Leeroy Jenkins

Hahaha. Heading back home in a month and debating trying to hangout with a couple of friends. The guys got vaccinated but I don’t think their wives are eligible yet and obviously the kids aren’t vaccinated.

What

So if you were fully vaccinated as were 3-4 other friends, but their wives and kids were not, would you hang out with those guys without their wives? Or is there concern they could bring something home?

Gotta think that the Steelers are going to run A LOT of pistol formation this year. With that in mind -- what RB would you want lined up there behind Ben? Etienne in the first?

I don't interpret that thread to mean what you are saying.

Case counts in PA are no longer declining -- flat the last 10 days and still higher than last spring. We are CLOSE. Vaccination rates are going to grow exponentially now. Don't give in to fatigue yet -- we can kill this thing in 60 days! I NEED TO GET OUT OF THIS HOUSE!!

I think you are right about schools being open. I think the question is whether they will be wearing masks, have distancing, have barriers etc. because I don't think kids will be vaccinated by then. There have been kids with complications from COVID and then there is still the whole unknown longer term or long hauler impact of infection as well.

Well that isn't entirely true, as we know that virus can likely still be transmitted. And without mandates from the state it is up to retailers to become the bad guy and enforce what is still the CDC guidance. And with vaccination still less than 20% you still have large exposure potential for people. Plus that folks will interpret the lifting of mandates of meaning we are back to 2019 behavior, and that simply is not true at this point.

I feel like now that we have multiple vaccine options and will have enough supply for the entire adult population before summer, that it is irresponsible to lift mandates, when we are so close and some have sacrificed so much to get to this light at the end of the tunnel. While percentages are looking better vs the winter, we actually had an uptick in cases and deaths again this week, and as far as gross infections per day, that is still up.

Outside of philly. Just see some issues moving/adding plumbing and ductwork that could cause a higher price. Would love to do both bathrooms for $60k or less.

We can knock this thing out for all intents and purposes this spring if we dont mess it up like Texas is trying to do. Why potentially give back all of the recent progress when we are so close???

Retail Industry Leaders Association opposes Texas mask rule ending: Will "unfairly put retail employees back in the role of enforcing guidelines still recommended by the CDC...could also jeopardize the safety of pharmacies and grocers that are gearing up as vaccination centers"

Yea, except if states start acting like Texas, we are going to be back up to January numbers before then.

If he is of the opinion that a vaccine will be available to anyone who want one in two months AND he also says that Texans still need to exercise restraint (or whatever he said), then why not keep the mandates in place? This has disaster written all over it, and as people travel to and from Texas it keeps the country from getting to that lower baseline number that needs to be hit to get back to a real sense of normalcy.