Here is an update or those following the case count saga in my daughter's district where she is a teacher.
On Friday with 7 actual taught days of school this year, the district had 114 cases through the district, 92 were students and 7 cases, 3 staff and 4 students were at her school.
Now after 8 actual taught days of school the numbers are staggering.
191 cases district wide, 161 are students, 30 staff.
My daughter's school now has 15 cases, 11 of which are students.
Still no mask mandate allowed. Still few admin or staff wearing masks, though a few more than at the start of school. The principal decided not to hold a rally for a fundraiser at the last minute and switched it to virtual in class instead because of the cases...yet he only occasionally wears a mask. My daughter wears one.
This isn't going to go away simply by wishing it away.
Blatant, willful, disregard for human life! From the governor on down. Especially the super intendant and Governor.
@lovendures This is mind boggling. When the pandemic first began, two kids in our town's middle school had been exposed to a parent who'd tested positive after attending the Biogen conference in February. The town shuttered the whole school of 1200 kids. A week later all of the school were closed. So in Texas, we have a school with 15 active cases and it's still open and no one is allowed to wear masks. That's pure insanity. That's unbelievable. I'm thinking that's Taliban. I'm coining a phrase. That's f-ing Taliban.
Bomb-bogglement or bombogglement- to be bombarded with mind boggling decisions, information, judgements and actions from insane and/or illogical members of society. Often bomb-bogglement causes bewilderment and shock amongst those being bomboggled.
I made up this word the other day because I was so tired of saying things were mind-boggling.
They can wear masks, but masks can't be mandated to wear so only a fraction of students and staff are wearing them. My daughter doesn't even feel she can suggest a student wear a mask. She feels if she says she is wearing one to protect them, then she is at the same time telling students their main teacher doesn't want to protect them because she/he is not wearing one.
However true that point might be, she doesn't want the student to feel a teacher would knowingly put them in danger. Yet they are putting them in danger.
It is major Bomb-bogglement. Or as you just expressed:
That's f-ing Taliban.
Yep that works too.
@lovendures Actually I like bomb bogglement. Mask wearing is something the leaders/adults should do to model safe and considerate behavior. At my "health" club, the manager and staff do not wear masks. So members feel that means masks are not necessary. In the locker room, a woman told me that she started wearing a mask because I was wearing a mask. People simply conform to what others are doing.
First of all, I can't believe we're on page 153 of this topic.
Second - I would like to preemptively point out (since there were a lot of headlines the last few days and many folks are twittering as people do when there are twitterable tweets, a lot about the studies that show massive differences between the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines.
This article today did a really good job at explaining why Pfizer folks shouldn't panic, and why Moderna folks shouldn't celebrate yet - the results being reported are one aspect of how the vaccine works and not necessarily indicative yet of how things will shake down ultimately.
As in all things, further study is necessary.
Take a gander. https://apple.news/AZQ3hNfZHQFCDXXg_X9Qrew
There is no fetal tissue in Regeneron:
“The drug's potency was tested in a lab using HEK 293T cells,” Mandal tells Verywell. “This is a cell line which was originally derived from the kidney tissue of a fetus aborted in the Netherlands in the 1970s. The cells were used in the testing of the antibody; however, there is no fetal tissue in the final product.”
From this article: https://www.verywellhealth.com/regeneron-antibody-cocktail-stem-cells-5082031
More info from the manufacturer: https://www.regeneron.com/science/antibodies
Re: Booster shots
Hubby and I got ours on Wednesday, at the recommendation of our doctors. We didn't want to get caught up in the next stampede scheduled to begin Sept. 20.
For those interested, talk to your doctor. Then go online and make an appointment at your local Walgreens - you will have to select "2nd dose", but go ahead and put the date of your second dose anyway - they will know when you get there it is for a booster. Also, they only have Pfizer.
They will make you sign an attestation that says you qualify. Hubby had a moment of remorse, I did not. I'm all for getting third world citizens vaccinated asap, but from what I see locally a lot of vaccine is going to waste, so may as well use it up. And in 3 weeks it will be a free for all once again, so this time I do not feel bad about jumping the line a bit - we both have significant risk factors and we are trying like hell to get to Hawaii in the Fall (momma needs a real vacay - have not left CA since Feb. 2020, HI is being pretty strict, and we're going to a suburb on the Big Island - to a condo).
For those of you wondering, different reactions to the booster in different people. An age peer couple also got their boosters this week, and so did my 84 year old dad. We are all fully vaccinated. Here is the rundown:
Me: (Unconfirmed COVID Jan 2020) - sore arm a few hours after then 24 hours post-vax, it hit me like a tsunami - fever (101), headache, every single joint and vertebra painful, weird pains in my thighs similar to when I was sick in '20, exhaustion, loss of appetite. Spent most of the day in bed, I took Tylenol just so I could sleep (No NSAIDs with this!!! Very important!). Today no fever, but still achy and tired. (Pfizer)
Hubby: Sore arm from 5 to 48 hours post-vax. That's it.(Pfizer)
My Dad: Said it "kicked like a mule" - was bedridden for 2-3 days but snapped back fast. (Pfizer)
Friend 1/Wife: Fatigue and mild aches for 24 hours post-vax. (Moderna)
Friend 2/Husband: Fever, headache, extreme fatigue, body aches, was bedridden for 2 days. (Moderna)
@laura-f yeah, i wasn't sure about whether there was fetal tissue in Regeneron or not. My point was that either way, Greg Assbutt is the kind sneering hypocrite who would have taken that treatment even if it did.
Here is an article about the origins and the real objectives of the falsely named "pro-life" movement:
https://crooksandliars.com/2021/09/why-real-origin-anti-abortion-movement-was