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- mg3313
Went to a new parent / student orientation this afternoon at the school where my daughter will be starting first grade.
GASP!!! NOBODY BITCHED ABOUT WEARING MASKS!!! Every single parent and child had one on. Nobody even asked a single question about masks. Nobody asked when they'll get to stop wearing masks.
Here's to living in the north Chicago suburbs in a community full of people with empathy and compassion and the desire to do right by their little humans. The whole thing really made me feel rather joyful.
- It’s nice to hear stories like this one rather than watch the horrible humans I posted in the video 2 posts down.Ramanisky2
- the only people I heard bitch about masks here in Mexico were boomer Canadians and young AmericansGuyFawkes
- I really don’t get why people are so crazy anti-mask. It’s not a big dealGnash
- In my town the opposite is happening. The anti maskers are in full force and are all but physically attacking the school board about it. It’s so wrong.monospaced
- My area looks like a place where smart, responsible people live. But under the surface it’s kinda vile. I’m legit jealous of your situation.monospaced
- Ironically, their reasons are exactly the same. They think they are compassionate and doing right by their little children.monospaced
- Mono, that sucks. We're lucky to be able to live where we live. North Chicago suburbs, pretty consistently middle-upper middle class, educatedmg33
- and just to the west of what's perhaps the most wealthy area of Illinois. I'd wager that this area is more liberal than conservative - that, or it's just fullmg33
- of more empathy and common sense and willingness to do right by others in our community.mg33
- I've not heard of any arguments in stores, any school board fights, nothing. It's quite the utopia around here. Town of 47,000.mg33
- Lastly, as a neighbor reminded me last year, it's not about our politics, it's that we have far more healthcare literacy around here. I have neighbors who aremg33
- Republican, they all hated Trump, they've all worn masks, and they've all done right by each other to keep their kids safe so they can all play together.mg33
- It sounds lame, but we're blessed to have this "village" of 8 families and 17 kids on our street who have all become closer during this pandemic. :)mg33
- I'm also in an incorporated village. It's almost entirely upper class, educated people, many with prestigious medical careers. And still ...monospaced
- What state?mg33
- they're like this. My street alone (4 blocks long) has a dozen families and 20+ kids all under 12. We're close too, it's utopian. Almost.monospaced
- It doesn't sound lame. It's amazing the sense of community. I'm so happy that you have that AND they're on the right side of this issuemonospaced
- I’m in Long Island New York. A very affluent village too.monospaced
- Those with kids under 12, are they out with you at grocery stores and shopping, etc.? We don't take our 1 year old anywhere indoors like that, strictly outdoor.whatthefunk
- Beeswax0
- anyway, Israel released ne charts here https://www.haaretz.…Beeswax
- mathinc1
I just watched a video of anti-mask parents screaming and threatening a pro-mask parent after a school board meeting in Tennessee and I was reminded of 'Under the Banner of Heaven' by Jon Krakauer. If you're not familiar with that book it's basically an expose on fundamentalist Mormons.
The book is both a history of Mormonism as well as smaller stories of people who receive personal messages from god, which is something the church encouraged at the beginning. The problem with encouraging people to receive these messages is that often times the 'messages' they get are evil as fuck. Killing family members who leave the church, breed with your own kids because god told you that one of your offspring will be the second coming of Jesus, etc. So they had to do away with that encouragement and instead told them that only the head of the church can receive messages. This is where the fundamentalists broke off from the mainline church.
Anyways, it hit me that the GOP is most likely finding themselves in a similar position now. They (and Fox) pumped that sweet anger/patriot/'the others'/'believe your own research (Youtube algo)'/alternative facts dopamine for decades. The bonfire really kicked off with an anti-vaxx Trump who spoke to all their base beliefs, and gave them permission to be themselves. So now the GOP has a base of voters who believe all sorts of nonsense and they can't reign them in without losing their jobs. These voters would turn on them in a dime if they actually told the truth or opposed Trump. So much so that they attack their own colleagues who tell the truth (Cheney/Kinzinger). It's out of control. I watched a Q&A session Asa Hutchinson (Gov of Arkansas) did where he's now pushing for vaccinations (after imposing a school mask ban earlier this year) and it was ugly.
