Yes, and?
The hospital case load is overwhelmingly, screamingly, massively dominated by the elderly unvaccinated.
https://www.doh.wa.gov/Portals/1/Documents/1600/coronavirus/...
Given the extremely contagious nature of Omicron, what plausible way do we have to prevent these individuals from getting COVID and using hospital space? And don't say masking up kids—because if they haven't gotten vaccinated, then why do you think they themselves would wear masks and social distance to prevent themselves from getting COVID?
I have seen no plausible modeling that shows even high level of masking would significantly blunt the spread of this.
https://covid19.healthdata.org/united-states-of-america?view...
So why make the kids put on hair shirts I mean masks?
Oh, and by the way: I have plenty of sympathy towards health care workers. I am dating a nurse. I have doctors, nurses, and paramedics as friends. I have extreme empathy towards them, and full seething burning anger towards the unvaccinated septuagenarians ruining our health care system. And the rest of our economy while they're at it.
The hospital case load is overwhelmingly, screamingly, massively dominated by the elderly unvaccinated.
https://www.doh.wa.gov/Portals/1/Documents/1600/coronavirus/...
Given the extremely contagious nature of Omicron, what plausible way do we have to prevent these individuals from getting COVID and using hospital space? And don't say masking up kids—because if they haven't gotten vaccinated, then why do you think they themselves would wear masks and social distance to prevent themselves from getting COVID?
I have seen no plausible modeling that shows even high level of masking would significantly blunt the spread of this.
https://covid19.healthdata.org/united-states-of-america?view...
So why make the kids put on hair shirts I mean masks?
Oh, and by the way: I have plenty of sympathy towards health care workers. I am dating a nurse. I have doctors, nurses, and paramedics as friends. I have extreme empathy towards them, and full seething burning anger towards the unvaccinated septuagenarians ruining our health care system. And the rest of our economy while they're at it.