Pandemic updates 2.0

Legume

AnothaStolenGenrator said:

Legume said:

I think Moderna just started a trial with a new vax targeting the latest variants.

whatever Carry 

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Botch

They've found polio in wastewater in two separated counties in NY state, and one kid battling it.  I thought that was a required vaccination, like smallpox; am I mistaken, or has the country changed for the worse?  

Gulfcoastguy

A music director from my church back in the 70’s is on the way out from polio. He is 72 now and had polio as a child but got better, just needed a cane. The effects seem to rebound with age.

caliking

Botch said:

They've found polio in wastewater in two separated counties in NY state, and one kid battling it.  I thought that was a required vaccination, like smallpox; am I mistaken, or has the country changed for the worse?  

Vaccine refusal was a thing prior to COVID. Crunchy granola type folks believing that vaccines cause autism, etc. People can opt out for religious reasons, etc.

IIRC, that child was not vaccinated.

fishlessman

caliking said:

Botch said:

They've found polio in wastewater in two separated counties in NY state, and one kid battling it.  I thought that was a required vaccination, like smallpox; am I mistaken, or has the country changed for the worse?  

Vaccine refusal was a thing prior to COVID. Crunchy granola type folks believing that vaccines cause autism, etc. People can opt out for religious reasons, etc.

IIRC, that child was not vaccinated.

ny has a home school loophole for vaccines as well. probably most states as well

Legume

BuckeyeFork

Fauci’s sheep be pushing this next.

WildmanWilson

caliking

That's pretty funny.

But, what's your point?

dbCooper

Got the Moderna bivalent jab this morning.  If availability is lacking in your area give CVS Pharmacy a look, they seem to have all the stock in my neck of the woods.

fishlessman

dbCooper said:

Got the Moderna bivalent jab this morning.  If availability is lacking in your area give CVS Pharmacy a look, they seem to have all the stock in my neck of the woods.

watching the covid map and im still in a low risk. will keep watching til things change

JohnInCarolina

fishlessman said:

dbCooper said:

Got the Moderna bivalent jab this morning.  If availability is lacking in your area give CVS Pharmacy a look, they seem to have all the stock in my neck of the woods.

watching the covid map and im still in a low risk. will keep watching til things change

If you wait until that map changes, good chance it will be too late.  At minimum, I suggest contacting your own Doc to see what they recommend.

fishlessman

end of july was my last visit, was told not to worry about it yet. i talk to an older RN up the camp every week to every other that handles the older generation, no real problems there right now. was surprised to see all the plexiglass barriers come down a few weeks back, but im still watching,  my business is still fairly locked down to visitors but who knows.  i did got within a mile of a boat this weekend.  your area looks to be going south but the patient count is still way down

JohnInCarolina

fishlessman said:

end of july was my last visit, was told not to worry about it yet. i talk to an older RN up the camp every week to every other that handles the older generation, no real problems there right now. was surprised to see all the plexiglass barriers come down a few weeks back, but im still watching,  my business is still fairly locked down to visitors but who knows.  i did got within a mile of a boat this weekend.  your area looks to be going south but the patient count is still way down

Yes, my mother (who lives down here) just got it. Not too bad of a case, but she was fully vaxxed and boosted.  Said it was like a mild flu.  

They just announced omicron-boosters being available here.  I signed up and will get one next month.

Legume

All boosters going forward are the bivalent ones.  You shouldn’t be able to get one of the old boosters any longer.

lousubcap

I'm on the calendar for the latest covid juice this Wednesday.  Never met a shot I didn't like.  

fishlessman

JohnInCarolina said:

fishlessman said:

end of july was my last visit, was told not to worry about it yet. i talk to an older RN up the camp every week to every other that handles the older generation, no real problems there right now. was surprised to see all the plexiglass barriers come down a few weeks back, but im still watching,  my business is still fairly locked down to visitors but who knows.  i did got within a mile of a boat this weekend.  your area looks to be going south but the patient count is still way down

Yes, my mother (who lives down here) just got it. Not too bad of a case, but she was fully vaxxed and boosted.  Said it was like a mild flu.  

They just announced omicron-boosters being available here.  I signed up and will get one next month.

glad she came out of it ok,  the very few cases im hearing are about the same

fishlessman

lousubcap said:

I'm on the calendar for the latest covid juice this Wednesday.  Never met a shot I didn't like.  

looking forward to fifty or so novocaine shots in my mouth, going to hate everyone of them............

JohnInCarolina

fishlessman said:

lousubcap said:

I'm on the calendar for the latest covid juice this Wednesday.  Never met a shot I didn't like.  

looking forward to fifty or so novocaine shots in my mouth, going to hate everyone of them............

