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I think you guys are way too optimistic on when the restrictions go away. If I had to bet it in Vegas, I’d take spring 2022 for the win, Alex. (RIP)

I think the governors that have the mandates in place will have to see a substantial drop in positives before anything is removed. Not sure how substantial will be defined. I know I keep beating a dead horse here, but until they drop the cycle number that’s considered positive, it will last longer that it needs too. Even Fauci says it’s too high, but it hasn’t gained any traction to lower the number to something sensible.

I’m right there with you. I subscribe to the Ronald Reagan adage that the scariest words in the English language are “ I’m from the government and we’re just here to help you”.

Man, we booked down here. 2 hours. Already starting the decent.

We’ll probably get access to it fairly soon. We’re all speculating they’ll require it for onsite work. That, or take a test 2 times a week.

Helluva choice, huh??

And I’m not sure how 4 oz is a danger and 3 isn’t. That’s the kind of stupid shit that pisses people off. Kinda like a mask mandates to outside when you 1000 feet away from another human. Ridiculous stuff like that make people mad and not want to do the stuff that does make some sense.

We’re not on the Magical Express. They stopped getting your bags you and delivering them to your room as part of Covid mitigation. I hired a van service to get us to the Beach Club.

1976. It was a variant of the swine flu they had a vaccine for. Small number affected, but enough it was pulled.

I just think it’s stupid as hell.

Yup. I had to dump a 4 oz bottle of anti fog glasses cleaner this morning I had in my carry on because it exceeded the 3 oz maximum for carry on liquids. Yea, a 59 yo grey headed man with a wife and 2 kids in tow is a danger with anti fog cleaner 1 oz over an arbitrary limit.

Their first class or what they call Mint, is really nice. Seats basically lay flat, lots of room, and good food. I’ve flown it several times coast to coast and on a red eye cross country once.

I love Jet blue. Used to fly the non stop to San Diego a lot. SW has a direct to Orlando out of PVD and I have a zillion points. Airport was a tomb this morning. First flight I’ve been on since this mess started. Most of the shops were closed in the airport. Let’s see what MCO looks like. One of the guys that works for me went to Atlanta last month. He said Logan was dead dead but when he got to Hartsfield it was packed like a regular day.

Just so long as people don’t get a big dose of guillain-barré syndrome or some other nasty auto/hyper immune issue. It shouldn’t, it’s rare as hens teeth, but it can happen.

I’m talking about travel and not having to quarantine once you get there. And I’m posting on a SW flight right now. Somewhere just off Cape May if I read my geography correctly.

Hippa doesn’t really apply. That only applies to giving information to health care entities. I’ve already seen Ticketmaster start to roll out the idea of an app that shows if you’ve had a negative test or have the vaccine to get into concerts. Everyone needs to get used to the idea that we will have to show “papers”. I don’t like it much, but I think if you want to go to Fenway, Gilllette, or get on an airplane, you’ll have to show proof of a negative test or vaccine. Might not be forever, but I’m pretty sure we’ll be dealing with these intrusions for several years. The government won’t outright mandate it for adults, but it will be done by coercion if you want to go about your life. I have no problem taking it. I just don’t want to be first. I will say that if this mRNA strategy actually works and is safe over the long haul, my god this is truly a revolution in vaccine technology. Theroreticlly, we could vaccinate for all kinds of things. mRNA is easy to make and you can make buckets of it really fast. The biggest hurdle is the storage issue.

You’re more optimistic then I am. I think it will be into 2022 really. But I’m one of “those” that do not trust the government for much of anything.

Said in a thick NY accent: we’ll still need public health meh-zuahs for awhile. i.e. Wear the mask and distance till I say so If they wait until there are no positive test, and using that horse shit PCR test, they’ll lay me out at the parlor in a mask

Does Brookline Ice and Coal have an IPO coming up?

I had a coating on the mulch beds this morning. Wasn’t expecting that. Nice!

The efficacy is only as good as those who were exposed but did t get it. The 95% efficacy doesn’t take into account those who were never exposed. And there’s no way to know that. No challenge trial was done. That said, it looks promising.

Sitting here having my coffee before I drive to PVD. I forgot how bad Barnaby Jones was. The acting was atrocious.

God me too. Only redeeming thing about April is that May is next.

I’ll have to look into it. Says it’s by prescription. Not sure I understand that or why until I read a little more.

I just find the weather in November a little useless, like April is useless. Fall is over and real winter is still a month away. Oh well, happens every year.