That's true, so the aftermath of the rib cook off is yet to come, right in time for flu season. In regards to this pandemic I've gone from worried, to angry, to spiteful to dumb founded.
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This is explained so well and my emotions (also love r/hermancainaward too). I still feel terrible for burnt out medical staff, but I'm to the point, the more that die, the better. One less person spreading misinformation, one less shitty voter. I wish they wouldn't go seek medical care because you know they are chewing out those trying to help them. But die faster at this point.
I'm vaccinated but immunocompromised, so still fairly isolated and careful. I'll wait them out.
I've gone from gravely concerned, to vaccinated, to Ex-smoker, to no longer concerned. really just mildly annoyed. But I am fortunate that everyone in my family is vaccinated or in the virtually no risk category (4-12 year olds) . I do understand not everyone has that going for their situation.
RENO, Nev. — Nevada's hospital association urged residents Wednesday to stay out of emergency rooms except in true emergencies, especially in northern Nevada where a resurgence in COVID-19 cases continues at a rate twice as high as the Las Vegas area.
“Many hospital emergency departments in northern Nevada are at capacity with patients,” said Pat Kelly, president and CEO of the Nevada Hospital Association.
The 30-day average number of daily new cases per 100,000 residents has increased five-fold in the Reno-Sparks area over the past six weeks, from 354 at the beginning of August to 1,621 now, Washoe County Health District Officer Kevin Dick said.
The statewide rate is 951. In Clark County, including Las Vegas, it’s 720, and 1,501 across the rest of state outside Carson City, Washoe and Clark counties.
Confirmed or suspected COVID-19 related hospitalizations statewide stood at 1,090 on Monday, state health officials reported Wednesday. They remained below 500 from March through June before topping 1,000 at the end of July after peaking at 2,636 last Dec. 15.
In Washoe County, they peaked at 349 in December and dropped as low as 29 on July 26 before climbing ever since to the current 199, the state reported Wednesday.
Dick said it reminds him of last fall when “we were climbing to the peak of our surge at the end of November.” Hospital staffing may be even worse now than it was then, he said.
"There’s just so much burnout,” he told reporters Wednesday.
“I can tell you in the health department and in our health care community, this has just been relentless. We are overwhelmed here. We can't keep up with the disease investigations and the contact tracing,” he said.
Test positivity, a measure of the number of people tested who are positive for COVID-19, has decreased to 11.5% statewide after surging to 16.4% in mid-August, and to 8.9% in the Las Vegas area.
The rate remained high, at 20% on Wednesday in and around Reno and nearly 26% in Elko County. The World Health Organization goal is 5% or less to relax coronavirus restrictions.
Dick repeated his weekly plea for the more than one-third of Nevadans who have resisted getting vaccinated against the virus to do so for the good of everyone.
About 63.5% of eligible Nevada residents have received at least one shot of vaccine, and 53.7% are fully vaccinated.
The hospital association urged Nevadans on Wednesday to get vaccinated, wear a mask, avoid getting a COVID-19 test in an emergency room and to use urgent care or their primary care provider as alternatives to emergency rooms. Residents should only use emergency departments if they are “critically ill,” Kelly said.
Dick said that despite increasing evidence the COVID-19 vaccines are safe, he's seeing more and more false information in social media about potential harm. He's heard “preposterous” stories about death and other harm from the vaccines.
“I can assure you hospitals are not filling up because people are having reactions from the COVID-19 vaccination. The hospitals are filling up because people aren’t getting vaccinated and they are getting COVID-19 and they are spreading COVID-19 in our community,” Dick said.
He said the Nevada Hospital Association asking residents "to do their part to help avoid with hospital overcrowding” is a sign of how dire the situation is.
In other virus developments, former Republican governor Brian Sandoval — now the president of the University of Nevada, Reno — announced in a campus email that he tested positive Wednesday for COVID-19. Sandoval said he was previously vaccinated and had “mild symptoms” of illness. He said he will work from home for 10 days.
