COVID cards

Yes, Tommie-poo, some people are idiots. They think that safety measures meant to protect the people are "government control."

Case counts would be dropping much faster if not for the millions of unvaccinated no-maskers attending goober yahoo monster truck rallies and Trump spews.

Where is lam's anger over illegals who don't have covid passports but according to the Border patrol have an infection rate of 20%?

I heard they turn you into a monkey.   Actually, I would love to be on hand to witness that transformation.

Candy

When Tucker Carlson told us they would turn you into a liberal, hundreds of supporters stormed and burned down a Dairy Queen in Swine Pen, Alabama. There was no connection whatsoever between Dairy Queen and vaccinations. But Tucker had mentioned a "blizzard" of Democratic efforts to dupe people into taking the deadly vaccine.

I like the one with pieces of Heath Bar in it.

Another data point. For the Gwen Stefani show at Planet Hollywood, my freedumb loving friends got a free nasal swab and had to wait about 30 minutes for a negative email report before they were allowed in.

Ridiculous?  Or a creative solution?  I say creative.  But think of the manpower to accomplish that.  But...if ya wanted to see a show bad enough and aren't vaccinated already (sheesh), get swabbed, go play some machines until your result is back. 

I wonder what they do if your result is positive?

Candy

I'm in favor of execution on the spot, but the casino might balk at such a move. How about this: according to player's card level:

Bronze: two burly security guards grab you, drag you out of the casino, and hurl you onto the sidewalk.

Silver: two burly security guards ask you to leave and follow you closely to make sure that you do.

Gold: you are given a mask, a face shield, and a floor-length condom and are asked to wear them throughout the performance.

Platinum: you are ushered to the "Elite Infected" section and assigned a seat in lieu of whatever you had before. This section is walled off from the rest of the audience by plexiglass shields.

Plutonium: as Platinum, above, but velvet nose swabs are used. Plus a complimentary cocktail while you wait for your result.

It's important for the casino to, at all times, let you know exactly what you're worth to them. This could even serve as an incentive for players to advance in tier level--get your own special section instead of being flung onto the sidewalk.

I may be on to something here.

LOL, Kevin. 

But here is another thought.  Why put it on casino/concert management?  If concert attendees want to risk being exposed to something (especially Covid-19), why not let THEM be the responsible party?  There has been time enough for most people to have gotten the vaccine, and you know you should carry your card everywhere.  Like I said before, no telling what germs the guy (or kids) standing in line, sitting next to us, etc. had.  I know, this is a different animal (or more correctly a different virus) and I've been in favor of measures to protect everyone.  But I'm re-thinking making management responsible for something like who gets into a concert (or football game or other entertainment gathering), at this juncture anyway.  And, does anyone turn to the one in the seat next to you and 1)ask all those 'exposure' questions like at the doctors' offices, and 2)ask "have you had the vaccine?"  Or even "Did you get swabbed outside and what was the result?"  I doubt anyone does.  Just another angle.

Candy

LOL, Kevin. 

But here is another thought.  Why put it on casino/concert management?  If concert attendees want to risk being exposed to something (especially Covid-19), why not let THEM be the responsible party?  There has been time enough for most people to have gotten the vaccine, and you know you should carry your card everywhere.  Like I said before, no telling what germs the guy (or kids) standing in line, sitting next to us, etc. had.  I know, this is a different animal (or more correctly a different virus) and I've been in favor of measures to protect everyone.  But I'm re-thinking making management responsible for something like who gets into a concert (or football game or other entertainment gathering), at this juncture anyway.  And, does anyone turn to the one in the seat next to you and 1)ask all those 'exposure' questions like at the doctors' offices, and 2)ask "have you had the vaccine?"  I doubt anyone does, whether they got swabbed before coming in or not.  Just another angle.

Candy

I've been playing poker in a couple of local casinos lately, and our states (OR and WA) have re-imposed mask mandates, but there's no vaccination requirements to enter. But at those poker games, you're sitting in very close proximity to several other players, often for prolonged periods--just as you would at a concert. Plus...only about half of those players are wearing their masks properly--you know the drill, chin bra, nose not covered, I'm eating or drinking so I can just sit there indefinitely with it pulled down, etc. etc.

I am, of course, fully vaccinated, but I still am wary of these people. Complaints to management, both of the room and of the casino itself, are completely ignored. There's no mask enforcement, despite the mandates.

So to partially protect myself, I conduct my own vaccination screening. I don't directly ask the players around me if they've been vaccinated. I make a general conversational remark--fairly innocuous--about something political/having to do with Biden/how the governor is handling the pandemic/etc. More often than not, at least one of the players takes that as his cue to start raving about how them DEMURRCATS is destroyin' da country blah blah blah. If this person is also a pseudo-masker, I leave. There's a fairly good chance that such a person is a no-vaxxer.

Judging from the surprising frequency of conservative raving I hear around me at the poker table (both prompted by me and otherwise), I've come to the conclusion that most poker players are right-wingers. This makes a certain amount of sense when you consider that they're mostly old white guys--but the younger ones seem to be predominantly Trumpers as well. It's odd, because this is an otherwise quite liberal area.

I, of course, have no idea of the efficacy of this informal screening tool, but we all know that if you're surrounded by Republicans, you're more likely to be infected than if you're surrounded by Democrats. But if somebody at the table says something about the price of donuts and a couple of old guys use that as their cue to immediately launch into a diatribe about Biden or Brown or Inslee, I know I'm in an infection zone---and I leave. (The general unpleasantness of being around such people is an additional consideration.)

I think public venues should have separate sections for Republicans and Democrats. We're splitting into two separate countries anyway, so why not segregate the virus carriers? Everybody---on both sides---will be happier. When the Covid Confederacy (that has a nice ring to it) secedes from the US for the second time, we can, this time, wave goodbye, say "don't forget to write," and start erecting a thousand-foot-high electrified barrier along the US-Covid border.

Then, we can all attend public gatherings and concerts with no worries.