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So I picked up a cold or SFT and then I wondered if maybe I got covid so called up doc and he did me one of the tests we get for free up here and sure enough I'm positive
so far its ghost achs & pains, cough, bit of a headache, no breathing issues more like a medium cold/ flu
My allergies are flaring way early so I did my first home test this evening--negative of course. But my kid is taking me to a Golden Knights game next week--if I don't catch the covid then I'm definitely immune. I could wear a mask--I'm sure the other hockey fans will think I'm a pussy, like they did when Plante wore a mask.
Kaiser is offering 4 th shots for over 50s. Think I'll wait until 6 months from the last one--in May.
Wear a Jason mask over the n95, they’ll be too drunk to notice.Quote:
Originally Posted by old goat
This. Everything I have seen and heard said to delay the vaxx or boosters if you caught COVID, not go without, due to waning immunity and emergence of new strains.Quote:
Originally Posted by PNWbrit
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Originally Posted by old goat
I was wondering what your thoughts were on #4.
If I wasn't going to the gym 3/week I'm might hold off, but I'm at 6 months now so I think I'll get one asap.
Sorry you're dealing with this [emoji852]Quote:
Originally Posted by Whiteroom_Guardian
Long/post Covid is real even in healthy middle aged adults. We trached a guy yesterday about a year out from Covid hospitalization. He’s been trached three times now. First time was his initial hospitalization. Second time was after he recovered and was discharged, he developed bilateral vocal cord paralysis. This time he was hospitalized for tracheal swelling and intubated. It didn’t resolve so he got another trach. He’ll go home with it this time until the inflammatory process resolved. That’s not his only post Covid issue.Quote:
Originally Posted by Whiteroom_Guardian
Hope you get well, take it easy and take care of yourself.
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thats exactly what ski bro told me when i went over & got the positive covid test but he wasnt a real MD just an anesthetistQuote:
Originally Posted by riser4
I had felt bad about pulling the plug on the DH team but something didnt feel right, being in a tuck on the race course is not the place to get dizzy, I felt somewhat vindicated to find it is Covid, 4 days in it doesnt feel any worse that a medium-ish cold, I hope it stays like that
I don't really have my own thoughts on this. I do what the CDC and my doctor/Kaiser tells me to do. I know neither will be right all the time but they'll be right more often than wrong and right at least as much as other qualified and unqualified experts and "experts". I figure you pick your horse and ride it until it bucks you off or dies. (I had a horse die under me at summer camp. As the wussiest camper they gave me the oldest, gentlest, nearest to death horse.)Quote:
Originally Posted by Hopeless Sinner
A couple days on the road around California. Two Marriott hotels with less than a third of parking lot full were “no vacancy”. Both had only one desk attendant. I think it’s a strategy to raise occupancy rates to encourage travel or they just can’t get staff to operate at 100%.
Hey @Whiteroom_guardian, theres an NYT article today that looks super similar to what you've described. Looks like there's some suggestions in the article as well as some new COVID-related terms for engaging with docs "small fiber neuropathy, etc..."
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/09/w...ter-covid.html
Meanwhile in shanghai, the sound of thousands of humans collectively wailing their isolation and anguish.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-XErj0xRYQ
That’s fucking terrifying
Yea I'm pretty sure some of those people are locked in with their dead relatives. Haven't had food in several days.
spookyQuote:
Originally Posted by leroy jenkins
The drunk driving analogy used to be the preferred analogy.
You could make the analogy now that those not vaccinated are like people who don't wear seatbelts because they think they are safe drivers and the seatbelt is more dangerous. Mostly a danger to themselves (although you don't want to be in a car wreck with other unrestrained occupants... they fly around and smash others). This attitude lets me know that you are part of a particular ideological tribe that you place performative adherence to as first priority, and/or your have naturally low trust in others and an inability to consider and absorb good information from good sources. It is the current best-case look. It is not a good look.
The bigger problem is that the analogy to drunk driving instead of not wearing a seatbelt, that is directly/indirectly endangering others as well as yourself, while not as accurate anymore, well it used to be quite apt. It was true for nearly a year and it was true up until 2022 with Omicron. That says further to me about a vaccine resistant person's tribal badges trumping care for others and society, and/or your cynicism outweighing your humanity. This is a very bad look.
That's my judgment after taking care of a fuck ton of COVID patients, directly and indirectly, including the ones who died after being infected by their antivaxxer caregiver family members who prevented them from getting the vaccine. Our world is a little different than when you get your info from twitter and the TV talking heads. But go ahead, accuse me of being judgy. I have a good fucking reason.
The windows are open and it is not unheard of for Chinese people to jump out when things get so bad they can't take it. But I don't speak any of the Chinese languages. Perhaps you could translate?Quote:
Originally Posted by leroy jenkins
Zero COVID looks like an awesome strategy!Quote:
Originally Posted by leroy jenkins
Why can’t the dumb and dishonest tell the difference between years? I mean, it worked until it didn’t. You fuckers would have, wait, did kill a million in the us and act like that was free
I think the seatbelt rationale was not a lot different than the ski helmet rationale... It's not so much about protecting the person who doesn't want to be protected from harm as it is protecting SOCIETY from the costs of supporting the results of their poor decision.. i.e. all of our insurance premiums and taxes go up to pay caregivers to change their diapers and wipe the drool from their chins for DECADES until they finally die..Quote:
Originally Posted by Summit
And that rationale also works for vaccines... It costs us all more when a few make poor choices there...
