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I hadn’t considered the peace of mind that test and vaccine mandate even for outdoor shows would give me until this moment sitting at a Black Crowes show looking around at this crowd without one
I’ve been going back and forth on if I would get a booster if I turned to out to be eligible for one. So I guess I am now, and honestly I feel like I should get one now if it’s still free tbh.
Just got a robocall. My daughter's school district is going back to remote learning for the high school due to an increase in Covid cases. That didn't take long.
Just got a robocall. My daughter's school district is going back to remote learning for the high school due to an increase in Covid cases. That didn't take long.
Ugh. Yeah we’ve had more positives in 26 days than almost all of last year. I do not think they would close the district down for kids being sick, but would have to if a huge number of teachers were out bc there are zero subs.
I think we pretty much know at this point covid is going to stick around like the flu. And we get a booster for the flu each year.
My gf's logic, paraphrased: I don't take the flu shot because every time I do, I get sick. So if I get the Covid shot, I'll probably get really sick then too.
Admittedly, I don't take flu shots either but I consider Covid to be a lot different situation.
I think we pretty much know at this point covid is going to stick around like the flu. And we get a booster for the flu each year.
My gf's logic, paraphrased: I don't take the flu shot because every time I do, I get sick. So if I get the Covid shot, I'll probably get really sick then too.
Admittedly, I don't take flu shots either but I consider Covid to be a lot different situation.
I think we pretty much know at this point covid is going to stick around like the flu. And we get a booster for the flu each year.
My gf's logic, paraphrased: I don't take the flu shot because every time I do, I get sick. So if I get the Covid shot, I'll probably get really sick then too.
Admittedly, I don't take flu shots either but I consider Covid to be a lot different situation.
when do you recommend getting the shot this year? i don't want to do it too early, but have to plan it around work because it always makes me pretty sick.
There has only been one year in the past 15 I didn’t get my flu shot and I got the flu. It was terrible. They are coming to school Monday to give them for free. Done. (I guess I am lucky I don’t have a reaction to it usually.)
when do you recommend getting the shot this year? i don't want to do it too early, but have to plan it around work because it always makes me pretty sick.
Now. I’m getting mine next week. There have already been reported cases. And it’s going to be a doozy this season.
Post by crazykittensmile on Sept 23, 2021 14:49:42 GMT -5
If I'm eligible for any shot I'm taking it. Science is rad and I hate getting sick.
The one year I forgot to get the flu shot in the last decade I was sooooooooooo sick, after a week I started to legitimately wonder if I'd ever feel better lol. So yeah, no thanks! Already 2/3 for flu vaccines in our house this year.
Post by jorgeandthekraken on Sept 23, 2021 16:19:03 GMT -5
Ugh, the CDC voted 9-6 against boosters for <65 people who work in settings where the risk of transmission is high, like health care workers. Many of these folks are going on 10 months out from their second does. So dumb.
Ugh, the CDC voted 9-6 against boosters for <65 people who work in settings where the risk of transmission is high, like health care workers. Many of these folks are going on 10 months out from their second does. So dumb.
i'm not anti-booster by any means, i certainly don't think it hurts anything, but so far as i can tell the original shots are still providing great protection from severe disease/hospitalization.
i don't know the logistics behind it but i'd this point i'd rather see our excess supply start going to poorer countries and/or kids rather than people who are already vaccinated.
Ugh, the CDC voted 9-6 against boosters for <65 people who work in settings where the risk of transmission is high, like health care workers. Many of these folks are going on 10 months out from their second does. So dumb.
I think the CDC is going to regret this in a few months
Ugh, the CDC voted 9-6 against boosters for <65 people who work in settings where the risk of transmission is high, like health care workers. Many of these folks are going on 10 months out from their second does. So dumb.
i'm not anti-booster by any means, i certainly don't think it hurts anything, but so far as i can tell the original shots are still providing great protection from severe disease/hospitalization.
i don't know the logistics behind it but i'd this point i'd rather see our excess supply start going to poorer countries and/or kids rather than people who are already vaccinated.
