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But frankly mr. cole, I’ll be happier when you get back to telling us to go fuck ourselves.

fuckem (in honor of the late great efgoldman)

Perhaps you mistook them for somebody who gives a damn.

Today’s GOP: why go just far enough when too far is right there?

Teach a man to fish, and he’ll sit in a boat all day drinking beer.

A Senator Walker would also be an insult to reason, rationality, and decency.

Pessimism assures that nothing of any importance will change.

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  1. 1.

    Ken

    Jim Walsh is the same fuckwit who compared trying to prevent THE SPREAD OF COVID to the actual Holocaust.

    Presidential ambitions?

  2. 2.

    NeenerNeener

    Monroe County, NY:

    Monroe County website says 235 new cases yesterday.
    NYSDOH says we had 215 new ones yesterday.

    I knew that case count in the low 100s from the day before was too good to be true.

  3. 3.

    Bruce K in ATH-GR

    Greece’s Health Ministry is now warning that a fourth wave of COVID infections is “all but inevitable” (source: https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1170277/fourth-covid-wave-unavoidable-says-health-ministry-official/).

    Normally Monday’s the spike day, compensating for the undercount on Sunday, but Tuesday’s numbers were worse than Monday’s (Sunday: 1689 new cases; Monday: 3334; Tuesday: 3739). Wednesday was down a bit to 3252, but if things keep going the way they are, we’ll be back up to the summer spike numbers soon.

    I suppose I should be grateful that my workplace is continuing the work-from-home program. They’re going to go with a plan for people to be in the office 60 percent of the time, work-from-home 40%, but one, that’s a rule of thumb rather than a hard-and-fast rule, and two, it’s not going to go into effect until the pandemic emergency is over, which my bosses made absolutely clear is not currently the case. (I also learned that my workplace is now 100% vaccinated.)

  4. 4.

    YY_Sima Qian

    On 10/20 China reported 13 new domestic confirmed (1 previously asymptomatic) & 7 new domestic asymptomatic cases.

    Inner Mongolia “Autonomous” Region reported 2 new domestic confirmed cases. There currently are 14 active domestic confirmed cases in the region.

    • Ejina Banner in Alxa League did not report any new domestic positive cases. There currently are 5 active domestic confirmed cases there, all staff at a restaurant frequented by the tour group that tested positive at Xi’an in Shaanxi. 1 township is at Medium Risk.
    • Erenhot in Xilingol League reported 2 new domestic confirmed cases, both found during mass screening of residential compounds under lock down. There currently are 9 active domestic confirmed cases there. 1 community has been elevated to Medium Risk. 3 communities are at Medium Risk.

    Xi’an in Shaanxi Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. There currently are 8 active domestic confirmed cases in the city, all members of the tour group that had recently traveled through Gansu & Ejina Banner in Inner Mongolia.

    Ningxia “Autonomous” Region reported 4 new domestic confirmed cases. There currently are 6 active domestic confirmed cases in the region.

    • Wuzhong reported 2 new domestic confirmed cases, both close contacts of the domestic confirmed case reported there on 10/19, & all 3 had traveled to Ejina Banner in Inner Mongolia. In fact, they had eaten at the same restaurant w/ the outbreak, as had the tour groups that tested positive at Xi’an in Shaanxi & Lanzhou in Gansu. There currently are 3 active domestic confirmed cases in the city, all part of transmission that spilled out from Ejina Banner in Inner Mongolia.
    • Yinchuan reported 2 new domestic confirmed cases, 1 found at screening during hospital intake, epidemiological investigation determined that person had shared the same space the same time w/ the domestic confirmed case reported there on 10/18. There currently are 3 active domestic confirmed cases in the city, all part of transmission that spilled out from Ejina Banner in Inner Mongolia.

    Gansu Province reported 5 new domestic confirmed cases (1 previously asymptomatic). There currently are 9 active domestic confirmed & 1 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.

    • Lanzhou reported 4 new domestic confirmed cases (1 previously asymptomatic), the 3 new positive cases are all traced close contacts of the tour group reported there on 10/19. There currently are 8 active domestic confirmed & 1 active domestic asymptomatic cases. 2 residential compounds are at Medium Risk.
    • Zhangye in Gansu Province reported 1 new domestic confirmed case, a traced close contact of the tour group reported at Lanzhou on 10/19.

