Finally

[Bear]

Our church opened after a year and seven months. It was nice to see people I had not seen in a long time. It also felt good to go to church again (I started to look for a church that was open). I do believe that closing for so long was not necessary. Maine was slow in getting back to normal even though we have a low population. It's all politics.

 

[ARKNT]

It is good to see things getting closer to normal. I hope it keeps going in the right direction.

Brad

 

[Warren]

Unfortunately with the Delta variant starting to take hold and being 50% more contagious we may not be out of the woods yet. I recently took my grand children to the St. Louis zoo and virtually no one was wearing a mask. Missouri is one of the worst states with its population getting vaccinated with only about 40% vaccination rate. Some counties are only about 25% and the Delta variant is starting to sweep through those counties.

 

[DirtFlier]

Is it mostly hitting younger people or hitting all age groups?

 

[MaxPete]

Is it mostly hitting younger people or hitting all age groups?

It seems to hit everyone and it is quite a bit more dangerous than even the initial versions of this darned thing. It is easier to catch and puts people down harder and faster.

A doctor buddy of mine said that the medical community is pretty apprehensive, if not scared, about this.

 

[Hondafan]

Heart disease and cancer are still the leading cause of death in the US.

Preliminary US death statistics show over 3.4 million total deaths in 2020 — at least 20% more deaths than in 2019

Preliminary US death statistics show over 3.4 million total deaths in 2020 — 20% more deaths than in 2019 — illustrating the toll coronavirus has taken on the US. While death certificates from 2020 are still being processed, over 572,000 more people died in 2020 than in 2019.

usafacts.org

 

[RedLdr1]

Is it mostly hitting younger people or hitting all age groups?

Here it it the young and the anti-vax crowd, surprise, surprise, surprise, of all ages being hit. Georgia is less than 40% fully vaccinated so it's going to get ugly here again I suspect. We'll see how the decision to not be vaccinated works out. My Brother In Law has a family member is in the hospital with Covid-19 and pneumonia so that isn't looking good.

 

[suvcw04]

Anti vaxers are doing the rest of us a favor. They don't believe in herd immunity. Maybe they will believe in herd culling.