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Scrivener7

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25. They didn't. The CDC press release says nothing about theater. Rand Paul said "theater" and I

Reply to Wingus Dingus (Reply #20)

Tue Apr 6, 2021, 07:48 AM

Apr 2021

wonder if Yahoo is just trying to turn it into the smug catch phrase du jour.

But the CDC's new recommendation not to worry about surfaces is not one I will follow. They say the chances are low. A low chance is enough for me to swipe things before I use them.

PS: I loved your old name, but I get why you changed it. Love the new one too!

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End the hygiene theater, CDC says [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2021 OP

It may not be needed for COVID, but I am thankful places are actually CLEANING SoonerPride Apr 2021 #1

Exactly right. Lots of other diseases get spread via surfaces. GoCubsGo Apr 2021 #6

I'm not worried about it. Nt USALiberal Apr 2021 #27

For sure, shut it down, since COVID-19 is the only infectious disease that exists ... Hugh_Lebowski Apr 2021 #2

I Lean Your Way ProfessorGAC Apr 2021 #3

Agree ... Hugh_Lebowski Apr 2021 #4

Ahhh... The refreshing cooling breeze of pure uncut... Hugin Apr 2021 #9

I like hand sanitizer and hope it stays handy soothsayer Apr 2021 #5

Influenza is at the lowest number of cases in decades Ms. Toad Apr 2021 #7

Agree KT2000 Apr 2021 #13

It's gone almost extinct in New Zealand. meadowlander Apr 2021 #21

There is nothing wrong with cleaning. LisaL Apr 2021 #8

Changing their mind on things ... AGAIN. nt 🙄 Raine Apr 2021 #10

Right. This nonsense of sanitizing everything should have ended six months ago. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2021 #11

I appreciate the effort that the CDC went to in offering us their wisdom. But I've been abqtommy Apr 2021 #12

Did the CDC actually use the term "hygiene theater"? That doen't seem like them, somehow. nt Hekate Apr 2021 #14

CDC didn't use the term. LisaL Apr 2021 #24

This is confusing to me. W_HAMILTON Apr 2021 #15

I kind of want to keep the mask after this is over Sympthsical Apr 2021 #16

This is the same CDC that said we shouldn't mask and if we just washed our hands all would be well. Scrivener7 Apr 2021 #17

Yup. Same people that told us not to worry about masks last spring. Wingus Dingus Apr 2021 #20

That was because CDC was worried early on there would not be Deminpenn Apr 2021 #22

Yes, but they should have said THAT and not lied to us. They kept a possible preventive action Scrivener7 Apr 2021 #28

They didn't. The CDC press release says nothing about theater. Rand Paul said "theater" and I Scrivener7 Apr 2021 #25

Ha ha, thanks about my old name, I didn't want to be Wingus Dingus Apr 2021 #32

I haven't had any kind of cold or flu for more than a year now. hunter Apr 2021 #18

Maybe this "theater" is one of the reasons the flu dropped to practically zero. Silent3 Apr 2021 #19

No, because of lockdown! Nt USALiberal Apr 2021 #29

What's being called "theater" here is a part of the lockdown... Silent3 Apr 2021 #30

To me, keeping a sensible distance from others is the most Deminpenn Apr 2021 #23

I hear CDC PSAs every day on the radio. RandiFan1290 Apr 2021 #26

But the 'theater' helps stop other pathogens. apnu Apr 2021 #31