    Zunyi in Guizhou Province reported 1 new domestic asymptomatic case (moderate), a traced close contact of the domestic confirmed case reported on 10/19, the 2 had traveled together to Chongqing Municipality after the 1st case had returned from Gansu & Ejina Banner in Inner Mongolia. There currently are 1 active domestic confirmed & 1 active domestic asymptomatic cases.

    Xingtai in Hebei Province reported 2 new domestic asymptomatic cases, found via contact tracing. Both had recently traveled from Beijing, & are relatives of the domestic confirmed case reported there on 10/19.

    Beijing Municipality did not report any new domestic positive cases. There currently is 1 active domestic confirmed case in the city, a person who had slept in adjacent bunk as the confirmed case reported by Yinchuan in Ningxia.

    Tianmen in Hubei Province reported 2 new domestic confirmed cases, both tourists who had visited Gansu & Ejina Banner in Inner Mongolia in the 1st half of Oct., & were driving through Hubei on their way home in Guangdong.

    Changsha in Hunan Province reported 1 domestic asymptomatic case. There currently are 1 active domestic confirmed & 1 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city, both tourists who had recently returned from travel across Gansu & Ejina Banner in Inner Mongolia.

    Dehong Prefecture in Yunnan Province reported 3 new domestic asymptomatic cases (2 at Mangshi & 1 at Ruili, all found via screening of persons under lockdown or quarantine). 1 domestic asymptomatic case was released from isolation. There currently are 1 active domestic confirmed & 13 active domestic asymptomatic cases at the prefecture.

    At Fujian Province 8 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There currently are 21 active domestic confirmed cases remaining in the province, all at Xiamen.

    At Heilongjiang Province 1 domestic confirmed cases recovered & 2 domestic asymptomatic cases were released from isolation. There currently are 2 active domestic confirmed cases remaining in the province, both at Harbin.

    At Ürumqi in Xinjiang “Autonomous” Region there currently is 1 active domestic asymptomatic case remaining.

    At Henan Province there currently are 5 active domestic confirmed cases remaining, all at Shangqiu.

    Imported Cases

    On 10/20, China reported 8 new imported confirmed cases (1 previously asymptomatic), 20 imported asymptomatic cases:

    • Shanghai Municipality – 6 confirmed cases, 2 Chinese nationals each returning from Serbia (via Vienna) & Suriname (via Amsterdam Schiphol) & 1 each from the US & the UK (via Vienna)
    • Guangzhou in Guangdong Province – 1 confirmed case, a Chinese national returning from Singapore; 3 asymptomatic cases, 2 Chineses nationals returning from Turkey & 1 from the DRC
    • Foshan in Guangdong Province – 1 asymptomatic case, coming from Tajikistan, off a flight that landed at Guangzhou
    • Zhengzhou in Henan Province – 1 confirmed (previously asymptomatic) & 3 asymptomatic cases, no information released
    • Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province – 6 asymptomatic cases, 2 coming from Russia & 1 each from Mongolia, South Korea, Egypt & Mexico
    • Chengdu in Sichuan Province – 4 asymptomatic cases, 2 Chinese nationals returning from 
    • Guangxi “Autonomous” Region (location not specified) – 2 asymptomatic cases, no information released
    • Beijing Municipality – 1 asymptomatic case, no information released

    Overall in China, 34 confirmed cases recovered (24 imported), 9 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation (6 imported) & 2 was reclassified as confirmed case (1 imported), & 1,300 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 492 active confirmed cases in the country (421 imported), none in serious condition, 372 active asymptomatic cases (352 imported), 1 suspect case (imported). 22,383 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.

    As of 10/20, 2,238.325M vaccine doses have been injected in Mainland China, an increase of 2.099M doses in the past 24 hrs.

    On 10/21 Hong Kong reported 6 new positive cases, all imported (4 had been fully vaccinated).

  6. 6.

    NorthLeft12

    OT but just wanted to report that I was able to read this entire thread and write this comment without the page auto-refreshing.

    Whatever you (watergirl?) did to fix this, worked.

    BTW Anne, this is my favourite read of the day and my thanks again to you for collecting and posting all this information.

  8. 8.