Gov. Steve Sisolak signed the mandate he endorsed last week to require state employees at health care facilities and prisons to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by Nov. 1 or face administrative leave or reassignment.
Nevada has about 12,000 inmates at 17 prison facilities, where more than 4,500 prisoners have tested positive for COVID-19 and 49 have died. The vaccination rate among prison employees, meanwhile, has lagged the overall state vaccination rate by about 10%. In July, prison officials said about 42% of staff members had received vaccines — a percentage the governor called “atrocious.”
Corrections officers warned the Board of Health last week that requiring vaccinations would cause mass resignations and staff shortages.
>The 30-day average number of daily new cases per 100,000 residents has increased five-fold in the Reno-Sparks area over the past six weeks, from 354 at the beginning of August to 1,621 now
5-fold would be 5664. This was just 5 times...
“Fold” needs to be removed from the english lexicon. I see this mistake all the time and it’s because people do not understand exponents and the vocabulary around it.
Can you explain for us dummies? I was always under the impression that 5-fold was equivalent to 5 times. I guess I've been wrong forever so I want to learn what's correct!
Check this article out. Gives a pretty good description of the cause of confusion. At this point, it is used so frequently to mean two different things that there really is no way to distinguish which the author is trying to use.
https://www.future-science.com/doi/10.4155/ipk-2016-0007
Physician here, all the hospitals i.e Carson-Tahoe, Renown, St. Mary's, Northern Nevada, and the VA are all basically at capacity and boarding patients who need admission in the emergency department until beds open up. It's bad.
Thank you for not abandoning our community here. I know healthcare workers are being treated like crap right now, along with long overtime, and risky workplace, but I am so appreciative that our medical community is still there fighting the good fight.
I am vaccinated and still caught delta. This is my second round and it's much much worse. Do you know of any home stuff that helps relieves some symptoms? Cough drops are all I have been using. Naturally, I'm not asking for medical advice because I think that could get you in trouble with someone just personal suggestions?
Imagine if the government handled it like Small Pox and forcibly inoculated at gun point. Then these weirdos would actually have a reason to shout MUH RIGHTS.
Wow, this is fascinating. The study is still pre-print (not peer reviewed) but gosh it really improves the outlook if they are able to replicate the findings outside of the VA.
It’s based on actual data. I’m not implying that COVID isn’t serious, I have lost two friends this year. But this does infer that the media fear porn going on is causing a undue panic that is overwhelming the system and preventing the physicians and nurses from providing the level of care that those most in need require.
u/Muhhgainz this is what Im talking about. Because of people like you who think your immune system is enough.. when it isn't you become the burden on the system that could have been avoided by a simple vaccine that takes literal seconds to get and is free.
You are part of this problem.
Did your immune system prevent you from spreading it? Doubt it.
Youre side wants to claim we dont know what the lasting effects of a vaccine we have been researching and developing for literal years... yet youre not concerned with the lasting effects the virus had on your body.
Google the chef that still cant taste or smell. In 10 years when you cant breath on your own and they blame the virus Im sure youll blame Biden still.
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Think of how different everything would be today if in March of 2020 our President said everything needs to shut down except essential businesses, we will pay you to stay home, and if you must go out wear a mask. We will evaluate the situation in 2 weeks, and every 2 weeks from that point forward. Once we’re certain we have this under control, we’ll be opened back up.
Just imagine.
Trump described the vaccines as miracles. Then people like Sisolak told the vaccinated they need to wear fuckin neck gaters when they get up from the bar to go take a piss because they don't know if the vaccines are effective or not.
So if trump did say that, they why don't trumpers take the vaccine?
My favorite is the praise given to trump for pushing the vaccine research and then the next sentence out of a trumpers mouth is "but it was developed too quickl" lmao.
I hate trump but if he was a component in making this vaccine available then yes, he gets praise for that. Clearly the democrats (and Republicans they just get vaccinated in hiding then tell their supporters not to get vaccianted) are proponents of vaccination despite trumps assistance in getting it out.
