And here I was thinking you were one of those people who thought they should. 
Oh no! Faces are one of the main ways we communicate. I donāt want a single boy to miss a shy smile from a girl.
Itās already the new normal. Face masks arenāt optional even after the vaccine. Theyāve been successful instilling fear in at least half the country. Got us tattling on each other for non-compliance. Their worst nightmare is a vaccine or treatment that works well enough to put all this behind us. Iām sure the fear will be engineered to fit their desire to further erode our freedoms.
True. I was more thinking along the lines of keeping them from saying stupid things.
Kids are supposed to say some stupid things, the rest of it is their parentsā fault.
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What I want to know is, at what point will it be ok to catch Covid without everyone going into panic mode and wanting to shut everything down? You know, like the flu is treated. After the vaccine? But I wonāt mind if my job continues the practice of taking two weeks off with pay.
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Did your analysis show you that almost all of these states that had mask mandates, also at some time before cases skyrocketed they opened up bars and restaurants to capacity or almost to capacity and relaxed other measures that were in place?
How come you donāt cite Republican states like Florida or Texas or North or South Dakota to ask why the virus is out of control there. Or is this just to point the finger of blame at Democrat states?
Finally, and honestly. The only variants that will create problems are those that somehow create a change in the RNA strands of the protein in the spike on the virus. As long as the spike protein stays relatively consistent, the vaccine will still work.
You have to understandā¦the vaccine does not irradicate the whole virusā¦just the spike protein that makes up the spikes.
For NJ itās only 25% capacity, furthermore according to what Iāve read and heard thatās not where the majority of the cases are happening:
Restaurants and bars accounted for 1.43 percent of COVID-19 cases recorded between September through the end of November, according to contact tracing data.
Are you implying that the time of year had nothing to do with the massive spike in cases?
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Thatās because in general Republican states have had more laxed regulations than blue states. Iām fully aware that the virus is pretty much out of control in most if not all states. If youāve read my previous threads regarding the spikes happening in NJ (my state) not once do I blame Governor Murphy.
Same everywhere.
Iām no expert on vaccines or viruses, all Iām doing is hypothesizing that in a big sociological setting we may see something similar to this (from my previous link):
Because flu viruses mutate constantly and the vaccine wears off over time, you canāt get vaccinated once and expect to be covered for years, as you can with other diseases. The vaccine must be changed each year, in hopes of matching the ever-mutating viruses. And thatās been a challenge. On average, itās been 40% effective, meaning itās prevented illness 40% of the time. Since health officials started tracking it in 2003, effectiveness has varied from year to year, ranging from a low of 10% in 2004-05 to a high of 60% in 2010-11.
Are you saying that this will absolutely NOT be the case with the COVID vaccines and COVID virus?
No I am not. It has had a significant impact.
Iām not saying that it absolutely wonāt be the caseā¦but AGAINā¦this is not an influenza virus. It is a corona virusā¦they are vastly different. And as I saidā¦as long as the spike proteins do not mutate drastically. Itās very likely that the vaccine remains effective.
The vaccine in Great Britain is still having strong effect on the new variant there. However, the jury is still out on this African Variant now showing up around the world. Time will tell.
Not very likely at all. We now have vaccines and this virus doesnāt mutate in the same way flu viruses do so once we attain herd immunity we should be fine.
Agree.
Nope but while in the Ukraine I have seen it on the menu in several restaurants.
Carp is or at least used to be a staple in Europe.
Most of the generic āfishā you will eat there is carp.
I completely agree.
Still on the menu in the Ukraine.
Already? Dang that was quick, Biden hasnāt even taken office! 
