I think that's true but you don't want to be the person who dies or whose loved one dies because they have another condition & needed to go to the grocery store or doctor.

I also think many of us 1) don't have sick time or adequate sick time 2) don't have disability insurance 3) can't afford co-pays or otherwise access healthcare. There are lots of complications.

I see prevention as key. I don't see it as it's going to stick around & I don't want to die from it but its going to stick around and there are ways to lower the risk of contracting and spreading it while still living my life if others will also engage in prevention activities.

These are death stats. Likely undercounted because there is a lag time & lots of COVID related operations have been shut down.

I think, for example, wearing a high quality mask correctly in places where others have to be makes sense. (I also believe they should be provided free to people) If you want to go to a restaurant or bar or concert, unmasked, that's cool. It's not a "must do." But elders and immunocompromised community members need to grocery shop & go to the pharmacy & may even want to go to Target. Why put them at risk?

https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#trends_weeklydeaths_select_00

My daughter's husband has Multiple Sclerosis and I read on Johns Hopkins website that they now think there's a connection between Mono aka Epstein Barr virus, and MS. It's the little bugs we have to worry about. But I guess you know that already. I'm sorry for your troubles.

It varies by time of year.

• October 7 to March 6 Cadillac Mountain, Bar Harbor, Maine
• March 7 to March 24 West Quoddy Head Lighthouse Lubec, Maine
• March 25 to September 18 Mars Hill, Maine
• September 19 to October 6 West Quoddy Head Lighthouse, Lubec, Maine

The guy I’m dating lives on Pemaquid Harbor Rd in Pemaquid, if things go well I might actually be a Pemaquid resident one day. I love that whole area so much, I’ve never felt so at home anywhere else.

Apex!

South Thomaston or better known as the 'Keag.

I LOVE Damariscotta! I always stop by there when I go to Pemaquid Point.

I love Damariscotta personally and am surprised it hasn’t been mentioned yet! I’m moving back there this summer. 🥰

You play Rocket League or Apex??

Pint and The Pawn! I'm thinking about checking it out this weekend as well. If you're into basketball, there's Sunday morning ball at the Biddeford High School Tiger gym. $2 drop in...no ball this Sunday (26th) because there's a band competition.

My favorite is Castine. So much history, signs everywhere walking around the town. I love their little sheltered beach - Wadsworth cove beach (even though it's not quite sand, it's not all rocks so that's a win in Northern Maine). Not sure about shops or food, I only go there as a day trip. It's just a nice chill town to visit and you don't feel mobbed by tourists because it's not just off a major road.

Additionally it's the end of winter. And it started out as a pretty mild winter but it has been colder lately.

If you think of infection as a slow chain reaction, and the reaction is increased by contact inside, March would likely be the time where there is the most reactivity. Things would slowly ramp up through the winter.

It’s so beautiful up there! However, I believe Mars Hill sees the sunrise first, because it is a very tall hill. Though Lubec is farther East, it is at sea level. Mars hill has a 1,660ft elevation, and gets the sun first.

I worked at MMA in Castine for a few years. It is a pretty chill place, a few decent places to eat in the summer and some great views, especially from the Dyce Head lighthouse. Also, highly recommend the Compass Rose bookstore there!

I’ve only been to the center of Ogunquit, so I can’t comment on how nice Marginal way is, but it does have nice, if not super crowded town center in the summer

And honestly it seems like a better middle way. The recreational stuff including hunting and fishing are still protected with minimal Fed intrusion. It also keeps the land protected from development.

There’s a Dark Sky event there I’d like to get up these for one of these times when my schedule and the weather cooperate.

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Lubec, Home of the Easternmost point in the US. The Sunrise comes up first there. So Beautiful. Bay of Fundy, Highest Tide swells in the world. My Mom Lives there.

I agree with you 100%! I’ve been to Boothbay and it’s really nice! Especially the Botanical Gardens and the Harbor. York and Cape Elizabeth is nice as well. But my favorite walkway is Marginal Way in Ogunquit. Beautiful shoreline, shops and restaurants along the way, and lots of great shoreside hotels/motels.

Very very few vaxed and boosted people are dying from covid. Unless you're have stats otherwise.

For the record the bivalent booster focuses on strains that are not really predominant anymore AFAIK. Omicron strains. It mostly functions as a general booster, which is probably good.

People are testing positive for covid, certainly some people are getting sick, some people are getting disabled, sure. Rare things are happening. Long covid is real but fairly rare. In the meantime, other awful health outcomes are happening that are as common that have nothing to do with covid. Cancer, heart disease, flu, etc.

I'm an ER nurse working in Maine. In the last 3 months I can't think of a single vaxed and boosted patient we admitted primarily for a covid diagnosis. Many people coming in for unrelated things that ended up positive for covid. Many asymptomatic people in the community probably testing positive for covid if you tested then. Likewise flu, cold etc.

Long story short: covid sucks, vaccines work amazingly well considering how bad things were, get used to living with it. If the cdc is sort of unclear how to approach a disease that has only existed for 3 years, cut them a little slack. I am very happy to get a boost every year. Why not?

Counting my initial Astra zenica shot I got in a trial prior to any vaccine being available I have had 5 shots. I've been in the room with a surgical mask with patients coughing up a lung in my face only to find out later they had covid. I've never gotten it. I am very lucky, also I think the vaccines work. I made a point of getting 3 different brands. Who knows?

What type of feeling are you looking for, I would have to say that Boothbay Harbor is mine, a nice “quaint” little town with shopping, a waterfront, and good restaurants. If your looking for views/ walking on the beach I’d say York, Cape Elizabeth is nice for Fort Williams and 2 Lights State park, along with lots of rocky areas to climb

Belfast

Mine is Ogunquit. Walking along Marginal Way and shopping at Perkins Cove makes a nice summer day. Especially when all the flowers are in bloom along Perkins Cove.

You’re acting like its easy to get there. The park will attract some more visitors but getting north is a hell of a lot harder than the coastal highways. The majority of visitors will look at the 4-5 hour drive and decide to go to Acadia instead.