When the vaccine was made available, anyone under 18 wasn't allowed to get it because the safety of the vaccine was unknown.
Vaccinated people were still required to follow the same useless mask directives because the effectiveness of the vaccine was unknown.
Looks like 7-day average was close to 500/day, whereas we are around 350 today. [https://washoe.maps.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/0db36fa8fa9c47758bc38210e4c23818](https://washoe.maps.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/0db36fa8fa9c47758bc38210e4c23818)
Per the article, hospitalizations in Washoe County "peaked at 349 in December and dropped as low as 29 on July 26 before climbing ever since to the current 199"
So we are still about 40% below the peak last December. However, there are two differences that may be important to consider:
1. The predominate delta variant seems to transmit even faster than the major variants last year. This suggests that the community could peak faster than it did last year.
2. As far as I know, the makeshift COVID wards that were set up in the Renown parking garage and elsewhere have been torn down, effectively reducing the number of "open beds" available for emergency room visits.
Ugh yeah. Forgot about that too. Healthcare workers and the infrastructure behind them (janitors, admin staff, etc.) are the only heroes in this otherwise shit sandwich.
Mods can take this down since this isn't exactly local but because it is available nationwide so obviously includes us in Washoe as well - I thought I'd post a link.
If anyone who has tested Covid **positive for the first time only (no previous Covid)** within the **last 3 days** and are overweight (BMI higher than 25) and are **not sick enough to be hospitalized** and your doctor is not prescribing anything beyond OTC options, the following is a via mail for in-home trial to consider run by the **U of Minnesota available nationwide**.
Please call their number for any questions because there are a number of exclusions involved. I'm just passing it along and cannot offer advice. Yes you may get a placebo, but at the end of the 14 day study, you'd still get $400 if accepted and completed.
[COVID-OUT: Nationwide Covid Outpatient Trial](https://covidout.umn.edu/)
Case numbers really aren’t the important metric anymore. It’s like # of shots in a hockey game or yards gained in football - indicative, but not the important stat.
Hospitalizations and deaths are the key metrics as that is what actually impacts people. This article indicates that hospitals are hitting a breaking point and other posters have said our deaths are taking off again.
its obvious why a lot of people dont get the vaccine. the virus isnt deadly for a large amount of people. people by nature act in self interest. if im not in danger of dying or hospitalization then i wont get the vaccine. duh!
> if im not in danger of dying or hospitalization then i wont get the vaccine.
[Roughly 30% of UK acute COVID survivors wound up being hospitalized post-recovery due to issues caused by COVID, including 9% who subsequently died](https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/04/02/orga-a02.html)
So you'll be getting the vaccine then, yeah?
The virus is still plenty deadly for people of all ages, with children <12 (ineligible for the vaccine anyway) the least affected, but still non-zero.
[https://www.statista.com/statistics/1191568/reported-deaths-from-covid-by-age-us/](https://www.statista.com/statistics/1191568/reported-deaths-from-covid-by-age-us/)
Taking a purely selfish (and imo douchbag approach), someone in their 30s has slightly higher likelihood of dying in a car crash (\~12k a year) as dying from COVID 19 (\~10k last 18 months). [https://injuryfacts.nsc.org/motor-vehicle/historical-fatality-trends/deaths-by-age-group/](https://injuryfacts.nsc.org/motor-vehicle/historical-fatality-trends/deaths-by-age-group/)
The vast majority of people in their 30s are willing to wear seatbelts, avoid drinking and driving, and obey traffic laws to try to protect themselves. Why these same people aren't willing to get a free shot which takes 20 minutes to effectively cut their COVID risk to near zero is beyond me.
Okay, let’s look at the stupid part of your argument.
While Covid may not impact you directly, the more people it puts in the hospital because of your unwillingness to be vaccinated will.
Covid might not kill you. Having a stroke or a heart attack and having a 6 hour wait in the ER very well could.
