COVID-19 Megathread 6: Return of the Omicron

[Frodo]

We are pretty much back to where we were last summer, with weekly deaths under 500 for the first time since last June:

Covid-related deaths in the U.S. are decreasing

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

Alot of people are getting booster shots, because of Jansen vaccine it was poorly construed when it was developed so they told the Jansen users to get the booster shot that's why it's decreased
.

As soon as you go to see your primary physician they ask for your vaccine card and when they see Jansen they send you to a booster shot

There is a definite increase in booster shot but my Dr said we don't need a 3rd shot, the flu yearly shot will help us

So, next Winter we don't need third booster shots no matter how severe it is, just the flu shot

[Ferguson97]

It was all about control .

I still don't understand what you guys mean when you say this.

Control to do what? You're describing a means, not an end. What do you think "they" want to do?

[Inmate Trump]

It was all about control .

I still don't understand what you guys mean when you say this.

Control to do what? You're describing a means, not an end. What do you think "they" want to do?

They have no answer for that. They're paranoid conspiracy theorists with inferior intellect.

[emailking]

CDC mask mandate for travelers struck down by federal judge

A federal judge in Florida struck down on Monday the Biden administration's mask mandate for airplanes and other public transport methods.

US District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle said the mandate was unlawful because it exceeded the statutory authority of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and because its implementation violated administrative law.

It is unclear clear how quickly the ruling will be implemented at airports or train stations across the country or if the Justice Department will attempt to block the ruling and file an appeal.

Just last week, the CDC extended this mask mandate through May 3. The masking requirement applied to airplanes, trains, and other forms of public transportation.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/18/politics/cdc-mask-mandate-ruling/index.html

[Bandit3 the Worker]

CDC mask mandate for travelers struck down by federal judge

A federal judge in Florida struck down on Monday the Biden administration's mask mandate for airplanes and other public transport methods.

US District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle said the mandate was unlawful because it exceeded the statutory authority of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and because its implementation violated administrative law.

This story is breaking and will be updated.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/18/politics/cdc-mask-mandate-ruling/index.html

Hopefully this ruling sticks. Even if the substance of the mask mandate made sense, the mandate still wrongly gave lawmaking powers to the TSA and CDC. These are not supposed to be legislative bodies.

If masks are so necessary, it should have been taken up by Congress instead of letting the TSA write law.

[100% pro-life no matter what]

CDC mask mandate for travelers struck down by federal judge

A federal judge in Florida struck down on Monday the Biden administration's mask mandate for airplanes and other public transport methods.

US District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle said the mandate was unlawful because it exceeded the statutory authority of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and because its implementation violated administrative law.

This story is breaking and will be updated.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/18/politics/cdc-mask-mandate-ruling/index.html

Nice birthday present

[GregTheGreat657]

CDC mask mandate for travelers struck down by federal judge

A federal judge in Florida struck down on Monday the Biden administration's mask mandate for airplanes and other public transport methods.

US District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle said the mandate was unlawful because it exceeded the statutory authority of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and because its implementation violated administrative law.

This story is breaking and will be updated.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/18/politics/cdc-mask-mandate-ruling/index.html

Nice birthday present

Happy birthday

[SnowLabrador]

CDC mask mandate for travelers struck down by federal judge

A federal judge in Florida struck down on Monday the Biden administration's mask mandate for airplanes and other public transport methods.

US District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle said the mandate was unlawful because it exceeded the statutory authority of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and because its implementation violated administrative law.

It is unclear clear how quickly the ruling will be implemented at airports or train stations across the country or if the Justice Department will attempt to block the ruling and file an appeal.

Just last week, the CDC extended this mask mandate through May 3. The masking requirement applied to airplanes, trains, and other forms of public transportation.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/18/politics/cdc-mask-mandate-ruling/index.html

This decision will kill people, it's as simple as that. No other country would stand for this. The USA is the worst country in the world.

[jamestroll]

CDC mask mandate for travelers struck down by federal judge

A federal judge in Florida struck down on Monday the Biden administration's mask mandate for airplanes and other public transport methods.

US District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle said the mandate was unlawful because it exceeded the statutory authority of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and because its implementation violated administrative law.

