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The CDC has become a joke. The majority of Americans aren't paying any attention to them anymore. Dr. Walensky is a political hack and her 15 minutes of fame is just about over.
My daughter and SIL are visiting from Seattle. On Saturday, we went to a brewery with a large outdoor area, and we were a little surprised that hundreds of people were on the grounds. Probably shouldn't have been, because it was a beautiful weekend day, but all of us have gone out of our way to avoid crowds when possible, so it was still a sight to see. Aside from the employees, who are required to wear masks, there was not a mask in sight. There was zero social distancing, not in the beer lines, not in the food-truck lines, nowhere. My wife and daughter were just about to say we had to go when I spotted a table all the way near the back, so we did stay for a couple hours. I am more of the, "I've been vaccinated, and we're outside" mindset, so I wasn't particularly worried.Two days later, my daughter went to an exercise class at a popular fitness chain facility. Given what she had witnessed Saturday, she was stunned to see that all but one of the participants wore masks the entire time. It was indoors, but there is no mask requirement for this anymore in NC, so wearing masks was entirely the choice of the people.I guess none of us should have been surprised that those who care enough about their health to go to a Monday morning exercise class would mask up while those who spend their Saturday drinking beer would not (and I'm definitely in the latter group), but I nonetheless found the contrast interesting.
The CDC has become a joke. The majority of Americans aren't paying any attention to them anymore. Dr. Walensky is a political hack and her 15 minutes of fame is just about over. It's unfortunate because the politicization of any agency (and I'm not excusing the previous administration) is not in America's best interest. Yeah, that's my opinion.
You just posted an article that says outdoor transmission is extremely rare - "there is not a single documented Covid infection anywhere in the world from casual outdoor interactions, such as walking past someone on a street or eating at a nearby table." I don't think those who were sitting outside didn't "care about their health." It sounds like they were exercising common sense. Especially those who have been vaccinated.
With all due respect (and I mean that seriously, not sarcastically), but that post is straight from rocket brain’s tiny brain. You should be utterly embarrassed by your post.
Not one bit. Again, my opinion of what they've become doesn't need to be yours. Frankly my view of Dr. Fauci is no different. Which of course doesn't mean that everything they say is wrong, just 'motivated'. I am always very skeptical of 'motivated'. Have a good evening Jockey.
You are spot on Glow. The people who should be embarrassed are the CDC, their leaders and sheep who are buying the pseudo science/fear mongering re outdoor transmissions. If they can be this wrong and this deceptive on this issue what credibility do they have on others?I have no idea if it’s true, but there’s a report out that the teacher’s unions have been advising the CDC on school reopening. If true, just more politics disguised as “following the science”.
Weird, we had 3,000 Americans dying daily 5 months ago, and a lot of y’all were whisper quiet, but all of sudden Joe Biden wears a mask outdoors, or you have a CDC official tripping over their words or sending mixed signals, and y’all found your voice.Huh.
I am totally confident that there are fine scientists there doing a fantastic job, every day. The problem with government entities, in my view, is that at the top of the house are always appointed politicians most interested in furthering an agenda, whatever that happens to be.
I have no idea if it's true, but let me propagate a rumor, only a rumor, that supports my point and might be totally false.Also, the CDC should be embarrassed. They are sheep, and have no idea how much I like to believe rumors.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_burn_centers_in_the_United_States
You live in a country that had a worse death rate than many developing nations, and you think the problem was overly strict guidelines offered by the CDC?