oh my god. You have no idea how many of us go to the theme parks near us and how often we go. You complain about this ALL the time. Should I call you each time we go to another theme park? We just made Dollywood reservations.
It's a Disney-centric board, that's why people post mostly about Disney.
We all have “common themes”...including the beaut in your mirror...
The upward curve running headfirst into collision with the hardcore “resistance” group.
I'll have some glass(es) of wine, read this again later, and reply.
Yeah, 80% of the population isn’t happening anywhere any time soon. 15% of the population still isn’t eligible. To get to 80% you would need 95% of eligible people to get vaccinated. Based on other places like Israel if we get to 60% of the total population vaccinated that should flatline cases. 70% of eligible people 12+ will get us close to 60% of the total population (or 72% of adults and 60% of kids 12-17). That should be the target. I am OK with just making the target 70%-75% of adults too. So far in PA the Governor is still sticking to the 70% of adults vaccinated and we drop mask mandates for everyone, not just the fully vaccinated. I think PA hit 70% of adults with 1 shot this past week, so mask mandates should be gone around the 3rd week of June assuming everyone goes back for shot 2. At a national level we should be at 60% of the population with at least 1 shot some time in July.
The hardcore resistance group consists of about 20% of adults. We are at 61.1% with 1 shot now. That leaves us 18.9% or about 48M adults up for grabs. We get a little less than half those people to come in and we hit 70% of adults vaccinated. Anything more is just gravy up to a likely max of 80%. It is doubtful we can go any higher as the 20% have been firm since October and aren’t likely to budge. Polls have been consistent on that for months now. The real work is getting somewhere between 8.9% and 18.9% of the adult population to commit. I think we get there...it will just take some time.
That's exactly what I was getting at. It's not that I don't think many of you don't go often. I don't expect much talk about them here. I guess what bugs me is how dismissive are of them.
You do it too...as do I...
What does public trust have to do with this? The media as a whole is sucking it up and making it worse feeding information that isn't even relevant at this time.Wait...you don’t trust the people?!??!?
because the public has not earned that trust AT ALL. Look at the vax numbers...it’s spilt almost 100% on last years politics. So the sooner they get the word out...the faster the fake outrage can dissipate. The people have yielded their claim to the benefit of the doubt
the saying is:
“If you don’t want to have an inferiority complex...stop doing things that make you seem inferior!!!!”
FL is approaching 50% of the total population with at least 1 shot. Getting to 60% will be a challenge. IMHO there is a lack of effort on the part of the government. I’m seeing a lot more effort in other places. Add more incentives, add a lottery, add more convenient locations, drive to people‘s houses and inject them on the spot, whatever it takes. The largest group of people left to go are younger people so figure out what motivates them. How about a concert or series of concerts set up by local governments where the tickets cost $5,000 each but are free if you show proof of vaccination? Beats the ridiculous executive order since you aren’t requiring proof of vaccination to get in, just giving a discount off the price of admission.