It is unclear clear how quickly the ruling will be implemented at airports or train stations across the country or if the Justice Department will attempt to block the ruling and file an appeal.

Just last week, the CDC extended this mask mandate through May 3. The masking requirement applied to airplanes, trains, and other forms of public transportation.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/18/politics/cdc-mask-mandate-ruling/index.html

This decision will kill people, it's as simple as that. No other country would stand for this. The USA is the worst country in the world.

What the

[100% pro-life no matter what]

CDC mask mandate for travelers struck down by federal judge

A federal judge in Florida struck down on Monday the Biden administration's mask mandate for airplanes and other public transport methods.

US District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle said the mandate was unlawful because it exceeded the statutory authority of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and because its implementation violated administrative law.

It is unclear clear how quickly the ruling will be implemented at airports or train stations across the country or if the Justice Department will attempt to block the ruling and file an appeal.

Just last week, the CDC extended this mask mandate through May 3. The masking requirement applied to airplanes, trains, and other forms of public transportation.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/18/politics/cdc-mask-mandate-ruling/index.html

This decision will kill people, it's as simple as that. No other country would stand for this. The USA is the worst country in the world.

Other countries, including the UK, have already gotten rid of masks on planes.

[Anti-Trump Truth Socialite JD Vance Enjoying Juror]

CDC mask mandate for travelers struck down by federal judge

A federal judge in Florida struck down on Monday the Biden administration's mask mandate for airplanes and other public transport methods.

US District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle said the mandate was unlawful because it exceeded the statutory authority of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and because its implementation violated administrative law.

It is unclear clear how quickly the ruling will be implemented at airports or train stations across the country or if the Justice Department will attempt to block the ruling and file an appeal.

Just last week, the CDC extended this mask mandate through May 3. The masking requirement applied to airplanes, trains, and other forms of public transportation.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/18/politics/cdc-mask-mandate-ruling/index.html

This decision will kill people, it's as simple as that. No other country would stand for this. The USA is the worst country in the world.

Your schtick is getting really old.

[Fmr. Gov. NickG]

CDC mask mandate for travelers struck down by federal judge

A federal judge in Florida struck down on Monday the Biden administration's mask mandate for airplanes and other public transport methods.

US District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle said the mandate was unlawful because it exceeded the statutory authority of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and because its implementation violated administrative law.

This story is breaking and will be updated.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/18/politics/cdc-mask-mandate-ruling/index.html

Hopefully this ruling sticks. Even if the substance of the mask mandate made sense, the mandate still wrongly gave lawmaking powers to the TSA and CDC. These are not supposed to be legislative bodies.

If masks are so necessary, it should have been taken up by Congress instead of letting the TSA write law.

I think the TSA should have abandoned the mask mandate months ago, but this ruling is absurd.

If you're going to overturn any TSA regulation, stop inspecting peoples shoes and toiletries on planes, which have literally killed no one ever.

But really, no district court judge should be overturning any of this even if it is stupid (like most TSA safety regulations are).  It's still the job of the TSA to regulate flight safety, and ultimately, they are an executive branch which is democratically accountable if the public doesn't like how they interpret flight safety.

[Frodo]

It sounds a lot less painful and uncomfortable than the nasal swab....

FDA authorizes first COVID-19 breathalyzer test, clearing path to 3-minute results

[Calthrina950]

CDC mask mandate for travelers struck down by federal judge

A federal judge in Florida struck down on Monday the Biden administration's mask mandate for airplanes and other public transport methods.

US District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle said the mandate was unlawful because it exceeded the statutory authority of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and because its implementation violated administrative law.

It is unclear clear how quickly the ruling will be implemented at airports or train stations across the country or if the Justice Department will attempt to block the ruling and file an appeal.

Just last week, the CDC extended this mask mandate through May 3. The masking requirement applied to airplanes, trains, and other forms of public transportation.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/18/politics/cdc-mask-mandate-ruling/index.html

This is very good news. The mandate should not have been extended again, and should have been allowed to lapse a few months ago when the CDC relaxed their masking recommendations.

[username5243]

I'm looking for an honest answer here.

