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Teachers certainly should be prioritized.

All teachers, staff and admin in our school district received their 1st round of vaccinations 10+ days ago. Round two coming shortly.

I believe Ohio has prioritized teachers, not sure of every other state's plan. I have a friend that teaches at U of Penn and he received his first vaccine back in early January.

28 states plus DC are now allowing teachers to receive Covid-19 vaccines

https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/coro...7224fda8dd3bf77

This gives you a breakdown of which states make it a priority and which states don't.

Is the flu killing anybody these days?

Yes...

But declining, about 3 weeks behind.

Not to mention nowhere near the rate covid kills people. I thought I saw numbers where the flu was way down this year so far compared to average. Probably the mask and distancing. I bet Biden makes mask wearing permanent inside public buildings.





3..2..1..

Last Summer, the same thing was being reported in Australia, New Zealand, etc. Their Winter is in July, as is their flu season. Flu cases were way down, shockingly so. I remember thinking that report was a lone ray of sunshine on a pretty bleak landscape.

It's the masks and distancing.

Yeah, overall it's been a pretty rough year. I try to focus on the positives as well to avoid falling way into the doldrums.

I have enjoyed getting to spend more time with the family at home, and I have enjoyed the fact that I haven't gotten sick during all of this.

He might. Criminals are probably real excited about that. Not long ago, a masked person entering a place of business was robbing the place.

DING! DING! DING! WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER!

I threw that last line (bait) in there about mask being permanent to see how long it would be before one of the resident Trumpians (fish) would respond with yet another whiny negative response about masks... even tried to tip you off with a countdown and you still did it (hook, line, and sinker)... smh

This is why I don't even try to have conversations with you guys anymore. If Trump had been all for masks and told y'all it was life and death important, well you would have been out enforcing mask wearing with baseball bats! But Trump cried, so y'all cry... It reminds me of that old thing they used to say about monkey see monkey do, and y'all have been monkey do doing all over the place.

Haven't they alluded to mask-wearing to stick around for a while, though?

I heard rumblings after Fauci said something about it might be best throughout summer but never heard anything else other than from the Qcamp. And how weakass was that bit about criminal robbers being the only ones to wear masks! LMAO That's a line straight outta the mouth of the great Trumpkin into the minds of his Trumpian bumpkins. I knew somebody would repeat it, or some other stupid thing he said. Peen is smarter than that though, so this one surprised me.

He's been full of........ surprises lately.

Maybe I'm constructing something in my head when he mentioned masks in the next breath after vaccine rollout, plus this was around the time double-masking really started to be floated out there (right after the New Year).

Pretty sure nobody would try to force that after covid, can you imagine? lmao It would be about the same as asking for common sense gun control, heads would explode.

j/c

Florida county commissioner limited vaccine drive to the two richest zip codes and then created a 'VIP list'

A Manatee County, Florida, commissioner broke protocol for equitable vaccine distribution, which she had previously voted in favor of, when planning a vaccine drive initiated by Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Vanessa Baugh admitted on Thursday that she "wanted to make sure certain people were on the list" for vaccination after emails revealed that she directed county officials to create a list to let her and others jump the line. In response to criticism that county officials had only permitted residents from the two richest zip codes in the county to get vaccinated at the event, Baugh further admitted that she picked the zip codes herself.

In a public county commissioner meeting on Thursday, Baugh apologized for the criticism regarding the "pop-up" vaccination site, but said that if presented with the opportunity again, "I will do exactly what I did this time." Baugh further explained that she "did exactly what (DeSantis) wanted" in organizing the vaccine drive.

On Tuesday, in another public county commissioner meeting, Baugh said that the vaccine drive was initiated by DeSantis, a Republican, and involved real estate developer Rex Jensen. A news release on the Manatee County website says it aimed to vaccinate 3,000 people over three days.

One of the emails obtained by CNN through a public records request states that Baugh asked county workers to pull a list of potential vaccine recipients from only two zip codes, who would then participate in the state-sponsored vaccine drive.

"Commissioner Baugh has asked we pull a list of those in the vaccine waiting pool that have listed 34202 and 34211 as their residence," Manatee County Public Safety Director Jacob Saur wrote on February 12.