I understand and respect that logic. But, a couple of thoughts:
1) Health-care workers are in environments where they're more likely to be exposed to the virus on a more regular basis. This makes them more likely to be infected, and therefore more likely to spread. They're also more often coming into contact with those for whom SARS-CoV2 infection would be problematic or catastrophic, which is why it would make sense to me that our concern with them would be more than whether they'd contract severe disease - the fewer nursing home workers walking around shedding virus, for example, the better, given the vulnerability of the population with which they work. All that being the case, it strikes me as more important that HCWs have more sterilizing immunity than the average person.
2) As much as it should be, it's not a zero-sum game between people getting vaccinated, both domestically and abroad, and boosters going into the arms of HCWs and other more-exposed folks. We have scores of doses literally going to waste on shelves. Supply is not an issue here in the US, and it's not what's keeping doses from being distributed across the globe.
I am 100% on board with questions of vaccine equity, but, like...for a while, we rationed the best PPE for HCWs because they're on the front lines of this thing. I'd say the same principle applies here.
i'm not anti-booster by any means, i certainly don't think it hurts anything, but so far as i can tell the original shots are still providing great protection from severe disease/hospitalization.
i don't know the logistics behind it but i'd this point i'd rather see our excess supply start going to poorer countries and/or kids rather than people who are already vaccinated.
I understand and respect that logic. But, a couple of thoughts:
1) Health-care workers are in environments where they're more likely to be exposed to the virus on a more regular basis. This makes them more likely to be infected, and therefore more likely to spread. They're also more often coming into contact with those for whom SARS-CoV2 infection would be problematic or catastrophic, which is why it would make sense to me that our concern with them would be more than whether they'd contract severe disease - the fewer nursing home workers walking around shedding virus, for example, the better, given the vulnerability of the population with which they work. All that being the case, it strikes me as more important that HCWs have more sterilizing immunity than the average person.
2) As much as it should be, it's not a zero-sum game between people getting vaccinated, both domestically and abroad, and boosters going into the arms of HCWs and other more-exposed folks. We have scores of doses literally going to waste on shelves. Supply is not an issue here in the US, and it's not what's keeping doses from being distributed across the globe.
I am 100% on board with questions of vaccine equity, but, like...for a while, we rationed the best PPE for HCWs because they're on the front lines of this thing. I'd say the same principle applies here.
both good points, particularly #2 with regards to the vaccines already here. i guess my point would be if we have more orders outstanding and vaccines being produced for us, i'd rather those orders start being shipped to other countries rather than here where they'll just go bad on shelves.
My semi hot take is that this voting down of booster shots is going to only further entrench anti-vaxxers
could be bad either way. if they'd voted for boosters, anti-vaxxers could say "see the vaccines don't even work!". personally i want to err more on the side of the vaccines are goddamn scientific miracles and are working well, not just because it's good messaging but because it's true.
Post by The Foot Fuckin' Master on Sept 23, 2021 18:12:03 GMT -5
My cousin got the booster today at CVS by saying she uses a corticosteroidal inhaler (which is true). So if somebody really wants a booster, it'd be doable.
My cousin got the booster today at CVS by saying she uses a corticosteroidal inhaler (which is true). So if somebody really wants a booster, it'd be doable.
The only thing they asked me was brand and date of my last shot. 🤷🏻♀️
Post by jorgeandthekraken on Sept 23, 2021 19:25:10 GMT -5
Well, here’s a fun thing: I pulled negative rapid tests yesterday and this morning, but this afternoon on, I’ve been feeling like a truck hit me, I had some chills a bit ago, and my temp is 99.3. I did go pretty hard at Sea Hear Now this past weekend, so it’s entirely possible this is the wook flu/a long tail of a come-down. I just…I’m not worried about severe disease for me due to vax + previous infection, but if I somehow caught the bug again and then give it to my pregnant wife, who’s at higher risk due to her condition, just so we could see Pearl Jam, I’m going to feel very stupid.