Neverending Covid-19 Coronavirus

I worry a bit about folks acting as if they're fully vaccinated the day of their second dose (which could easily account for folks who test positive more than 14 days out). It's 2 weeks from the second shot (minimum/average), but people are celebrating immediately with riskier behaviors than they should.
 
GritNGlitter said:
I worry a bit about folks acting as if they're fully vaccinated the day of their second dose (which could easily account for folks who test positive more than 14 days out). It's 2 weeks from the second shot (minimum/average), but people are celebrating immediately with riskier behaviors than they should.
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Yeah, I mean I think you’re around 80% by the time you go in for shot 2 but even if you’re fully up there’s no reason to go full risk behavior. I’m still not planning to do much of anything with people unless all of them are vaccinated. I am looking forward to seeing my friends again at a house party in a few weeks when we’re all at max immunity.
 
Also, we, in the US, will not get rid of Covid until we address it in Latin America. Here's a good article about Covid spread in Brazil with a lot of graphs. Right now, the president is finally on board with a vaccination push, but they are running into the problem of not having enough vaccine.

Brazilian microbiologist Natalia Pasternak says: "We have a great immunisation programme, one of the best in the world. If we have enough doses, we know what to do, we have the expertise and the structure. We just need vaccines."
Only around half the target of 46 million vaccine doses were delivered by the end of March.
Brazil has now ordered enough doses to vaccinate its entire population - but critics say these agreements have come far too late, as other large countries with similar purchasing power are now ahead in the queue.
In August, Brazil's government turned down an offer from Pfizer to purchase up to 70 million doses of its vaccine.
It has recently ordered 100 million doses of Pfizer's vaccine, but the bulk of these will not arrive until the second half of the year.

www.bbc.com

Covid Brazil: Why could Bolsonaro face charges?

President Bolsonaro has downplayed the pandemic and resisted lockdowns - and could now face criminal charges.
www.bbc.com www.bbc.com
 
ranbalam said:
Got my 2nd Moderna today about 1 pm. It was a 2 hour affair, the line was insane but not much choice but to get in it and wait.

So far just a sore arm, but I am expecting to feel like crap tomorrow. Bonus day off if I feel fine!
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Wow, this sucks. 101.4 fever, chills, headache. Came on out of nowhere about an hour after I woke up this morning.
I realize this is part of the cure...so I'd hate for people to skip the shot because of not wanting to feel like crap for a day. My advice is to leave your next day open if you can.
 
ranbalam said:
Wow, this sucks. 101.4 fever, chills, headache. Came on out of nowhere about an hour after I woke up this morning.
I realize this is part of the cure...so I'd hate for people to skip the shot because of not wanting to feel like crap for a day. My advice is to leave your next day open if you can.
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Already took next Friday off in prep for my Thursday second dose. Hang in there!
 
I thought I’d be fighting that fever all night, but about 6 pm it just kind of went away...almost like when brainfreeze subsides, like ahhhh, normal. I was having a beer on my patio at 7:30, like nothing happened.

So, I’m happy to report that I feel good this morning too. And in two weeks I’ll have a certain confidence that has been missing for well over a year. I’ll still mask up and be careful, but on the inside I’ll be giddy.
 
I can now officially say, I personally know someone who has COVID-19 😔 My friend Jason, the owner of Sound & Sight, was a little cavalier about COVID and unfortunately now has it. He is at home 🏡 resting (quarantined) but he's in a great deal of pain. To make matters worse, he's diabetic and had a heart attack in recent years. 😳 Everybody is invincible until they're not! This post is a statement to remind people to stay vigilant and take this deadly virus seriously. We've all been too relaxed on our response and handling of it all. We all have a part to play in this, and now is not the time to get complacent as more and more people are getting vaccinated 💉 Let's see now how this all plays out 🙏❤
 
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So after we get annual reviews for our clients out of the way, I'm going to work with a team in my department to look at Covid long haul symptoms. I'm really looking forward into diving into medical data and attempting to extrapolate long haul Covid effects.

So in anticipation, I'll probably post more research on long haul Covid, like this article.

A survey earlier this month from the Office for National Statistics in Britain polled more than 20,000 participants who’d tested positive for Covid-19 in the last year and found that one in five survivors reported having symptoms after five weeks—and at 12 weeks, the number was still 13.7% (almost one in seven people). The most common symptoms experienced at five weeks were fatigue (11.8%), cough (11%), headache (10%), and muscle pain (7.7%). (Loss of taste and smell followed, each affecting about 6.3% of participants.) At 12 weeks, the prevalence of symptoms was slightly lower, but still distributed similarly and much higher than a control group who hadn’t had Covid-19.

www.forbes.com

How Common Is ‘Long Covid’? New Studies Suggest More Than Previously Thought

Once upon a time, it seemed that once you recovered from Covid-19, you were home free. Now we know that's not always the case.
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I also read an article about how long haul Covid symptoms are not horribly different from other SARS like viruses, as these viruses also can cause long haul symptoms.
 

How will the playoffs work?​

The league will have a traditional 16-team, best-of-seven playoff format this year, though it will look a bit different thanks to the divisional realignment. The top four teams in each division will qualify for the playoffs and be placed into divisional brackets for the first few rounds of the playoffs (No.1 seed vs. No. 4 seed, No. 2 seed vs. No. 3 seed).

The four teams that advance to the Stanley Cup Semifinal (known as the Conference Final in a normal year) will be seeded by their regular season points total, with the No. 1 vs. No. 4 seed and No. 2 vs. No. 3.

This format means, in theory, this year's Stanley Cup Final could feature two teams that typically play in the same conference in a traditional season.

cbssports.com
 
Hollywood said:

How will the playoffs work?​

The league will have a traditional 16-team, best-of-seven playoff format this year, though it will look a bit different thanks to the divisional realignment. The top four teams in each division will qualify for the playoffs and be placed into divisional brackets for the first few rounds of the playoffs (No.1 seed vs. No. 4 seed, No. 2 seed vs. No. 3 seed).

The four teams that advance to the Stanley Cup Semifinal (known as the Conference Final in a normal year) will be seeded by their regular season points total, with the No. 1 vs. No. 4 seed and No. 2 vs. No. 3.

This format means, in theory, this year's Stanley Cup Final could feature two teams that typically play in the same conference in a traditional season.

cbssports.com
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Wrong thread ;)
 
debianlinux said:
So somebody gaffed and fucked up 15 million doses? Holy shit heads rolled over that I ma sure.
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From what I understand AZ ingredients were used in the preparation of the J&J doses, screwing everything up and wasting a bunch of materials. Beyond adding oversight, the solution by the US government was to remove the ability of that site to make the AZ vaccine so they could concentrate on just making J&J, but in the end they were not approved by the FDA at the time and still are not AFAIK.
 
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