TimB

They’d be uninvited if I were vaccinated and hosting the gathering.

I also don’t. Fortunately I don’t associate with those parts of my extended family often if ever.

I think dta should test that theory.

No kids here, but I’m very much against kids playing sports wearing masks. If it’s so much of a risk that they have to wear a mask on the field/court, maybe the thought process should be more along the lines of whether or not sports should be played at all.

I think it’s time to make my exit for the day now that we’ve gone into full on typo police mode.

What agenda do “some of us” have? Are people going to think we’re cool? Are we going to get laid tonight? Are we going to get a raise? All because we posted some extremist pro-mask, pro-vax stuff on a weather forum?! Inquiring minds want to know! Edit: in a coronavirus thread on a weather forum.

I have an agenda? That’s news to me.

Like I said, I’ve come to agree to disagree with you. The difference between you and dta is you’re arguing in good faith.

Bacteria cause infections. A person wearing a dirty mask can cause an infection. The mask itself can’t.

But if your opinion is “guns don’t kill people,” the only logical conclusion is “masks don’t make you sick.” And vice versa. My opinion is masks don’t make you sick, so I can only logically say guns don’t kill people.

Okay fine, let’s split hairs. April. Is there really a difference between 12 vs 13 months of knowing something?

You didn’t answer the question, I compared it to something else that is very well documented but I’ll bet your opinion differs on that one.

Never worn a mask before? Have they been in a cave since last March?

“Captain know it all.” It’s going to be another day of mud slinging, I see. Can you simultaneously say masks cause infection but guns don’t kill people?

76 already. I don’t see any way we fall short of 80 today. Edit: except for afternoon clouds and a north wind.

They don’t in some situations. People who don’t know you’re supposed to wash them, despite this not being a new concept, cause their own infections.

Truth be told, we don’t really have permanent 80s any time of year. My recency bias is showing after last summer, when we reached our first 80 a month late and our last 80 a week early, but had nearly wall to wall 80s and 90s in between. Most summers give us modest cool downs that are much appreciated.

I agree with that. Allocating vaccine shouldn’t be based on red state/blue state politics, it should be based on who needs it the most. But there is a narrative among people of certain political persuasions that states with more lax restrictions are handling the pandemic better and fewer people in those states are getting sick, which is indisputably false. The virus is equal opportunity when it comes to infecting people.

So 22% of our nation’s population accounts for 44% of covid infections. Not good. But hopefully certain people take note of the fact that Florida is one of those states.

Not ready for permanent 80s yet, but looks like we’re headed into another cool period after this week.

HRRR suggests low 80s today, and looks like we have 3 shots at our first 80 between now and Saturday. Slightly ahead of schedule, average date for that is 4/19.

Fair enough, and all valid points. I certainly would say of the people in this thread with opposing viewpoints to mine, yours are the most reasonable and logical. The “face diapers” and “snow shovel in Barbados” guys are making you all look bad. And unfortunately spending a year on Facebook and Twitter during a global pandemic sometimes makes it hard to separate the “your face diaper is useless” types from the reasonable people with reasonable concerns. Edit: social media is the devil. At least on a weather forum we all (with the exception of a few that I’m still on the fence about) have a common interest.

So if “number of global pandemics survived” is directly correlated to one’s knowledge of virology, is “number of thunderstorms survived” a valid measurement for one’s knowledge of meteorology?

You got me. Back in the winter, when I was afraid to leave my house because of covid, I was on a Zoom call with a friend (well, let’s be real, an acquaintance, because I have no social skills or friends), who said “I post a lot on on this forum called American Weather because I’m cool. I know you don’t give a rat’s a** about weather, but they have this coronavirus thread where you can spout your hardcore pro-vax drivel. You should check it out!” And the rest is history.

It’s relevant when the vast majority of someone’s posts on a WEATHER forum are in a thread about coronavirus.