I’d add one other highlight: “none required hospitalization”.
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I think the real question comes to what happens with long covid when they get that sorted. Right now, it sounds like vaccination reduces odds of long covid by half maybe, but they don’t really know half of what exactly, and what proportion of those are significant health impacts and for how long.
If it’s significant, and there continues to be a significant amount of asymptomatic spread, then yes, asymptomatic testing needs to happen.
Sure, that whole family seems fine, but what about anyone they might have spread it to?
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In our school district all unvaccinated students are given a saliva PCR test once a week. The vaccinated students are not tested. I have wondered if the school will keep up the testing program once the 5-11s have time to get vaccinated.
I suspect medical institutions will continue to test before medical procedures for at least the middle term in order to attempt to protect immunocompromised patients.
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And even just to keep healthcare workers from being infected. Still short staffed so many places.
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I’m incredibly behind on the thread. But, I wanted to post how disheartened I am that it now looks like the under 12 vaccine won’t be by Halloween. Boo. Don’t want to wait any longer! I know I’m not alone.
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Well that sucks. I’ve sold 2 in the last 3 months - same year and model to the same place - and even though the second was in a lot worse condition and had done twice as many miles, I got the same price for it. And they said it was because the value is rising.
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Finally, my boyfriend is getting his 1st vaccine tomorrow. Only because I told him we could go see George Thorogood if he does. I’m so relieved! Now all of the adults on our upcoming Disney trip will be fully vaccinated. I’d told him it was unfair and I was embarrassed that he was the only one not. There are 8 adults and 2 kids, so we can do like @amvanhoose_701479 and circle around them.
I’m also excited for the concert…it’s in Charleston, SC, about 4 hours from us and right after my birthday, so it will be a nice little getaway.
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I saw this news this AM and told my DH the pandemic will really end if this is what they say it is He was much more pessimistic. We said no to the WDW school trip in spring for our son yesterday and I wanted to change our answer today, but he disagreed so we stayed as a no. To me this tipped the scales of my risk analysis but I guess I can also see his side. He doesn’t want to make a plan and lose money; the school was very honest that we’d potentially lose all the $ even if they cancel without our input.
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That’s such a hard decision. And at least they were up front about it. But, yeah, that’s a lot of money to put at risk when it’s not even your call to make.
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That is very different than what is happening in the US. Used car value is definitely on the rise here. DH works at a car dealership and since they are having trouble getting new cars due to the chip shortage, their bread and butter is the used car market and they need inventory.
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Circling back to this since it’s now October 1st!
The Hospitalization curve in Florida looks pretty symmetrical and has been falling quickly:
But it’s not exactly symmetrical - hospitalizations fall slower than they rise (which makes sense since each person stays in the hospital for a number of days, so you can fill up a hospital faster than you can empty it). But not too far off, all things considered. Today, there are 5,785 people in Florida hospitals with Covid, compared to 4,187 on July 16th. The high was 17,380 in mid-to-late August.
Cases are also way down, while deaths appear to have peaked:
Overall, good news for Florida in comparison to the horrific August-September period. Hopefully we will never see another curve like this in Florida, or anywhere else.
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Yes, the data looks good in FL right now. 
for a continued improvement.
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We need a diversion on this thread. Field trip report?
We’ve had Alley Theatre season tickets for…over a decade? Anyway, we have preview tickets which means we see the play before opening night. Which is tonight! First play they’ve done since pre-pandemic.
A month ago, I confirmed they are requiring masks so we felt ok about going. Went online this week to confirm that was still the case. And….vax or a negative test also required! Loaded up our vax cards to get pre-cleared in the Bindle app. But first…dinner…
It STORMED this morning, but cleared up great for a beautiful evening eating outside.
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They recommended arriving 45 min early. Think there might be a little chaos with the requirements maybe?
We were here 40 min early and of course flew through with our Bindle lightning passes. Grabbed a glass of wine and parked ourselves on a bench to see how this goes. 20 min to curtain. So far, so good.
ETA: That guy scrolled on his phone a VERY long time before looking relieved.
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ZERO drama so far. People look SO happy. Like, this one lady did a little happy dance on her way in. I totally feel it.
Alley has a group of about a dozen resident cast (i.e., consistently on payroll) so the season ticket holders have a bit of a relationship with them. So excited to see which of them does the pre-show welcome!
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)Yes! Rod and Staff English is a staple in my house. I love it so much. I found out in my late 30’s how much I loved grammar! I learned more via their texts than in my high school, BSN and MSN time!
Now I really want to know where you chose to have dinner! Looks yum.
I’m itching to get back into the theater district.
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