Is it safe to get back to the life you knew?

[Isaac]

Thankfully, I did not get COVID .... to my knowledge. However, my reaction to the 2nd dose of my Pfizer vaccine was approximately as bad as, let's say, a moderate case of 48 hr COVID, in itself.

 

[harpygaggle]

I would like to see the stats about the risk of infection and death compared to flu rates in peak season. I never used to worry about going on during flu season. That would give me something to work with regarding assessing the risk to my health and how much risk exposure I would be happy with. Getting those facts rather than relying on media bias gives me something more objective to work with.

I agree with you. Observing and studying the stats would actually help you assess what is best for your health.

 

[The_Doc_Man]

Doc, you mentioned storms. Do you ever get tornadoes down your way?

Only about two weeks ago we had an EF0 take a path through an older East Bank neighborhood, then flip through the business district, then finally cross the river into an older West Bank neighborhood. That's the first one I remember in New Orleans in literally decades. Tornadoes are extremely rare for us.

 

[Jon]

Similar for us in the UK too.

 

[NauticalGent]

Not exactly the "life we knew" but at least it is a step in the right direction. Our Gov is a real clown but then a lot of them are!

Northam: Many restrictions likely to be lifted June 15 - Virginia Business

Virginia will relax most COVID-19 mitigation measures by June 15 if vaccination numbers continue to increase and spread of the virus continues to decrease, Gov. Ralph Northam said Thursday, but…

www.virginiabusiness.com

 

[Isaac]

in my area it varies. at the walmarts you can totally ditch the mask at this point, no questions asked. the woker teenie bopper places like chipotle and target, better not, get a lot of "how dare you" looks.

we're over 1/3 fully vaccinated, and cases are near nothing.

i heard texas recently got to the zero cases mark. excellent fodder for babylon bee, given biden's "neanderthals" remark a couple months ago, predicting doom for texas...

 

[harpygaggle]

Guys, with the rate of people getting the C-vaccination, have you seen any progress on the situation?

 

[The_Doc_Man]

Louisiana has ALMOST opened up everything. We have mask requirements at medical facilities and a couple of other places, but the 1 AM curfew at bars has now been lifted. Restaurants have the OPTION on a case-by-case basis to not require masks any more. It is still a bit uncertain, but this year's NFL games in the SuperDome will be full attendance - at worst, with masks.

The only problem we have left is that some restaurants have short staff - probably because of wait staff getting crap for pay, poor tips, and the unemployment / welfare money hasn't stopped yet - so nobody wants to work. My favorite neighborhood steak joint finally had to put up a sign that says "We're exhausted. We are going to close Mondays until the staffing gets better."

 

[AccessBlaster]

And there is this...https://www.reuters.com/business/he...reports-human-case-h10n3-bird-flu-2021-06-01/