The vaccine registry shit is just bizarre to me and sets off endless warning sirens. You don't have to present your papers everywhere to show you've had the measles vaccine, and measles is a disease that is extremely dangerous for young children (like "major cause of infant mortality" dangerous), pregnant women (high risk of miscarriage or deformed children), the elderly, and people with AIDS.
If I recall, the concern about measles outbreaks in 2019 paled in comparison to this year's COVID panic. There was hardly any frenzy with measles last year even after measles-related deaths were reported in the media. At most, people checked their immunization records and got the missing measles shots if they felt they needed it.
Then again, the media did seem to go out of its way to emphasize that there was not a human vaccine for COVID so that we were all the mercy of some big bad scary disease that never lived up to the initial projections and hype. Unfortunate but typical for current year media.
I wonder if LA might be getting what NYC had earlier this year, given LA's numbers weren't that large proportionately at first. That seems to be the case in areas currently seeing a lot of cases--the virus never really established itself in those areas, no doubt because lockdown bullshit kept it from spreading as fast as it naturally would. Which isn't necessarily a good thing since dragging out economic damage and panic just makes things worse.
It's possible. The lockdowns being as mismanaged as they've been only seemed to delay the inevitable because nobody really thought about what to do when they were lifted either gradually or all at once.
In my area face mask litter is putting up a good fight against cigarette pack, water bottle, or McDonalds litter for trashy dominance. That is impressive considering the prevalence of the competition.
I've found used masks in front of my office at least twice now -- possibly from people getting off at the corner bus stop and haphazardly ripping them off their faces
. Meanwhile, the usual litter seems to have largely dwindled, though I wish I'd have that instead of gross masks to pick up.
You can only raise rent so much before you price yourself out of the market.
That's a good point, but the bottom line is that renters will have a hard time finding places moving forward because rents will increase some and landlords will collectively be gun-shy about leasing after the pandemic. I'm not sure how housing law works, but I imagine landlords will be more hesitant to lease if they're not allowed to ask prospective tenants if their previous rent-paying issues were no fault of their own (reduced/no hours due to COVID) or their own doing (had the money to pay but just didn't to game the system).
I have a feeling a lot of coronashit is going to be over in spring. Scumbag politicians are smug now but they're going to shit themselves when tax revenue is 75% lower than last year.
For those areas in denial about COVID's impact on their budget, they'll be in for a rude awakening when the next fiscal year starts -- 01-July-2021 for many. Some have seen the writing on the wall but expect the Federal money making machine to take care of their shortfalls. Others realize cuts may be necessary but have chosen to kick the can down the road because budget cuts are unpopular and they don't want their constituents too upset with them when they're up for reelection.
Also, it will be interesting to see what happens once Biden takes over has president. Some have speculated some of the inflated COVID numbers will disappear in an attempt to make it look like Biden's mere assumption of the presidency was all it took to help control COVID.
Whitmer: it has no effect on benefits.
People: You lying fucking bitch.
The TL;DR of this is that Governor Whitmer is not the bipartisan governor she said she'd be and instead uses her line item veto power to passive-aggressively swipe at the Republican controlled state house and senate when they don't give her what she wants or requests. It's little more than a partisan temper tantrum -- something that's been on national display with the various restrictions she's imposed in response to COVID.
From my accounting experience, I'm surprised she'd veto funds that would reduce the burden employers have to fund the portion of the state's unemployment system that covers administrative costs and cost common to all employers as a whole
. Even if paying no more than $90 per employee per year towards this seems small, it still adds up -- especially for small businesses.
