Originally Posted by captboxcar (Post 1982529)

Deaths and hospitalizations Are very low which is what really matters but is seldom mentioned. The flu kills more than twenty thousand a year and as many as 80k in some years.Cases may be increasing but you don’t stop living because people are getting a bit sick.We live with risks all the time.If you are fully vaccinated you should have no restrictions. Don’t listen to all the fear mongering.

Originally Posted by Remembergoldenrule (Post 1982539)

You are wrong! I’m an elementary school teacher. Unlike the adults on this blog, elementary students are very much able to find empathy. First and foremost they are intelligent to understand mask choice is really parents so they don’t degrade each other over it. Teachers don’t allow bullying but teach respect for all perspectives which they don’t lose until adults mess with them. They just want friends, recess, lunch, and a little FUN learning in between.

Now from the teacher. Teaching elementary students with masks is ridiculous. They need to LEARN facial cues and how to LEARN to get along and work with everyone from all backgrounds. They learn the ways they are ALIKE as they make friendships. They can’t do this three feet apart or over internet or even with masks up. They can’t communicate as well either with hearing or speaking because they are DEVELOPING these skills.

For all of you that will post they are spreaders to families not true at our school (very diverse families). Kids were quarantined with parents who got it from their work and after 20 days kids never got it. The few kids I know that got it from daycares were all well in three days. Look FACTS from CDC for kids 2018 and 2009 and 2020. You will see no reason for closing schools. Let kids be kids and quit ruining this generation.

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby (Post 1981832)

The governor has mandated that schools are not ALLOWED to require staff or students to wear masks. Elementary schools are primarily children under the age of 12 - which means they *cannot* be vaccinated.

So not only are you sticking a bunch of unvaccinated kids into a closed air-controlled environment, you're also telling them that they don't have to wear masks.

Kids already have plenty to make fun of each other about - some kids can be incredibly cruel, on a good day. Now you're pitting the masked and the unmasked against each other?[

This is a recipe for disaster.

Originally Posted by petsetc (Post 1982096)

So my question is - are the people (including governors, politicians and commentators) who are posting about Covid not being a big issue, that vaccination is a personal issue, and masks do nothing un-vaccinated or hypocrites?

Originally Posted by Villages Kahuna (Post 1982058)

We live near The Villages Regional Hospital. We can see and certainly hear the sirens and sound of EMS ambulances and helicopters. There have been almost no such sounds for several days. We can only assume that TVRH is not accepting any new ER patients. Yesterday’s news reported a 64% increase in COVID hospital admissions in Sumter County, over 150% in Jacksonville.

The Florida Hospital Association is projecting that there will be twice as many cases of COVID by Labor Day as the highest number experienced in the U.S. at the peak rate last January. A difference is that the new variant is attacking much younger people with far worse, even fatal results. 96% of current new patients are unvaccinated.

Originally Posted by graciegirl (Post 1983478)

Rather than start a new thread, I will try to slightly change the subject because we are heading down the primrose path again and this thread will be closed soon...

Do any of you know personally anyone here in The Villages who has caught Covid after having both shots? I do. I know one person and he knows two more from the rec center group where he caught it. He did not get very sick, thank goodness.

Originally Posted by GrumpyOldMan (Post 1983490)

Yes, I do wonder, it started when I was told the pandemic would magically go away in April. 600,000 deaths later, I am still waiting for the magic to happen.

Originally Posted by Moderator (Post 1982161)

Again... Posters need to quote the post they're replying to. Several posts in here are head-scratchers. Some have been removed.

Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 1982384)

Hospitalizations and Death rates are increasing in both Florida and the US. It is all over the news!

Originally Posted by Remembergoldenrule (Post 1982539)

You are wrong! I’m an elementary school teacher. Unlike the adults on this blog, elementary students are very much able to find empathy. First and foremost they are intelligent to understand mask choice is really parents so they don’t degrade each other over it. Teachers don’t allow bullying but teach respect for all perspectives which they don’t lose until adults mess with them. They just want friends, recess, lunch, and a little FUN learning in between.

Now from the teacher. Teaching elementary students with masks is ridiculous. They need to LEARN facial cues and how to LEARN to get along and work with everyone from all backgrounds. They learn the ways they are ALIKE as they make friendships. They can’t do this three feet apart or over internet or even with masks up. They can’t communicate as well either with hearing or speaking because they are DEVELOPING these skills.

For all of you that will post they are spreaders to families not true at our school (very diverse families). Kids were quarantined with parents who got it from their work and after 20 days kids never got it. The few kids I know that got it from daycares were all well in three days. Look FACTS from CDC for kids 2018 and 2009 and 2020. You will see no reason for closing schools. Let kids be kids and quit ruining this generation.

Originally Posted by GrumpyOldMan (Post 1983490)

Yes, I do wonder, it started when I was told the pandemic would magically go away in April. 600,000 deaths later, I am still waiting for the magic to happen.

Originally Posted by graciegirl (Post 1983494)

I don't recall reading that.

Originally Posted by MDLNB (Post 1983513)

Death rates are not.

Originally Posted by Boomer (Post 1983523)

Hi Gracie,

I remember February, 2020, as the time when we were all just finding out what we could be in for. I think February of 2020 was the first of many of those “going away” statements. That one was something about the heat coming in to take it out in April.

A quick Google will find many such empty declarations. I guess you must have missed them.

I find the fact that it has been so easy for so many to accept the rewriting of reality to be damn scary. We have a way to get through the virus — but dysinformation just keeps on spreading. (shudder)

Boomer

Originally Posted by Bill14564 (Post 1983526)

July 2: FL 7-day average: 30 deaths per day
Aug 2: FL 7-day average: 52 deaths per day

It's been a while but back when I was in school moving from 30 to 52 was considered an increase.