Manatee County commissioners voted on January 6 to create a system that would distribute vaccines through a system that a source in the Manatee County government said was engineered to be more equitable. Instead of people scrambling to sign up for the first available vaccine appointments when they were made available, vaccine appointments are distributed by Manatee County through a random draw to eligible people that signed up to be in the lottery pool.

Although Baugh directed county employees to deviate from the protocol, she and the rest of the commissioners voted in favor of it unanimously on January 6.

In a Tuesday public county commissioner meeting, County Administrator Cheri Coryea confirmed that in the planning for the governor's pop-up drive, she told Baugh that they should use the random pool and not pick and choose people by zip codes. One of the emails obtained by CNN through a public records request indicates that the county is continuing to use the randomized pool.

A separate email, also obtained by CNN through a public records request, shows that Baugh didn't stop there. It shows on February 15 she also directed that she, Jensen and three others be allowed to cut the line.
A source that was briefed on how the planning process was carried out called it a "VIP list." Also, two of the individuals on that VIP list lived outside the two zip codes that Baugh mandated. All five individuals on the list were qualified to get the vaccine but by adding them to the VIP list, Baugh guaranteed they would skip the line by giving them appointments.

The Bradenton Herald was first to report on the emails.

Census records show those two zip codes in Manatee County have the highest median household income and are overwhelmingly White. Florida Department of Health records show those two zip codes also have some of the lowest Covid-19 infection rates in the county.

Although DeSantis said that the choice of zip codes "was a choice about where's a high concentration of seniors," Baugh made it clear that she was behind the decision.

"It was my idea," Baugh said at the ​Wednesday meeting, but did not offer an explanation for her rationale.

"I think instead of everyone seeming to have an issue, we need to realize it's 3,000 people that are now going to be removed from our registry, which will open it up hopefully sooner to all of those that are left," she said.
Although Baugh utilized county personnel and resources for the drive, fellow county commissioners said in Tuesday's public meeting that they were not consulted or notified about the pop up. They only found out about it through the local newspaper.

CNN reached out to Baugh for comment but did not receive a response.
Lisa Barnott, spokesperson for Jensen and Lakewood Ranch, told CNN in a statement that their involvement in the clinic was only "to help identify a site that could accommodate 1,000 people per day."

"(Baugh) coordinated the use of the site, as well as use of the Manatee County registry of people who had signed up for vaccinations," Barnott went on to say in the statement.

Barnott did not respond to inquiries about Jensen being included on the so-called VIP list.

Manatee County had previously been lauded by DeSantis for their effectiveness at vaccinating people and standing up one of the first drive-thru vaccination programs in the US. Now, the governor threatened to withhold additional doses from the county after the person that he largely put in charge to run it -- Baugh -- was criticized. DeSantis has not criticized Baugh or her methodology in organizing his vaccine drive.

"If Manatee County doesn't like us doing this, then we are totally fine with putting this in counties that want it," DeSantis said.
CNN reached out to DeSantis' press office for comment and has not received a response.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/18/politics/manatee-county-vaccine/index.html?

Well, they didn't really 'force' masking, so no.

The case for double-masking has already been significantly better argued than what currently passes for "common sense" gun control.

And people still think it's a good idea to put the government in charge of our healthcare.

Damn sure not a GOPer government! If that were the case, we might as well be lemmings and run off a cliff every few years because that's what GOPers in power do.

Yup the entire government is corrupt and hates US.

We could go into the corruption within our current medical system as a very strong counterpoint but that's most likely a discussion for a separate thread.

I'm on Medicare and I bought a suppliment to go along with it.

Best health care I've ever had. So I'm not at all sure why anyone would knock a government run system.

I do wish they'd add dental and eyeglasses to that however.

Most of the modern world has accomplished it and many of their healthcare systems rate better than our own. America used to be a nation where people said and did accomplished everything. Now all we hear are excuses as to why we can't do anything.

I never said the current system shouldn't be changed. Given the way the government has handle the pandemic is a strong indicator that putting them in complete control of our healthcare system would be a disaster.

I think if you wish to take a look at how the pandemic has been handled you must take a long look at who was handling it. Or not handling it as the case may be. If anything, it may be that it was left to be handled on a state to state basis and even county to county, community by community basis. Which I think may tend to lean in the opposite direction of what you are proposing.

