so it has been 3ish weeks. How is it going in Texas?

(03-06-2021 01:34 PM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  I just tried to go in the Target in Olive Branch. Young guy at the door wanted to give me a mask. I said, there’s no mask mandate in Mississippi, he said store policy. I said Screw that I’ll go somewhere not owned by nazis. Turned around and left.

As is (and should be) their right. And as is (and should be) yours.

I'm in Texas. I still wear a mask in public. And I'm going to. I had my first Pfizer vaccine shot on the 10th and get my second next week.

My point is that 3 weeks ago, this is neanderthal thinking but I haven't heard a thing about Texas case load since then.

Yesterday on the news I saw that something like 13 states are seeing spikes in COVID cases.

(03-25-2021 11:17 AM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  

(03-06-2021 01:34 PM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  I just tried to go in the Target in Olive Branch. Young guy at the door wanted to give me a mask. I said, there’s no mask mandate in Mississippi, he said store policy. I said Screw that I’ll go somewhere not owned by nazis. Turned around and left.

As is (and should be) their right. And as is (and should be) yours.

I'm in Texas. I still wear a mask in public. And I'm going to. I had my first Pfizer vaccine shot on the 10th and get my second next week.

Everyone I know and would think everyone that wanted to take the vaccine, at your age...

would have had both and the required time to have past. I know 60 year olds that had both and I believe you are way past that age.

So are you going to wear your mask once you get both? Maybe KY is just that far ahead of Texas but at this point EVERYONE who is in the most at risk of dying or a hospital stay has took both or are refusing to take any.

The one thing we do know about the vaccine...if you get Covid it lowers your risk of dying or needing a stay in the hospital to next to nothing. The number of cases are meaningless the only factor that should be in play...

1 deaths
2.ICU visits

With that as I said those at risk have took both or refused to take any. Most of the rest of American that hasnt took the vaccine are in the very low risk of dying or needing a ICU stay.

So why should anyone be wearing a mask? To make someone feel good? Do the 80% (probably not that high but 50% would be in play) of Americans that have a drink or 2 then drive take into account the rest of us feeling on that? How about the person sitting with that phone next to their ear talking loud. They dont care about your feelings and 100 other things.

At this stage it shouldnt be anyone's responsibility to anyone else because the vaccine has turned this into something like a cold, if you do catch it after taking the vaccine. For those that havent took it because they are so low on the risk list....

it was always like a very bad cold, at worse. Do we as a people really ever cared about someones "feelings" because of a cold?

(03-25-2021 01:52 PM)Danforth Wrote:  Yesterday on the news I saw that something like 13 states are seeing spikes in COVID cases.

So 99% of those cases had to stay home for 10 days.

Death Rates
ICU stays

those are the only two things that matter at this point because the SCIENCE tells us those that took the vaccine and caught covid will not be dying or in the ICU. Those that havent had the chance to take it are mostly in the low risk groups for either of those.

In KY anyone 16 and above are allowed to get the vaccine. If someone in a high risk group refuses to take the vaccine...they fully knew the risks and its THEIR responsibility. Not their family. Not their friends. Not their neighbors. Not their co-workers.

Cases are meaningless. Always has been

(03-25-2021 02:13 PM)WKUYG Wrote:  

(03-25-2021 01:52 PM)Danforth Wrote:  Yesterday on the news I saw that something like 13 states are seeing spikes in COVID cases.

So 99% of those cases had to stay home for 10 days.

Death Rates
ICU stays

those are the only two things that matter at this point because the SCIENCE tells us those that took the vaccine and caught covid will not be dying or in the ICU. Those that havent had the chance to take it are mostly in the low risk groups for either of those.

In KY anyone 16 and above are allowed to get the vaccine. If someone in a high risk group refuses to take the vaccine...they fully knew the risks and its THEIR responsibility. Not their family. Not their friends. Not their neighbors. Not their co-workers.

Cases are meaningless. Always has been

Except to the MSM and other assorted libtards.

(03-25-2021 11:15 AM)fsquid Wrote:  so it has been 3ish weeks. How is it going in Texas?

Quote:Texas Gov. Greg Abbott officially lifted the mandatory mask mandate on March 10. Two weeks later, the state’s COVID-19 hospitalizations have decreased by 21 percent. The rolling average number of daily new cases decreased by almost 2,199 over the past two weeks, a 36 percent drop.

