They have announced that starting Monday it is open to 50 and above. Also, it was already opened to all teachers and daycare staff

Not in my church. Just found out several others have had it, They feel it is like the flu. You don’t want it, but you will be ok. Seriously, I have felt like chicken little in my. community.

Here are my experiences for your stats 2 couples in their early 50’s very mild, no long term effects. A mom 50 and her youngest who is 17. Mild, though she still feels tired sometimes. Her husband, a physician and their other two adult children didn’t get it. ( Home for Christmas) A wife in her late 50’s got it from her parents who got it from a home health person. Her mom was very fragile. She didn’t die from the Covid, but came home for hospice and died shortly after. A female administrator in a school in her 60’s. Knocked her out with pneumonia but did not need to be hospitalized. Her husband got it as well, though not quite as bad. Another person with multiple underlying conditions. I think maybe she got it from her granddaughter because she hasn’t been going out. She seems to be doing ok. I don’t know how you would distinguish long term problems with her other issues. The senior adult pastor and his wife got it. They have MANY health issues. No problem for the husband. Wife was hospitalized, but she is out and fine. Children’s minister and her husband got it. Husband works in a jail which is where he got it. No problems at all. A police officer, young but very overweight, on a vent, has been released but long term problems. Still in rehab a month later. A former student’s father got it and died after a few months in the hospital. I think he and his mom had it as well but didn’t have to be hospitalized. Have no clue how they got it and don’t really know how they are doing. Youth minister got it, but his wife and three children did not. ( Despite the wife sleeping in the same bed with him.) Very mild. Don’t know how he got it. A young lady works for chickfila who is in her late twenties and was fairly mild. Did not give it to her roommate. A woman in her 40’s and her high schooler got it. Fairly mild. No long term effects. The husband and the other child didn’t get it, but they moved out because he was a doctor. ( Just until quarantine was over.) A friend in his 70’s lost his sister to it in another state. The husband was also hospitalized but survived. Don’t know how he is doing now. My daughter’s roommate and her mom had in August before college started. No long term effects despite some underlying conditions. When our senior adult pastor asked how many had had Covid, half the people in our church raised their hands. I would have to go back and look at prayer requests, but many of our couples in their 60’s and 70’s have had it, but have not been hospitalized. I’m not really involved right now, so I don’t have any clue if they have any long term effects, but I can see them on the video, so they are well enough to attend church…unmasked. Like other posters said, some of the people who raised their hands I knew were sick, but no one used the word Covid. No one in our immediate family or extended family has had it: not grandparents, our siblings or their children or spouses.

I'm sorry. I think that Texas has been too free, but that is not good either. There can be common sense in between. What you propose is pretty much the way the schools have been handling orchestra here. I've seen videos of the concerts and special events.

My daughter's college has been very reasonable. They have had choir all year. They practiced outside with masks until the weather got nasty. They have done some online stuff, but mostly in person. They practiced in a church completely spread out. No reason why orchestras should not be playing. They did really well until some athletes had a party at Halloween, then there was a small breakout, so they went virtual after Thanksgiving though didn't close dorms. They started online except for labs and dance classes, etc but are back to in person. They have done quite well, and I am very pleased. https://fb.watch/42qi30wGeb/

I LOVED the finale. I bawled. I didn't care for the final extra scene. Just too weird. Such a creative job on this series. My husband had been out of town, so rewatching the series with him helped me see all of the extra touches they put in there. Very well done.

Yes. We both have it.

Mine doesn’t have front claws. She does just fine.

Yeah! we have loved it. We bring ours in tge garage at night. She wants to be fed. If yours is trained to eat at night, you will have no trouble getting her inside. Our whole cat’s personality changed when we put her outside. She is so much nicer and does not bite us anymore. And she kills tons of mice!

We actually pay for 2 school districts and a community college because of where we live. LOL.

Yes we have a farm exemption, but that only affects rhe land not the house and the acre surrounding it. We get no discount on that parcel.

Wow. I live on 50 acres and have a 3500 square foot house and pay only 5500.

So ours is 5,500. But as people have mentioned that’s it. We don’t pay income tax. We don’t pay a separate school tax. That is included. Seems very reasonable to me. When we lived in a state with income tax, we paid a heck of a lot more than 5,000 in state income tax.

I would love to read the book.

I'm being somewhat facetious. 😅

Maybe I am not so proud of Texas right now. Texas is opening to 100 percent and dropping the mask mandate. Way too early.

I could care less. There are so many things much more important than a clean house or room.

Well, I know quite a few people that will get it in maybe 2 -3 years after more data is available. I know many that are in the "not yet" camp. Not that it matters. It may be a year before I am eligible. Not complaining, but I am too young, but not young enough. I am too healthy. I am at the back of the line which suits me just fine. It will not take more punitive measure for me to get it, just a little more time to really let side effects play out.

Remind me never to debate any of you. You have lost me on half of thus discussion. The general public will never follow your arguments.

Yes, that was my point as well.

Empty. Hopefully will be restocked now that things have finally melted.

I wouldn’t. Your professor will be able to tell.

We have an airline one and a GM one. The GM one is getting more use now. When we have bought one child's car we have had $5,000 extra to be paid toward the vehicle. ( We typically give them a car for their 21st birthday.) For the airline one, we also had a checking account that earned miles for awhile. We took a trip to Europe with the family using only miles. If we need a car repair, we use it. If we need to buy an air conditioner, we use it. I actually don't use it for bills. I still pay with checks. Credit cards are fine if you pay them in full each month and are not overspending and still saving. Some people have the discipline to do so. Some do not.

We got mail for the first time since last Saturday, so 7 days. No trash service either. Newspaper has been digital with no delivery for anyone for my town or neighboring town until MAYBE tomorrow. They said they would get it to areas that are cleared, which means probably not my house. No water in town so no businesses open. Distributed free water today, but out by noon. Our grocery store and Walmart have no milk, eggs, bread, meat, etc. It is beginning to thaw, so hopefully our town might get stocked by Monday.

Nope. Not allowed. Had three cats. They never got up on the counter. When kittens we trained them. Had a spray bottle with water. That and get down worked. They have plenty of places to get high in the house. My counters and kitchen tables are not for them. Period.