Masks

[pbiflyer]

DeSantis bans mask mandates in Florida.

Also Florida:

[rocky_warrior]

DeSantis bans mask mandates in Florida.

Also Florida:

I've heard hospitals want covid patients because the can make so much more money

[jesmu84]

DeSantis bans mask mandates in Florida.

Also Florida:

Desantis vs Disney should be fun to watch

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

DeSantis bans mask mandates in Florida.

Also Florida:

And they have the highest number of 1 day cases since the pandemic began.  Yuck

[tower912]

At least he is raising money selling beer koozies that disparage Fauci.

[pbiflyer]

At least he is raising money selling beer koozies that disparage Fauci.

And he has stopped any effort to get people vaccinated. Winning!

[JWags85]

Thoughts on the NIH director recommending parents wear masks at home around their children?

[Frenns Liquor Depot]

Thoughts on the NIH director recommending parents wear masks at home around their children?

i didnt see this, but it just is mind boggling that we have not embraced cheap, rapid antigen testing.  I think they are like a buck a test in concept and in practice.  I would rather do that from time to time to see if I am shedding rather than adopt countermeasures at home.

edit: I would do the above if I was symptomatic until I could get tested....even though I am vaccinated.

[tower912]

Thoughts on the NIH director recommending parents wear masks at home around their children?

Delta variant is that bad and it affects children far worse than the other variants.    If I had unvaccinated children at home, especially doing what I do, I would seriously consider it at this point.   

[cheebs09]

Maybe a silly question, but as a vaccinated person, am I any more protected going into a store with a mask if no one else is wearing a mask? I thought a mask didn't have much protection in stopping the virus. I would assume with Delta being more contagious, a mask still only protects others and not me.

If I was knowingly around someone with Covid, I'd probably wear a mask at home and avoid my daughter. For sure if I started having a cough. I don't know that it's feasible to do it all the time regardless of exposure.

Granted, I could probably count on one hand the number of times I'm indoors and in close contact with someone per week. Much less someone unvaccinated. We will see what happens when the weather changes.

[Pakuni]

Thoughts on the NIH director recommending parents wear masks at home around their children?

He clarified that statement.

@NIHDirector: Let me clarify the masking message that I garbled on @NewDay this morning. Vaccinated parents who live in communities with high COVID transmission rates should mask when out in public indoor settings to minimize risks to their unvaccinated kids. No need to mask at home.

[pacearrow02]

He clarified that statement.

@NIHDirector: Let me clarify the masking message that I garbled on @NewDay this morning. Vaccinated parents who live in communities with high COVID transmission rates should mask when out in public indoor settings to minimize risks to their unvaccinated kids. No need to mask at home.

@Tower912 stand down, you can stay maskless while at home guilt free. 

[JWags85]

He clarified that statement.

@NIHDirector: Let me clarify the masking message that I garbled on @NewDay this morning. Vaccinated parents who live in communities with high COVID transmission rates should mask when out in public indoor settings to minimize risks to their unvaccinated kids. No need to mask at home.

Thats a much more reasonable take that I have no issue with.  Good on him for clarifying because his point this morning was nowhere near that.

[SERocks]

Maybe a silly question, but as a vaccinated person, am I any more protected going into a store with a mask if no one else is wearing a mask?

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0025619621004018?dgcid=author

[pbiflyer]

Arkansas Governor Regrets Banning Mask Mandates
Newsweek: "Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson (R) said he regrets signing a bill into law that bans state and local government authorities from implementing mask mandates amid a surge in COVID-19 cases in the state."

"Hutchinson said now that cases are increasing in Arkansas, he wishes the ban 'had not become law.'"

https://www.newsweek.com/arkansas-governor-hutchinson-regrets-signing-mask-ban-law-state-sees-delta-surge-1615904

[Jockey]

Arkansas Governor Regrets Banning Mask Mandates
Newsweek: "Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson (R) said he regrets signing a bill into law that bans state and local government authorities from implementing mask mandates amid a surge in COVID-19 cases in the state."

"Hutchinson said now that cases are increasing in Arkansas, he wishes the ban 'had not become law.'"

https://www.newsweek.com/arkansas-governor-hutchinson-regrets-signing-mask-ban-law-state-sees-delta-surge-1615904

Sorry, but that doesn't make him one of the good guys.

[MUBurrow]

Arkansas Governor Regrets Banning Mask Mandates
Newsweek: "Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson (R) said he regrets signing a bill into law that bans state and local government authorities from implementing mask mandates amid a surge in COVID-19 cases in the state."

"Hutchinson said now that cases are increasing in Arkansas, he wishes the ban 'had not become law.'"

https://www.newsweek.com/arkansas-governor-hutchinson-regrets-signing-mask-ban-law-state-sees-delta-surge-1615904

Sowing remains undefeated vs. reaping.

[TSmith34, Inc.]

Sorry, but that doesn't make him one of the good guys.

Asa occasionally has his clear-headed, rational moments. They tend to be quickly reversed however. He seems like a guy you could actually have a substantive policy discussion with, but he also knows his voters have no such interest.

[pbiflyer]

Asa occasionally has his clear-headed, rational moments. They tend to be quickly reversed however. He seems like a guy you could actually have a substantive policy discussion with, but he also knows his voters have no such interest.

He wishes the thing that became law because he sat down and signed "didn't become law." 

"Well well well, if it isn't the consequences of my own actions!"

[TSmith34, Inc.]

He wishes the thing that became law because he sat down and signed "didn't become law." 

"Well well well, if it isn't the consequences of my own actions!"

Yeah, he will occasionally do the decent thing, but he'll immediately follow it with doing 15 terrible things to stay in the good graces of the heehaws that keep him in office.

[Skatastrophy]

Illinois' Governor announced mask mandates in public and private schools, preschool through 12th grade, for both teachers and students. Seems like common sense.

[🏀]

Illinois' Governor announced mask mandates in public and private schools, preschool through 12th grade, for both teachers and students. Seems like common sense.

It is common sense, unless you're in a Facebook parent group.

[TSmith34, Inc.]

Because of course he does.

Republican lawmaker Ralph Norman, who's suing Pelosi over a $500 fine for not wearing a mask during a floor vote, says he has Covid-19  (via AP)
https://twitter.com/bpolitics/status/1423369555775090688

[pbiflyer]

It is common sense, unless you're in a Facebook parent group.

Or governor of Florida.

Or congressman from NC:
GOP Lawmaker Calls Mask Mandate 'Child Abuse'

Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) spoke against a school mask mandate during a school board meeting, equating it to "psychological child abuse," The Hill reports.

[The Sultan]

It is common sense, unless you're in a Facebook parent group.

This is so accurate, it is making me twitch.