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soothsayer

(38,601 posts) Fri May 21, 2021, 04:48 PM May 2021

Reassuring tweet of the moment

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Jennifer Taub
@jentaub
📚 👓 ☕️

Random House
@randomhouse

The CDC says fully vaccinated people can still cancel plans to stay home and read.

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Reassuring tweet of the moment (Original Post) soothsayer May 2021 OP

I get it Laurelin May 2021 #1

You're right Sanity Claws May 2021 #2

Yeah I almost added parens that made it clearer soothsayer May 2021 #8

CDC blew it. sheshe2 May 2021 #3

September? n/t rzemanfl May 2021 #5

Sorry... sheshe2 May 2021 #6

They are easy holidays to confuse. n/t rzemanfl May 2021 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author sheshe2 May 2021 #4

Laurelin

(955 posts)

1. I get it

Reply to soothsayer (Original post)

Fri May 21, 2021, 04:54 PM

May 2021

But I feel Random House shouldn't have written such an ambiguous text. Maybe "... people can still cancel plans, and instead, stay home and read. "

Sanity Claws

(22,439 posts)

2. You're right

Reply to Laurelin (Reply #1)

Fri May 21, 2021, 05:03 PM

May 2021

Your punctuation and rewrite avoids the ambiguity.
Punctuation is important. There is big difference between "Let's eat Grandma," and Let's eat, Grandma!"

soothsayer

(38,601 posts)

8. Yeah I almost added parens that made it clearer

Reply to Laurelin (Reply #1)

Fri May 21, 2021, 06:15 PM

May 2021

But what the hay. I figured other reclusive folks like myself would get it.

Like:

The CDC says fully vaccinated people can still (choose to) cancel plans to stay home and read.

sheshe2

(98,439 posts)

3. CDC blew it.

Reply to soothsayer (Original post)

Fri May 21, 2021, 05:06 PM

May 2021

Last edited Fri May 21, 2021, 05:45 PM - Edit history (1)

Expect a surge 2 weeks after Memorial Day.

rzemanfl

(31,464 posts)

5. September? n/t

Reply to sheshe2 (Reply #3)

Fri May 21, 2021, 05:18 PM

May 2021

sheshe2

(98,439 posts)

6. Sorry...

Reply to rzemanfl (Reply #5)

Fri May 21, 2021, 05:44 PM

May 2021

meant Memorial Day.

24/7 mom care is frying my brain.

rzemanfl

(31,464 posts)

7. They are easy holidays to confuse. n/t

Reply to sheshe2 (Reply #6)

Fri May 21, 2021, 06:00 PM

May 2021

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