My 2 cents.
- Case in point, this just popped up on Twitter. https://twitter.com/…mathinc
- ^Even action man getting heckled now. Damn.PhanLo
- Trump got the covid vaccine. After covid and a night in the hospital. Don’t forget that shit.monospaced
- It was when he questioned the masks and refused to wear one that really fucked things up. He implied it was a choice because not important.monospaced
- scarabin5
- America is fucked thread?grafician
- ^ this took place in Germany
Germany is Fucked.Ramanisky2 - ^Wild!grafician
- What a cunt.elahon
- Karens love herGuyFawkes
- why doejagara
- It would be really interesting to know how many people reported the side effects we all experience when they didn’t actually get it.Hayzilla
- grafician-7
Reading reports about current vaccines not holding up against Delta variant...
Basically everybody says they hold quite well vs. Israel who says they're 40% now effective and dropping
Really hard to get things right these days.
Then I've read in local news most new cases are in people not vaccinated, by most meaning over 80% so the vaccines seem to hold real well?
Hmmmm
- They work here: https://edition.cnn.…grafician
- They don't work anymore here: https://twitter.com/…grafician
- grafician-7
"Russia reports 808 new daily coronavirus deaths, the highest since the pandemic began."
- grafician-3
"4.5 billion coronavirus vaccine doses have now been administered worldwide"
- At a per dose cost of $??.?? equals end of economy?nb
- https://www.bloomber…grafician
- Prices and profits: https://www.theguard…grafician
- utopian2
MAGA Mom knowingly sent child with COVID to school after a positive Covid-19 test. Exposing 80, Nevada officials say
- #Deplorables
#MAGA4Lifeutopian - Isn't that wreckless endangerment or do I watch too much Law & Order?lemmy_k
- pr2 would do this like the silly cunt he is, all while ranting like a lunatic with his broken calculator, pretending like he knows bettermonospaced
- NO OFFENSE snowflake.monospaced
- own the libtards!_niko
- the best way to treat Covid is to climb a mountain while smoking a pack of Marlboro reds.neverscared
- "Trump 2016 - Fuck your feelings"
Charming.jagara - The funny thing is, everyone in this photo is dead.face_melter
- lol @ pr2 the man karenGuyFawkes
- Isn't that reckless endangerment, or have I been watching too much Law & Order?lemmy_k
- sadly it's notmonospaced
- If it were, the governor of Florida would be in prison right now for this shit he's pulling. Him and some others.monospaced
- #Deplorables
- whatthefunk4
How are those with kids under 12 managing these days? Our 1-year-old hasn't been out with us grocery shopping, in stores, etc. b/c there's too much of a risk and b/c she's too young to mask. We spend all our free time outside where she'll play with others and be around others for short periods of time, but for the most part, she hasn't been out in public much at all. I'm not seeing other little ones out in public either.
It's sad how grown adults can't seem to understand how this is impacting the little ones.
- Word. Adults acting as unbred kids, saaad!OBBTKN
- is it your first?uan
- I just took my 3 year old grocery shopping and to the wine store. He did great with the mask, because it's actually not a problem for kids.monospaced
- But at age 1? No way. They can't wear a mask, they won't. Nobody expects them to either.monospaced
- I think he is trolling us.uan
- Hang in there — vaccine approval for 5-and-up is coming and hopefully after that the rest will follow.evilpeacock
- Mine are 4 and 6 1/2. They're totally fine with masks and have been since August 2020. Did daycare / kindergarten this year, and my daughter (6 1/2) has beenmg33
- in camp all summer. She starts 1st grade on Wednesday. All the other parents in the neighborhood have kept their kids safe, gotten tested when they've travelledmg33
- I'm vaccinated but wear my mask in every situation that it makes sense to, as much to protect myself as to set a good example for my kids.mg33
- Our first, my wife and I both have parents who were vaccine-hesitant, now we don't even believe them that they've received it, ones a nurse. WTFwhatthefunk
- We have MAGA in our family who don't believe any of this and they've yet to hold our child let alone spend time. It's rough with a little one b/c we can't takewhatthefunk
- her places as a family and those who aren't vaccinated think WE'RE the crazy ones - been a wild 2 years to be preggo and deliver during covid.whatthefunk
- I have a 1 year old. We just take him everywhere assuming he’s immune. We wear masks, he doesn’t. But spending most of our social time outside.nb
- you sound like a great parent whatthefunk, and I’m sorry your family isn’t following protocol and can’t see your child. I hope it all works out for youmonospaced
- But Delta appears to be more contagious and we’re wondering if we should be more careful with himnb
- Oh shit “ Babies under age 1 might be at higher risk of severe illness with COVID-19 than older children. This is likely due to their immature immune systems”nb
