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Anyone have the skinny on mask usage in rural Tangipahoa and St. Helena Parishes? Thinking Amite, Monpelier, and points west.

The family has been itching to get out of the house. My wife saw an ad for the Cajun Country Corn Maze online (Facebook, I'm sure). It's about 8 miles west of Montpelier in St. Helena Parish.

So we drive (from the West Bank of Jefferson Parish) an hour and half up there. We finally make it, and we can see from our car the crowd for the maze and other activities. No one in masks. Yes, outdoors, and maybe not as dense as a Mardi Gras parade crowd ... but pretty darn dense.

Not a mask in sight.

So, after driving all that way, we don't even get out of the car. A quick poll of the family reveals that no one feels comfortable going to the corn maze, so we turn around in their parking lot and leave.

We make our way back to I-55 and drive to Hammond, planning to eat at Carreta's not too far from SLU. They have outdoor seating, but a little too dense, and no one really in a mask. People parking and walking to all the other nearby restaurants ... no one in masks. No one in masks. No one in masks.

Welp. Scratch Carreta's. Ended up eating in our car at a Sonic a few blocks north of Hwy 190 in Hammond (close to Target, Best Buy, etc.). Actually stopped at that Best Buy to shop a bit -- hardcore on the mask requirements, everyone in masks, no issues.

So ... what's the deal up there? Everyone's "back to normal" at restaurants in Hammond? The rural parts of Tangipahoa and St. Helena just aren't doing COVID?
Northshore is 1-2 months away from getting spanked hard by the virus
 
Anyone have the skinny on mask usage in rural Tangipahoa and St. Helena Parishes? Thinking Amite, Monpelier, and points west.

The family has been itching to get out of the house. My wife saw an ad for the Cajun Country Corn Maze online (Facebook, I'm sure). It's about 8 miles west of Montpelier in St. Helena Parish.

So we drive (from the West Bank of Jefferson Parish) an hour and half up there. We finally make it, and we can see from our car the crowd for the maze and other activities. No one in masks. Yes, outdoors, and maybe not as dense as a Mardi Gras parade crowd ... but pretty darn dense.

Not a mask in sight.

So, after driving all that way, we don't even get out of the car. A quick poll of the family reveals that no one feels comfortable going to the corn maze, so we turn around in their parking lot and leave.

We make our way back to I-55 and drive to Hammond, planning to eat at Carreta's not too far from SLU. They have outdoor seating, but a little too dense, and no one really in a mask. People parking and walking to all the other nearby restaurants ... no one in masks. No one in masks. No one in masks.

Welp. Scratch Carreta's. Ended up eating in our car at a Sonic a few blocks north of Hwy 190 in Hammond (close to Target, Best Buy, etc.). Actually stopped at that Best Buy to shop a bit -- hardcore on the mask requirements, everyone in masks, no issues.

So ... what's the deal up there? Everyone's "back to normal" at restaurants in Hammond? The rural parts of Tangipahoa and St. Helena just aren't doing COVID?
God, I pray that these vaccines work and arrive quickly. We really need it. Too bad we can't make a vaccine that cures stupidity and selfishness.
 
God, I pray that these vaccines work and arrive quickly. We really need it. Too bad we can't make a vaccine that cures stupidity and selfishness.
Pfizer is saying they are going to apply for emergency approval the third week in november. Hopefully they arent just manipulating their stock, if its true its great news. Im sure it wont be widely available until the spring, but its good news and there is light at the end of the tunnel finally
 
Pfizer is saying they are going to apply for emergency approval the third week in november. Hopefully they arent just manipulating their stock, if its true its great news. Im sure it wont be widely available until the spring, but its good news and there is light at the end of the tunnel finally
Do we have any confirmation from other countries about the effectiveness of the vaccines that they've started using?
 
Do we have any confirmation from other countries about the effectiveness of the vaccines that they've started using?
Moderna/oxford also looks very promising, they are just a few weeks behind Pfizer in the testing phase was what I saw reported. The vaccines appear to be effective but lets give it another (long) month


Russia says the moderna vaccine will turn you into a monkey because well russia

 
Northshore is 1-2 months away from getting spanked hard by the virus
Anecdotally ... some portion of people at least in the Mandeville-Madisonville area haven't been taking it seriously since the get-go. Really curious why they haven't had a "famous", news-making outbreak in St. Tammany Parish yet. Maybe they've managed to keep their COVID issues (if any?) on the down-low? :shrug:
 
Anecdotally ... some portion of people at least in the Mandeville-Madisonville area haven't been taking it seriously since the get-go. Really curious why they haven't had a "famous", news-making outbreak in St. Tammany Parish yet. Maybe they've managed to keep their COVID issues (if any?) on the down-low? :shrug:
1) They have.
2) most have been fortunate enough to work from home, no public transportation and the number of people per household is far less than minority areas.
3) No way they make it 2 months.


Most of the South outside of cities have quit the pandemic but its coming and coming fast.
 
God, I pray that these vaccines work and arrive quickly. We really need it. Too bad we can't make a vaccine that cures stupidity and selfishness.
Pfizer is saying they are going to apply for emergency approval the third week in november. Hopefully they arent just manipulating their stock, if its true its great news. Im sure it wont be widely available until the spring, but its good news and there is light at the end of the tunnel finally
Pfizer should have efficacy data (does their vaccine work) by the end of October. The FDA put in some more guidelines regarding manufacturing data and safety data that they need to provide to the FDA before approval. This data can't be ready until around the third week of November. If the efficacy data is available, I suspect Pfizer will announce this, probably in the next two weeks. I saw something in the last day that they anticipate having 100 million doses ready before the end of the year. The US government has a contract for the first 100 million doses.
 
Well, I was special today and went and got tested. Had no symptoms, but since it was a walk up Covid test and get your flu shot thought why not. It was free. I learned two things about myself. One, my sinus cavity is way higher on the right side than my left. Two, when you jam the swab up into the less deep sinus it makes your eyes water for roughly a half hour.
 
1) They have.
2) most have been fortunate enough to work from home, no public transportation and the number of people per household is far less than minority areas.
3) No way they make it 2 months.


Most of the South outside of cities have quit the pandemic but its coming and coming fast.
'You' may quit on the pandemic, but that pandemic will never quit on you.
 
Those death totals really show 2 things. First, the states hit hard first before there was any treatment other than just intubation really did get it bad. Lack of care space and any treatment isn’t a good combo. Second, states with large minority populations got hit hard also. Couple that with poverty and there is no winning scenario.
Now the Midwest up to this point has looked pretty good, however hospitals are getting overloaded, cases are massively increasing, and there are a lot of older people who smoke heavily in those areas. I don’t think in a couple months those states will look so good.
 

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