More on schools and Covid

Bad Republican policies are making it worse.

Carroll County Public Schools reported Friday that 803 close contact individuals are in quarantine because of possible COVID-19 exposure. @CCPSk12 @CarrollHealthMD https://t.co/FkjO3ntoIp
— Carroll County Times (@CCTNews) September 17, 2021

Texas district closes schools after covid kills two teachers in one week https://t.co/9sEiHyRehw
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 1, 2021

Folks, this is appalling. A school board in rural Adrian, Oregon, fires the superintendent of schools — a 37-year educator — because he follows state law and implements a mask mandate as he is required to do to protect students and the community. https://t.co/lsEHzLkhnd
— Nicholas Kristof (@NickKristof) September 1, 2021

An Aiken County Public Schools spokesman confirmed that a fourth-grader with coronavirus died this week. https://t.co/wvZN0irh38
— WIS News 10 (@wis10) September 3, 2021

And then 3 men stormed her office with zip ties prepared to make a “citizen’s arrest” because she required that a child exposed to COVID wear a mask. And the local police only arrested one of them men and charged him with….trespass. https://t.co/ELl12u839Q
— Sherrilyn Ifill (@Sifill_LDF) September 4, 2021

HOUSTON PUBLIC MEDIA: Texas schools have amassed more than 50,000 confirmed coronavirus cases in students in just a couple of weeks. More than a dozen school districts have closed, and Texas is a leader in CHILD deaths from COVID-19 with 59 as of Sept. 3. https://t.co/dnENbILnQH
— Eric Lipton (@EricLiptonNYT) September 4, 2021

NYC kids outpace all other age groups in Covid positivity rates; the three leading age groups in NYC last week were:

➡️ 5-12: 5.78%
➡️ 0-4: 4.88%
➡️ 13-17: 4.67%

Since the city isn't leading the way, families can help by getting their kids tested before school starts. pic.twitter.com/CdrpJDv14j
— Jen Jennings (@eduwonkette_jen) September 4, 2021

Muppet Wicker Man

The Wicker Man is a fine 1973 horror film starring Christopher Lee. Thanks to Multiversal+, I found out about a fake Muppet trailer

MUPPET WICKER MAN (Brian Henson, 1993)

Police Sergeant Kermie travels to the isolated town of Summerisle in search of a missing girl. He finds the locals to be a surly and suspicious lot, rustic practitioners of crude bawdiness and Celtic neo-paganism. Music by Paul Williams. pic.twitter.com/Ce0SJdNqVh
— Multiversal+ (@MpvStreaming) September 5, 2021

A comic version

Covers: Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)

“Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)” was a 1979 hit for Robert Palmer. The song’s author, Moon Martin, had recorded it in 1978. Martin is not remembered much now but if you like this, try “Rolene” which I also posted below.

Covers: Diving Duck Blues

Sleepy John Estes recorded “Diving Duck Blues” in 1929.

Covers: Everybody Oughta Make a Change

“Everybody Oughta Make a Change”; this is my third post today of songs by the great Sleepy John Estes. His version was released in 1939.

Covers: Floating Bridge

“Floating Bridge” was recorded by Sleepy John Estes in 1937. Eric Clapton (1971) and Gregg Allman (2011)

Covers: Someday Baby Blues/Worried Life Blues/Trouble No More/Someday Baby

It’s a long path for these related songs.

Someday Baby Blues – Sleepy John Estes (1935)

Worried Life Blues – Big Maceo (1941)

Trouble No More – Muddy Waters (1955), Allman Brothers Band (1969)

Someday Baby – Bob Dylan (2006)

Polls show Republicans don’t care about climate change

I doubt that Hurricane Ida will change their minds.

Are you worried that you or someone in your family might be affected by an extreme weather event, or is that not something you're worried about?

