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gioff2323 said:
i take it you did not read the article or understand the point, but the area of agreement is things are trending in right direction.

all that to the side, the challenge will be with the onset of flu season at end of year
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www.thedenverchannel.com

This year's mild flu season comes with good and bad news

In part, because of COVID-19 restrictions and mask wearing, flu cases and deaths remain remarkably low compared to last season. While that’s good news, there may be cause for concern for next year’s flu season.
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Governor Lamont Announces Plans To Ease Some COVID-19 Restrictions in Connecticut - Hey Stamford!

Governor Ned Lamont today announced that in the coming days he plans to revise some requirements that were implemented in Connecticut in the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly when it comes to those relating to capacity levels and travel restrictions. The governor stressed that while...
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Beginning Friday, April 2, 2021

Outdoor amusement parks can open
Outdoor event venues can increase to a 50% capacity, capped at 10,000 people <---hello Football
Indoor stadiums can open at 10% capacity
Summer camps and summer festivals are advised to begin the planning stages to open for the upcoming season
 
Exit 4 said:
heystamford.com

Governor Lamont Announces Plans To Ease Some COVID-19 Restrictions in Connecticut - Hey Stamford!

Governor Ned Lamont today announced that in the coming days he plans to revise some requirements that were implemented in Connecticut in the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly when it comes to those relating to capacity levels and travel restrictions. The governor stressed that while...
heystamford.com heystamford.com


Beginning Friday, April 2, 2021

Outdoor amusement parks can open
Outdoor event venues can increase to a 50% capacity, capped at 10,000 people <---hello Football
Indoor stadiums can open at 10% capacity
Summer camps and summer festivals are advised to begin the planning stages to open for the upcoming season
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Can I use the bathroom at the Goodwill store yet? They said they closed them due to the virus rules, but I can go in the one next door at the Stop & Shop. Weird.
 
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Fairfield_1st said:
Can I use the bathroom at the Goodwill store yet? They said they closed them due to the virus rules, but I can go in the one next door at the Stop & Shop. Weird.
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As a private business, they don't need a reason to close their bathrooms to the public.

What is so special about the restroom at Goodwill? Heated seat?
 
Fairfield_1st said:
Can I use the bathroom at the Goodwill store yet? They said they closed them due to the virus rules, but I can go in the one next door at the Stop & Shop. Weird.
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You could also go around to the rear of Stop & Shop and go in the woods.
 
Fairfield_1st said:
Can I use the bathroom at the Goodwill store yet? They said they closed them due to the virus rules, but I can go in the one next door at the Stop & Shop. Weird.
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My local McDonald's doesn't allow people in the restaurant. They don;t need to - their drive through business is insane and they are saving on the labor associated to cleaning the customer area and bathroom. You can call it covid but it's really just a business decision at this point.
 
Interesting and very positive (pardon the pun) anecdote. My kids' school is doing pooled covid testing. It's a weekly testing program that tests all kids who participate. Over 900 kids are enrolled and so far not one positive case. The overall 7 day average positive rate in MA is 1.66%.
 
huskypantz said:
Interesting and very positive (pardon the pun) anecdote. My kids' school is doing pooled covid testing. It's a weekly testing program that tests all kids who participate. Over 900 kids are enrolled and so far not one positive case. The overall 7 day average positive rate in MA is 1.66%.
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My wife teaches in West Haven - last Thursday they had 15 teachers out, multiple busses and classrooms quarantined (again), and were remote on Friday. They are back in today, but it as been a clown show of sporadic closures / quarantines. Still better to try than to stay remote, but anyone that says it doesn't spread in the schools is either not living in reality or living in places where everyone has money and can manage social distancing better.

Getting the teachers vaccinated by the end of March will be HUGE!
 
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J187Money said:
My wife teaches in West Haven - last Thursday they had 15 teachers out, multiple busses and classrooms quarantined (again), and were remote on Friday. They are back in today, but it as been a clown show of sporadic closures / quarantines. Still better to try than to stay remote, but anyone that says it doesn't spread in the schools is either not living in reality or living in places where everyone has money and can manage social distancing better.

Getting the teachers vaccinated by the end of March will be HUGE!
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We've had many bumps with similar scenarios. Several times 1/2 the grade went remote for a day or sometimes a week. Overall though our middle school has probably averaged about 90% live instruction (for those opted in for full time live instruction) with some kids caught up in multiple outbreaks leading to about 80% live days obtained and some kids lucky enough to never experience an outbreak within their cohort. The other thing, the in school transmission has been astonishingly low. Kid to kid transfer almost never happens. The vast majority of the time it came from travel team sports and/or family and none of the kids exposed at school actually test positive.
 
