4 weeks on from 4th July,500%increase in c19

Ooops.......brain dead people.....

I did warn you.....

Just watch UK in 4 weeks....

Take care all 😷😉

Not to mention children going back to school soon.  Kids are lovely, but they are natural-born super-spreaders.  Not optimistic.

Maybe not, KiminNM.  Do you know which vaccines they have had?  

Assuming they have not had Sinovac, or J&J, have had their booster shots (second round) and are not already extra vulnerable, they should be fine in all probability.   Yes, there is a risk, but it is very small.

Of course, they can still spread the virus to other people.  But maybe they were masked till they sat down at the table and masked up again to leave (usual practice in bars, cafés and resturants over here).

In a global sense, things are far from over.  There are some nasty surprises yet to emerge; I suspect.  But your family are reasonably safe for now.

Thanks for the birthday wishes.  :-)  

They all had the Pfizer vaccine, my Dad in Jan/Feb, Uncle in Feb/March, cousins in March/April.

I think *they* will be (relatively) safe. I'm over my total panic, but the stats in the area they are in are really bad. None of them seem to grasp the difference between it being safer in one area than another. Our numbers are skyrocketing here in New Mexico, and we have a VERY high vaccination rate. Where they are? Much worse.

They are NOT wearing masks into the restaurant, when servers are at the table, etc. (To answer your question ViQueen - most diners here in New Mexico never picked up that habit once in person dining resumed, to the dismay of every server. Same in Southern California, where the others are from. )

I'm fully in the take out only gloved and masked and even that I only did a couple of times. During the 'maybe we're safe time" I did eat out 3 times - Mother's Day, Father's Day, and one other small celebration (3 or 5 people), all outside, and I still put my mask back on every chance I had. (by the straps, not the front)

I'm more afraid they'll get it (asymptomatically, only one is high risk), and potentially transmit it to others. My stepmom has afib, I'm obviously high risk, and none of them comprehend that leaving where they are and resuming being unmasked around their normal 'pod' immediately isn't the best idea.

Oklahoma passed the 'illegal to mandate masks law', so there's no safe place there.

New Mexico is currently a mish mash. People are starting to wear masks on their own, our official policy right now is directly tied to the CDC recommendations, but allows businesses to be more stringent.

For comparison, here's Santa Fe today. Doesn't look all that bad, but our case number more than tripled today. As did our state hospitalization numbers.  Still TONS better than a large part of the country. 

I can't believe I missed that bit.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KIM!!