I have just F#### had it with anti-vaxers and anti-maskers

[dutch508]

Star Member spinbaby (14,453 posts)
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I have just F#### had it with anti-vaxers and anti-maskers

I live in a red area where covid is sky high and the majority of the population is ignoring it. Now my grandson had been exposed to covid at school AGAIN and needs to stay home for two weeks.

We don’t know who exposed him this time, but his last exposure was from his unvaccinated pregnant teacher. Masking in Pennsylvania schools is supposedly mandatory, but completely not enforced.

We’re all—including my grandson—fully vaccinated and boosted to the max, so we’re not terribly worried about catching covid, but we’re completely fed up with the constant interruptions to schooling because of covid exposure because we live in an area where half the population is against disease prevention. My grandson loves his new school and doesn’t understand why he can’t go. And if he can’t go to school or childcare and both parents work, guess who gets him? That’s right, grandma. You know, the vulnerable old person.

 

Star Member Sherman A1 (35,583 posts)

1. I completely agree

This is one of the reasons I am curtailing my participation in my hobby. Normally I would love to get together with the guys and engage in some spirited table top miniatures gaming, but there is a group that simply will not wear masks even though most of us are Seniors with underlying health conditions. One of that subset did stay home for awhile during his daughter's pregnancy to protect her, but the fellows he claims to be friends and/or hobby buddies he seems to care less about.

As I write the group's newsletter each month I have begged and pleaded with everyone to wear masks as our public events and be courteous towards their fellow hobbyists. My requests have fallen on deaf ears and I have just given up. My hobby will be solo gaming from here on out.

 

Star Member Sherman A1 (35,583 posts)

12. Yeah, it is a shame that some folks just are too much into themselves

and can't wear a mask for a few hours when we get together.


As to the hobby, the topics can vary considerably. What we do (or in my case did) was mostly historical wargaming. Last week was WWII coastal naval action, coming up in January there will be Napoleonic, American Civil War and some Cold War games. First week of December I ran a Jurassic Park themed game. Sometimes it's Sci-Fi, sometimes it's Ancient battles, sometimes it's World War I in the air. Just depends on what folks want to run. We usually have one person per game table as the Game Master and a varying number of players depending upon what the scenario and GM can handle.

 

Star Member Sherman A1 (35,583 posts)

17. The local place we gather is a very nice and large facility

lots of space, great tables and well kept. It doesn't have much for us old fart historical guys as it's mostly board games, roleplaying and collectible card games, but the staff is really nice and very tolerant. The store manager is a great gal in her 20s I would guess and likes having us there. As it is the store front of a large internet/mail business she said that she really doesn't need to make money on us, but wants the activity that we generate.

I enjoyed gaming there, but as I said I am just up to my eyeballs with the can't wear a mask crowd and I am going solo.

Star Member tanyev (36,257 posts)

19. Yep. I finally went back to my line dance class for the session that started in early November.

I wear a mask and so do a couple other ladies, but most don't. Thankfully, this session wraps up this week and doesn't resume until mid-January. If the Covid numbers in mid-January are where I suspect they will be, I'll pass on registering for that session.

Star Member livetohike (20,662 posts)

2. We're in bad shape up here in Jefferson County. I think the

vaccination rate is 46%. We have our booster shots, but I dread going out to grocery shop. No one wearing masks other than the cashiers. Husband had a doctor appt yesterday and no one in the office, including the doctor, was wearing a mask.

Star Member gab13by13 (6,025 posts)

3. I'm pretty sure the Pa. legislature overruled Wolf's school mask mandate. I will have to double check. My grandson goes to a school in Pa. that wore masks and he tested positive a couple of months ago from school. I was taking care of him, so when I went home I took a rapid test because I felt crappy. The test came back negative but I don't really trust the rapid test. It took me a couple of weeks to feel better.

I also live in Trump country where no one wears masks, even store workers. Our rural hospital is filling up.

I follow college wrestling and there is a tourney scheduled in Florida for this Monday and Tuesday. This is where I found out that Cornell has shut down, gone to on line teaching and testing but last word I heard, the wrestling team is still going to Florida, what could go wrong?

When sports starts getting canceled again people will start beoaching. But hey, 1,500 deaths per day isn't that bad to the pro-life crowd.

Star Member Freddie (7,701 posts)

13. Welcome to Pennsyltucky

Allowing the (RWNJ) state legislature to overrule the governor’s emergency powers was one of those questions slipped into an off-year primary. Guess who won.
Now the Type A flu is going around schools too. My granddaughter got it despite wearing a mask at school, and gave it to her parents and siblings. Her dad was so sick he went to the ER, thinking it was Covid although he is vaxxed; test was negative for Covid but positive for flu. The bigger kids missed a week of school, one of their teachers said 7 kids in her class were home with flu. Last year when we were all masked, stayed home and kept our distance hardly anyone got the flu. DH and I get flu shots every fall but my daughter (a nurse!) kind of forgot about it this year while getting everyone but the 3 yo their Covid shots. She won’t do that again.

