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It's society's job to protect children, not the other way around. Closing schools while opening bars is huge failure of leadership.

halfmatthalfcat 5y ago
- notch656a 5y ago
mavhc 5y ago
Line 1: I'd like to protect them from becoming orphans Line 2: Agreed, close bars, no one needs more drug addicts
amatecha 5y ago
you could be like BC and keep everything open! at least it's consistent! -_-
- rhino369 5y ago
  Omicron is so contagious that its going to burn through regardless of moderate mitigation techniques. NYC went from 1 case to 40,000 in a month. Even if you lock down for 3 months to get back to 0. We'd be back to 40,000 the second we reopened. Delay isn't worth anything unless hospitals are so bad people will die from preventable deaths.
  - amatecha 5y ago
    - tomjakubowski 5y ago
      I don't have numbers handy, but I would suspect that at least 10x more Americans caught Covid at work as out partying. If only because people spend more time at work. Only about a third of American households had anyone working from home during the pandemic. https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2021/03/working-from-home-during-the-pandemic.html https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2021/03/working-from-...
      - amatecha 5y ago
        I do agree. Work and school are those special places where "COVID doesn't spread", according to the powers that be.
        nobody9999 5y ago
        >Work and school are those special places where "COVID doesn't spread", according to the powers that be. Who are those "powers that be"? According to OSHA[0] and CMS[2], workplaces (general workplaces and healthcare settings that accept Medicare and Medicaid funding, respectively) have grave risks of COVID transmission. In fact, they feel so strongly about it that they've taken it to the US Supreme Court[1]. [0] https://www.osha.gov/coronavirus/ets2 https://www.osha.gov/coronavirus/ets2 [1] https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/21a244.html https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/do... [2] https://www.aamc.org/news-insights/press-releases/aamc-statement-reinstatement-cms-vaccine-mandate https://www.aamc.org/news-insights/press-releases/aamc-state...
    - nradov 5y ago
      Just because you didn't get it yet doesn't mean you can avoid it forever. Expecting permanent unceasing vigilance by everyone is absurd and unrealistic. The virus will never go away. Do you really think young people should cancel all parties forever? https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/vinay-prasad/94646 https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/vinay-prasad/94646 https://torontosun.com/news/world/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-tests-positive-for-covid-after-maskless-partying-in-miami https://torontosun.com/news/world/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-t...
    - cudgy 5y ago
      Some people have adventures and others have “in-ventures”. You are ok with holing up in your abode for years of your life to avoid a mild risk (assuming you are under 70 years old and reasonably healthy). Others are not willing to live this way and would like the freedom to make that choice. Some people, by the way, have less choice, like the people that deliver your food and merchandise to the cave you call home or the people that treat your non-covid (of course) injuries and ailments.

halfmatthalfcat 5y ago

notch656a 5y ago

mavhc 5y ago

Line 1: I'd like to protect them from becoming orphans Line 2: Agreed, close bars, no one needs more drug addicts

amatecha 5y ago

you could be like BC and keep everything open! at least it's consistent! -_-

rhino369 5y ago
Omicron is so contagious that its going to burn through regardless of moderate mitigation techniques. NYC went from 1 case to 40,000 in a month. Even if you lock down for 3 months to get back to 0. We'd be back to 40,000 the second we reopened. Delay isn't worth anything unless hospitals are so bad people will die from preventable deaths.
- amatecha 5y ago
  - tomjakubowski 5y ago
    I don't have numbers handy, but I would suspect that at least 10x more Americans caught Covid at work as out partying. If only because people spend more time at work. Only about a third of American households had anyone working from home during the pandemic. https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2021/03/working-from-home-during-the-pandemic.html https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2021/03/working-from-...
    - amatecha 5y ago
      I do agree. Work and school are those special places where "COVID doesn't spread", according to the powers that be.
      - nobody9999 5y ago
        >Work and school are those special places where "COVID doesn't spread", according to the powers that be. Who are those "powers that be"? According to OSHA[0] and CMS[2], workplaces (general workplaces and healthcare settings that accept Medicare and Medicaid funding, respectively) have grave risks of COVID transmission. In fact, they feel so strongly about it that they've taken it to the US Supreme Court[1]. [0] https://www.osha.gov/coronavirus/ets2 https://www.osha.gov/coronavirus/ets2 [1] https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/21a244.html https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/do... [2] https://www.aamc.org/news-insights/press-releases/aamc-statement-reinstatement-cms-vaccine-mandate https://www.aamc.org/news-insights/press-releases/aamc-state...
  - nradov 5y ago
    Just because you didn't get it yet doesn't mean you can avoid it forever. Expecting permanent unceasing vigilance by everyone is absurd and unrealistic. The virus will never go away. Do you really think young people should cancel all parties forever? https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/vinay-prasad/94646 https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/vinay-prasad/94646 https://torontosun.com/news/world/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-tests-positive-for-covid-after-maskless-partying-in-miami https://torontosun.com/news/world/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-t...
  - cudgy 5y ago
    Some people have adventures and others have “in-ventures”. You are ok with holing up in your abode for years of your life to avoid a mild risk (assuming you are under 70 years old and reasonably healthy). Others are not willing to live this way and would like the freedom to make that choice. Some people, by the way, have less choice, like the people that deliver your food and merchandise to the cave you call home or the people that treat your non-covid (of course) injuries and ailments.