    New Deal democrat

    Now that the Columbus Day holiday artifacts are out of the weekly data, the nationwide US downward trend is shown to have continued, at almost 55% from Delta peak at 76,300. At current rate of decline, will be lower than 1 year ago within one week. That’s good news, as it indicates no winter wave so far. Deaths are still anomalously higher; I expect that to reverse.

    Only 2 States clearly rising: CT, ID.

    Most other States flat to slightly declining.

    Only HI and PR less than 10 cases per 100,000 vs. *all* States except WY and MO at their lows this June.

  9. 9.

    Amir Khalid

    Malaysia’s Ministry of Health reports 6,210 new Covid-19 cases today in its media statement, tfor a cumulative reported total of 2,413,592 cases. It also reports 76 deaths as of midnight, for an adjusted cumulative total of 28,138 deaths – 1.17% of the cumulative reported total, 1.21% of resolved cases.

    Based on cases reported yesterday, Malaysia’s nationwide Rt is at 0.86.

    501 confirmed cases are in ICU, 205 of them on ventilators. Meanwhile, 7,562 more patients have recovered, for a cumulative total of 2,303,583 patients recovered – 95.4% of the cumulative reported total.

    Six new clusters were reported today, for a cumulative total of 5,705 clusters. 591 clusters are currently active; 5,114 clusters are now inactive.

    6,168 new cases today are local infections. 42 new cases today are imported.

    The National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) administered 256,497 doses of vaccine on 20th October: 28,406 first doses, 212,496 second doses, and 15,595 booster doses. As of midnight yesterday, the cumulative total is 48,437,608 doses administered: 25,285,399 first doses, 23,265,448 second doses, and 47,728 booster doses. 77.4% of the population have received their first dose, while 71.2% are now fully vaccinated.

  10. 10.

    NotMax

    A bit more out of Russia.

    Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday approved a government proposal for a week-long workplace shutdown at the start of November to combat a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases and deaths.
    [snip]
    Speaking at a televised meeting with government officials, Putin said the “non-working days” from Oct. 30 to Nov. 7, during which people would continue to receive salaries, could begin earlier or be extended for certain regions.
    [snip]
    …Moscow’s mayor announced four months of stay-home restrictions for unvaccinated over-60s on Tuesday.

    The mayor’s office was seeking to force shopping centres to connect their security cameras to a centralised facial recognition system that would allow authorities to enforce protective mask-wearing in public, the Kommersant daily reported.

    Half of Moscow’s 600 shopping centres have not connected to the system, Kommersant cited Bulat Shakirov, president of the Union of Shopping Centres, as saying.

    “But now, due to growing infections, authorities have decided to tighten control,” he said, adding that shopping centres that failed to comply could be ordered to close. Source

  11. 11.

    Ken

    @NotMax: Somehow I’m not expecting press releases from Sen. Cruz or segments on Fox criticizing Russia and Putin for using facial recognition software to enforce mask mandates.

  12. 12.

    NotMax

    Locally,

    The Hawaii Department of Health today said data shows more than 1 million residents in Hawaii are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19
    [snip]
    Statewide, 70.4% of Hawaii’s population of about 1.4 million has completed vaccinations, while 78.8% received at least one dose. Source

  13. 13.

    Mary G

    Orange Co. had 219 new cases today, and test positivity is at 2.5%. Hospitalizations up a bit, unknown why.

    The mask and vaccine requirements in schools are really working well. For all schools in the county between Oct. 3 – Oct. 9, there were only 33 cases for all students, teachers, and staff in all schools from kindergarten to state universities and colleges. 29 of the 33 were elementary students, which makes sense as they are not vaccinated.

    Disneyland reports for all its restaurants in the parks, and maybe Downtown Disney, too, that reservations are full for months ahead. Bring us that nice tourist cash!

  14. 14.

    Geo Wilcox

    @New Deal democrat: Same here in rural SE IN. Our local hospital Covid population halved in a week. 90% of those with Covid are unvaccinated of course. I rescheduled my left hip replacement (set for Oct 6th, the height of the Covid hospital run) for Nov. hoping it will miss the uptick due to winter and people heading indoors for stupid shit.

  16. 16.

    Matt McIrvin

    Daughter has a sore throat. I managed to score a six-pack of BinaxNow tests a little while ago so I was able to give her one and it came out negative, but she’s staying home from school out of an abundance of caution.

