Congrats! And are you a ff grams too? It is a slippery slope lol! We have two in vermont that we never get to see and now a nasty divorce w them so we will really never get to see the kids. But we have a six month old here. His dam and sire are police officer and nurse... so lil g comes here a few days a week. It is like being a ff grams and it is absolutely WONDERFUL!
He is! It has flown by it seems! He got a tooth last wed and boy the drewl today! I say by fri the second will be peekin out from under that skin.
With all due respect, im going to have to disagree. Lets take Australia for example:
. Good thing i have extras huh" Its fun to see the dumbfounded look on their face.
Too cute.
It's not a lot. In fact, it's hardly any. To be fair, 30,000 deaths in a population of almost 30 million is also not a lot. It's important to keep things in perspective.
It has little to do with politics so don't worry about getting censored.
It's everything to do with culture and reality. It wouldn't matter who was in charge of the politics in this country because the outcome would have been the same. We are not a borderless island nation (or even island continent) that can be effectively closed off from the world. We also don't have a homogenous, unified culture that can be easily or effectively controlled. We have far and away more huge mega-cities than Australia, which are what fuels pandemics. Even the most locked-down cities and states in America (and in Europe) have gotten slammed by Covid because the practical reality of keeping people separated is beyond enforceability. If everything worked as well everywhere as it did in Australia, then Europe and certain states in the U.S. would have many success stories, but those places have gotten slammed too. Climate is also a huge factor that few people take into consideration. Australia's hot, arid climate works to their advantage with a virus like this. There's no one-size-fits-all approach that works for every situation. Sometimes saying, "This will work!" and then seeing the reality that it doesn't can be the most frustrating situation of all because it leads to despair.The best years of your life are not usually your teens.
Thank goodness, because if that were the case we'd have nothing to look forward to after 20! I like to believe that the best years of my life are always the ones I'm living right now. My brother once wrote a song that said, "The grass is always greener on my side of the fence." I really like that attitude.
Well, the vaccine isn't going to help her recover. It might in fact make her feel worse. It's not usually considered good protocol to vaccinate someone who has an active infection or is still recovering. I hope she feels better soon.
Again, I am going to have to disagree. These are humans lives we are talking about. 1000 families with an empty chair at dinner. Even worse, 30,000 deaths that could have been prevented. Yeah, a lot may have been old or had underlying conditions, but covid shortened their life. And the so many people with full lives ahead of them. The families of those 30,000 who are still grieving and hurting.
Yes culture has a lot to do with it, but usually people without masks are flaunting a certain someones merch. At least they are in Texas.It has little to do with politics so don't worry about getting censored.
Well then id definitely love to be spending these years of my life out of the house, and preferably not in a global pandemic lol :ahh:The best years of your life are not usually your teens.
Texas, alond with the rest of the south, has hot, arid climate didnt seem to help... Hitting over 100* didnt seem to do anything at all, but spread it because people just cant give up summer activities.
Sydney Australia has 5.23 million people- 5041 cases.
Ok, but the reality is that it did work. And I used Australia as an example, but many other countries like New Zealand, Iceland, Singapore etc. All democratically run, had similar systems work too. Yeah, smaller countries, but i think we could learn a little something. And with how things are going here, it could literally save lives. It really wont hurt to try at this point...
I definitely had it from like December and caught it like 3 other times from school by February.:imok: everybody but my dad got whatever was going around.
What's the point of being upset? It mostly just hurts yourself and doesn't change anything. Scolding other people and nagging them to wear masks will only make them dig in their heels and make them LESS inclined to actually do it. All we can do is be a good example to others. If you believe in mask-wearing, be a good mask wearer. Don't judge other people for not believing the same as you and for not following the "rules."
If you got Covid four times in a row between December and February, then the vaccine is never going to work. Vaccination relies on the body's ability to produce antibodies that have some staying power. Fortunately it looks like Covid antibodies are pretty darn good! This is good news for natural immunity and for the vaccine!
its free, so its worth a "shot" heheheh (rofl) i think im funny haha
... I'm curious. When a surgeon wears a mask in a surgery because the room needs to be completely sterile, you are saying that doesn't work? You are saying that the room would still be completely sterile if that surgeon didn't have a mask on? You dont think that they stop bacteria going in or out out?
Then they arent wearing their mask. So it isnt going to work. It isnt rocket science. 2 loops behind the ears, over the breathing holes. Done.
I havent gotten sick since the mask mandate, but that might just be me. I usually get the flu or strep once a year and at least 2 colds. So far... nothing
I understand. For individuals, it's hard to lose friends and family. It's something we all experience because every single human being on the planet dies. Most of us will, before the end of our lives, lose most of the people we love. But when you take numbers as a whole, you're not dealing with individual cases any more. It's sad on an individual basis that so many children die in swimming pools every year, but if you let sentiment run the day you'd end up banning all swimming pools outright in order to save the children. Nevermind that most children survive growing up in a world with swimming pools. Every single thing we do in life is a balance of risks. I'd say the 1/1000 odds of dying from Covid is not high enough to make me feel alarmed. The odds of dying in a car crash are actually 10 times that high--about 1/100--but it hasn't stopped me driving. The odds of dying of cancer: 1/7. The odds of dying of heart disease: 1/6. Covid looks pretty feeble compared to any of those other causes of death. The only reason people are alarmed is because it's new and because it's striking many people at once (also because it's new).
And I think that you should be out of the house. There's no reason for you to be stuck at home. Get out. Do things. It actually IS ok! At your age, the odds of dying from flu are actually higher than the odds of dying from Covid. (Older people--different story.) Yet you don't stop doing things with friends for fear of catching flu. Why? Because it's a boring old risk that we're all used to taking.
Texas is hot, but it's definitely not arid! I believe Houston got hit hardest in your state and really drove up the death numbers. Houston is probably the most humid place I've ever been. I've wondered all along whether Colorado's dry climate has helped us avoid a bad Covid outbreak. It probably also helps that we are the slimmest state in the U.S. and generally a younger demographic. Old age and obesity are major drivers of Covid deaths.
It's a very good point, but WHY didn't the exact same measures work in L.A. that worked in Sydney? California has some of the strictest lockdown rules in America and you can't blame L.A.'s politics like you can in Texas. There are other forces at work here that are perhaps beyond anyone's ability to control. I know we humans like to believe we can control things, but I'm convinced that a lot of things also come down to luck. When we have good luck we like to pat ourselves on the back for being amazing, but when we have bad luck we do our best to find somebody to blame. Yes, there are definitely some things we can control, but there are also some that we can't. Controlling people is one of the trickier ones in a country like the U.S. which is driven by an individualism ingrained in our culture. We can scold people all we like about it, but scolding people rarely ever changed anyone.
Hurt to try... what exactly? What hasn't been tried? And then you'll need convince me that whatever we're going to try won't hurt anyone.
