Her other commentary is a good deal more colorful…she went on to say that, “Democrats need to get their head out of their a** and Republicans need to stop pointing fingers and everyone needs to get something done. I’d kind of like to be able to live my life.” /2
For those just now tuning in: she turned 12 yesterday, is immunocompromised, and wildly observant of, well, everything. And while I wouldn’t have put it THAT way…she’s not wrong either. /3
It’s not just adults that feel this way. It’s kids who have been whipsawed by political rather than scientific interpretations of the data. I’m doing what I can to prevent mine from losing faith in the American experiment, but she’s tired of hearing you say she doesn’t matter /4
Being lied to about risks for abled, vaccinated folks isn’t helping either. She already has a chronic illness/disability and doesn’t want to make it worse. #LongCovid /5
The anonymous author (protected for security reasons) mentions quite successful temporary lockdowns in other parts of China. This is the way forward, should we finally decide to choose a different path. Here’s an outline…/2
Logistically, zero-Covid is a nightmare in a large country like the US. However, it’s achievable if you begin with small *willing* localities/regions and expand from there - allowing for a brief time only travel within the cleared region, and support area businesses. /3
FYI: The #BA2variant has an R0 of 12. Let’s say you don’t know you’re Covid+ and you go to an indoor event maskless. If you’re vaxxed, you’ll probably survive, but one or two of the 1500+ you’ve spread it to by the end of two weeks will die, and up to 30% will have #LongCovid.
For perspective…in all of 2019, there were 1,775 people who died in alcohol related crashes where the driver was “only a little drunk,” at between .01 to .07 g/dL. You would never ever get behind the wheel if you’d been drinking, due to the risk of killing or maiming someone. /2
The CDC goes to great lengths to inform us of the dangers of secondhand smoke, which is…you know…airborne and stuff. Like Covid. #COVIDisAirborne
That’s why we largely don’t have smoking sections anymore. /3
Questions my kid has asked:
- If there was only one hospital bed left, and there were two kids sick, me and someone healthy…they…would get the bed instead of me because I have a disability? /1
Questions my kid has asked:
-Why doesn’t the government care about kids with disabilities? /2
Questions my kid has asked:
-What will happen when they decide immunocompromised people are “disease vectors” for new variants, and then start saying that with their out loud voices? /3
Here she is at 2. #UnwellToBeginWith, but so proud to be learning about our country in preschool. She’s 11 now, and tells me she doesn’t think anyone in government cares about her because she has a disability. /3
I wholeheartedly condemn GOP members who refused to wear masks in a closed room for hours. Many Dem colleagues are now Covid + as a result. BUT CAN WE TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS FOR TEACHERS? A thread. /1
For hours, masked Dem MOCs were in an enclosed space with unmasked GOP members. Repeat. Dems had masks on. Shoulda been fine, right? Wrong. Let’s talk about aerosols and saturation. Covid is airborne and can linger in the air. /2
Conditions at the Capitol were similar to everyday school environments - especially high school. Crowding, shouting, sporadic adherence to mask wearing. Even in some schools doing a better job at compliance, we’re still talking about closed indoor spaces. /3
So, I didn’t get around to requesting an absentee ballot and I went to early vote today instead. I was also curious as to how the Barrow County BOE was going to live up to the promises the GA SoS made with regards to new machines. TLDR; right to secret ballot = denied. /1
I walked in, encouraged by social distancing stickers and hand sanitizer. Then I approached the election official. No mask. We’ll come back to this issue in a minute.
Then a second poll worker (also no mask) instructed me to pick a machine. Here is where the fun begins.. /2
As I look into the room ahead, there are perhaps 8 machines in a room that looked to be 15’x20’. Machines had cute blue dividers of the sort intended to keep kids from cheating on tests. Cute, I say, in the sense that they were laughable, and as effective as cling wrap pants. /3