We have about 300MM people in the US. How are you going to make a meaningful impact with 3 tests for every 2 people?
And some think printing more money will pay the bill?
A number of people will always critic the testing process . I critic the anti vaxxers the gullible ones who fall for the conspiracy theories , who refuse to get the shots and are screwing it up for all.
It's not either or though.
Staffed by whom? That’s the bigger problem than physical beds. Not enough nursing staff because they took individual responsibility for their declining mental health and found other employment.
I find that very hard to believe. My friends ( retired ) who live in NJ earlier in the year got appts at the Mega Center sites in their respective county when signing up online. National Guard checked their IDs prior to them going inside the huge building. One can just imagine if your wife's co-workers didn't get vaxxed. Their medical situation would have been worse.
If people use an at home test that doesn't detect asymptomatic infection very well it could actually lead to more spread. If somebody tests negative in the morning but actually has an asymptomatic infection that may make them feel safe to be in close contact with people for long periods. Without the test, they may have taken some precautions.
While I agree with Strategy B, the problem is that those 20% will sue everyplace they can to prevent the mandates from happening. This pandemic is being run totally by that minority now, as they are the loudest. Sad really.
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Conspiracies can't possibly be pulled off. There are too many people involved for them all to keep their mouths shut. Think about conspiracies like we didn't really land on the moon (even though they put a mirror up there that you can hit with a laser with the right equipment). The sheer number of people involved in faking it would make it impossible for the secret to stay secret.
I should have included the fact I received my initial shot in February and my second in March. My wife got hers in January and it took no time to sign her up. I took weeks and tried every site. The mass sites signups stunk and the Drug stores were done by individual stores. But I spent the time because I care for my wife.
To answer your questions. No. And no.
I assume this data is coming from polls or county statistical analysis as they have no real way to tie an unvaccinated person to their voter registration. To me, it doesn't jibe that the unvaccinated skews very young yet somehow these unvaccinated young people are 90% Republicans (or whatever the calculation works out to)?
I know he can't see my posts so I'm responding for the group.
As someone who speaks Spanish in the home, and raising a Latino boy who has a lot of gender neutral friends, Latines makes no sense either. Knowing what people prefer is smart, but as a whole Latines doesn't really work for the population. It's not about you and Latin language, it's about what the people prefer. Polling have been done since the whole Latinx blew up this year and very few use Latine as well.
There is also a very small but not insignificant number of healthcare providers who have or will elect to quit if the choice is get vaccinated or quit. There are a handful at my wife's hospital.
I appreciate and respect this perspective, thank you. I didn’t realize that hospitals were bursting at the seams, but if they are in certain areas, your counter point makes a ton of sense.
Then people will say the government shouldn’t be spending that kind of money. If not predictable, it’s very consistent in here.
In this country we do. Think of the Will Rogers line in the American Adventure, "We are the only nation in the world that waits till we get into a war before we start getting ready for it." He said it because it resonated; it survives because it resonates. We are a re-active nation, not a pro-active one, that is our DNA.
