Beau of the Fifth Column: Let's talk about shifting public health strategies....

[TexasTowelie]

[Warpy]

1. Well, first off, the other, nastier variants are still out there

so do keep an eye on what your county is doing, here's a good site: https://covidactnow.org/?s=30001859

Second, if you're in a job where you're dealing with a lot of unmasked people, it's definitely a good idea to protect elderly family members by masking up around them, especially if they listen to Pox and the preachers and are unvaccinated. Even omicron can kill unvaccinated people, sad to say.

I'd love to say those unvaxed hosers are on their own, but we're not quite there, not yet. Cases are dropping like a rock around here, but hospitals are still pretty full. I'm afraid masks are going to be a fact of life until summer, at least. People around here are used to them, I haven't seen any Karens of either sex in the wild for a long time.