Coronavirus (San Diego, Riverside, San Bernardino: houses, wedding, live)

[1AngryTaxPayer]

Originally Posted by goodheathen

I'm seeing more masks on store employees now. N95s still aren't the norm.

So, basically still virtue signaling. Wow.

[stablegenius]

Originally Posted by 1AngryTaxPayer

So, basically still virtue signaling. Wow.

Or just CYA by the companies. Ask all employees to mask so you don't get sued.

[njbiodude]

Originally Posted by stablegenius

Or just CYA by the companies. Ask all employees to mask so you don't get sued.

Most companies even in the Bay Area don't require masks (outside of Almeda county where apparently many/most people arent complying from what Ive read). It's mostly all voluntary. There's exceptions for healthcare workers that work with patients, prisons and nursing homes.

I knew someone in the Bay that loudly proclaimed that he used to wear masks outdoors because Trump said not to and he wanted everyone around his neighborhood to know masks were good. They're basically MAGA hats for neurotic super liberal whiners.

[1AngryTaxPayer]

Originally Posted by njbiodude

Most companies even in the Bay Area don't require masks (outside of Almeda county where apparently many/most people arent complying from what Ive read). It's mostly all voluntary. There's exceptions for healthcare workers that work with patients, prisons and nursing homes.

I knew someone in the Bay that loudly proclaimed that he used to wear masks outdoors because Trump said not to and he wanted everyone around his neighborhood to know masks were good. They're basically MAGA hats for neurotic super liberal whiners.

We have a handful of people that still have those yard signs from years ago. Good to identify the nutters. Two houses were in sign wars. It was comical the extent they would both go. One "side" eventually put up shrubs to block out the neighbor's view. Whatever that means. Good god.

[JGC97]

Originally Posted by stablegenius

Or just CYA by the companies. Ask all employees to mask so you don't get sued.

Basically, yes. We aren't big in the mask wearing here but we're not as heavily populated as the area in SoCal and our cases are very low. Businesses aren't squeamish about allowing people to roam the store with their face naked. Funny but a few of the clerks I see with a mask on have it hanging below their nose. I mean c'mon. What's the point of wearing one if you're going to do it that way?

[1AngryTaxPayer]

Originally Posted by HereOnMars

Basically, yes. We aren't big in the mask wearing here but we're not as heavily populated as the area in SoCal and our cases are very low. Businesses aren't squeamish about allowing people to roam the store with their face naked. Funny but a few of the clerks I see with a mask on have it hanging below their nose. I mean c'mon. What's the point of wearing one if you're going to do it that way?

At this point it's like wearing a jersey for which team you are rooting for.

[JGC97]

Originally Posted by 1AngryTaxPayer

At this point it's like wearing a jersey for which team you are rooting for.

An just about as dangerous.

[sav858]

Originally Posted by Carpenter858

Doesn't look like anyone read the 23&Me Study. Just what would be expected of people with other issues. So again, big deal. Long covid is fear-mongering at its finest.

In regression analyses controlling for age, sex, and ethnicity, 23andMe researchers found that those who reported that they had depression or anxiety prior to COVID-19 infection had a two-fold increase in the risk of being diagnosed with long COVID, and having a cardiometabolic disease was associated with a 90 percent higher risk of being diagnosed. Cardiometabolic diseases include conditions such as high blood pressure, coronary artery disease, type 2 diabetes, and high cholesterol.

https://blog.23andme.com/23andme-res...on-long-covid/

Thanks for sharing this and it doesn’t come as a surprise. So basically people with preexisting conditions it seems like but all we ever see in the media are these random stories of “once young and healthy” types.

[1AngryTaxPayer]

Originally Posted by sav858

Thanks for sharing this and it doesn’t come as a surprise. So basically people with preexisting conditions it seems like but all we ever see in the media are these random stories of “once young and healthy” types.

Fear media needs to get clicks, it's what they do. It's how they make money. Leave it to Beaver stories don't rile people up.

[stablegenius]

Originally Posted by njbiodude

I knew someone in the Bay that loudly proclaimed that he used to wear masks outdoors because Trump said not to and he wanted everyone around his neighborhood to know masks were good. They're basically MAGA hats for neurotic super liberal whiners.

lol. What a great observation! Yeah the weird thing is target employees are hardly masked while Home Depot employees are very masked. I would think that if it were voluntary it would be the other way around but who knows.