Yikes!  I am not a fan of those either.  Sometimes it seems like the dentists are all too eager to inflict pain...

lousubcap

You should ask if they can put you "under" for the procedure(s).  Must be some protracted work right there.  Dentist need to put someone thru college??

fishlessman

JohnInCarolina said:

fishlessman said:

lousubcap said:

I'm on the calendar for the latest covid juice this Wednesday.  Never met a shot I didn't like.  

looking forward to fifty or so novocaine shots in my mouth, going to hate everyone of them............

Yikes!  I am not a fan of those either.  Sometimes it seems like the dentists are all too eager to inflict pain...

she added 2 upper wisdom teeth pulled to help with an under the gum deep cleaning, then said get the third one done as well, thankfully i was born with just three. the whole upper palate gets peppered with shots then the gum lines for a deep cleaning. i think her feet rise off the floor during the cleaning. i almost want to say, give me the pain and skip the novocaine which ive done before with a nerve hanging out from a broken tooth.........

fishlessman

lousubcap said:

You should ask if they can put you "under" for the procedure(s).  Must be some protracted work right there.  Dentist need to put someone thru college??

well she went.....in croatia of all places

Gulfcoastguy

One of my un vaccinated aunts has Covid for the second time. I told Mom that my sympathies were lacking. Some people you just can’t reach.

WildmanWilson

Gulfcoastguy said:

One of my un vaccinated aunts has Covid for the second time. I told Mom that my sympathies were lacking. Some people you just can’t reach.

Yeah, because no one that has a vaxx ever gets Covid. 

Gulfcoastguy

WildmanWilson said:

Gulfcoastguy said:

One of my un vaccinated aunts has Covid for the second time. I told Mom that my sympathies were lacking. Some people you just can’t reach.

Yeah, because no one that has a vaxx ever gets Covid. 

Yes I was vaxxed and got Covid in July 2022. I had a mind fever for 2 days and a runny nose for another two. My cousin who wasn’t vaccinated didn’t last 2 days in the hospital before they pulled the plug. She probably obeyed her husband and that church that they went to. I’m sure that the music was nice at her funeral.

caliking

Gulfcoastguy said:

WildmanWilson said:

Gulfcoastguy said:

One of my un vaccinated aunts has Covid for the second time. I told Mom that my sympathies were lacking. Some people you just can’t reach.

Yeah, because no one that has a vaxx ever gets Covid. 

Yes I was vaxxed and got Covid in July 2022. I had a mind fever for 2 days and a runny nose for another two. My cousin who wasn’t vaccinated didn’t last 2 days in the hospital before they pulled the plug. She probably obeyed her husband and that church that they went to. I’m sure that the music was nice at her funeral.

 I'm sorry you lost your cousin. That's not the way to learn a lesson. 

Gulfcoastguy

caliking said:

Gulfcoastguy said:

WildmanWilson said:

Gulfcoastguy said:

One of my un vaccinated aunts has Covid for the second time. I told Mom that my sympathies were lacking. Some people you just can’t reach.

Yeah, because no one that has a vaxx ever gets Covid. 

Yes I was vaxxed and got Covid in July 2022. I had a mind fever for 2 days and a runny nose for another two. My cousin who wasn’t vaccinated didn’t last 2 days in the hospital before they pulled the plug. She probably obeyed her husband and that church that they went to. I’m sure that the music was nice at her funeral.

 I'm sorry you lost your cousin. That's not the way to learn a lesson. 

Oh I had been vaccinated since March 2021. As a result my case in 2022 was no worse than a cold. 

JohnInCarolina

http://twitter.com/TheAtlantic/status/1571107256397189121?s=20&t=jpOryz0f3zPQ7LyeDLcL8w

littlerascal56

It’s now official.  The Pandemic is OVER.  Joe announced it on 60 minutes last night!

Buckwoody Egger

There’s a little more than that sound bite in his message— but I don’t think the timing of that statement was appropriate on his part at all. We are in a lull but some numbers are too high. For example, the local childrens hospitals here have recently been at almost full levels (that they never were before Covid) and the ERs have long waits often but it’s not readily attributable to Covid.  Would have to dig in on home zip codes and so much more to really assess Covid population numbers, if people are avoiding early care and symptoms for basically any illness, etc—  and nobody’s doing that analysis. 

In my opinion it’s still best to get the booster and a flu shot to lessen the impact of an infection or flu and hopefully lessen contagious time periods. That would have been a better message— to say high vaccine and booster rates would knock this thing down to really low levels. I am not a doctor nor pretend to be an expert.