35tac

Anyone hear anything about a 2021 Lansing Homecoming? Yes, No or Maybe. Sure do miss the "Olds Homecoming".

matt68F-85

maybe, according to OCA, RE Olds Chapter home page.
Hopefully it will happen.

35tac

Will keep hopeing.

Wayne

F-85 4-4-2

Looks like posting/mailing of a registration flyer on March 2 for Homecoming on June 19. I'm penciling 'er in.

RE Olds Chapter Home Page

Oldsmaniac

So is it true they are cancelling homecoming again this year? I was actually thinking of going, never been....

matt68F-85

http://www.reolds.org/

Oldsmaniac

Ok thats a note for the 2022 show...next year. here is what I read on Facebook.

A Message from the R.E. Olds Chapter of the Oldsmobile Club of America
2021 Oldsmobile Homecoming Car Show Cancelled
The R.E. Olds Chapter’s Board of Directors has decided, with regret, to cancel the 2021 Oldsmobile Homecoming Car Show & Swap Meet scheduled for June 19th. The Board held several meetings to review the current public health guidance related to the pandemic and the impact on our event. These State Health Department guidelines included capacity restrictions, social distancing and face covering mandates along with contract tracing. After much discussion and careful consideration, the Board decided to err on the side of caution and cancel the 2021 Oldsmobile Homecoming event. We are saddened to have to cancel our event this year, but are encouraged that conditions are trending toward improvement regarding the pandemic. We are very hopeful that conditions for holding our Oldsmobile Homecoming in 2022 will be near normal. To that end, the Oldsmobile Homecoming Committee will begin planning for Oldsmobile Homecoming 2022 later this year.
Facts considered in making our cancellation decision: Some of our Homecoming attendees are considered in the “vulnerable population” and, consequently, at a higher risk for the COVID-19 virus; we want to ensure a safe environment for all attendees. In addition, there is uncertainty as to how we would manage such on-site activities as our food vendors, designating safe eating facilities, and being able to enforce social distancing and mask wearing. The current public health orders do not provide an environment conducive to holding our event as we have known it in past years.
The R.E. Olds Chapter Board of Directors looks forward to welcoming everyone to the 2022 Oldsmobile Homecoming Car Show & Swap Meet on June 18th. Your understanding is greatly appreciated.

matt68F-85

it's the same message

matt69olds

I swear, I never want to hear the phrase “social distance, masks required, pandemic, quarantine” ever again.

Tri-Carb

With a plateau in new USA cases at about 60K a day, and maybe the start of an upward trend, we are all going to be re-hearing those words until herd immunity is reached. Europe has been somewhat of a leading indicator for us. Some parts of Europe are showing the uptick in cases commonly associated with another wave:

Greg Rogers

Yep cancelled again, I wonder how history is going to view this Covid 19 issue, biggest farce that the public fell for, OR greatest save of millions of lives... ??

Tri-Carb

[QUOTE=Greg Rogers;1328306]Yep cancelled again, I wonder how history is going to view this Covid 19 issue, biggest farce that the public fell for, OR greatest save of millions of lives... ??/QUOTE



United States Deaths
547,453

Global Deaths
2,708,531

I dot not think that the families of those who passed due to Covid would use the term "farce" to describe this pandemic.

At an average vaccination rate of 3 million per day, I estimate that our country will get to herd immunity in about 2.5 months. This estimate assumes that enough people get on board with getting vaccinations.

joe_padavano

In 1918 it took two full years for things to clear up and return to normal. There was no reason to expect anything different this time. The denial, the politics, relaxing of restrictions followed by another surge all happened a century ago the same way it's happening now. People who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

F-85 4-4-2

I'm surprised that they're canceling it three months ahead, but I'm no event planner.

matt68F-85

people know the risk, let them make their own decisions

joe_padavano

Events like this require venues, hotels, and other suppliers to be locked in months in advance. Not knowing what the situation will be in three months makes it pretty risking to commit to a reservation when you have to pay a penalty for cancellation. Even assuming you allow the participants to make their own decision to attend, if relatively few attend, the host organization will be out a ton of money. This has nothing to do with politics or anything else. This is about managing financial risk to the Host Chapter.

Tri-Carb

If their unfettered personal decisions did not silently spread the virus and infect innocent people, I would be with you 110%. But, under these circumstances, one's personal decisions do create a risk of infection, death, and serious bodily injury to the innocent public.

We prohibit people from traveling in public without wearing pants. This prohibition is generally not challenged based upon a claim of the right to make one's own personal choices. And even if some did go out in public without wearing pants, unlike Covid 19, the act would not create a risk of infecting and killing innocent people in close proximity. (Granted, depending upon the nature of the person publicly traveling about naked, it may make a chance observer wish that they were dead.) My point is that there are a lot more reasons to regulate risky Covid behavior than there are to regulate types of public behavior already subject to accepted regulations.

OLDSter Ralph

Covid-19 was the # 1 cause of death in 2020 in the USA. We have the distinction of 4% of the world population, and 20% of the world's deaths in 2020.

Willful ignorance or denial do seem to cloud opinions. You can lead a horse to water but you can't make them drink. Joe P. thanks for your insight.
.......Just my two cents worth.

joe_padavano

While nothing here has been unreasonable yet, there's potential for this thread to go sideways in a hurry. Please keep it civil, and primarily on Homecoming. Thanks.

Kennybill

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/lea...s-of-death.htm

OLDSter Ralph

That does dispute what was presented on a national news network. Silly me, got caught passing inaccurate facts. Kennybill, thank you for the correction.

Tri-Carb

The debate over the correct death numbers is affected by the so called “excess death” numbers—meaning those above what the historical trend projected. Take a look at the chart for the USA and other countries at the end of this article. The calculated multiplier as I recall is 1.6 for the grouping of the listed countries.


https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00104-8

Tri-Carb

The most concerning event is the recent upward Covid case trend in Europe combined with the latest sewage analysis results in the USA. Let’s all hope that we are not heading for another spike.
https://apple.news/Ao0JJhGCWTYOamp6nqeOluA

https://apple.news/AAQUDo4-MSDC8XTHCEM3s6g