Coronavirus in Massachusetts (Boston: dorms, university, to live)

[msRB311]

Originally Posted by htfdcolt

I'm married to one.

Its impressive. Its like when I hear someone say they haven’t had alcohol in a year or two

[timberline742]

Originally Posted by Space_League

Here we go again

Looks like a winter uptick with (hopefully) a lower peak. Cases don't bother me, extreme illness, long term effects, and deaths do.

[BostonMike7]

Company finally rolled out their vaccine requirements.


No mandate until legally required to do so. If you choose to volunteer your vaccination info, you can take your mask off. If you do not wish to share it, nor are vaccinated, the only consequence is that you are required to keep your mask on.

Most, if not all of my team and immediate coworkers are vaccinated anyway.

[htfdcolt]

Originally Posted by BostonMike7

Company finally rolled out their vaccine requirements.


No mandate until legally required to do so. If you choose to volunteer your vaccination info, you can take your mask off.

Most, if not all of my team and immediate coworkers are vaccinated anyway.

^I think that's a mistake, depending on the density of your company's work environment.

[msRB311]

I can't imagine sitting at my desk for 8 hours with a mask on. That's where it just seems easier to stay at home and work if possible. I do feel bad for workers who have no choice but to work with a mask on...i think it's a reason for this worker shortage in certain industries.

[BostonMike7]

Originally Posted by htfdcolt

^I think that's a mistake, depending on the density of your company's work environment.

I think most folks here agree with you as pretty much everyone is continuing to wear them, even if not required.

[tribecavsbrowns]

Originally Posted by OutdoorLover

We could do things FAR better in the US, with the principle problem being vaccination levels that are far short of complete. But the reality is, there's been a concerted disinformation campaign going on for over a year to get people to distrust all the virus countermeasures, and to accept the virus as having minimal risk. That campaign, for many people, has worked! And after 16+ months of that, they are simply not looking for and not open to any new information. It is what it is!

All that said, Europe is not without people who distrust all the virus countermeasures, who rant about government and industry conspiracies, and who aren't afraid to get Covid-19 - in short, they have many of the same issues with disinformation and gullible people who've been taken in. It's not just the USA.

The CDC estimates that 99.92% of people who have been infected in my age group (18-49) survive (https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019...es/burden.html).

That's how I've come to the conclusion that the virus is minimal-risk for me. Not from a "concerted disinformation campaign." Unless you think the CDC's stats on survivability are intentionally wrong...

[redplum33]

Originally Posted by tribecavsbrowns

The CDC estimates that 99.92% of people who have been infected in my age group (18-49) survive (https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019...es/burden.html).

That's how I've come to the conclusion that the virus is minimal-risk for me. Not from a "concerted disinformation campaign." Unless you think the CDC's stats on survivability are intentionally wrong...

Surviving doesn't necessarily mean unharmed. As far as I know, there aren't any stats for Long Covid.

[htfdcolt]

Originally Posted by tribecavsbrowns

The CDC estimates that 99.92% of people who have been infected in my age group (18-49) survive (https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019...es/burden.html).

That's how I've come to the conclusion that the virus is minimal-risk for me. Not from a "concerted disinformation campaign." Unless you think the CDC's stats on survivability are intentionally wrong...

I know 3 people in your age group, no pre-existing conditions, who are dead from Covid. That's above and beyond the fact that going through the disease and surviving it is no picnic, and it's *totally* unpredictable as to how your body will respond to it in the absence of the immunity afforded by vaccines.

[htfdcolt]

Originally Posted by BostonMike7

I think most folks here agree with you as pretty much everyone is continuing to wear them, even if not required.

I mean, this is what we were doing (no masks if vaxxed) after the now-infamous May 14 CDC announcement. We changed our policy around early August as Delta's effects became apparent. Delta is still the main threat.