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nimblelynx7 said:Nothing new here. The real issue is that the older generation holds all the cards. They outnumber us, they hold political power, they bend the system to fit their needs, and they dominate every election. Young people are treated like nothing more than unpaid interns for old age. We're expected to be compliant and just do whatever the elders command.
They will, and they should. Ideally, there should be laws mandating care for the elderly, but instead, this generation has simply abandoned them to fate. If they get cast aside, society and the law will condemn them—but let's be honest: the older generation did the exact same thing to us first.
nimbleranger17 said:It honestly feels completely nonsensical to suddenly extend school breaks after kids have already been out for ten days. If we’re operating under the logic that children are the primary "vectors" for spreading this stuff, then wouldn't it make more sense to schedule these breaks earlier on, just to keep them away from everyone else as soon as possible? It's like trying to fix a leaky faucet by waiting until the floor is soaked.
I mean, there's really no rhyme or reason to keeping them home for a week and then abruptly deciding they can't go back to class. Why the sudden shift? There are plenty of other ways to manage social distancing and reduce movement in public spaces without targeting students specifically.
At the end of the day, you have to ask yourself: are we prioritizing the state budget, or are we actually looking out for the mental well-being of our kids?
urbantinker8 said:It all seems more and more likely that they'll end up extending the break, regardless of how much weight those grandstanding, self-important lectures might carry, I suppose.
Robert Hernandez11 said:Look, I was talking about *how* it spreads, not the percentage of people who get sick.
Besides— the age range for the workforce (18-65) is way broader than just high schoolers (15-18)...
I mean... it's like ten times larger, right?🤔
🤦
By the way, this whole "kids are killers" or "kids are bioterrorists" thing is totally taken out of context—at least compared to what I actually wrote.
Basically: large crowds of people hanging out without social distancing or wearing masks correctly is the simplest, most common, and most obvious way a virus spreads.
Which part of that sentence is confusing you?
Robert Hernandez11 said:Kids aren't some kind of bio-terrorists—it’s just basic science that viruses spread like wildfire when people crowd together without keeping their distance or wearing masks properly.
But expecting high schoolers to actually wear masks and social distance? In a crowded hallway?
Please.
Are you kidding me?? 🙄
Some people genuinely seem to believe this outbreak isn't fueled, at least in part, by the fact that schools are wide open right now.
| He noted that projections show cases climbing again next week, so there’s really no reason to start opening things back up right now. “We need to start talking about tightening things up. Since vaccination rates aren't where they need to be, I think we have to look at tougher options—maybe even a lockdown. Not necessarily a full-blown shutdown, but definitely stricter rules to stop this thing from spiraling. We might have to close the bars or pull back on the stuff we just reopened,” Polasek said. |
Capak said new guidelines on quarantine and testing are dropping today. Quarantine for everyone is going back to 14 days.
“We’re resetting all quarantines to 14 days. We had dropped them to 10 days mainly to get healthcare workers back on the job faster. Now we’re moving it back since most of our medical staff are vaccinated. Case numbers are down, but we don't know how much of that UK strain is circulating in the population. That should be announced later today,” Capak said.
mistyotter35 said:First, I suppose you just grab the video URL directly from YouTube.
https: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch0wMWnXjeA
Then, if I'm not mistaken, you simply wrap that link in bold brackets like this:
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And that should result in:
silentsurfer3 said:Not true—it works all the time.
It worked back in July when I caught COVID, and it worked in December when I was flagged as a contact.
I got the email and the notice about my mandatory quarantine on the exact same day.
Jessica Morris6 said:Try quoting his post and you'll see exactly how it's formatted. Also, just a heads up, you can only embed videos from YouTube here.
Drew Gonzalez75 said:Are public health officials still calling contacts? I was under the impression they stopped doing that a few months back.
boldfox5 said:My child (upper elementary schooler) has been dealing with symptoms for about 4 days now: general malaise, loss of appetite, fatigue, nausea, and occasional diarrhea. They’ve had intermittent low-grade fevers around 99°F.
As far as I can tell, their sense of smell is still intact.
They’re heading in for testing this Wednesday, but we won't actually have the results until Friday.
How long does a kid need to stay in isolation? Is it three days after the last fever breaks, or maybe from the onset of the last symptom, or is it a full 10 days from when everything started (since I guess they might not be contagious anymore by then 😵)?
What is the standard protocol for everyone else in the household if the test comes back positive?
How long would the rest of us need to self-isolate—assuming we either develop symptoms or don't?
When exactly does that countdown start?
Thanks.
| A 62-year-old guy from Des Moines was caught breaking quarantine back on September 11, 2020. Even after being diagnosed with COVID-19 and told to isolate, he went out to a local bar and hung out on the patio with two other people while sipping a drink. The next morning, he rolled up to someone's house in a tractor pulling a tank and emptied their septic tank. He hung around there for about half an hour. Later that afternoon, he showed up at another family's place and did the exact same thing. "The Virovitica Municipal Court handed down a one-year prison sentence, suspended for three years," the Virovitica District Attorney's Office reported. |