    We’re going to see my parents for Thanksgiving; everyone’s vaccinated but I’m hoping to use some of these tests for belt-and-suspenders sureness before we actually go to their house. My wife got the J&J vaccine and is happy about new booster guidance, will definitely take advantage.

  17. 17.

    NotMax

    OT. Non-COVID medical story.

    An East Texas nurse was convicted of capital murder in the deaths of four patients after injecting them with air following heart surgeries.
    [snip]
    Prosecutors expect to seek the death penalty during the sentencing phase, which started Wednesday, according to the Associated Press. Source

  19. 19.

    lowtechcyclist

    Australia overtakes the U.S. in vaccinating its population against Covid

    Are there any major countries left that haven’t?

  21. 21.

    mrmoshpotato

    Travelers are confessing to using fake vaccine cards to their travel advisers

    Throw them out the emergency exits with fake parachutes.

  23. 23.

    Matt McIrvin

    People crowing about Florida’s low case rate remind me of Zapp Brannigan explaining how he defeated the killbots by throwing wave after wave of his own men at them until they met their preset kill limit.

  25. 25.

    Bruce K in ATH-GR

    @mrmoshpotato: Nah, just put them on do-not-fly and do-not-travel lists. For ten years. And don’t start counting until they get their shots.

    Then start the fraud/forgery prosecutions for falsifying government documentation.

  27. 27.

    Betty

    A new twist here that has me questioning this rule. Families of the so far 30 people who were confirmed to have died from Covid are not even allowed to view the person’s body. Doesn’t that seem unnecessary on a scientific basis? Anyone see this anywhere else?

  28. 28.

    Soprano2

    @New Deal democrat:  We’re seeing the same thing here. Our 7-day case average is almost in the “yellow” area, and hospitalizations are dropping every day. It makes me sad when I look back at May, we almost had it licked then Delta happened and too many idiots here won’t get vaccinated. I think there are 5-6 people in my office who still haven’t gotten the shots based on how many people I see wearing face masks every day. Our vaccination rate here is still going up, we have over 56% with at least one shot. I thought we’d be over 70% by September. Oh, well…..too many MAGA idiots here.

  30. 30.

    Matt McIrvin

    @New Deal democrat: Most of New England is experiencing the usual punishment for flattening the curve, which is that the curve takes longer to clear. Meanwhile, the two rural counties in NH that were having monster outbreaks might actually have peaked.

  33. 33.

    Cermet

    The US is leading vaccine donations massively; what is wrong with Europe? Still, far too low for the US but Europe – really? You’re the people that colonized most of those countries (looking at you, England/France.)

  34. 34.

    Cermet

    @rikyrah: The Moderna vaccine will be half its normal dose so not necessarily any better than Pfizer. Also, it may take time for Moderna to produce those new lower doses so might have to wait awhile. Pfizer’s are already on the self.

  35. 35.

    Robert Sneddon

    Scotland — 2,355 new COVID-19 cases reported today. The test positivity rate is 7.4%. There were 32 new deaths reported (noting that Register Offices are now generally closed at weekends). ICU bed occupancy numbers are 58, up seven from yesterday while hospitalisations are 917, up 27.

    There were approximately 5,200 vaccinations carried out in Scotland yesterday (Tuesday) with about 60% of these being first vaccinations. 91.8% of 16+ adults are now vaccinated with their first dose and 85.4% are fully vaccinated. 74.3% of 16 and 17-year-olds have now received their first vaccination, up 0.1% from yesterday. 49.6% of 12-15 year olds have now received their first vaccination, up 0.6% from yesterday.

    There were about 29,000 booster vaccinations carried out yesterday with a total of just over 400,000 boosters to date.

  36. 36.

    Skepticat

    One of my sisters has profound Alzheimer’s and just had a bad fall that resulted in broken facial bones, many stitches, and a cerebral hemorrhage. She spent four days in the hospital in the emergency room, as unvaccinated idiots seem to be taking up a lot of the rooms in Maine Medical Center.

  37. 37.

    Scout211

    @Cermet:

    We have to wait for today’s meeting for the official decision but it will likely be a half dose of Moderna. (50 mcg instead of 100 mcg in the original dose).