Is it excuses as to why they can't do anything, or won't do anything.
First if we see continuous motive that the US will put all other countries interests first, then we have to begin to realize they aren't working for the US, they actually must be working for someone else.

Think of it this way, If Mcdonalds developed the Big Mac, and then made sure Burger King, Wendy's, and a ton of other restaurants could sell the Big Mac first before getting around to selling them in their own stores.

Actually think of it more like, if they developed a way to cook something 5times faster than normal, and distributed that technology first.

This is how the left treats America, but nobody can open their (G.Carlin #5) eyes!

in other news, Biden is going to bring Amnesty to 22 million people who may not even want to return to America anyone from even years ago.
And, Who developed Covid Vaccine? and Who got the first ones? The British did.

So anyways back on topic. Covid has now killed 500,000 fellow Americans. Their lives will forever be blood on trumps hands. Finally cases are dwindling fast under the direction of the Biden admin. A real stimulus package is going to be passed soon, and it’s time to kill this trump disease forever and put this behind US.

So, I freaking HATE Pelosi and Shumur and wish everyone could understand that, they don't care about you, they don't care about anyone who lives in any corner of the 50 states of the United States, and even though Biden, (do nothing), has not lifted a finger, to help combat the virus, (in any new way or beyond what had already been being done), it's really not correct for me to blame the fact now 511,000+ Americans have died of Corona Virus,

But, they did much worse than Trump did, in fact, they put America last and make America a thing of the past again, is probably their overlying philosophy.

So, we have, Many people have died of Corona virus, 500K Americans, and these horrific left side party can't even have a, rememberance, or a solemn moment of silence right.

Biden has held two memorials for the victims of covid as of today. But please don't let reality burst your bubble, you sir are on a roll... Please roll on.

Holding 2 memorials isn't really doing anything for Americans. He had this huge plan that he campaigned on. What happened to it?

You obviously don't watch the news or sunday shows. Biden has addressed all the crap Trump brushed under the carpet... Hell he had to start by getting the vaccines. He had to basically design a roll our plan because TRUMP DIDN'T HAVE ONE! He had to bring in people who know what they are doing in regards to infectious disease and the pandemic response, Trump fired everyone who didn't back the lies.

So this BS talking point about Biden with only 1 month in office is exactly that BS. GOPer BS, Trumpian BS, Fox BS... all BS.

Right. The roll out plan has been terrible. Blame that on Biden. You can thank Trump for having a vaccine at all, ahead of all time estimates. Biden hasn't done jack since in office after all the hoopla. Same as Obama campaign promises evaporate into thin air.

I'm sure the libtard lemmings will all rush in to defend Biden and cry whatabout tears. But he hasn't done anything at all about the virus other than a very botched vaccine rollout.

Biden did all I needed him to do by just winning. Getting Trump out was HUGE! Have a nice night.

Florida county commissioner limited vaccine drive to the two richest zip codes and then created a 'VIP list'

(CNN)- A Manatee County, Florida, commissioner broke protocol for equitable vaccine distribution, which she had previously voted in favor of, when planning a vaccine drive initiated by Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Vanessa Baugh admitted on Thursday that she "wanted to make sure certain people were on the list" for vaccination after emails revealed that she directed county officials to create a list to let her and others jump the line. In response to criticism that county officials had only permitted residents from the two richest zip codes in the county to get vaccinated at the event, Baugh further admitted that she picked the zip codes herself.

In a public county commissioner meeting on Thursday, Baugh apologized for the criticism regarding the "pop-up" vaccination site, but said that if presented with the opportunity again, "I will do exactly what I did this time." Baugh further explained that she "did exactly what (DeSantis) wanted" in organizing the vaccine drive.

On Tuesday, in another public county commissioner meeting, Baugh said that the vaccine drive was initiated by DeSantis, a Republican, and involved real estate developer Rex Jensen. A news release on the Manatee County website says it aimed to vaccinate 3,000 people over three days.

One of the emails obtained by CNN through a public records request states that Baugh asked county workers to pull a list of potential vaccine recipients from only two zip codes, who would then participate in the state-sponsored vaccine drive.