Is there a sound scientific reason to mandate mask wearing on planes, trains, etc. while not even trying to encourage it anywhere else? I mean surely they know that a large percentage - probably a majority now? - of people on any given flight are probably going to enter a public place unmasked upon reaching their destination.

If there is a good reason for this mandate alone to stay, can I please get a basic explanation of why they want to keep this rule in place while not even trying to do anything else?

If not, why aren't they trying to either (1) encourage or even mandate masking in other places or (2) just give up and drop that rule? Is it because they feel they don't have the authority to do more mandates? If so then why aren't they trying to encourage it more?

[emailking]

I'm looking for an honest answer here.

Is there a sound scientific reason to mandate mask wearing on planes, trains, etc. while not even trying to encourage it anywhere else? I mean surely they know that a large percentage - probably a majority now? - of people on any given flight are probably going to enter a public place unmasked upon reaching their destination.

If there is a good reason for this mandate alone to stay, can I please get a basic explanation of why they want to keep this rule in place while not even trying to do anything else?

If not, why aren't they trying to either (1) encourage or even mandate masking in other places or (2) just give up and drop that rule? Is it because they feel they don't have the authority to do more mandates? If so then why aren't they trying to encourage it more?

Because planes and trains have the potential to spread the virus far away and to multiple places. It's not that it's any more likely to transmit on public transportation. Just the consequences of it spreading are worse.

[Frodo]

Clearly we've got some work to do:

Omicron Was More Severe for Unvaccinated Children in 5-to-11 Age Group, Study Shows
Black children who had not been immunized made up about a third of those hospitalized during the winter surge.

Unvaccinated children from 5 to 11 years old were hospitalized with Covid at twice the rate of vaccinated children during the winter Omicron variant surge, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Tuesday.

The study was the latest to demonstrate that vaccines help keep children out of the hospital with Covid, despite the shots losing some of their potency at stopping infections from the Omicron variant.

But the C.D.C. report, based on data from hospitals serving about 10 percent of the U.S. population across 14 states, also offered some of the strongest evidence to date that racial disparities in childhood vaccination might be leaving Black children more exposed to severe illness from Covid.

Black children in the 5-to-11 age group accounted for about a third of unvaccinated children in the study, the largest of any racial group, and made up roughly a third of overall Covid-related hospitalizations within the age group.

[Ferguson97]

Jimmie was that you?

https://twitter.com/newdougman/status/1516538851636002825

[Person Man]

Jimmie was that you?

https://twitter.com/newdougman/status/1516538851636002825

Just tell them that they should take off their disgusting pants.

[Horus]

Jimmie was that you?

https://twitter.com/newdougman/status/1516538851636002825

Not cool, way too direct. A snicker and side eye is the proper form.

[Calthrina950]

Jimmie was that you?

https://twitter.com/newdougman/status/1516538851636002825

Fortunately, I haven't heard or seen this at my job. Of course, 90% of the population where I live (including myself), are done with masks and no longer wearing them. But there's still about 10% who are continuing to mask up. Most people don't pay attention to each other anyhow, and they certainly aren't bothering others about masks.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

It's mind-blowing that the Democrats embraced "zero Covid", when it was obvious it wouldn't work.

[The Free North]

Jimmie was that you?

https://twitter.com/newdougman/status/1516538851636002825

So i'm of 2 minds here.

On the one hand, other peoples mask preference is none of my business. I don't know people's risk factors or health conditions. It's not appropriate to make a comment about a strangers clothes or hair style, don't say anything about whats on their face either.

That being said, some of these folks make me want to punch a wall. If you've taken a look at the data and decide a mask is still warranted, thats fine, thats your choice, wear it inside, wear it outside, wear it to bed, I don't care. But, of the 10% of the population around me still masked, a solid 90% of those people are wearing flimsy paper or cloth makes that we know do absolutely nothing. We're 2 years into this thing we know what helps and what doesn't. If you're virally averse enough to still mask up, how are you careless enough to not buy a proper mask that will actually defend against the disease you're ostensibly so afraid of.

The dissonance is astounding.

[Pericles]

It's mind-blowing that the Democrats embraced "zero Covid", when it was obvious it wouldn't work.

Most of the people who use the words 'zero Covid' are clueless about what it actually means.