- Source: Mayo Clinicnb
- mg33 - I agree and applaud your example, I as well. Nb - yeah no shit. Mono - thanks.whatthefunk
- At some point though, school and daycare is a necessary risk, no?nb
- whatthefunk you are WRONG! The MAGAs & Republitard grown ass adults...all know how it impacting the little ones, the sick and elderly...they don't give 2 fucks!utopian
- We flew 13 hours with a 3 year old. I ordered this nose spray from Germany called Algovir. if you're in the check out Betadine. Natural seaweed extractBeeswax
- *in the USA. Betadine is an iodine solution that is an antiseptic.Beeswax
- Kids deal with covid as if it was another flu. everyone at my kids daycare had it. Me, wife, my babysitter had it. I'm certain both of my kids (3 and 6) had itpr2
- i never mask up and neither are my kids.pr2
- that said, i gave up on trying to explain anymore how science is clear on covid and kids. they don't get sick and when they do, it's mild at worst.pr2
- Missed the point again pr2. Again. And the science behind the point. Again.monospaced
- It’s not about the kids getting covid, that’s the root of your confusion and utter misunderstanding. It’s about stopping the spread you dunce.monospaced
- Until you grasp that concept you’ll be the laughing stock of this site.monospaced
- Captain fear ™Hayoth
- Obligatory link showing pr2 does know what the fuck he is talking about https://www.nytimes.…robotinc
- Children's entire systems are developing at an early age and there are long term effects of SARS, Covid, MISC, etc that we don't know about. To risk a child's..whatthefunk
- health at 1-3 while they're developing is crazy imo, older sure, gamble away b/c they're further developed, but for the young ones, no way!whatthefunk
- How are those with kids doing? Tired! Too much to explain in these little blurbs. But overall, holding up ok and feeling lucky for what we have.nocomply
- https://www.nytimes.…
Who's advocating for the youngest class of humans who cannot vaccinate?whatthefunk - We scored cheap tickets to Maui in June when case numbers were low and thought we'd have an awesome vacation. Well... the joke's on us now because we cancelled.nocomply
- With the Delta going around and unvaccinated kids, it felt irresponsible to expose them to the risk have have them potentially miss the start of school.nocomply
- There are a bunch of shows starting again at sweaty clubs I want to go to. But again, it feels irresponsible to put myself in that situation right now.nocomply
- https://www.nytimes.…whatthefunk
- Covid-Linked Syndrome in Children Is Growing, and Cases Are More Severewhatthefunk
- I've talked at length with others, both parents and non-parents. We unanimously decided that 5 years old was the toughest age to go through this pandemic.nocomply
- Our 5yo is now 6.5. He's had so many challenges thrown at him. But he's remained strong.nocomply
- Meanwhile, my business has taken a total back seat. Parenting our boys though this has significantly impacted work. Hoping for some better balance this fall.nocomply
- I agree w/ you about that age. Our 1 year old is too small and is doing just fine, I empathize with families with older lil ones - keep up the united front!whatthefunk
- If they wear masks they slow the speed, especially to the adults who care for them and allow you all to have normal work lives too. Ffs it’s not about the kidsmonospaced
- Post all you want about how kids don’t get sick from covid, but it is missing the point. The kids can still spread it and do! That closes things down. Ffsmonospaced
- The sooner we ALL start taking real precautions and vaccinating, the sooner we can have life back. But people like pr2 are so fucking ass backwards with sciencemonospaced
- And are ruining it for everyone. Selfish, fearful cunts. Scared of makes you fucking shits? Lowlife scum chooses no masks over loss of life.monospaced
- 99.7% survival rate you brainwashed nazisHayoth
- Explain the 99.7% survival rate to the 621,000 grandparents, dads, moms and children that are dead...captain mook.utopian
- A 1% mortality rate “means it is 10-times more lethal than the seasonal flu,” Fauci said.whatthefunk
- A 99% survival rate might sound promising. But when it’s scaled out to the rest of the country – a 1% survival rate takes on a different meaning...whatthefunk
- You have about the same chance of survival driving in a car. Maybe don’t wear a seatbelt you ignorant selfish cunt. And when you get cancer, remember ...monospaced
- It’s just 1.5% chance so maybe don’t get treatment for that either.monospaced
- Got a 7 years old, he's totally fine about it, I've managed to keep things as normal has possible since it started. No mask, no shots and no need to panic.ApeRobot
- i wish i saved some of the better links explaining covid in kids so you could read yourself. bottom line: seasonal flu is more dangerous to your kid than covidpr2
- nb2
- AQUTE-1
DESIGN CHALLENGE: got ballz?
