High risk here too. Age and asthma. And my DH is higher risk, older and several health issues. @Kitty62862

@Minholkin sounds lovely. I went out to use mine, but the heat is getting a bit much. The cicadas were sure having a good time, though.

In a couple weeks it will be time to request our mail in ballots. Once we get ours, I am going to vote EARLY this year.

If you have mail in ballots in your state, request one and vote safely from home.

@daneel reminds me of a border collie I had many years ago. Sooooo CUTE! ❤️❤️❤️

@Klaatu_Veratta_Nectarine Frankly, the chances of a vaccine being widely distributed in the USA prior to the inauguration of our next president are slim. Most predictions I have seen are that a vaccine would be ready by early to mid-2021. I really don’t expect Ivanka and Jared to be involved, unless this election is stolen by Herr Fuhrer, or unless he stages a successful coup.

@Klaatu_Veratta_Nectarine

This is why I am in the middle category — only if Fauci says safe. To me, vaccines have been a miracle of modern medicine, ending the horrors of childhood illnesses (one of my uncles died in childhood to a now preventable disease). They eliminated smallpox.

But Trump damages everything he touches. I trust Fauci. If he gets the vaccine and says it is safe, only then will I get one.

@sgalzin
But despite my personal feeling, I am curious. Just how deeply have they drunk the Kool-Aid? Is there any point at which they wake up and say “OMG what have we done?” Is there any point at which the reality hits so close to home that they are forced to reckon with the consequences of actions and policies? Or do they somehow manage to evade that thought process no matter how close to home it hits?

@sgalzin for me, personally, I will never again vote for another Republican. They have accepted blatant white nationalism, they have accepted a move toward fascism, and they have accepted outright traitorous behavior (and happily benefited from it). There is a local woman whom I like, who is GOP and our coroner. I will never vote for her again. The party needs to go the way of the Whigs that they replaced. A new party is needed.

So, curious. On the news this morning they discussed a poll. Many people say they won’t get a coronavirus vaccine, apparently preferring to risk death or lifelong damage to major organ systems to some small risk posed by a vaccine.

So I am curious what’s your feeling? Will you get a vaccine if one is developed?

Long wait times for COVID test results are indeed a thing. Because we have had cases where I work, I got tested last Tuesday. No symptoms. Just wanted to get tested since my DH is high risk.

Still waiting for my results.

Trump’s suburban horror show.

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/25/trumps-suburban-nightmare-376823

@missmesss75 So glad for you, and for her. It sounds like she has emerged from the darkness. And good for you, getting her registered to vote!

@ChippySuave his own brother was involved in that meeting, but refused to testify, citing the Fifth Amendment.

@ChippySuave I have always believed if the police had arrested him and taken his gun away the night he terrorized his wife, child, and aunt, that the family would have had greater trust in LEOs and wouldn’t have taken family defense into their own hands.

@ChippySuave years ago I represented a woman on appeal. She and a friend were convicted in the murder of her estranged husband.

The trial judge denied any instruction on battered woman syndrome. The evidence was replete with testimony of him stalking and threatening her and the friend (and others). Police were called when he threatened to shoot her and her aunt. Police told him to take a walk!

She and his family gathered. Someone was going to die; better him than them.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gop-congressman-aide-dies-coronavirus_n_5f1bd99bc5b6128e68262dc5

Here’s a link.