it up as a combination of the elections and the convoy. But of course they are saying it's the science. MANDATE THIS!
Last April, in my city most people gladly shed their masks when the mask mandate was lift. Later that summer when the hospital's ICU filled up again with patients, only a few more people went back to wearing masks. Later on, in October probably only around 10% were wearing masks at the totally sold-out Tim McGraw concert. Amazing the differences between red and blue states.
That must be fake news. If they drop the mask mandates, and then there is a surge again in coronavirus cases, the state will be stuck with more expenses. The state will then must find some way to help out the community so that each citizen don't get sick from the no face mask rule in place. It's not just Nevada they are dealing with. It is every other passenger that flies into Las Vegas to want to have a good time at a casino that is at stake. The only other option is to continue with the face mask mandate and hope this works out for the best yet. Letting it slip and not have any mandates will only work for the worst if the coronavirus have not been fully subdued or cured by those who are in the medical field. Medically speaking it would still be wise to keep the coronavirus mandates.
Nonsense! I predict it won't make any difference. When my city had a mask mandate in force at this time a year ago, the ICU at the local hospital was full. No wonder the mask mandate was not restored when later that summer the hospital ICU filled up once again.
The trend is sharply down. Only Trumpsters actively hope for disease, death and the destruction of democracy.
Right you are. For instance, 2,230 new cases today in Oklahoma. Last several Fridays: 4,027, 8,655, 13,939.
It's a good thing cases are going down, since my local hospital reported Wednesday that 63.1% of its 19 covid patients were not vaccinated, likely its lowest figure ever. It's good its covid testing positivity rate has dropped to 30% after being up to 48%.
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