REP
Worried 17%
Not worried 83%

DEM
Worried 72%
Not worried 28%

(Quinnipiac U. Poll, 7/27 – 8/2/21)https://t.co/dsncWeStbN
— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) August 28, 2021

FLORIDA
Do you think that climate change is going to have a significant negative effect on Florida in your lifetime, or don't you think that?

REP
Yes/Negative effect 17%
No 75%

DEM
Yes/Negative effect 83%
No 11%

(Quinnipiac U. Poll, RV, 8/17-21/21)
— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) August 25, 2021

You don’t point out that polling shows that a much smaller percentage of Republicans think climate change is a big problem. They’re the roadblock to getting anything done. https://t.co/bA3j5izoBf
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) September 2, 2021

Vaccine card on your phone

Your vaccine card could soon be required at the best restaurants, clubs and shows. Columnist @nicnguyen explains how to save a digital copy and register with eligible vaccine passport apps. https://t.co/npUuz79wCn
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) August 5, 2021

You may be COVID 'carded': How to store your vaccine card on any phone https://t.co/a8naqGZERW
— CNET (@CNET) August 30, 2021

When you have a digital copy, you won't have to worry about losing your vaccine card. https://t.co/VyYXFinyKX
— POPSUGAR Fitness (@POPSUGARFitness) August 26, 2021

Even in states that banned 'passports,' digital vaccine records are taking off https://t.co/FbTRaztiZX
— POLITICO (@politico) February 23, 2022

Depending on where you’re headed, showing a vaccination card from the CDC may not be enough. You may need to take extra steps before your trip to set up a “vaccine passport” that can be digitally verified.https://t.co/uckC0e1v7H
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 14, 2022

Terrible behavior by anti-mandate people at school board meetings

Folks, this is appalling. A school board in rural Adrian, Oregon, fires the superintendent of schools — a 37-year educator — because he follows state law and implements a mask mandate as he is required to do to protect students and the community. https://t.co/lsEHzLkhnd
— Nicholas Kristof (@NickKristof) September 1, 2021

I am a scholar of Fascism and this is breaking my brain. https://t.co/JSCS0viq26
— Ruth Ben-Ghiat (@ruthbenghiat) August 31, 2021

School board meetings have become emotional battlegrounds for parents and local officials who disagree over mask and vaccine mandates as children return to brick-and-mortar learning. https://t.co/xZjqLkJw48
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) August 31, 2021

Another form of compassion fatigue. People will simply walk away from thankless, draining jobs. (And school board folks are usually only doing it out of love and part-time.) https://t.co/wuaK7isLCa
— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) August 30, 2021

To those who continue to say people disrupting school board meeting are all just actors:

1. For months I watched Charlie Kirk, Scott Pressler, Michael Flynn and others traveling around the country organizing these. Read their social media posts. I saw the enabling subgroups form
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) September 1, 2021

Well I just gave testimony at my first school board meeting and the guy after me tore off his mask in the room and called out “MY BODY MY CHOICE”
— Esther Choo MD MPH (@choo_ek) September 1, 2021

Take This: Tempers flare and fists fly over a school mask mandate in Florida’s Lee County. @donlemon has the shocking video from inside and outside the school board meeting. Watch: pic.twitter.com/n38kxLhXbZ
— Don Lemon Tonight (@DonLemonTonight) September 1, 2021

This good “Christian” threatens to kill school board members, cops etc. Jesus saves, huh? pic.twitter.com/EQaveJ4M8H
— Andy Ostroy (@AndyOstroy) August 31, 2021

Out in Bucks County, PA today, reading about the school board members who faced death threats for supporting masks in schools. "I'm done with the bullying," one member said after resigning pic.twitter.com/OrZF4ZgV4j
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) September 5, 2021

Woman at the Seminole Co (FL) school board meeting today covers concentration camps, ivermectin, Bill Gates, Fauci, NIH, FDA, CDC, Pfizer, then finishes off with Abagail Adams. pic.twitter.com/bAklHQV5XO
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) September 2, 2021