Here we go again.

[RandySF]

Link to tweet

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[Rhiannon12866]

1. Good Grief!

Maybe next year...

[gademocrat7]

2. Super spreaders.

The stupidity and selfishness of these people is despicable.

[a la izquierda]

3. It's insanely hot in Southern California,

Is it not? Looks to be 109° today. If people have no A/c (I didn’t when I lived there), what else really are they supposed to do? They’re outside. And for reference from a summer incident across the pond: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/amp/53519668

[uponit7771]

4. Before the "second wave" of 1918 virus the government promised a vaccine that didn't work, people

... believed the government had a cure and ran out and got more people sick.

I'll wait

[Amishman]

5. Humans are social animals, we've reached the limits of what many will accept

Let's face it, America blew it.

People, especially young people, want their lives back and are increasingly unwilling to stay home alone.

One of my good friends was complaining in our group chat that his neighbors had a 40+ person party (complete with bounce house) in their back yard yesterday. Neighbors are hispanic and not right-wingers, it's not just Trumpers giving up on social distancing.

We are now seeing proven reinfection cases, which are with different strains. The number of active strains is steadily rising as coronaviruses mutate readily. This also means any vaccine is going to be more like the flu shot (needs regular revaccination and is not 100% protection). In other words this is never going away.

My thought is national mask law with enforcement mechanisms and penalties for states/municipalities that refuse to enforce. Reopen businesses and public places - but have emergency powers set up to force and enforce total shutdown and quarantine if hospitals hit capacity. Horse is out of the barn, we blew it - and the moron in the White House shoulders the biggest blame.

[Illumination]

7. Well written! Thank you for that!

[Fiendish Thingy]

8. You are spreading misinformation- only two confirmed strains, only a handful of reinfections

The vaccine will not be like “the flu”, although the effectiveness is yet to be determined.

[Efilroft Sul]

9. When Trump tweeted "LIBERATE!" messages to bring out militias to state houses, it was game over.

There went whatever chance we had tamp it down and have a somewhat normal summer.

With kids going back to school and fall sports starting up at the interscholastic level, the Fuckening is upon us.

[Illumination]

6. OMG! As of today 9-6-20 CA has 725,542 cases. TX has 656,929 cases. FL has 643,867 cases

Where I live in Colorado, we have 58,989 in comparison! Thank goodness I don't live in CA anymore! This is from Reuters Graphics.

[Pluvious]

12. FWIW: Here are the infection metrics from NYT on Co and Ca

State - Total - per/100k - Last 7 days - per/100k
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Calif - 736,083 - 1,863 - 33,584 - 85
Colo - 59,362 - 1,031 - 2,036 - 35

Keep up the good masking and distancing friend

At least we both are blessed with Legal Rec haha

source: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html

[LymphocyteLover]

10. beaches are not places where the virus is spread that easily, especially in the sun

people should be able to get out and enjoy life a bit

[Pluvious]

11. Just hanging out in the sunlight and sea breeze is not that risky...

... as I understand it from the various sources of risk assessments of environments.

It's congregating in crowded bars with poor ventilation afterword that is the more serious risks.