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Last night I watched as a 40-person wedding party crammed into a party bus. Zero masks. I looked inside at the wedding reception. 150 more. No masks. I walked to Old Market. A 2nd party bus passed me. Crammed. No masks. Nice night. Easy to eat/drink outside. Most dined indoors.
This is happening regularly in Omaha as we broke our Covid case record Thursday, then broke it again Friday, then again Saturday. As the virus spreads unchecked, as hospitalizations TRIPLE, as death counts rise, as exhausted doctors beg us to stop.
Listen, I get the fatigue. I feel it myself. But we need to do be better. We need local and state leaders to tighten restrictions and enforce mask mandates, because more and more lives depend on that different path.
We need to start by listening to the experts.
“If what you are doing isn’t working, you need to do something different.”
— Dr. James Lawler, director at UNMC’s Global Center for Health Security.
“If what you are doing isn’t working, you need to do something different.”
— Dr. James Lawler, director at UNMC’s Global Center for Health Security.
“Our ERs are jam packed and we are tired. We need real mandates, enforcement of those mandates and action by the government. Nebraskans will suffer and many will die if we keep up this pace of Covid spread.”
— Dr. Erica Carlsson, ER physician at Nebraska Medicine.
— Dr. Erica Carlsson, ER physician at Nebraska Medicine.
Read OWH story below that has doctors pleading for change. And think about what we can do to lower our risk — and risks of others — while still living some semblance of life. Takeout or patio instead of dine in. Outdoor walk instead of living room hang.
No f**king party busses.
No f**king party busses.
One more hopeful thing to add: Help, in the form of better treatments and vaccines, is on the way. This isn’t forever! We need to make it through the winter.
