TVScout Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 Free: Vermont Gov. Phil Scott (R) announced on Monday that 80 percent of the state’s 12 and older population is at least partially vaccinated. It’s the first state in the nation to reach that milestone, Scott said, and will allow him to lift all remaining pandemic restrictions. The World Health Organization warned Monday that the Group of Seven’s pledge to share 1 billion doses with low-income countries would not be enough and has not come soon enough to stave off the fast-moving coronavirus. Israel on Tuesday ended its requirement that masks be worn indoors, as the country’s rate of new coronavirus cases continues to decline after a massive inoculation program earlier this year. The Japanese government is reportedly considering putting Tokyo in a “quasi-state of emergency” during the 2020 Olympic Games to control infections. A Washington Post analysis found that states with higher coronavirus vaccination rates now have far fewer virus cases, while states with lower vaccination rates have significantly higher hospitalization rates. The United States reported a seven-day rolling average of 14,393 new cases on Monday, a slight decrease from the previous week. The number of daily reported deaths has fallen by about 28 percent. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/06/15/coronavirus-covid-live-updates-us/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenos Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 1 hour ago, TVScout said: Free: A Washington Post analysis found that states with higher coronavirus vaccination rates now have far fewer virus cases, while states with lower vaccination rates have significantly higher hospitalization rates. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/06/15/coronavirus-covid-live-updates-us/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenos Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 CA’s grand “reopening” is today. Hopefully it goes smoothly for the most part. https://apnews.com/article/government-and-politics-coronavirus-pandemic-lifestyle-california-health-9ddcb47e472ee0957dd7ca386af3600c 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WizeGuy Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 19 hours ago, Xenos said: CA’s grand “reopening” is today. Hopefully it goes smoothly for the most part. https://apnews.com/article/government-and-politics-coronavirus-pandemic-lifestyle-california-health-9ddcb47e472ee0957dd7ca386af3600c Zero deaths reported in Cali on June 13th: https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2021/06/15/coronavirus-tracker-california-reported-no-new-deaths-on-june-13-for-the-first-time-since-march-2020/ Beautiful stuff! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TVScout Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 Free stuff: United States surpasses 600,000 coronavirus deaths. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/06/16/coronavirus-covid-live-updates-us/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenos Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 Just something that caught my attention: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/06/15/industries-with-worker-shortages/%3foutputType=amp Quote Lessons from the tightest labor markets There are still millions of eager and eligible potential employees in the United States, but the tightest labor markets make it clear that employers have already snapped up the most obvious candidates. If employers want to ramp up to meet post-pandemic demand, they’re being forced to search harder for employees and perhaps offer bonuses or higher wages, said Pardue, the Gusto economist. “The pandemic rocked labor markets in several important ways,” said University of California at San Diego economist Jeffrey Clemens. “It broke many linkages between workers and their pre-pandemic employers, and it introduced a broad set of factors that make it less attractive for people to be in the jobs that they previously held.” According to Clemens, those factors include the health risks inherent to in-person work, expanded employment benefits and expanded responsibilities outside work, such as child care and elder care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikesfan89 Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 Shouldn't that be expanded unemployment benefits? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ramssuperbowl99 Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 5 minutes ago, Xenos said: Vaccinated players: Ice cream Fridays Unvaccinated players: Hotels suites will be substituted with mine shafts. The black lung will kill you if COVID doesn't. Silver lining to the NFLPA being completely toothless is that the NFL isn't gonna have any compliance issues. Someone get the Sam Darnold backpedal response on camera please. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenos Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 13 minutes ago, ramssuperbowl99 said: Vaccinated players: Ice cream Fridays Unvaccinated players: Hotels suites will be substituted with mine shafts. The black lung will kill you if COVID doesn't. Silver lining to the NFLPA being completely toothless is that the NFL isn't gonna have any compliance issues. Someone get the Sam Darnold backpedal response on camera please. You would think someone like Darnold would understand given that he missed games in 2019 because of mono. But then again, maybe he is that stupid. Also one of the few times the NFL strict protocols make sense. Get vaccinated or live with the annoying restrictions and screw your team over in the process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenos Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 1 hour ago, vikesfan89 said: Shouldn't that be expanded unemployment benefits? Possibly. But the article also talks about employers trying to bring in prospective workers through various incentives like higher pay and better benefits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramssuperbowl99 Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 Just now, Xenos said: You would think someone like Darnold would understand given that he missed games in 2019 because of mono. But then again, maybe he is that stupid. Also one of the few times the NFL strict protocols make sense. Get vaccinated or live with the annoying restrictions and screw your team over in the process. I mean if we're being really honest here, the protocols being that stringent is something the NFLPA could have destroyed in an argument if they wanted to. They were originally designed when states were in lockdown and there was virtually zero immunity. Now somewhere around 2/3rds of people are vaccinated. The odds of a full blown outbreak are lower regardless, and you could very reasonably argue that the protocols should be relaxed in line with that. If the NFLPA was smart, they probably gave into this in exchange for something else and we just don't know what that is. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenos Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 10 minutes ago, ramssuperbowl99 said: I mean if we're being really honest here, the protocols being that stringent is something the NFLPA could have destroyed in an argument if they wanted to. They were originally designed when states were in lockdown and there was virtually zero immunity. Now somewhere around 2/3rds of people are vaccinated. The odds of a full blown outbreak are lower regardless, and you could very reasonably argue that the protocols should be relaxed in line with that. If the NFLPA was smart, they probably gave into this in exchange for something else and we just don't know what that is. In this case, I’m glad that the NFLPA did not destroy the argument. And I hope they actually got something useful in return. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikesfan89 Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 Are they still trying to get players to skip OTAs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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