Shouldn't this be Bread #20398?
I was trying to shift between breads earlier, much lag getting them to come up
Russia is busy, must be Disney
Philadelphia Is Ending Indoor Mask Mandate Again, Days After Reinstating It
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (MICHAEL RUBINKAM) April 21, 2022, 9:33 PM EDTUpdated on April 21, 2022, 11:05 PM EDT
(AP) – Philadelphia is ending its indoor mask mandate, city health officials said Thursday night, abruptly reversing course just days after people in the city had to start wearing masks again amid a sharp increase in infections.
The Board of Health voted Thursday to rescind the mandate, according to the Philadelphia health department, which released a statement that cited “decreasing hospitalizations and a leveling of case counts.”
The mandate went into effect Monday. Philadelphia had ended its earlier indoor mask mandate March 2.
The health department did not release data to back up its reversal on masking, saying more information would be provided Friday. Philadelphia had become the first major U.S. city to reinstate its indoor mask mandate, but faced fierce blowback as well as a legal effort to get the mandate thrown out. Few masks were worn at the Philadelphia 76ers' home playoff game on Monday, even though they were required under city rules.
City officials said the mandate would be lifted Friday morning.
“The City will move to strongly recommending masks in indoor public spaces as opposed to a mask mandate," the health department said in a statement.
When the city announced April 11 that the mandate was coming back, the health commissioner, Dr. Cheryl Bettigole, said it was necessary to forestall a potential new wave driven by an omicron subvariant. She said Philadelphia had crossed the threshold of rising cases at which the city’s guidelines call for people to wear masks indoors.
“If we fail to act now, knowing that every previous wave of infections has been followed by a wave of hospitalizations, and then a wave of deaths, it will be too late for many of our residents,” Bettigole said at the time.
Cases and hospitalizations continued to rise at least through Monday, when the health department reported 82 patients in the hospital with COVID-19 — up nearly 80% from a week earlier — with confirmed cases up 58% over that same span to 224 per day. Those numbers were still a fraction of what the city endured during the wintertime omicron surge.
The restaurant industry had pushed back against the city’s reimposed mask mandate, saying workers would bear the brunt of customer anger over the new rules.
Several businesses and residents filed suit in state court in Pennsylvania seeking to overturn the renewed mandate.
“We were very pleased to see Philadelphia make the correct decision to rescind the mask mandate,” said the plaintiffs' lawyer, Thomas W King III, who was among those involved in last year’s successful legal challenge to the statewide mask mandate in schools.
Shortly before news broke that the mandate was ending, the issue came up during Thursday night's debate between the three leading Democratic candidates seeking the party's nomination for Pennsylvania's open U.S. Senate seat. Notably, two of them, Lt. Gov. John Fetterman and state Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta of Philadelphia, came out against the mandate.
“We have to move past COVID," said Fetterman, adding that "we have to live with this virus, and I don’t believe going backwards with a mask mandate or with closures is appropriate.”
U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb of suburban Pittsburgh said he hated wearing masks, but thought Philadelphia officials were “trying to do what’s best for everybody."
Most states and cities dropped their masking requirements in February and early March following new guidelines from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that put less focus on case counts and more on hospital capacity and said most Americans could safely take off their masks.
The Justice Department, meanwhile, said it is appealing a judge’s order that voided the federal mask mandate on planes and trains and in travel hubs. The CDC asked the Justice Department to appeal the decision handed down by a federal judge in Florida earlier this week.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-22/philadelphia-to-end-mask-mandate-days-after-reinstating-it
I'd rather think We the People are beginning to remember our Power
No, but would be fun to watch Orlando and Kisimee fight over jurisdiction
Looks like Les Wexner's yacht LIMITLESS is sailing for Palm Beach. Track is old, last detected south of Puerto Rico. ETA 4/23/2022 at 15:00 Local Time
Not the first time, won't be the last.
I was trying to multi-task earlier, sustained some blood loss, decided screw it, hang with anons and be one of the cool kids
You could buy some of the coffee and a T-shirt
Remember the shuffleboard/bowling machine you had to sprinkle the fancy saw dust on so the shiny hockey puck thing would go better?
I take it you approve of the pics?
Like this, old school
One puck thing, and pins, and bells, and analog scoring dials
You got swords?
I just got the midget double straws. Had to go to another town to the diner to get swords in the burger
Mang, we was talking about happy childhood memories made in alcohol dispensing depots.
Please let it be a scene in this movie! Please! Pretty please!
Google the gargle goes down the shitter with a gurgle
Old sailor, used to funkufy da engrish to mess with junior officer's heads when they were tired
Sour diesel and skunk piss, gets 'er done
Disney Employees Getting Two Extra Days Off To “Recharge” As Company Gears Up For Return To Office
By Nellie Andreeva April 21, 2022 7:36pm
Employees from the film and TV divisions of the Walt Disney Co. will be getting additional holidays in 2022. I hear that leaders across the company sent memos to their staffers, informing them that May 27, the Friday heading into the Memorial Day weekend, will be designated as non-working days this year. Employees will get another extra day off in October, with the exact date varying from a division to division.
I hear the additional time off has been given so employees can “recharge” after more than two years working largely remotely amid the pandemic to keep the company afloat.
A number of Disney executives already spend some time in the office on a regular basis but there is no official company date set yet for return-to-work in-person. Disney is expected to announce soon plans for having their staffers back in the offices full-time.
https://deadline.com/2022/04/disney-employees-extra-days-off-recharge-return-to-office-1235007851/
Sailor Jerry spiced rum and orange juice. Use the measure lines at the bottom of the Solo cup. Be advised, they go down smooth but can sneak up on you.
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