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Laffy

“Nearly 40 states are reporting high activity levels, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and emergency room visits are at their highest for the virus since February.”

cbsnews.com/news/why-is-covid-

@GottaLaff Also a question: why is our society not responding with widespread recommendations for masking and other precautions?

@Bobsee, there have been some changes where I live (Seattle) in times of high covid rates but it's still disappointing.

@Dr_Elizabeth97 Folks are not even masking in doctor's offices or hospitals here.

@Bobsee , I've been gone for the last two weeks on vacation so I don't know if the hospitals and clinics are requiring masking. I will tell you that only a small minority do it without there being a requirement in place. My mother-in-law's hospice nurses are wonderful but they don't mask even though she does, along with my husband and I. I don't get that at all. If she gets Covid-19, there's not only an increased chance that her death will be hastened but also that she'd die in isolation.

@Bobsee @GottaLaff it came up at lunch here, people are starting to talk about it again, hopefully that leads more people to mask up

@Bobsee @GottaLaff exactly. Mask up and *open doors and windows as much as possible*.

@GottaLaff I had gotten a bit lax with masking just recently. Time to get consistent with it again. Anxiously awaiting the new vaccine in the fall that will target recent strain.

@caryn Fall, supposedly combined with flu vax

@GottaLaff I've been pretty lax about masking unless places are busy because numbers have been pretty low in my area (wastewater monitoring), but in the airport and on a flight 3M Aura all the way and I'll probably keep wearing them while in the western half of the country.

* iwss.uillinois.edu/wastewater-

@GottaLaff what States wear a mask get your vaccine

@GottaLaff
Whatever keeps people inside, be it very cold or very hot weather.