The city of Sanford has canceled its 2021 National Night Out celebration “due to the high rate of community transmission of COVID-19 and low rates of vaccination,” according to a press release from the city.
The annual event – which was canceled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic – had been set to take place the first Tuesday in October.
“Without the ability to predict that community transmission will decrease or that vaccination rates will increase, the only way to ensure the safety of both residents and first responders is by canceling the event,” the press release states.
As of this writing, just 49 percent of Lee County residents had received a first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, and just 44 percent were considered “fully vaccinated,” according to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services’ COVID dashboard. By contrast, 53 percent of residents statewide had one dose, while 49 percent were fully vaccinated. Meanwhile, news cases – and deaths – continue to spike locally and across the state.
Click here for more information about the city’s National Night Out program.
Vaccinated or not you still can catch and spread. Are we gonna let this run our lives forever. I’m over social distancing, mask and mandates.
No, it wont run our lives forever. If everyone had gotten vaccinated, it would already be over. But, since so many are afraid of the vaccine, we have to wait for them to get sick. They will eventually get sick too. Delta is spreading much faster than the original. Hopefully by this time next year, everyone who wants to be vaccinated will be, and those who don’t, either stay away from everyone else, or they catch the virus. The great news is that only 1 out of 100 who get it will die. That’s the only way we complete this journey.
Like I said before. Vaccinated and unvaccinated people can catch the freaking virus and pass it. It’s not rocket science Mike. It’s just common sense
It’s not rocket science, but it is science. It should be obvious to all by now that it will not stop until all are either vaccinated, or infected. I hope it runs it’s course by next spring. Infected or vaccinated, I really don’t care at this point.
Per the CDC, both vaccinated and vaccinated can and do pass the virus. We are now on the 12th variation in 22 months, of which zero originated in the US. This virus also has animal reservoirs. Therefore, if every American gets vaccinated, we will still have variants spread, people get sick, and people die. Blaming those who chose not to sign up for whatever is behind door #2, the unknown long term side affects, is not following the science.
Interestingly the dashboard does not report the number of COVID survivors which has just a strong or even better immunity than the vaccinated and it doesn’t report the death rates. when information sources deliberately omit critical information, it lends itself to being scrutinized. Why are these numbers important? The goal is Herd immunity not 100% vaccinated, knowing the percentage of COVID survivors gives the full picture of the percentage of the state that has immunity. The Number of deaths shows how severe the the new variants are. Are the death rates going up or down. New cases and transmission numbers are not as informative as knowing the death rates and the total numbers of all that have immunities. Remember it is not what they tell you, it is what they are not telling you is many times more important and why are they not telling you. The average person will logically think that the information is being omitted because it doesn’t support the urgency that they want the population to have. If people think they can get sick and not have a serious threat of death, they will chose to get sick and survive and have natural immunity over having new vaccines that they don’t know what the long term effects of the vaccines will be. More information is always better so people can make decisions based on facts not fear.
Here is some additional information that can help people make a decision on what is best for them and their families. Currently Lee County is not reporting any new deaths and has had a death rate of 1.18% So there is a 98.82% survival rate. This site is not all encompassing, it does provide additional information compiled from multiple government data recording sites. The point is, though there is a spike in new cases the death rate is not climbing as of yet. It also gives enough information to determine an estimate of how many people are vaccinated and have had COVID and recovered. Unfortunately there is no way to know the number of covid cases that didn’t require hospitalization so there is that unknown aspect that can give a clearer picture of how close we are to Herd Immunity.
https://usafacts.org/visualizations/coronavirus-covid-19-spread-map/state/north-carolina/county/lee-county
Let’s play a game. Pretend you were on the north side of town (global Pandemic), and you really need to get on the south side (Herd Immunity). You get to the intersection of Horner (Refuse Vaccine) and Lee Avenue (Get Vaccine). You are advised that mines had been placed on both roads. Some are small, and are just like little fire crackers, but others are large. You are told that for every 100 cars driving down Horner Blvd today, 1 car would explode, killing the driver, If you drive down Lee Avenue there are only small mines, like fire crackers. All other roads are blocked, so you have to choose between Horner and Lee. would you drive down Horner Blvd? The odds are pretty good that you would survive, but would you risk it? Lee is guaranteed to get you there safely. Which road do you choose, Horner at only 1 death per hundred cars, or Lee with 0 deaths per hundred cars? Both paths will get you to the south side.
Depends on if I trusted the person giving me the information about the mines.
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National Night Out cancelled…but Regional Fair still on. Hmmm. NNO doesn’t make anyone any money. The fair brings in dollars. Gatherings of people only matter if there is a kickback to offset the covid risk, it seems. NNO could be done outdoors and socially distanced just the same as the Fair, so why the need to cancel the one and not the other? It’s ok. Most of us have figured it out, I’m just posting for those who haven’t put 2 and 2 together yet.
Honey,
The Fair is run by the Sanford Lions Club in conjunction with the NC Cooperative Extension. The Lions are a non-profit organization. Yes, the Fair does bring in money. It is the major fundraiser for the Club. However, that money is channeled back into the community. Maybe you can check this out: https://www.sanfordlionsclub.com/about-us and
These are representative of the projects in which the Lions Club participates. Perhaps you can volunteer to help at the Fair or check out the Club and its activities for yourself, instead of insinuating that kickbacks and underhanded dealings are going on. Seems like you need to do more cipherin’ on that 2 + 2.