Do you still worry about COVID-19 two years into the pandemic?

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Do you still worry about COVID-19 two years into the pandemic?

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Health experts caution that the pandemic isn't over and cases are on the rise in Europe.

Health experts caution that the pandemic isn't over and cases are on the rise in Europe. Show Less

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Susie Hunt

We still don't know the full effects on the brain and other organs down the road many years from now for a small portion of the population. So, I hope not to get it and still practice prevention for the most part.

Max

The most dangerous side affect has been TDS complications. There have been serious TDS problems before Covid, but Covid fear mongers', have seen their coping skills diminish immensely. It will take a long time for that to correct itself.

Music One

Anyone who isn't concerned about getting it has not done research on it. You can get it and still die from it even if you are fully vaccinated. They are always coming up with new variants and they don't tell us half of what they find.

Max

If Fauce would be honest, he could help us a lot. He is familiar with the virus, because he and the Wuhan labs created it. Fauce is currently very despondent, because his illegal bio-labs in the Ukraine were discovered and destroyed. I just hope they found all of them.

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Cases remain at low levels throughout most of the United States, including Central Missouri.

Cases remain at low levels throughout most of the United States, including Central Missouri. Show Less

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Jamie McAtee

It’s an endemic now. Let’s all move on!

Debra Riffle

Therapeutics are available to treat Covid. Vaccines are available. Deaths and hospitalizations are way down. Those are the two numbers to focus on.

Benjamin Montgomery

What me worry?

Benjamin Montgomery

I am vaccinated and boosted. Then I got Covid. So there. I think it was bad for the vulnerable, not so bad for folks in good health.

Zaos Gonzolez

No, I never worried about it. All the government does is lie. Look at the current state of the country. If the government says it, do the opposite, everytime. Unless it’s buying the same stocks as Nancy Pelosi.

Adam

Unless Trump says it of course, right? Then it's gospel. Sigh

Adam

Oops...my bad. Zane was referring TO Trump. My fault.

Latterdaysaint

It’s the flu

Have you been directly impacted by this past weekend’s storms?

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Have you been directly impacted by this past weekend’s storms?

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Should Columbia city leaders consider tax increases to address projected budget deficits?

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233 Votes

Should Columbia city leaders consider tax increases to address projected budget deficits?

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Max DeYoung

That's how blue cities work, tax, tax, tax, and tax some more.

Zaos Gonzolez

Tax to the MAX. Tax till you drop, and it still don't stop!

Zaos Gonzolez

I believe with all my heart that Columbia residents should donate their entire paychecks to the City. If the City had ALL of the money, it would solve ALL of the problems.

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Fat Guy Outdoors

This is what Columbia just voted in. Great job!!!!

Debbie Neate

They want to raise taxes because the “sales taxes are less than expected”. Could this be due to Columbia’s citizens not shopping downtown, etc. as they do not. Want to deal with addicts, vagrants and panhandlers. Lower revenues are due to administrators poor policies and other choices ie..plan fine

Susanna Johnson Kettlewell

Get rid of the unnecessary positions created the past 3 years! The answer is to reduce the size of government, NOT raise taxes! Columbia's sales tax rate is already too high. Continue letting crime and homelessness flourish, raise taxes, and people will leave the city,

Allan German

Why not cut the city official salaries by a few thousand dollars each to help make up some of the money that the city is looking for? But I doubt a single city official would be willing to do that even though most of them live better than the rest of the city.

Zaos Gonzolez

The recorder of deeds salary alone is over $96,000!!!!!!!!!!!! TRULY INSANE. Most of us can never even imagine that amount of money.

Will Mason

Not until after ALL avenues for budget cuts have been explored Taxes are too high already.

Zaos Gonzolez

If you are alive, there is no such thing as too many taxes. EVEN when you are unalive, you are taxed.

ABC 17 News

Do you still worry about COVID-19 two years into the pandemic?

39% Yes Yes

61% No No

39% Yes

61% No

Have you been directly impacted by this past weekend’s storms?

0% Yes Yes

100% No No

0% Yes

100% No

Should Columbia city leaders consider tax increases to address projected budget deficits?

23% Yes Yes

77% No No

23% Yes

77% No

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Yes Yes

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