With COVID-19 and delta variant surging, Missouri needs to mask up again

[pstokely]

https://www.kansascity.com/opinion/editorials/article252656253.html

"Those who have refused to get inoculated should always wear masks, and maintain social distancing in crowds. Even those who have gotten their shots, though, should now consider wearing a mask in public.

“In all public settings, (people) should be wearing a mask and maintaining social distance,” said Frank Thompson, deputy director of the Kansas City Health Department. “We’ve got enough virus circulating in this community that, even for those of us who are vaccinated, there’s still a slightly higher risk … of contracting this new delta variant.”

There is evidence that those who are fully vaccinated have some protection against the delta variant — they might still get sick, but the illness is milder and easier to treat. Thompson says the health department has documented 42 “breakthrough” cases of COVID-19 in vaccinated patients in Kansas City.

But infected people can still spread the coronavirus, making masks and distancing important for those who don’t have their shots. We still need to stop the spread.

Thompson wears a mask in most social settings. “We understand that there is a lot of COVID fatigue,” he said. “People are tired of wearing masks. But the reality is, we still have a ways to go in terms of beating this virus.”"

[SoCalDavidS]

1. LOL!

They're not gonna mask up again. We're talkin' about Missouri here.

No Vaccines, No Masks. FREEDUMB!

[pstokely]

5. and even in the places where they had mask mandates, it's now politically hard to put them back

it would have been easier to leave them in

[Demobrat]

2. I don't get it when people say

it’s no big deal, it’s just like getting the flu.

The flu sucks!

Why do people want to get sick at all, when they don’t have to?

Is being sick in bed with a sore throat, cough and fever really better than wearing a mask, or getting a shot?

Why would anybody ASK to get sick?

Really don’t get it

[Skittles]

4. you got that right

I had the flu once - never again, I get that shot every year....the flu knocked me down HARD and I was pretty young.

[Scrivener7]

8. Their comparison to the flu is moronic. Covid is often deadly, while flu deaths are extremely rare,

despite what we have been told

(https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/comparing-covid-19-deaths-to-flu-deaths-is-like-comparing-apples-to-oranges/)

and Covid often leaves people with long term debilitating after-effects that prevent them from being able to work and live a normal life.

Even with people who had mild cases.

[LastDemocratInSC]

12. My wife is an ICU nurse.

She had a patient who was admitted and immediately went downhill in a matter of days. Last weekend he had a double lung transplant. The only way to save his life. An otherwise healthy male about 45 years old. This disease is extremely dangerous.

[Blues Heron]

10. most people think having a cold is the flu

They don't realize how sick you can get.

[dalton99a]

3. Stupid motherfuckers.

Let them die.

[Volaris]

6. And we think our kids are gonna have a normal school year.

NOT going to happen. It will be tried, and then after thanksgiving break they just wont go back...

[Scrivener7]

9. And in the meantime, lots will die.

[monkeyman1]

7. I agree ! but they take good people with them !

[hatrack]

11. And with Gov. Hee-Haw at the helm, I'm sure that swift, effective action will . . .

Oh, wait.

Never mind!