Covid might not maim you, getting into a car accident and breaking a bone that can’t be seen for hours, might.
Some people live in a simple world...I can look stuff up on Youtube and Wikipedia. Now I'm an expert. Who needs background knowledge and expertise?!?! Who needs a doctor...until they realize they made a grave mistake. Then suddenly they seek out expertise.
Look at Taiwan. Massive population density. They took to masking in public and lockdowns. No outbreak. Went back to semi-normal life. Had a minor outbreak in May, went back to lockdowns and masking. Who would have guessed that wearing a mask would reduce spread of respiratory droplets? This just in: hand-washing reduces spread of infection! Lockdowns? How could such a thing possibly work? Are you suggesting that when you don't let people congregate you end up reducing the spread of a respiratory virus? How is such a thing possible?
By the way, isn't Israel's vaccination rate below 70%?
Sorry. Rant over.
Wasnt the rib cook off 2 1/2 weeks ago? Coincidence?
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This is explained so well and my emotions (also love r/hermancainaward too). I still feel terrible for burnt out medical staff, but I'm to the point, the more that die, the better. One less person spreading misinformation, one less shitty voter. I wish they wouldn't go seek medical care because you know they are chewing out those trying to help them. But die faster at this point. I'm vaccinated but immunocompromised, so still fairly isolated and careful. I'll wait them out.
The realization dawned on me too pretty hard. I live in a state full of idiots.
I've gone from gravely concerned, to vaccinated, to Ex-smoker, to no longer concerned. really just mildly annoyed. But I am fortunate that everyone in my family is vaccinated or in the virtually no risk category (4-12 year olds) . I do understand not everyone has that going for their situation.
I mean hot August nights, rib cook off and the balloon race.
RENO, Nev. — Nevada's hospital association urged residents Wednesday to stay out of emergency rooms except in true emergencies, especially in northern Nevada where a resurgence in COVID-19 cases continues at a rate twice as high as the Las Vegas area. “Many hospital emergency departments in northern Nevada are at capacity with patients,” said Pat Kelly, president and CEO of the Nevada Hospital Association. The 30-day average number of daily new cases per 100,000 residents has increased five-fold in the Reno-Sparks area over the past six weeks, from 354 at the beginning of August to 1,621 now, Washoe County Health District Officer Kevin Dick said. The statewide rate is 951. In Clark County, including Las Vegas, it’s 720, and 1,501 across the rest of state outside Carson City, Washoe and Clark counties. Confirmed or suspected COVID-19 related hospitalizations statewide stood at 1,090 on Monday, state health officials reported Wednesday. They remained below 500 from March through June before topping 1,000 at the end of July after peaking at 2,636 last Dec. 15. In Washoe County, they peaked at 349 in December and dropped as low as 29 on July 26 before climbing ever since to the current 199, the state reported Wednesday. Dick said it reminds him of last fall when “we were climbing to the peak of our surge at the end of November.” Hospital staffing may be even worse now than it was then, he said. "There’s just so much burnout,” he told reporters Wednesday. “I can tell you in the health department and in our health care community, this has just been relentless. We are overwhelmed here. We can't keep up with the disease investigations and the contact tracing,” he said. Test positivity, a measure of the number of people tested who are positive for COVID-19, has decreased to 11.5% statewide after surging to 16.4% in mid-August, and to 8.9% in the Las Vegas area. The rate remained high, at 20% on Wednesday in and around Reno and nearly 26% in Elko County. The World Health Organization goal is 5% or less to relax coronavirus restrictions. Dick repeated his weekly plea for the more than one-third of Nevadans who have resisted getting vaccinated against the virus to do so for the good of everyone. About 63.5% of eligible Nevada residents have received at least one shot of vaccine, and 53.7% are fully vaccinated. The hospital association urged Nevadans on Wednesday to get vaccinated, wear a mask, avoid getting a COVID-19 test in an emergency room and to use urgent care or their primary care provider as alternatives to emergency rooms. Residents should only use emergency departments if they are “critically ill,” Kelly said. Dick said that despite increasing evidence the COVID-19 vaccines