Many states do, in fact, require a quarantine upon return in all but some narrowly defined circumstances for people who are fully vaccinated...and I fear the consequences when they return, after a week of maskless, non-distanced gatherings and inevitably don't observe the quarantine.
Mask, distancing, plexiglass, businesses closed, lining up 6ft apart for something you are then sat next to people on, basic fear of living life for something that has a > 99% survival rate.
Big numbers, statistics, percentages, and normalization.
I’d suggest looking beyond your own borders at the wider world before attributing pandemic mitigation efforts to anti-Trump sentiments.
The irony is when there was a false rumor about potential domestic flight restrictions involving FL people here were foaming at the mouth getting ready to storm the Capital building, but now the expectation is that every other state is supposed to somehow police their citizens from going to FL when at the same time the Governor is on any network that will take him bragging about how everything in FL is open and everyone there is happy and having a good time. The blame for all these people showing up in FL falls squarely on that type of PR. Stupid is is stupid does. If you don’t want mobs of college students descending on your state it’s probably best not to hang an open for business sign out front so aggressively.
Have you watched the media in this country?
It is going to end...if enough people get vaccinated. I know I’m a broken record on this but it’s really true. One of the biggest risks to the vaccine rollout failing is lack of desire by people. One of the biggest drivers of that lack of desire to be vaccinated is the narrative that people like to push that Covid is only an issue for older and sick people. That just makes a lot of people feel like they don’t really need the vaccine. The vaccines work, they will get us out of this as long as enough people take them. Look at Israel right now. They are right at 50% fully vaccinated and their cases have trended way down right now. Over 80% of their cases were from the UK and other variants so it’s further proof that the vaccines will work even with variants.
The media aren’t responsible for imposing the measures you’re complaining about—measures that are, as I implied, far from unique to the US.
I’m more optimistic. I think we’ll be able to vaccinate enough people to drive the impact numbers below the flu. I think we’ll even get them below the measles.
Can we stop with this "safety and political theater" nonsense? Countless posters here have linked countless real-world studies showing that masking and social distancing actually do reduce transmission.
That was the theory last year. That Covid would disappear once the election was over. That didn’t happen. CA, the bluest state out there went back to stay at home orders a month after the election. If this was all theater based on Trump and politics than how do we explain parts of Europe going back into lock down for the 3rd or 4th time as another wave ramps up. Most other countries had similar or more severe Covid restrictions. If it was all based on politics and Trump it would be isolated to the US.
Trump's responses to the pandemic were middling at best, atrocious and counterproductive at worst. Plus, his gutting of the federal health agencies prior to the pandemic (including the complete disestablishment of the Office of Pandemic Response created by Bush II) left us uniquely vulnerable. And during the critical phase when the pandemic reached its apex during the holidays and the initial vaccine roll-out, he was completely MIA, more busy spreading lies about the election than being a leader. As we said in the army, "When in charge, be in charge."
Possibly. Look at the amount of security we have to deal with to board airplanes, visit theme parks, and attend a concert.
The very most that masks and social distancing have done is reduce the rate of spread.
Just confused, why is safety linked with political theatre?