Busterscruggs (156 posts)

8. I encounter

Unmasked people every day. It almost brings me to tears when I see their blatant disregard for human life and simple social norms. I went up to a police officer the other day while at the local nursery (decorating for the winter holiday) and asked him about all of these unmasked people. He had to have heard the frustration in my voice, but he just shrugged and said there was nothing he could do. Even he was unmasked! A whole section of the population has such disregard for the safety of others and even law enforcement doesn't care

 

Star Member IronLionZion (35,711 posts)

22. There's a major red-blue county divide on this

so by next election there may be fewer GOP voters in swing states like PA. Do what you can to stay safe in the meantime. The other side is trying to achieve "herd immunity" the old fashioned way, by Darwinning themselves out of the herd.

 

[Karin]

^^    They keep on pinning their hopes on dead Repukes.  Happens in every covid thread. 

[Zathras]

Playing miniature games solo? Good luck with that Sherman A1. I'm a miniature wargamer myself (Star Wars X-Wing and Star Wars Legion my current games of choice) and know for a fact you need two people to play the vast majority of miniature games available these days.

Then again Sherman A1, being a DUmbass, probably has a lot of experience playing with himself so maybe he knows something that I don't.

[enslaved1]

Star Member Sherman A1 (35,583 posts)

12. Yeah, it is a shame that some folks just are too much into themselves

and can't wear a mask for a few hours when we get together.


As to the hobby, the topics can vary considerably. What we do (or in my case did) was mostly historical wargaming. Last week was WWII coastal naval action, coming up in January there will be Napoleonic, American Civil War and some Cold War games. First week of December I ran a Jurassic Park themed game. Sometimes it's Sci-Fi, sometimes it's Ancient battles, sometimes it's World War I in the air. Just depends on what folks want to run. We usually have one person per game table as the Game Master and a varying number of players depending upon what the scenario and GM can handle.

I don't see anyone with that high a post count on the DUmp being able to play WWII or Civil War miniature games without being triggered into oblivion by the Confederate flags and swastikas.  The conniption fits if the players on the South or Axis powers side of the table won a game would be entertaining though.

Star Member spinbaby (14,453 posts)
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216146468

I have just F#### had it with anti-vaxers and anti-maskers

I live in a red area where covid is sky high and the majority of the population is ignoring it. Now my grandson had been exposed to covid at school AGAIN and needs to stay home for two weeks.

Interesting.  My district says (as of this writing, changes have happened quickly) if you're vaccinated and exposed, you don't have to quarantine unless you are showing symptoms, and then can come back with a negative test. 

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Cases.aspx  This shows Pennsylvania with rising daily cases, but also rising testing which will likely lead to rising cases, and lower deaths.  One county in red on the map, with 21-30k cases per 100k pop, most of the rest of the state in the 0-15k or 15k-17k per 100k population. 

[67 Rover]

Star Member Freddie (7,701 posts)

13. Welcome to Pennsyltucky

Allowing the (RWNJ) state legislature to overrule the governor’s emergency powers was one of those questions slipped into an off-year primary. Guess who won.
Now the Type A flu is going around schools too. My granddaughter got it despite wearing a mask at school, and gave it to her parents and siblings. Her dad was so sick he went to the ER, thinking it was Covid although he is vaxxed; test was negative for Covid but positive for flu.

OK and what should that be telling you about masks?  Anything? 

[Mr Mannn]

Democrats and DUmmies really hate it when their whims are not OBEYED instantly.
The inner tyrant is coming out.

[SVPete]

Well, PA Daily New Cases are creeping close to last winter's surge, but Daily Deaths are just over a third of that surge, https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/usa/pennsylvania/ . Unlike in Bogey-Florida, https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/usa/florida/ and Bogey-Texas, https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/usa/texas/ . Nor wolf-crying California, for that matter, https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/usa/california/ . Obviously, whatever the cause for the differences, anti-maskers and anti-vaxxers are not relevant.

"Hobbies"? Like the half marathon I did Saturday? >400 finishers of the marathon, 30K, half marathon, 10K, and 5K distances, and very few runners or volunteers wearing masks. Plus or minus a belligerent sealion, that course was probably barely more risky than one of the unpopulated Farallon Islands near SF.

[DLR Pyro]

We’re all—including my grandson—fully vaccinated and boosted to the max, so we’re not terribly worried about catching covid,

then back the **** off and stop obsessing about what others do.

Their body, their choice...

[landofconfusion80]

I had it, I got over it and moved on with my life. No vaccine required

[jukin]

I'm live and let live with the CCP flu scam. If you want to get the shot get it, bet as many boosters as you want, wear a mask if you desire but do not force me to. But with this DUchebag, I hope all the worst of the provable side effects happen to it. I'm sure it has tons of other health problems and maybe the jab will push it off this mortal coil. That would be a result that would help all of mankind.

[67 Rover]

I'm live and let live with the CCP flu scam. If you want to get the shot get it, bet as many boosters as you want, wear a mask if you desire but do not force me to. But with this DUchebag, I hope all the worst of the provable side effects happen to it. I'm sure it has tons of other health problems and maybe the jab will push it off this mortal coil. That would be a result that would help all of mankind.

More than likely it will get the mild side affects and go on SSDI.