If the soaps did not require actors to be vaccinated by now, I have my doubts they ever will. The soaps are written and produced for extremely conservative people. Most of them are proudly antivaxx. Hell, most TV shows are not requiring vaccination. If you are counting on the industry to move forward, you are in for a long wait.

It would probably come from above, not inside the soaps.

I think ABC is already requiring vaccinations.  This may only be in their NYC studios.

Edited August 4, 20214 yr by Ponds

Yes, it's the NYT but that doesn't make this Op-ed any less insightful. Also, she assesses why the statements about the Provincetown cases should be scrutinized more closely than has been given the lack of data.

 

"A pandemic is a communications emergency as much as it is a medical crisis. Effective communication is much more than choosing the right words." https://t.co/M4xHEWjDN2

— Maria Konnikova (@mkonnikova) August 4, 2021

 

   

To think he left behind a baby with his selfishness. I hope that child ends up in a better place than their father did.

This is so frustrating! After several weeks of low numbers the rate of new infections is rising sharply here. Last week's numbers saw an increase of 30% compared to to week before that. Foreign travels and crowded holiday destinations are probably accounting for a big part of that. People, and especially young people, don't seem to care about the recommendations concerning social distancing anymore. 76% of new infections last week were people born after 1980.

It feels like a carbon copy of last summer. Very low figures during July, and then the numbers begin to rise...

Edited August 6, 20214 yr by I Am A Swede

8 hours ago, victoria foxton said:

https://twitter.com/people/status/1423469909707722753
Republican Politician Dies of COVID Complications Days After Mocking Virus

From the article:
In a statement, the Galveston County Republican Party called Apley's death "a tragedy" but did not mention that he died of COVID-19.

 

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Sometimes I have to turn the news off.  I can literally feel my blood pressure rising.

I don't want COVID to indirectly kill me due to my anger over people's stupidity and selfishness.

Edited August 6, 20214 yr by janea4old

The tale for our times.

 

 

  

 

🧵 We have sacrificed so much for you over these past 18 months.

And it took only 3 days for you to destroy one of the last things I was hanging onto - the ability to keep my kids safe.

A big fear, more than for my own safety caring for hospitalized COVID patients, was … 1/

— Christina Bergin, MD (@CRBerginMD) August 7, 2021

 

  

 

  

 

 

New York something else man pic.twitter.com/wI7ohTshzj

— 𝘼𝙣𝙩. (@HateAnt) August 7, 2021