    But I am confused about your statement.

    Can’t they just add to the injection a 50 mcg dose instead of the 100 mcg dose of the original shot? It is shipped in multi-shot vials to the providers who measure the doses for injection, right?

    And doesn’t 30 mcg X 3 = 90 mcg (Pfizer) versus 100 mcg + 100 mcg + 50 mcg = 250 mcg (Moderna)?  90 mcg vs 250 mcg seems like a difference to me. And the studies have found a stronger immune response with the higher dose of Moderna over time.

    Edited for clarity.

  39. 39.

    Another Scott

    Meanwhile, at the Capitol, … RollCall:

    […]

    As he boarded one of the hundreds of elevators in the sprawling complex, his frustration came to a head. He knew he wasn’t going to change any minds, but he had to say something. So he turned and confronted a maskless fellow staffer.

    “I’m fully vaccinated, are you not?” the man shot back, tension crackling in the tiny space. The exchange was over almost as quickly as it began. The elevator doors opened, and both went about their days.

    Scenes like this are playing out all around the Capitol this fall, as some staffers say they feel trapped in a neverending proxy war, squabbling over masks as larger partisan tensions rage in Congress. Nineteen months into the pandemic, masks are still so much more than simple pieces of fabric — and that’s especially true when you work on Capitol Hill, in the heart of political Washington.

    “We’re in a very hard workplace, and it’s discouraging to see someone blatantly disregarding the rules,” says the Democrat who rode the elevator, asking not to be named to protect his job as a communications staffer for a House member.

    “It literally feels like going into work is going into a battle,” says another House Democratic staffer, who is fed up and applying for other jobs. He no longer feels safe on the Hill after a pro-Trump mob attacked the Capitol at the beginning of the year, and the continued tension over masking has made the climate even worse for him.

    “It’s not the only factor, but it’s a factor,” he says.

    […]

    At least five members of Congress have tested positive for the coronavirus since the beginning of September, and workers in the complex have felt the continuing effects of the pandemic too, with a Capitol Police officer hospitalized in the intensive care unit. Yet even as the Hill enters a busy fall period that will keep hallways full, mask-wearing is spotty.

    “Seeing that has kind of rekindled this tension, like we’re not all playing by the same rules,” the Democratic staffer says. “It got me even doubting — is this a rule?”

    […]

    (A problem with the story is that it doesn’t say how common the masklessness is.)

    People who break the rules and the norms, like TFG, cause a lot of damage that continues long after they’re gone. It’s always easier to destroy than to build.

    They want us to get discouraged – we need to do what we can so that they don’t win. We have to keep our eyes on the prize and keep moving forward.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  40. 40.

    Matt McIrvin

    @rikyrah: She’ll probably get either Pfizer or Moderna, whatever is available. Given the recommended booster doses I doubt there is much difference either way.

  41. 41.

    rikyrah

    @Matt McIrvin:

    @rikyrah: She’ll probably get either Pfizer or Moderna, whatever is available. Given the recommended booster doses I doubt there is much difference either way.

     

    I don’t know about the difference between Pfizer or Moderna, but, the study was done that the difference in antibodies between a booster of J&J and Moderna was VAST. Moderna by a mile.

  43. 43.

    Matt McIrvin

    @rikyrah: The flip side is that according to some studies, J&J may confer more durable long-term protection against severe disease.

  45. 45.

    smith

    @mrmoshpotato: I’m hoping this is a case of Vlad being hoisted by his own petard. To the extent that a lot of anti-vax propaganda in this country has a Russian troll farm origin, it may very well be the case that that propaganda has leaked back to Russia and convinced a lot of people there not to trust the vaccines.

  47. 47.

    mrmoshpotato

    @Bruce K in ATH-GR:

    Fraud/forgery prosecutions for falsifying government documentation first.  Let those play out.

    Then slap in their plague rat faces with a ten-year flying ban after they’re out of prison/paid off their massive fines.

  49. 49.

    MoCaAce

    I hear there is a cheap and effective way you can defeat that insidious facial recognition software.

  51. 51.

    rikyrah

    @NotMax:

     

    I honestly believe that he began the anti-vax propaganda campaigns in order to throw shade and doubt on the Western vaccines, so that people would step up and want to take the Russian vaccine.