I see what you did there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Summit
unintentional, but fittingQuote:
Originally Posted by Meadow Skipper
Those afflicted with Main Character Syndrome don't count NPCs.Quote:
Originally Posted by dunfree
The Seattle Times has a story about long Covid today:
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle...arch-underway/
Seatbelt analogy works for me. Places that let the cops pull you over for seatbelt violation don't do so for public safety, but rather as an excuse to involve the police in more peoples lives and create revenue generation and of course, control.Quote:
Originally Posted by Summit
I wouldn't say lack of trust for these three companies, one of which received the biggest corporate fine in US history for outright fraud and deceit, is the same as cynicism towards the universe in general. Especially when the director of the CDC admits she based policy decisions on CNN and hopeful (she doesn't use the word wishful but come on) thinking.
I just wish people could start respecting each others choices at this point. People who don't trust the vax are not just stupid ignorant etc. Personally I've been waiting for them to seem like a good idea, or for a better vax to come out, and as time goes on I get less and less tempted to get jabbed.
Yep. Comparing vaccines to police fishing for revenue. We got one. Low trust and a decreased ability to select and synthesize good information. All due respect...Quote:
Originally Posted by leroy jenkins
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Originally Posted by leroy jenkins
You're right, the cops get a lot less revenue from tickets than the pharma cos have from the vax.Quote:
Originally Posted by Summit
Its hyperbole I admit it, but no less ridiculous than the drunk driving analogy. We were never going to have zero covid even with full vax. Its somewhere between the two analogies.
You say all due respect but I don't think you know what it means. Starting from the standpoint that someone is mentally deficient is pretty much the definition of dismissive.
Who is I should trust exactly? Like who am I lacking in trust for that is trustworthy? How is low trust for untrustworthy a flaw? Any sensible media coprorate system would have looked at low public trust and realized its because of a poor track record as much as ignorant hillbillies that don't have any census workers to take shots at.
Seatbelt checks are also usually DWI and license/insurance checks... same as a tail light out... or brake light.
Went in a charity thrift shop today that put the mask requirement back up... The folks who work there live in a treatment center, communal living so I understand why they want to be extra careful.
Me tooQuote:
Originally Posted by skiJ
The conspiracy theory end for privileged idiots
it's been a long day -
leroy's post from Shanghi was a sobering way to start my day ;
it is incredibly sad to me that in the twenty-first century people still treat each other this way - Ukraine, too.
the driving analogies are lost on me -
covid is a potentially deadly infectious disease - I don't see how it compares with a driving choice.
The virus is not cognizant -
If one is susceptible and infected, the disease process ... ( can be pretty unforgiving ) ;
I certainly don't believe the Director of the CDC has said she bases policy decisions on 'CNN and hopeful thinking (or wishful thinking )' but throw it out there and see if it sticks... ;
I could accept the claim that one does not trust either Government nor big pharma - I lean that way too.
But to say one is waiting for a 'better vaccine' or a 'better reason' to get "jabbed" ,,, you lose me, much as my friends who have chosen not to be vaccinated are isolated from me.
yes - the vaccines have limits -
immunity wanes, and immunity reduces transmission but does not eliminate the possibility of transmission.
These limitations do not make the vaccines failures ;
vaccination is an important tool to controlling covid - yet last week, in usofa, approximately 3,000 people still died with covid.
If you are waiting for a vaccine that provides life-long immunity and/or 'sterilizing' immunity, be prepared to wait a very long time
( I am not-sure it is even possible for a virus readily capable of variation ( variants) ) ;
which brings me to the ideas of tolerance and respect for choices -
I am sorry, no.
The statement I read that I believe states it well is,
covid is a potentially deadly transmissible disease,
covid is not a partisan statement ( nor is it a matter of religion. ) ;
I won't use any of the disrespectful stereotypical descriptions that I have read above regarding Unvaccinated.
as I mentioned above, I have friends who are unvaccinated - and for now, we will not be interacting in-person.
They are still my friends.
There was a recent example of someone who was out-for-dinner with friends, and in the middle of dinner, one of the 'friends' announced that he/she/they were unvaccinated.
If you were they primary caregiver of an elderly parent, would you consider this to be 'friend'-ly ?
I do not --
Please be vaccinated - and boostered.
thanks. tj
Masks work.
If you want people to respect your choices make better choices. This idea that all viewpoints, choices, and decisions are equally valid and should be respected is absurd. There are issues that are a matter of opinion. This is not one of them.Quote:
Originally Posted by leroy jenkins
“ This idea that all viewpoints, choices, and decisions are equally valid and should be respected is absurd.”
This has been explained to him a dozen times. He’s either stupid or he’s ignoring it because it interferes with his narcissism and self righteousness displays.
At this point with over 11 billion Covid vaccines administered I think the data is very compelling that they are very safe overall. The statistics showing the difference in outcomes for the vaccinated versus the unvaccinated also speak for themselves. I guess if that evidence isn't enough nothing is ever going to convince you to get vaccinated. Over six million dead from Covid worldwide now and we're still losing something like 3,000 people per day.
More truthy FIFY
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Originally Posted by The AD
There's a reason I told him all due respect. The respect due is vastly less today than it was, say, a year ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by The AD
There are people who aren't quite sure evolution is a thing, that 9/11 might have been perpetrated by our own government, and that COVID vaccines aren't an all around good idea.
Their inherent low trust and tribal tendencies makes them vulnerable to bad info and slow to select and internalize good info. At some point their wild misunderstandings become a permanent feature for many of these believers.