I want your opinion. What do you think I should look for at when going back to ice skating is “safe” enough? Like should I just swear it off til I get a vaccine?
Is there a point at which it’s safe enough? Limits on rink? Local case load? ICU capacity? other precautions taken (previously they were doing 10 on the ice, social distancing, masks required, temps taken)?
I feel like I’m just pulling ideas out of my head, but I would rather have something to point at like “when these things happen, I can start planning on it again”
They’re likely re-opening in WA state this week, and OR in 3 weeks. But I don’t think going right when they reopen is safe. But maybe it’s safe enough?
We’re the 46th worst state in vaccine rollouts apparently.
Over the past week, Oregon has averaged about 3,500 vaccinations a day but Brown announced Monday that she’s set a goal of 12,000 vaccinations a day by Jan. 17. That number is based on Oregon expanding the pool of health care workers and residents in long-term care who can be vaccinated.
But even at that rate, it’d take 500 days to inoculate 70% of the state’s population with two doses. That’s the minimum some public health experts say is necessary to reach herd immunity, which is the point the virus is seriously hindered in spreading freely throughout the community.
Three weeks after your second vaccine dose if they manage to contain the South African variant or if the vaccines work better on it than signs look like now.
I just wonder about harm reduction. It isn’t feasible to keep the rinks closed for 2 years, they won’t survive. (One of 5 has already closed permanently). My mental health is affected by not skating. How high risk is a masked activity with temp screenings, relatively low case loads locally, and more than 3 meters between participants? I really don’t think at This rate I am going to get a vaccine before 2022
I don’t have any good answers, but I’m having the same dilemma with my climbing gym. It fucking sucks and I totally sympathize with you. My mental health is not good without it either. I really, really want to try and justify going, but…I don’t think I can right now.
yea, it’s frustrating to watch nearly every other state and country have open rinks, and my instagram feed is flooded with videos of people skating masked up. Every single high level skater had to move states from OR and train in CO or Idaho because the competitive season is being done virtually. We actually had a kid from our local skating club who got 3rd at Jr Nationals this year, he had to go train in CO, which had way higher case numbers but not a locked down rink.
I’m also saving a ton of money by not skating…but I’m also losing all my skills.
I don’t know about risk, but I would not expect that the current rate of vaccination will remain the same in the future. Doses are currently limited and are expected to become much more widely available. In addition, you probably will fall into phase 1c (I think?, at least, how my state is currently planning) which would probably be in 2(?) months, unless a lot of people refuse, in which case, sooner.
I hear you. It is endlessly frustrating. Just know that you’re not alone in your suffering and I think we’re doing the right thing and trying our best.
But also…we have distributed less than 1/5th of the doses we currently have been allocated. So we’re doing REAL GOOD. Even if they quadruple the current rate, it would still take 18 months to vaccinate 70% of the state.
Nope, phase 1a-d is entirely health care workers in OR and I don’t qualify as high-risk anyway, I don’t have one of the diseases/factors that is considered priority. I’m in group 3.
Oh geez. That is definitely not how it’s planned here… (maybe the phases are defined differently…)
I… would have definitely thought so? Sorry for making that assumption.
They are expecting general population to start vaccinations here around May or June (ish). I do think there are a lot of kinks right now, and despite the fact that availability is low I really do think things will pick up as more vaccines are approved and supplies are increased. Have hope! We’re literally just at the beginning! A few bumps now does not spell doom for even the short term.
So we’re doing REAL GOOD. Even if they quadruple the current rate, it would still take 18 months to vaccinate 70% of the state.
I do think there are a lot of kinks right now, and despite the fact that availability is low I really do think things will pick up as more vaccines are approved and supplies are increased. Have hope! We’re literally just at the beginning! A few bumps now does not spell doom for even the short term. 