In a southern state. Daughter has been is person since August except for a couple of days. There have been a handful of cases throughout the school with none being traced to in-school activity. Most if not all were caused by family travel and a couple of sports teams. I am happy my daughter had a “normal” senior year. Contrary to popular belief, the lack of a mask mandate was not a major issue as most people are wearing masks. Restaurants have also not had a traceable impact on are cases. Businesses figured out how to do things correctly and if they didn’t people were quick show dissatisfaction.
I am hoping that we are nearing the end of the pandemic. The longer those supposed variant increases take to happen the more people get vaccines.
 
UConnRock said:
In a southern state. Daughter has been is person since August except for a couple of days. There have been a handful of cases throughout the school with none being traced to in-school activity. Most if not all were caused by family travel and a couple of sports teams. I am happy my daughter had a “normal” senior year. Contrary to popular belief, the lack of a mask mandate was not a major issue as most people are wearing masks. Restaurants have also not had a traceable impact on are cases. Businesses figured out how to do things correctly and if they didn’t people were quick show dissatisfaction.
I am hoping that we are nearing the end of the pandemic. The longer those supposed variant increases take to happen the more people get vaccines.
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Similar.
Kids have been in school all year. Biggest outbreak of the students came in early November and was traced to some Halloween parties.
First half of the year the kids had to carry a plastic shield to put up around their desks. That went away in January. A few teachers and staff have come down the 'rona but nothing serious.
I've been to plenty of restaurants and bars with outside seating and a few with inside seating where spacing out was not an issue.
 
J187Money said:
My wife teaches in West Haven - last Thursday they had 15 teachers out, multiple busses and classrooms quarantined (again), and were remote on Friday. They are back in today, but it as been a clown show of sporadic closures / quarantines. Still better to try than to stay remote, but anyone that says it doesn't spread in the schools is either not living in reality or living in places where everyone has money and can manage social distancing better.

Getting the teachers vaccinated by the end of March will be HUGE!
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My niece is a teacher in the town next to us, just got her J&J shot.
 
Chin Diesel said:
Similar.
Kids have been in school all year. Biggest outbreak of the students came in early November and was traced to some Halloween parties.
First half of the year the kids had to carry a plastic shield to put up around their desks. That went away in January. A few teachers and staff have come down the 'rona but nothing serious.
I've been to plenty of restaurants and bars with outside seating and a few with inside seating where spacing out was not an issue.
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We had a few positives just before thanksgiving and our group went remote for two weeks. That’s been it. We’ve also been eating out every other week (indoor dining). Fingers crossed but after a scary December it’s been a stark contrast.
 
Not that anyone is counting but the national positivity rate is now under 4%. That took a month. There are still 5 and a half months to kick off. I know this is a somewhat bizzare way to think about it. But to me, a normal football season would signal normalcy in America. We are administering between two and three million doses of vaccine a day. There are about 160 days to the end of August. That would get us pretty darn close to full vaccination. And the vaxes seem to be protecting people from the variants.

So keep you fingers crossed and stay optimistic. Other positive signs of note. The seven day average of new cases (per day) dropped from a high 250,000 in the middle of January to a current number below 60,000.

In roughly the same time period the seven day average of deaths (per day) went from 3,400+ to just over 1000+.

Those numbers are not good. But they are better and trending the right way. I may buy season tickets in April.
 
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Palatine said:
Not that anyone is counting but the national positivity rate is now under 4%. That took a month. There are still 5 and a half months to kick off. I know this is a somewhat bizzare way to think about it. But to me, a normal football season would signal normalcy in America. We are administering between two and three million doses of vaccine a day. There are about 160 days to the end of August. That would get us pretty darn close to full vaccination. And the vaxes seem to be protecting people from the variants.

So keep you fingers crossed and stay optimistic. Other positive signs of note. The seven day average of new cases (per day) dropped from a high 250,000 in the middle of January to a current number below 60,000.

In roughly the same time period the seven day average of deaths (per day) went from 3,400+ to just over 1000+.