"Commissioner Baugh has asked we pull a list of those in the vaccine waiting pool that have listed 34202 and 34211 as their residence," Manatee County Public Safety Director Jacob Saur wrote on February 12.

Manatee County commissioners voted on January 6 to create a system that would distribute vaccines through a system that a source in the Manatee County government said was engineered to be more equitable. Instead of people scrambling to sign up for the first available vaccine appointments when they were made available, vaccine appointments are distributed by Manatee County through a random draw to eligible people that signed up to be in the lottery pool.

Although Baugh directed county employees to deviate from the protocol, she and the rest of the commissioners voted in favor of it unanimously on January 6.

In a Tuesday public county commissioner meeting, County Administrator Cheri Coryea confirmed that in the planning for the governor's pop-up drive, she told Baugh that they should use the random pool and not pick and choose people by zip codes. One of the emails obtained by CNN through a public records request indicates that the county is continuing to use the randomized pool.

A separate email, also obtained by CNN through a public records request, shows that Baugh didn't stop there. It shows on February 15 she also directed that she, Jensen and three others be allowed to cut the line.

A source that was briefed on how the planning process was carried out called it a "VIP list." Also, two of the individuals on that VIP list lived outside the two zip codes that Baugh mandated. All five individuals on the list were qualified to get the vaccine but by adding them to the VIP list, Baugh guaranteed they would skip the line by giving them appointments.

The Bradenton Herald was first to report on the emails.

Census records show those two zip codes in Manatee County have the highest median household income and are overwhelmingly White. Florida Department of Health records show those two zip codes also have some of the lowest Covid-19 infection rates in the county.

Although DeSantis said that the choice of zip codes "was a choice about where's a high concentration of seniors," Baugh made it clear that she was behind the decision.

"It was my idea," Baugh said at the ​Wednesday meeting, but did not offer an explanation for her rationale.

"I think instead of everyone seeming to have an issue, we need to realize it's 3,000 people that are now going to be removed from our registry, which will open it up hopefully sooner to all of those that are left," she said.

Although Baugh utilized county personnel and resources for the drive, fellow county commissioners said in Tuesday's public meeting that they were not consulted or notified about the pop up. They only found out about it through the local newspaper.

CNN reached out to Baugh for comment but did not receive a response.

Lisa Barnott, spokesperson for Jensen and Lakewood Ranch, told CNN in a statement that their involvement in the clinic was only "to help identify a site that could accommodate 1,000 people per day."

"(Baugh) coordinated the use of the site, as well as use of the Manatee County registry of people who had signed up for vaccinations," Barnott went on to say in the statement.

Barnott did not respond to inquiries about Jensen being included on the so-called VIP list.

Manatee County had previously been lauded by DeSantis for their effectiveness at vaccinating people and standing up one of the first drive-thru vaccination programs in the US. Now, the governor threatened to withhold additional doses from the county after the person that he largely put in charge to run it -- Baugh -- was criticized. DeSantis has not criticized Baugh or her methodology in organizing his vaccine drive.

"If Manatee County doesn't like us doing this, then we are totally fine with putting this in counties that want it," DeSantis said.

CNN reached out to DeSantis' press office for comment and has not received a response.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/18/politics/manatee-county-vaccine/index.html

GOPers are sooooooo skeevy.

#HumanNature


"What a piece of work is Man-"
Wm. Shakespeare

yup...exactly what you’re doing

I agree with you, but the vaccines aren't really the best argument for Biden's COVID plan. Trump was the one that pushed and funded the pharma companies to fast-track these new drugs (I couldn't done without him trying to exert influence over the FDA). The distribution of the vaccines has been a cluster and that's been true under both presidents.

My wife gets her first shot tomorrow. I'm still on the waitlist.

Just another case where some folks are right, and some are wrong. I really hate folks who claim they are 100 percent correct either way

j/c:

South African woman whips off her THONG and uses it as a make-shift mask after being warned about having no face covering by supermarket staff

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...shift-mask.html

Best rated user comments:

“It's only a ' brief ' visit.”

“Thinking outside the ' box'!!”

"I think it's a great idea, it shouldn't be sniffed at."

“Ha ha ha, I am just laughing at the gullible idiot who said that a G-string won't save her but thinks a mask will.”

And the worst-rated comment:

“They have supermarkets in South Africa?”