    He didn’t think that through, at least not in the USA. I don’t know any anti-vaxxer who is like….

    ” I won’t take Moderna, Pfizer, J&J, but, sign me up for that Russian vaccine.”

     

    Maybe it worked in other parts of the world, but, not in America or the West.

    What it did though, was make his own people vaccine-resistant.

  52. 52.

    smith

    @Matt McIrvin: People crowing over current low case numbers in the South are looking at the wrong variable.  The impact of covid post-vaccine availability should be measured by death rates, not case rates.  That’s what the vaccines are primarily intended to prevent. The South still has a much higher death rate per capita than any other region, and Florida still has a death rate more than twice that of Vermont.

  53. 53.

    Lacuna Synecdoche

    WaPo via Anne Laurie @ Top:

    Travelers are confessing to using fake vaccine cards to their travel advisers. They’re not being shy about it, either.

    Of course they’re not being shy about it. Their whole movement, and identity, is predicated on the idea that the law is for libtards.

    By being open about their law-breaking, they demonstrate membership in a group that refuses to obey libtard laws. Showing contempt for the concept that laws could apply to themselves is a badge of group membership – you’re not really in the tribe if you don’t display the tribal markers.

  54. 54.

    wenchacha

    Is there a chance this Garland hearing will be something that if makes me feel better about things?

  55. 55.

    Lacuna Synecdoche

    @smith:

    To the extent that a lot of anti-vax propaganda in this country has a Russian troll farm origin, it may very well be the case that that propaganda has leaked back to Russia and convinced a lot of people there not to trust the vaccines.

    Maybe, but I’m pretty sure Russian distrust of gov’t dates back to routine Soviet disinformation and totalitarianism.

  56. 56.

    Lacuna Synecdoche

    @rikyrah:

    He didn’t think that through, at least not in the USA. I don’t know any anti-vaxxer who is like….

    ” I won’t take Moderna, Pfizer, J&J, but, sign me up for that Russian vaccine.”

    Which is actually kind of surprising, given the GOP’s love for all things Putin.

  57. 57.

    Peale

    That CDC chart seems powerful, but I’m not certain if I’m reading it right.

    Is that the rates vs 100,000 in each group, or the total population? So for every 100,000 unvaccinated people, 90 were in the Hospital on August 31 and for every 100,000 vaccinated people, 4 were in the hospital on August 31. Or is it 94 out of 100,000 people were hospitalized and of those 90 were unvaccinated and 4 were vaccinated. Its a slightly different story each way.  If the former, then that 100,000 includes the uneligible children who are unlikely to need to be hospitalized. Its a more powerful story that way.

  58. 58.

    Miss Bianca

    @Matt McIrvin: I just ordered my own set of rapid tests from the state. They are giving away an eight pack for free. And on the personal COVID front, just got a negative result back from the one I took this morning. Whee!

  59. 59.

    Miss Bianca

    @Skepticat: Damn, my sister was lucky then, back in September (if “lucky” is really the word you want for being able to get into a room at Maine Medical after a stroke.)

  60. 60.

    Death Panel Truck

    Got a Pfizer booster on Monday at Walgreens, along with a flu shot. I’m 58, but I have FSGS, so I qualified.

    Technician said he could put both shots in the same arm. I had him do the right one, since I sleep on my left side. Fucking arm still hurts.

  62. 62.

    Matt McIrvin

    @Miss Bianca: The last time I wanted to give my kid a rapid test, the only ones I could get were the $30 apiece ones that work through a phone app. As far as I can tell, this is identical to the BinaxNow test except that instead of the little card it has a button-cell-powered unit that uses an LED and photodiode to read the test strip, and a BlueTooth transmitter that talks to the phone app. It’s kind of ridiculously wasteful.

  64. 64.

    StringOnAStick

    @Betty: I have read reports from funeral homes that people who die from Covid are so altered in physical appearance that viewings aren’t possible out of respect for the impacts on family members. I personally think some of these images should be in circulation, especially in low vax areas.  Make it real.

  65. 65.

    Miss Bianca

    @rikyrah: Way late back to the thread, but if you’re still here…

     

    I’m in CO, and this is the link to the form for individuals – I don’t know if they will send to other states, tho, is the thing…

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