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Last week the sudden rise in cases was to over 47 per 100,000. It peaked on 8-6-21 at nearly 69 per, and has begun to slide slowly down to under 50 again. The messaging in local media has continued to be underwhelming. They don't mention that the vaccine is FREE. They don't mention that authorities from ICE are not waiting to swoop in. All messaging is in English, despite a sizable Spanish-speaking population. They mention testing, but it's only 4 days a week, and they don't mention locally available vaccines. I did note that mask-wearing in the grocery stores in suddenly markedly up. The school board ruled recently "That the Board has no individual mask mandate and declares that the wearing of face coverings on school property is optional." And "that the Administration is directed to implement all reasonable and possible mitigation strategies (other than requiring face coverings) to the greatest extent possible to prevent the spread of Covid (sic - Covid-19) while serving all students with in-person learning." They furthermore ruled that school nurses were barred from vaccinating students. Therefore, the Death Cult is fully in charge. School begins 8-16-21. I have no minor-aged children now, but if my kids were school-aged, they would be home-schooled this year. So that in future years they would be alive and in at least fair health. As well as to protect my community from super-spreader situations. I have had 5 yard or house contractors come to do work or give bids on work since June 1, 2021. Not one of them have been vaccinated. They've all been willing to wear a mask. Until last week, they've all had masks "in the truck." This last time, two guys came. They didn't have masks, and we had to supply them. They were pleasant about it, but took them off to do most of the work, and even when coming back to speak with us on the work a few times, they approached with masks down. Was that ridiculing our concerns, or truly forgetting? One guy in late July argued with me before putting on his mask - "These don't work." And claimed to have experience in hospital level infection control. But he kept his on. I had a sad brief conversation with a woman at a local thrift shop. I ran in fast, looking for one-two quick items (successfully; I know the store lay-out). I had on my N95, she had on a cloth mask. She said she was "afraid" of the Delta virus (good). But she said she had to start chemo - it was "too late" to get vaccinated. I wonder: where was her MD, months ago, in giving advice? Couldn't her chemo wait a month? Why hasn't her doctor provided her with an N95 respirator? And, finally, why was she doing non-urgent shopping at a thrift store? Two of our kids arrived for a 2-week visit. Before they drove here, a 15 hour trip, one went for a Covid-19 rapid test because one of them was nasally congested. Thank goodness it was a negative result, so they started their drive. On an individual basis, rapid tests are notoriously inaccurate. During the week up to that date, they had shared space with other family members who'd flown across country with two small children. (And those can't be vaccinated. Sitting ducks.) And everyone had gone to a water park for 3 days. And one parent of the cross-country flyers is a physician. I feel irked with both of those parents. (Who are not our kids.) Since then, the other of our kids has caught the bad head-and-chest cold. I have not (and it's been 5-6 days), so I guess my immune system is pretty good.
August 12, 2021