The Word "CORONA" Is Associated With The Word CROWN.
CHRONOS Is The Greek CROWNED King Of Gods, Whom Is Also Known In Rome As SATURN.
Chronos/Saturn Is The God Of Death And Time.
Like TIME Is The Fate Of All Living Species.
This Was Exactly The Time The Mainstream Media Unveiled The Story Of The CORONA Virus.
The Word C O R O N A = 66.
That Is Like Two 9s Facing Upsidedown, Which Is A Representation Of Fall/Winter.
The Death Of The Season / The Death Of Life.
In Reverse C O R O N A = 96 , Which Is A Representation Of Transformation / Change / As Above So Below.
The Corona Virus Was Created By The Dark Cabal.
The Same Solar Wizards That I Have Been Exposing For Years Now.
67 Is A Code Of Sacrifice For The Dark Cabal.
The Corona Virus Is The Virus Of Chronos, Whom Is The God Of Death, And Whom Is Also The God That The Dark Cabal Worship.
R Is The 18th Letter, A Is The 1st Letter, And T Is The 20th Letter.
And 39 Is The Reflection Of 93 (39=93).
The Name S A T U R N = 93.
Another Code To Look Into Is W U H A N.
The Name W U H A N = 67.
In The U S Flag, There Are 6 White Lines And 7 Red Lines.
- whatthefunk-1
Consider, last year influenza killed 0 children in the US because we were all taking exceptional precautions, masking, distancing, in many cases moving to remote schooling, remote work, closing restaurants and theaters and Disneyland and everything ... and Covid still killed 400 children in the US (and put thousands in the hospital, and set untold thousands more up with chronic health problems) despite all of those measures, while influenza killed 0.
If you want to imagine what those numbers would/will be like if we stop taking precautions and stop masking in public and just start living like it’s 2019, take a look at what's going on in a country that’s too poor to practically, socially distance mask up, keep kids out of group child care and school. If you want to see how vulnerable children really are to covid in a place that can't afford to do those things, take a look at Indonesia right now. They're literally losing 150 kids a week to COVID.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/…
Our death rates are low because we've put in a lot of effort. Anyone who argues that kids have no/low risks don’t understand how hard we’ve been working to mitigate real risk, and what the consequences of just giving up, stop masking, distancing, protecting them, etc and letting them get Covid would be like.
- Yeah, I'm concerned for my son (12). Orange Co, Florida has stopped youth sports again. We are in Orange Co, CA, playing Pop Warner. School starts soon...lemmy_k
- that's a rough one, those are some difficult decisions to makewhatthefunk
- fucking NYT will make you afraid of your own shadow. shame on you for eating up their horseshit.pr2
- Indonesia has 5x the childhood mortality of US; 1/15 of the per person income and 2x the population density. This is not comparing apples to oranges - rather...pr2
- ...it's comparing apples to pigeon shit and somehow managing to find correlations. Leave it to NYT's "stable geniuses" to do just that.pr2
- PhanLo0
- sclfield?tank02
- He groomed that kid apparently, met him at some drama thing when he was 15, eventually got him on his show. Big Phil, the family man.PhanLo
- https://www.thesteep…PhanLo
- utopian-1
- Ramanisky2-1
Word!!!!!!
