Pandemic updates 2.0

JohnInCarolina

http://twitter.com/SamBrockNBC/status/1357047400548950023?s=20

Unreal.

fishlessman

JohnInCarolina said:

http://twitter.com/SamBrockNBC/status/1357047400548950023?s=20

Unreal.

thats insane, not even plexiglass barriers

SamIAm2

They are the reason I hate leaving our house to do anything.

Gulfcoastguy

13 days until my first shot. Starting to get paranoid about other people. My dog wanted to play with another dog and I said “No! Remember 6 feet apart! Social distance!”.

SamIAm2

20 days till SWMBO and I get our second Moderna vaccination. I'm still paranoid about other people here in FloriDUH.

Good thing is, our shots will be drive thru at the Health Department in our vehicle so no standing in line at a pharmacy.

 @Gulfcoastguy - if you have the option to choose which vaccine you want to take, you may want to watch this video: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvA9gs5gxNY

The current "emergency use authorized" vaccines have their strengths and weakness to consider when making your decision. 

Gulfcoastguy

It’s a bit late tonight but I will watch it sometime tomorrow. I will be going to a drive through site. They are almost exclusively Moderna. If it was a couple of weeks later Johnson & Johnson would be an option. They filed for emergency use authorization today but the FDA likes to drag it out for 2 or 3 weeks. 

U_tarded

GATraveller said:

Daughter who tested positive back at Christmas got her antibody test results back today and was negative. Frustrating. 

Aren’t the antibody tests largely unreliable?  False positives are rare that’s like saying somehow videos magically got into the test.  Yet a false negative is more likely and caused by things like eating or drinking right before the test.  Unless something has changed antibody tests weren’t worth it for this yet 

JohnInCarolina

Good discussion here from one of our infectious disease experts on whether or not people who have already had covid should receive the vaccine:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-35mjlD06s&feature=youtu.be

Canugghead

With no vaccine manufacturing capability Canada's vaccination programme sucks. Afaik stay-at-home seniors in their 80s (even 90s ?) still not vaccinated 😡  The saving grace is relatively low covid cases + social distancing + high masking rate.

Foghorn

@Canugghead, it's probably not just Canada.  We have only vaccinated a minority of our 65+ crowd.  Some places are only allowing 75+ to get the vaccine and it will be a while before they get to them all.

Canugghead

@Foghorn I should have been more clear. I meant even folks in 80s have not started yet, not completed.

fishlessman

Canugghead said:

@Foghorn I should have been more clear. I meant even folks in 80s have not started yet, not completed.

my dad here is coming up on 80 and was told to reschedule, probably a month out. this is 20 minutes to boston, theres a hospital on every corner

JohnInCarolina

http://twitter.com/RexChapman/status/1359923548568096770?s=20

Gulfcoastguy

Well my antiCovidvaxxer younger sister just got tested positive for Covid. She is supposed to take our 86 year old mother for her first shot Tuesday. I heard that she was sick again and called her yesterday. I insisted that she get tested again. The doctor is prescribing invermectin. 

I am going to find myself to be hard pressed to be polite to my brother in law who asked her not to take the vaccination. As a preschool owner she has been eligible for at least a month.

SamIAm2

@Gulfcoastguy - sorry to hear about your sister, hope it is a false positive for her sake. Is your Brother in law going to step up and take your Mom to her first vaccination?  Hoping for a good result for you and your family.

Gulfcoastguy

SamIAm2 said:

@Gulfcoastguy - sorry to hear about your sister, hope it is a false positive for her sake. Is your Brother in law going to step up and take your Mom to her first vaccination?  Hoping for a good result for you and your family.

Considering that he, his daughter, his grandson, my other sister, and her husband were all in infectious distance of her that would be a no. I will be driving back there to handle it. Only an hour and a half drive. But I have to leave that afternoon as my shot is scheduled for the next day. I’m afraid that I was a little firm about her not rescheduling her shot. She has been locked up nearly a year now.

Gulfcoastguy

Okay so far my sister’s husband and daughter have tested positive but not her grandson. They had to close the preschool for a week. 

My mom fell last Friday and is black and blue all over. Her Covid shot will have to be postponed.

Gulfcoastguy

So far both sisters, the husband of the younger, and the daughter of the younger have Covid and are symptomatic.
Mom’s shot is rescheduled to Sunday.

JohnInCarolina

Read this piece this morning, about a young woman (former soccer player) who has been classified as a covid "long hauler" because she's just not recovering:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/02/15/long-hauler-covid/?arc404=true

Damn.  

dbCooper

mRNA Vaccine, best explanation I've seen...

https://xkcd.com/2425/

Gulfcoastguy

I took my first dose of Moderna about an hour ago. The National Guard was running the drive through clinic. At least I guess since it was right next to the NG Armory.

Gulfcoastguy

Trying to keep this remotely near the top.

Gulfcoastguy

Took mom for her first Covid vaccination, Pfizer. 

SamIAm2

@Gulfcoastguy - I'm glad you were able to take your mom for her first Covid-19 vaccination. Hoping she does not suffer any side effects and glad you have some time between your second shot and her second shot. Neighbor had his second dose of Moderna 4 days ago and felt miserable for the last 3. Seemed better today. 

Gulfcoastguy

SamIAm2 said:

@Gulfcoastguy - I'm glad you were able to take your mom for her first Covid-19 vaccination. Hoping she does not suffer any side effects and glad you have some time between your second shot and her second shot. Neighbor had his second dose of Moderna 4 days ago and felt miserable for the last 3. Seemed better today. 

A couple of degrees of fever today basically. 

As to timing since I had the Moderna and she had the Pfizer her second is March 16 and mine is March 17. We’ll get it done somehow. 

GATraveller

Both my parents and all the in laws have been vaccinated. Wife just got her first shot today. Guess I'm up next but there are quite a few people who need it more tan me. I'll get it eventually. 

HeavyG

This isn't very encouraging...

https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2021-02-23/california-homegrown-coronavirus-strain-looks-increasingly-transmissible-and-dangerous

JohnInCarolina

HeavyG said:

This isn't very encouraging...

https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2021-02-23/california-homegrown-coronavirus-strain-looks-increasingly-transmissible-and-dangerous

Gulfcoastguy

I’ll raise you the South African variant found in the Atlantic coast of the Southeast US. Best thing is to get vaccinated at the earliest available time with whatever vaccine is available. Any of them should keep you out of the hospital. 

Better news is that Pfizer is doubling it’s US production to 40 million doses a month. Now if the FDA will get off the stick and okay the Johnson & Johnson vaccine we can start to make a serious dent in the plague. 

Novavax should be read for use in April also. 

Any actual medical doctors are welcome to correct my post.

Ike

Wife and I each got first round of Pfizer today (70 and 71)