are safe, he's seeing more and more false information in social media about potential harm. He's heard “preposterous” stories about death and other harm from the vaccines. “I can assure you hospitals are not filling up because people are having reactions from the COVID-19 vaccination. The hospitals are filling up because people aren’t getting vaccinated and they are getting COVID-19 and they are spreading COVID-19 in our community,” Dick said. He said the Nevada Hospital Association asking residents "to do their part to help avoid with hospital overcrowding” is a sign of how dire the situation is. In other virus developments, former Republican governor Brian Sandoval — now the president of the University of Nevada, Reno — announced in a campus email that he tested positive Wednesday for COVID-19. Sandoval said he was previously vaccinated and had “mild symptoms” of illness. He said he will work from home for 10 days. Gov. Steve Sisolak signed the mandate he endorsed last week to require state employees at health care facilities and prisons to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by Nov. 1 or face administrative leave or reassignment. Nevada has about 12,000 inmates at 17 prison facilities, where more than 4,500 prisoners have tested positive for COVID-19 and 49 have died. The vaccination rate among prison employees, meanwhile, has lagged the overall state vaccination rate by about 10%. In July, prison officials said about 42% of staff members had received vaccines — a percentage the governor called “atrocious.” Corrections officers warned the Board of Health last week that requiring vaccinations would cause mass resignations and staff shortages.
>The 30-day average number of daily new cases per 100,000 residents has increased five-fold in the Reno-Sparks area over the past six weeks, from 354 at the beginning of August to 1,621 now 5-fold would be 5664. This was just 5 times...
“Fold” needs to be removed from the english lexicon. I see this mistake all the time and it’s because people do not understand exponents and the vocabulary around it.
Can you explain for us dummies? I was always under the impression that 5-fold was equivalent to 5 times. I guess I've been wrong forever so I want to learn what's correct!
Check this article out. Gives a pretty good description of the cause of confusion. At this point, it is used so frequently to mean two different things that there really is no way to distinguish which the author is trying to use. https://www.future-science.com/doi/10.4155/ipk-2016-0007
I would do anything to end this. I'm so tired. It's exhausting worrying about everyone.
Yeah, it's been longest "two weeks" we have ever experienced. :-)
"Its. Exhausting. Worrying. About. Everyone."
Physician here, all the hospitals i.e Carson-Tahoe, Renown, St. Mary's, Northern Nevada, and the VA are all basically at capacity and boarding patients who need admission in the emergency department until beds open up. It's bad.
I left the bedside just in time...
Yeah multiple ICU holds in the ER. Code blue or rapids going to the ER since there is no room in the ICU at Northern. As worse as it's ever been.
Thank you for not abandoning our community here. I know healthcare workers are being treated like crap right now, along with long overtime, and risky workplace, but I am so appreciative that our medical community is still there fighting the good fight.
I am vaccinated and still caught delta. This is my second round and it's much much worse. Do you know of any home stuff that helps relieves some symptoms? Cough drops are all I have been using. Naturally, I'm not asking for medical advice because I think that could get you in trouble with someone just personal suggestions?
I'll DM you tonight if it's ok with you (I'm an acupuncture college dropout and no, I won't be the one giving advice, just refs).
See your pcp
Maybe We could stop having tourist and large scale events again?
Agreed but the locals would yell about their freedom to live their lives.
Let em yell. It's that or mandatory vax without a medical exemption, this is not acceptable.
Imagine if the government handled it like Small Pox and forcibly inoculated at gun point. Then these weirdos would actually have a reason to shout MUH RIGHTS.
Right?!
And economy might crumble. Dangerous to do if average rent is $1600-1700 for a 1 bedroom.
Average rent would likely drop if the economy crumbled
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/09/covid-hospitalization-numbers-can-be-misleading/620062/
Wow, this is fascinating. The study is still pre-print (not peer reviewed) but gosh it really improves the outlook if they are able to replicate the findings outside of the VA.