Upon hearing Abbott’s announcement on March 2, Democrats and corporate media warned that death and destruction were imminent. Anthony Fauci called the decision “inexplicable.” President Joe Biden called it “Neanderthal thinking.” Failed Senate and presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke called it a “death warrant for Texans.” California Gov. Gavin Newsom said it was “absolutely reckless.”

Two weeks ago, Texans were sneering at each other on social media, shaming their neighbors into wearing masks “until we get this thing under control” — referring to a timeline that is wholly unknown and undefined. Without a mask mandate, people will die, they said, without any data to prove this claim.

When Abbott issued the mask mandate in July last year, the reasoning was the need to “flatten the curve” and to prevent our hospitals from overflowing. As I argued two weeks ago, we’ve done that. Twice. So if now is not the time to lift mask mandates, then when?

Is it when the entire country is vaccinated? Half the population? That will take years. When we “flatten the curve”? We’ve done that twice now in Texas. When we prevent our hospitals from being overwhelmed? We’ve done that twice now too. The pop-up hospital at Dallas’s Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center was never used. Maybe when the CDC says everything is OK? The CDC advises you to not eat raw cookie dough or rare steak, as Robby Soave points out.

Now the data is in, and so far, fewer Texans are dying of COVID than were two weeks ago.



Correlation is still not causation. This is not to argue masks do or don’t work, but rather it’s to reiterate that mask tyrants and politicians drunk on emergency powers do not care about science or data, or even flat curves and ICU beds. Their arguments are based on fear and control.

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(03-25-2021 01:52 PM)Danforth Wrote:  Yesterday on the news I saw that something like 13 states are seeing spikes in COVID cases.

Cnn isn't the news if you don't know that by now.

(03-25-2021 02:04 PM)WKUYG Wrote:  

(03-25-2021 11:17 AM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  

(03-06-2021 01:34 PM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  I just tried to go in the Target in Olive Branch. Young guy at the door wanted to give me a mask. I said, there’s no mask mandate in Mississippi, he said store policy. I said Screw that I’ll go somewhere not owned by nazis. Turned around and left.

As is (and should be) their right. And as is (and should be) yours.

I'm in Texas. I still wear a mask in public. And I'm going to. I had my first Pfizer vaccine shot on the 10th and get my second next week.

Everyone I know and would think everyone that wanted to take the vaccine, at your age...

would have had both and the required time to have past. I know 60 year olds that had both and I believe you are way past that age.

So are you going to wear your mask once you get both? Maybe KY is just that far ahead of Texas but at this point EVERYONE who is in the most at risk of dying or a hospital stay has took both or are refusing to take any.

The one thing we do know about the vaccine...if you get Covid it lowers your risk of dying or needing a stay in the hospital to next to nothing. The number of cases are meaningless the only factor that should be in play...

1 deaths
2.ICU visits

With that as I said those at risk have took both or refused to take any. Most of the rest of American that hasnt took the vaccine are in the very low risk of dying or needing a ICU stay.

So why should anyone be wearing a mask? To make someone feel good? Do the 80% (probably not that high but 50% would be in play) of Americans that have a drink or 2 then drive take into account the rest of us feeling on that? How about the person sitting with that phone next to their ear talking loud. They dont care about your feelings and 100 other things.

At this stage it shouldnt be anyone's responsibility to anyone else because the vaccine has turned this into something like a cold, if you do catch it after taking the vaccine. For those that havent took it because they are so low on the risk list....

it was always like a very bad cold, at worse. Do we as a people really ever cared about someones "feelings" because of a cold?

Georgia just opened to everyone today. Before March 8th, it was 65 and over, health professionals and pre-existing conditions. Then it was opened up to caregivers and special needs and teachers.

(03-25-2021 02:04 PM)WKUYG Wrote:  Everyone I know and would think everyone that wanted to take the vaccine, at your age...
would have had both and the required time to have past. I know 60 year olds that had both and I believe you are way past that age.
So are you going to wear your mask once you get both?

I was in no rush to take the shots early, wanted to watch and see how people reacted. I always get a major reaction to flu shots, so much that I have stopped taking them. Once I decided to get one, took me about a week to get scheduled.

I will probably continue to wear a mask for some time. It's basically good health policy generally.

Do you people put masks on your pets too cause I’m calling the ASPCA on you if not.