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I actually think that is a brilliant idea.

He reiterated in his spoken remarks that unvaccinated are still expected to wear masks. He also said he is open to a vaccine passport idea, but still fells there are too many inequities in vaccine distribution and uptake to do so. It’s basically the honor system, like other states are doing...

Why pump your own gas when it’s cheaper and people will pump it for you? When else can I catch up on WDW Magic!

I don't think it's about the epidemiologists or the CDC being right or wrong. They are going about this differently. The poll assumes a uniform policy. IN that sense, I can understand epidemiologists expecting mask wearing for a longer period of time because the rate of vaccinations are...

Wait, they got the vaccine and then had babies? Whoo boy, that’s a major side effect! Sorry. Couldn’t resist.

Remember when everything could be blamed on the dining plan? Now it’s vaccines. Always need a scapegoat!

No. They are predominantly communities of color with a historic mistrust of institutions. Some also don’t want their names entered into systems. There are also access challenges. My own community is an example. Over 50% non-white. They won’t go to the hospital three miles down the road to get...

Once the CDC says it’s safe to not wear masks indoors (which is the agency that would say it at the Federal level), then people should only wear masks if they want to. Like others, I’m hoping if people are feeling poorly or it’s flu season, there will be more masking than pre-pandemic, but as...

Most arguments I’ve seen around “freedom” are actually arguing for “anarchy.” Anarchy is everybody doing whatever they want. That’s not freedom. Freedom only works when it includes a basic awareness of and concern for the existence of another. Otherwise, my “freedoms” impact the freedom of...

Regarding herd immunity, there was an interesting story on the state of the vaccination process on NPR today with Dr. Ali Khan, dean of the College of Public Health at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Right now, it's just the audio. A transcript will be added later. Dr. Khan is...

Any time I have a medical question, I come to WDW Magic, do a search on my question, read the thread, and eventually discover the Dining Plan is to blame. :D In all seriousness, I am impressed with the skill of some posters in threads like these to dig up raw data and find the actual experts...

I've given up on television news. When we cut the cord, I kept subscription to streaming TV providers for news and then just gave up. I use NY Times, NPR, and BBC plus Apple News as an aggregator. They may not always be 100% impartial, but they are generally thorough. Not being TV, they also...

I also wonder about vaccine skepticism (probably more correctly institutional skepticism) in communities of color as well as delivery to inner cities.

I was actually shocked when I noticed that, but I suspect there are major demographic reasons why there is a low-vaccine willingness paired with high infection rates in a blue-ish state.

I'm re-posting the Vaccine Willingness map from The NY Times with today's heat map for the virus for comparison. I can honestly see why some people in some areas are waiting. I'm not saying they should, but I don't think they are irrational. For starters, it can still be an effort to get the...

I don't think ramping up fear will do it. People will just dig in more and make everybody miserable. I think a full-court education process, some patience, and positive incentives will help more. As others have posted, there are some logical reasons some people are waiting. We have to cal us...

This is an interesting map on vaccine willingness by county from The NY Times article that's been posted. I don't read the article as doom and gloom, just realistic, and gets into why even the concept of herd immunity isn't all that helpful for a geographically diverse country and a globalized...

I'm in charge of a house of worship in NJ. I'm open. Whole Diocese is, as is nearly every congregation of all faiths in our Borough. Leave NJ out of it.

St. George’s Chapel is a Royal Peculiar, which means it falls directly under the Queen’s authority rather than to her government or her church authorities so she probably technically could have not worn a mask, but she would never do that. She also likely would have been sitting alone in normal...

We're also right around the time some models have predicted that the current surge (surgelette?) would peak. I'm hopeful that late April, May starts to show real sustained progress. The "moderate surge" model for NJ had the peak on April 18 with a bit of a plateau for a couple of weeks. We...