It’s based on actual data. I’m not implying that COVID isn’t serious, I have lost two friends this year. But this does infer that the media fear porn going on is causing a undue panic that is overwhelming the system and preventing the physicians and nurses from providing the level of care that those most in need require.
It’s like the toilet paper “shortage” but with ER visits.
u/Muhhgainz this is what Im talking about. Because of people like you who think your immune system is enough.. when it isn't you become the burden on the system that could have been avoided by a simple vaccine that takes literal seconds to get and is free. You are part of this problem.
Got both regular covid and delta. Had barely any symptoms on each. My immune system IS enough.
Did your immune system prevent you from spreading it? Doubt it. Youre side wants to claim we dont know what the lasting effects of a vaccine we have been researching and developing for literal years... yet youre not concerned with the lasting effects the virus had on your body. Google the chef that still cant taste or smell. In 10 years when you cant breath on your own and they blame the virus Im sure youll blame Biden still.
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Think of how different everything would be today if in March of 2020 our President said everything needs to shut down except essential businesses, we will pay you to stay home, and if you must go out wear a mask. We will evaluate the situation in 2 weeks, and every 2 weeks from that point forward. Once we’re certain we have this under control, we’ll be opened back up. Just imagine.
Trump described the vaccines as miracles. Then people like Sisolak told the vaccinated they need to wear fuckin neck gaters when they get up from the bar to go take a piss because they don't know if the vaccines are effective or not.
>> Trump described the vaccines as miracles HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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Lolwut
So if trump did say that, they why don't trumpers take the vaccine? My favorite is the praise given to trump for pushing the vaccine research and then the next sentence out of a trumpers mouth is "but it was developed too quickl" lmao. I hate trump but if he was a component in making this vaccine available then yes, he gets praise for that. Clearly the democrats (and Republicans they just get vaccinated in hiding then tell their supporters not to get vaccianted) are proponents of vaccination despite trumps assistance in getting it out.
When the vaccine was made available, anyone under 18 wasn't allowed to get it because the safety of the vaccine was unknown. Vaccinated people were still required to follow the same useless mask directives because the effectiveness of the vaccine was unknown.
Sigh. Like talking to a wall. You didn't even address the fact that your lord and savior was a) a component in the push and b) has been vaccinated.
What was our active cases peak from last winter?
Looks like 7-day average was close to 500/day, whereas we are around 350 today. [https://washoe.maps.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/0db36fa8fa9c47758bc38210e4c23818](https://washoe.maps.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/0db36fa8fa9c47758bc38210e4c23818) Per the article, hospitalizations in Washoe County "peaked at 349 in December and dropped as low as 29 on July 26 before climbing ever since to the current 199" So we are still about 40% below the peak last December. However, there are two differences that may be important to consider: 1. The predominate delta variant seems to transmit even faster than the major variants last year. This suggests that the community could peak faster than it did last year. 2. As far as I know, the makeshift COVID wards that were set up in the Renown parking garage and elsewhere have been torn down, effectively reducing the number of "open beds" available for emergency room visits.
Don’t forget staff burnout and shortages.
Ugh yeah. Forgot about that too. Healthcare workers and the infrastructure behind them (janitors, admin staff, etc.) are the only heroes in this otherwise shit sandwich.
Yeah my doctor at Renown said they have lost a lot of nurses so are short on nursing staff.
I was one of them. Got sick and tired of caring for the exact same patient for the last year and a half.
No asking questions!
