And my wife and I just got this text from our daughter on her first day back at school:
I’m just exhausted - I don’t have the capacity to constantly be this angry.
In that circumstance I’m getting a text of the positive test from my daughter and marching straight to the school with a decent chance of getting arrested. I’m a massive wimp but that’s beyond outrageous.
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My wife is now eligible for a booster because they adjusted the timeframe to five months, not six. I’ve checked the websites of every vaccine site within 10 miles and they all still won’t let you signup unless it’s been six months.
Great system we have here.
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Nah, Im not getting arrested, just showing up with counsel.
I mean at some point this type of activity has to sustain a negligence lawsuit if people get sick, right?
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Same with me and getting my 13 year old a booster before going back to school. I just made him a few years older during the signup process, I will be surprised if they won’t give it to him when we get there.
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Blaming Omicron on a lab leak is a fun twist. More incredible scholarship from the good folks at Substack.
Your commitment to her after her entire approach is blowing up in our faces is truly remarkable. Remember when Covid didn’t spread in schools? Good times.
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Bob is being sarcastic, as he was a big supporter of Osters work. No one has called that piece a pro Covid work
https://twitter.com/nathangrubaugh/status/1478375566474571776?s=21
The second picture is interesting re: Omicron vs Delta. It makes it pretty clear that the decline in Delta cases to date is largely due to people being more cautious due to Omicron, not cross-immunity. That presumably will change as we start seeing mass Omicron infections.
How so? It could just be omicron outcompeting delta
Are you accusing her of creating the Omicron variant? And does it count as a lab leak if it came from a behavioral econ lab?
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Oh so you’re going with delta alpha and original didn’t spread in schools? Well, that retcon should be fun to deal with later.
R0 of delta was around 5 but schools are a magical zone where respiratory viruses don’t spread. Btw rsv is everywhere despite a much lower R0. Weird.
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We are living in a complete hellscape
https://twitter.com/RaulNBCBoston/status/1477985506931707912?s=20
The peak of Delta infections happens before there are enough Omicron infections to have much of an impact on anything.
I certainly wouldnt say pre delta COVID didnt spread in schools, but I would say schools could function with mitigation with previous variants. Im not sure that’s going to be the case with Omicron.
Don’t think your chart shows that.
Yeah, I may have to go find a test for a kid here this week and I think the best option is just going to be pay $160 to get a test Thursday. Most of the go to options Ive used, even the semi bad ones like a $80 drive thru test, are completely booked for the week. Next step might be using the old Florida trick of driving to the airport and rapid testing there.
Just an abject failure by all leadership.
Mass not doing 180 day waivers for remote days either, so, make sure you leave your Saturdays and April vacation weeks free this year.