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In addition to staffing issues, let's not forget that early on with the pandemic, NICU beds were reported as part of the total available ICU beds. I assume that is still happening.

Yea, the vax card is the only thing that helps me. Both TN and TX each think I got a 1st dose and skipped the 2nd dose. Although I don't know that the state of TX actually has any records.

Texas hill country has been surging starting in May 2020. I don't know why here, but a lot of people moving from the coasts to here since starting to work from home. It doesn't make sense because where I lived in rural west TN has nearly just as temperate weather (except it occasionally gets down to 40s or even 30s…

Good question. When the state of TN called me wondering why I didn't get my 2nd shot, I told them I got it in another state. I'm not sure how they marked that down. I'm not sure that the state of TX tracked mine at all because I didn't enter my information online until I got to the pharmacy website to schedule it.

That's great for people who got both doses in the same state and there are consistent records. For those of us who got our 2 doses in 2 different states, the systems you described functions to prevent me from ever receiving a booster.

I'm not sure how those notifications will work since that data isn't always in a single place (aside from the paper vaccine card). I got my 1st dose of Moderna in TN, then moved to TX and got my 2nd dose at a pharmacy here. In May, the county where I lived in TN called me wanting to know if I was going to schedule my 2nd…

I also remember when there were papers where people would post personal ads... some of the papers were entirely for classified ads, though many mixed buy/sell along with personal classifieds. These were papers in print, like the kind of paper made from trees.

I am 36 and I knew this was a thing when I was younger.

Also in Texas and have heard that vaccines, which have been very easy to get lately, are now more difficult now that boosters are being given. When I got my 2nd dose in April, I had a hard time finding a place to get an appt. At the time, I was scheduling it about 3-4 weeks before the 2nd dose and could only find 3 places…

Ah, yes, that is correct about the issue being in-person vs. online. I'm not a lawyer, but I don't think the Des Moines case would make a difference even if it was the same issue since they are different states.

In Texas, there are legal battles because the Governor has said schools cannot require masks, and some school districts have required masks. It then comes to a question of whose authority holds more weight. Last I heard, the Texas Supreme Court is allowing school districts to make mask mandates if they want, but only until…

I am not friends with some family on Facebook because they are conspiracy theorists. I hear from other family that describes the stuff they post. That's enough.

I agree to examine it, but instead they just went out and talked about in on the 24 hr. news cycle for a enough days to make sure everyone knows about this incident and what the data from this single outbreak tells us. That's not the same as quietly studying and then releasing information when such information is more…

I had not heard that bars were requiring proof of vaccinations, but my understanding is that infections were blamed on both gatherings in bars and private homes. If 100% of people in bars were vaccinated (i.e. no forged vaccination cards, no claims for exemption), then that covers the bars, but not the private…

This is exactly my kitten point!!! Why would the CDC and media focus so much on a statistical outlier?!

Clearly I'm not explaining very well, so will try again. Here is what we know from the MMWR: 469 cases total, 346 (74%) cases in fully vaccinated persons. In state of Massachusetts, eligible residents were 69% vaccinated (it is the best we have available, so let's make some other assumptions also...). There are 2 things we…

Sure, was sticking with whole numbers. We don't have a count for the whole event, nor would it change the conclusions discussed thus far. A vaccine that is only 25.99% effective still makes this case a statistical outlier (no way was the crowd big enough for even 99% even if all of the unvaccinated got infected, but I'll…

This is fair, and we don't know anything beyond the state data. Having said that, if the vaccinated rate was 74% (pretty high, but possible), then the conclusion is that the vaccine doesn't prevent infections at all. If the vaccination rate was the highest possible at 99% (it can't be 100% because there are some who were…

This is a fair point, but the CDC and the media have failed to focus on this. Instead, they just wanted to talk about Delta variant and breakthrough cases. Focusing on the negative statistics, whether cherry picking this specific outbreak with exceptionally bad results, or focusing on positive cases instead of the outcomes.

We will never have vaccinated rates for the exact population directly exposed. Using the state vaccination rate is reliable enough for the CDC to use in its MMWR.

Interesting. Some may recall that I had pointed out that the area has a 69% vaccinated adult population and that 74% of the people who were infected had been vaccinated. Statistically, that means a vaccine increases your risk of infection. I questioned the data, but acknowledged it could be a statistical outlier. Many…

I didn't claim zero risk, I said outdoors is low risk. I don't disagree with your conclusion that such circumstances COULD result in spread. But as you already acknowledged, we don't really know the setup or how people interacted, nor for how long. We don't even really know how many people were there.

Home tests have been a thing for awhile. Depending upon why you are taking the test, they might not count. For example, if you need a negative Covid test to return to work at my company, the home tests are not qualified. This is because we don't know if you had someone else take the test in order to get a negative result.

Tents have walls and ceilings, so I would agree there. If it's just a conopy (without walls), I don't see it as "inside."

This is a manufacturing plant and most jobs require no education, maybe a high school degree or GED is on job description.

My emloyer still requires masks for everyone and never stopped requiring them (corporate decision). Recently, they said they would drop the mask requirements if 80% of employees at a location are known to be vaccinated. Then they pulled that the very next day. Meanwhile, my location polled employees anyway and found that…

Some of us have been consistent that outdoor events are low risk, and have been consistent with that despite the political leanings of any particular event. The exception, of course, is when an outdoor event has a whole lot of indoor gatherings along with it... one in particular comes to mind where many profile government…

I see a lot of people clicking Disagree. Here is the MMWR for those who haven't yet looked at it: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7031e2.htm Tell me where my statistics are wrong... Again, this is a case where the vaccinated have been shown to have a statistically increased risk of getting Covid. Here are the…

The MMWR only mentions underlying conditions for those who were hospitalized. 50% of the vaccinated who were hospitalized had underlying conditions. 100% of the unvaccinated who were hospitalized had multiple underlying conditions. Once again, data shows the vaccinated group was in worse shape here. Either the data is bad…

No, I am not assuming that. Here's what we know from the MMWR: 69% of MA residents are vaccinated. 74% of the people who got Covid in this outbreak were vaccinated. If a vaccinated person is less likely to get Covid, the percentage of vaccinated people who got Covid should be less than the percentage of vaccinated people…