Those numbers are not good. But they are better and trending the right way. I may buy season tickets in April.
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CMON MAN YOU’RE JINXING IT THIRD WAVE AND ITS GOING TO BE ALL YOUR FAULT
 
Palatine said:
Not that anyone is counting but the national positivity rate is now under 4%. That took a month. There are still 5 and a half months to kick off. I know this is a somewhat bizzare way to think about it. But to me, a normal football season would signal normalcy in America. We are administering between two and three million doses of vaccine a day. There are about 160 days to the end of August. That would get us pretty darn close to full vaccination. And the vaxes seem to be protecting people from the variants.

So keep you fingers crossed and stay optimistic. Other positive signs of note. The seven day average of new cases (per day) dropped from a high 250,000 in the middle of January to a current number below 60,000.

In roughly the same time period the seven day average of deaths (per day) went from 3,400+ to just over 1000+.

Those numbers are not good. But they are better and trending the right way. I may buy season tickets in April.
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Unfortunately there are too many people who don't think they need to get the vaccine and it's going to hinder major progress. However, seeing the numbers drop is great to see. Fingers crossed that this fall can bring an uninterrupted football season!
 
UCFBfan said:
Unfortunately there are too many people who don't think they need to get the vaccine and it's going to hinder major progress. However, seeing the numbers drop is great to see. Fingers crossed that this fall can bring an uninterrupted football season!
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Dropping mostly but seeing upticks some places. And this shows how perspective is everything. New cases in the 50-60,000 rate seems pretty good news now. Those levels were considered awful last spring...

But if people would just suck it up, stop making common sense minor inconvenience a political statement, get vaccines, this can be reduced to the Equivalent of a bad cold by summer. Once you are vaccinated, even If you get it, you feel lousy for a couple of days, then recover.
 
There will be some ups and downs as we get this country vaccinated... I’m pretty confident we’ll get to about 80% by mid summer and that ought to do us well. The interim ups and downs right now are just talking points for the politicians and talking heads with their angles and agendas.
 
Florida and Texas will be the reason the rest of the country gets screwed if they don't get their collective crap together.
 
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We went to two parks yesterday, and the difference in community approach was stark. Both parks were busy, as you would want and expect on a beautiful day. Walnut Hill Park in New Britain, almost everyone had a mask on unless they were running.

In contrast, Norton Park in Plainville, I saw two masks out of maybe 200 people. Playground was packed as were most of the picnic tables. Not a mask in sight in those areas. It seems that section of town has declared the pandemic over.

The rate of vaccination is strong in Connecticut. They are doing a great job. Hopefully, it is enough to get us over the hump. Stay safe, everyone.
 
UCFBfan said:
Unfortunately there are too many people who don't think they need to get the vaccine and it's going to hinder major progress. However, seeing the numbers drop is great to see. Fingers crossed that this fall can bring an uninterrupted football season!
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So called herd immunity is reached when a combination of those vaccinated and have already had the virus is at 60%. You mean Alabama didn't win the NC. Or Tampa the SB?
 
DoctorWho85 said:
Florida and Texas will be the reason the rest of the country gets screwed if they don't get their collective crap together.
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Define collective crap together.

There isn't much of a difference in the top 8-10 most populous states for vaccinations per 100k or total percent of population vaccinated.

Texas is lagging a bit in percent vaccinated- a percent or two below the rest.

NY, CA, FL, OH, GA, VA, etc are all in the same range.
 
Chin Diesel said:
Define collective crap together.

There isn't much of a difference in the top 8-10 most populous states for vaccinations per 100k or total percent of population vaccinated.

Texas is lagging a bit in percent vaccinated- a percent or two below the rest.

NY, CA, FL, OH, GA, VA, etc are all in the same range.
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The most interesting thing is Florida is in the middle of the pack (mid twenties of all states) for cases and deaths per million even though they have had very liberal policies on openings and crowd sizes.
 
DoctorWho85 said:
Florida and Texas will be the reason the rest of the country gets screwed if they don't get their collective crap together.
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I’d much rather take a vacation in Florida or Texas now than in New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Massachusetts or California. The states still under lock down still have no herd immunity.
 
CONN78SEJ said:
I’d much rather take a vacation in Florida or Texas now than in New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Massachusetts or California. The states still under lock down still have no herd immunity.
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I think it's funny how people don't understand that herd immunity doesn't work by having one place or state reach a percentage vaccinated. Do you think that once Florida or Texas hit some number that no one will ever intermingle with others out of state? You only reach herd immunity when the whole reaches it. As it is, we as a country could reach it but it won't fully be a success because the rest of the world is still ravaged by it and it is still spreading and mutating
 
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