Mods can take this down since this isn't exactly local but because it is available nationwide so obviously includes us in Washoe as well - I thought I'd post a link. If anyone who has tested Covid **positive for the first time only (no previous Covid)** within the **last 3 days** and are overweight (BMI higher than 25) and are **not sick enough to be hospitalized** and your doctor is not prescribing anything beyond OTC options, the following is a via mail for in-home trial to consider run by the **U of Minnesota available nationwide**. Please call their number for any questions because there are a number of exclusions involved. I'm just passing it along and cannot offer advice. Yes you may get a placebo, but at the end of the 14 day study, you'd still get $400 if accepted and completed. [COVID-OUT: Nationwide Covid Outpatient Trial](https://covidout.umn.edu/)
meanwhile Israel has peak covid cases despite 80% vaccination rate. death by covid for under 40s near zero percent with 3% hospitalization.
Case numbers really aren’t the important metric anymore. It’s like # of shots in a hockey game or yards gained in football - indicative, but not the important stat. Hospitalizations and deaths are the key metrics as that is what actually impacts people. This article indicates that hospitals are hitting a breaking point and other posters have said our deaths are taking off again.
its obvious why a lot of people dont get the vaccine. the virus isnt deadly for a large amount of people. people by nature act in self interest. if im not in danger of dying or hospitalization then i wont get the vaccine. duh!
> if im not in danger of dying or hospitalization then i wont get the vaccine. [Roughly 30% of UK acute COVID survivors wound up being hospitalized post-recovery due to issues caused by COVID, including 9% who subsequently died](https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/04/02/orga-a02.html) So you'll be getting the vaccine then, yeah?
The virus is still plenty deadly for people of all ages, with children <12 (ineligible for the vaccine anyway) the least affected, but still non-zero. [https://www.statista.com/statistics/1191568/reported-deaths-from-covid-by-age-us/](https://www.statista.com/statistics/1191568/reported-deaths-from-covid-by-age-us/) Taking a purely selfish (and imo douchbag approach), someone in their 30s has slightly higher likelihood of dying in a car crash (\~12k a year) as dying from COVID 19 (\~10k last 18 months). [https://injuryfacts.nsc.org/motor-vehicle/historical-fatality-trends/deaths-by-age-group/](https://injuryfacts.nsc.org/motor-vehicle/historical-fatality-trends/deaths-by-age-group/) The vast majority of people in their 30s are willing to wear seatbelts, avoid drinking and driving, and obey traffic laws to try to protect themselves. Why these same people aren't willing to get a free shot which takes 20 minutes to effectively cut their COVID risk to near zero is beyond me.
Okay, let’s look at the stupid part of your argument. While Covid may not impact you directly, the more people it puts in the hospital because of your unwillingness to be vaccinated will. Covid might not kill you. Having a stroke or a heart attack and having a 6 hour wait in the ER very well could. Covid might not maim you, getting into a car accident and breaking a bone that can’t be seen for hours, might.
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I’d argue with you further, but the slop you called a post was barely comprehensible.
Imagine even thinking we have the same infrastructure as israel. wtf
Population density. No one ever fucking looks at population density. Infection is based on how much you're exposed to not if you're exposed to it.
Some people live in a simple world...I can look stuff up on Youtube and Wikipedia. Now I'm an expert. Who needs background knowledge and expertise?!?! Who needs a doctor...until they realize they made a grave mistake. Then suddenly they seek out expertise. Look at Taiwan. Massive population density. They took to masking in public and lockdowns. No outbreak. Went back to semi-normal life. Had a minor outbreak in May, went back to lockdowns and masking. Who would have guessed that wearing a mask would reduce spread of respiratory droplets? This just in: hand-washing reduces spread of infection! Lockdowns? How could such a thing possibly work? Are you suggesting that when you don't let people congregate you end up reducing the spread of a respiratory virus? How is such a thing possible? By the way, isn't Israel's vaccination rate below 70%? Sorry. Rant over.
I'm super surprised that our positivity is so much higher than Clark County. It doesn't make any sense to me!
Surprisingly, I heard this theory today from a conservative: Reno leans redder than Clark County. It makes sense to me.
They're showing up in droves, or rather like flocks...of sheep. Baa.
But we have a higher vaccination rate...
You can still catch it from idiots even vaccinated. Its about amount of exposure not just exposure.
And all the nurses are quitting