Democrats and Republicans can agree on one thing coming out of their respective conventions: Almost no one cares about Covid anymore.
Infections are running rampant after the Democratic confab in Chicago, with staffers on Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign, reporters and other convention-goers all stricken — and in at least one case claiming the positive test was “worth it.” Cases also cropped up after the Republican National Convention in July.
“Voters do not like it being brought up at all,” said Celinda Lake, a Democratic strategist and pollster for Biden’s 2020 campaign, who marveled at the near-total absence of masks at a Democratic convention where roughly 20,000 people crammed into Chicago’s United Center for a week. “They want to get over it.”
But “if it continues to worsen,” Bartlett said, “both parties will be forced to address it.”
The rhetorical vacuum around Covid comes even as cases have surged over the summer, hospitalizing thousands and killing nearly 700 people in one week in late July.
N95s can be reused to reduce cost. Cycle through 5 masks so that each mask sits for 4 days between uses. Throw away if it gets wet, becomes hard to breathe through, is visibly dirty, or will no longer fit tightly.
Air purifiers aren’t enough to protect people, but they’re a simple passive solution that would impact infection rates for a population that largely doesn’t want to mask. Few people mask at my workplace. And air purification will help will all other sorts of disease, including helping us be resilient to the next pandemic, because it’s a when and not an if. You mentioned often being sick with non-COVID colds and flus. Even if it’s not a complete protection, wouldn’t it be nice to be sick 20% less? Your community has a major source of disease transmission right there that they could reduce.
We should be coming out of COVID better prepared, instead we’re even worse off.
I’m not often sick, I have had maybe five colds in the last two years. Pretty standard when you have small children and not nearly as bad as when they were in daycare prior to covid.
I find you incredibly unreasonable. Enjoy your bunker and be well.