The figures I read for NYC are that half of whites are vaccinated but only one-third of blacks.
Yet the largest group of unvaccinated are those under 12. I have yet to read whether they are going to be banned from indoor dining. If so, then families can’t go out for pizza or other child-friendly places.
The goal is to get people vaccinated as the best defense to covid. That goal is supported by science. Injecting other issues is a distraction and has actually been holding us back from that goal from the beginning.
Although this may be true within ethnic groups, it does not explain why Pacific Islander and Native American people have higher vaccination rates than White people.
I wouldn’t suggest that education is the sole factor. There’re clearly other factors. In the case of Native Americans, the big contributing factor could be the significantly higher infection and death rates among the group during the previous waves.
California- my county is reinstating mask mandate indoors starting on Friday. Cases have gone up since the first week of July. An annual event that was scheduled for today was changed to unavailable for public viewing. The local station will have on air coverage. The normal 4 day annual event was canceled last year. This year they had hoped to do a scaled back version. It normally brings in a lot of tourists and provides income for local non profit organizations.
She is the acting mayor of Boston—Mayor Marty Walsh became secretary of labor. She is far from a shoo-in to win the election to fill the position permanently. Bizarre comment, IMO.
got it, thanks for teh clarification.
Despite low numbers in my area, the local library and town hall are going to go back to masks required (I think next week). I think the library is really concerned because of all the unvaccinated little kids that frequent the library.
I just read that Home Depot is going to require masks for employees and customers.
I’m surprised Costco hasn’t joined in. DH just returned from our local store, and he estimates about half the customers wore masks. (Though, of course, the vax rates in our area northeast of Seattle are high.)
I’m happy to wear my mask at Costco. I’m sad if the samples have to go away again!!
Amazon is delaying the “return to office” date from September to January 3.
Ditto the Gates Foundation per some folks I know.
There’s always another virus strain. Viruses don’t go away. I’m over it. I don’t wear masks, and I have no plans to ever wear one again. If I need to buy eggs, I go to the store and buy them. Some wear masks, some don’t. That’s fine. No one cares. I pay for eggs, and go home to make an omlette.
Well let’s hope you are not spreading the virus then.
Our retail store is debating whether folks will come to in person events in the fall. I am tending to think not. Even masked. I have seen a huge increase in mask wearing over the last week, from about 0% to 50-60%
A good friend, fully vaxxed, was just Dx with COVID. He is not even sure where, since he hasn’t been many places and is outside much of the time.
Boston area museums are requiring masks again to visit (starting this weekend).
If you really count on that omelette in your routine, maybe plan ahead and buy a couple of chickens. Sounds like if your stores start requiring masks again, you’ll run out of eggs.
Governor of CT is giving municipalities the ability to make decisions about mandates for their communities. Just in today.
You don’t know that. You only know how people behave, not what they are thinking.
If things continue to get worse, there may well be mask mandates put in place again. I guess you will wear one or just stay home.
All the years before COVID that I wore my mask into the OR, I never once had anyone tell me to take it off because they don’t work to protect the patient.