Since this news broke yesterday I’ve also seen more references to HIPAA and some to HIPAA. The anti-mask crowd has latched on to the false narrative that HIPAA somehow prevents a company from asking about vaccination status as a way to say masks are over for everyone. Saying nobody can ask for proof due to privacy rights. It’s the most overly used false narrative going these days and that’s saying a lot.
That drives me absolutely crazy.
That’s why opinions will vary.
The anti-mask crowd spreading false information? No way!
Well, if we're going to be honest, they're being spoon-fed false information a lot of the time.
Only a fool believes propaganda is a unidirectional.
To be fair, as adorable as they are, 2-year-olds are mostly comprised of a random assortment of germs held together by skin, an insatiable curiosity and the occasional tantrum. Even without COVID, putting a mask on them wouldn't be the worst idea in terms of keeping everyone else healthy.
My boys are long past toddler age...and they're still gross. Gross in very different ways, yes...but still gross.
Which is why I try to read news sources with as little bias as possible. (They DO exist, as much as some would like to deny it.)
I favored keeping vaccine targets. I don’t know if 75% is necessary but some target is a good idea. If we use Israel as a ballpark benchmark their cases dropped off sharply when they hit 55% of the total population vaccinated with at least 1 shot and have continued down to near zero cases and deaths and are now at 60% with 1 dose. My gut says a target of 55-60% probably gets it done. That would require a range of roughly 71-78% of adults alone or 65-70% of adults combined with 50-60% of kids 12-17. I think by end of June we will be around 60% of the total population with 1 shot.
As I tell my wife, after having kids and getting sick multiple times from them I’m convinced that the rats probably took a bad rap during the Black Death. It was most likely kids spreading the plague
And in light of the way kids play: Are masks doing anything when they wear them?
It's why the message needed to be that once we reach whatever percentage they come up then restrictions can be dropped. Instead they are hoping people will still get vaccinated by saying if you're vaccinated you can stop wearing masks. IMO it's the wrong way to go. I'm hoping with California requiring theme parks to show proof of vaccination that it's a step for more places to follow. My faith in people doing the honorable thing has left a long time ago. I think you definitely see a big drop off of vaccination rates now.
When my youngest was a baby, he was obsessed with touching me in some embarrassing and gross ways. I'd be holding him on my hip while we were out in public, and BAM!, out of the blue, his hand would be in my mouth. Or down my shirt. Or poking me in the eye. Or a finger up the nose.As I tell my wife, after having kids and getting sick multiple times from them I’m convinced that the rats probably took a bad rap during the Black Death. It was most likely kids spreading the plague
The one thing I will say is that kids that young are less likely to spread infection to anyone other than their parents or siblings.
Good thing I don't have kids, I don't have any of that without them!
Low stress and restful sleep while parenting a 2-year-old are things of fiction and fantasies.
