We are waiting with baited breath to hear if you survived...😱Getting my second shot tomorrow at Zero Dark Thirty because of massive traffic jams. I want to be on full cylinder for the Spring game weekend.
All thoughts On Covid
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I absolutely fear this virus. My brother in law’s father just said goodbye to his family after contracting it a week ago and being put on a vent. And since I posted above, a good friend’s 44 year old sister passed after a brief battle. My 39 year old sister in law is struggling to get off the vent she has been on for weeks. These are real people, not just stats. I never have seen the flu take a life but this thing is the real deal sadly. I will continue to do what is recommended to avoid this thing.
😨 so sorry to hear this. That's what's scary - the individual impact it can have on people.
It definitely has disparate impacts on different people. Very sorry to hear about your family’s experience....sucks.
Just got word that my brother in law’s Dad passed this morning. The bizarre thing is I didn’t really know anyone who struggled with the virus until recently. And now it is boom, boom, boom. The bright side is hearing people like yourself getting vaccinated. Every time someone posts on here that they got their shot, I smile. Despite not knowing any of you personally, there is a kinship in being Noles and sharing experiences. Thank you for your kind words.
The spectrum this has had on people is vast. Like I said I didn’t know anyone harshly affected until recently. I appreciate your kindness.
The vaccine doesn’t prevent you from being infected and spreading the virus. It keeps you from getting sick. So until we get enough people vaccinated, we should wear masks when social distancing is not possible.got my second shot late January. Still wear a mask because most places ask you to wear one and to make people feel more comfortable.
I fell like laminating my vaccine card and wearing it around my neck like a backstage pass. I'm with the band.
BTW, the second shot put me on my butt for about 24 hours. Same for most folks in my dept. Almost as bad as the Shingrix shot.
Got my 1st one thursday...hurt the next day.
Wow....so sorry to hear how much it has effected those close to you.
I understand that everyone’s experience is different and we all need to recognize that. I appreciate your kindness.
What an odyssey I've been through in VA. I'm hopefully driving two hours to get shot up this Tuesday{fingers crossed}. I was told weeks ago to get my shots through CVS using a web site. All stores were booked {of course}, but I kept trying for days and scored an appt late one night. My first appointment was postponed, then cancelled by them and incredibly I was thrown back into the group of unvaccinated folks constantly hammering CVS's web site hoping to stumble upon an opening somewhere, anywhere. I sent CVS{who is working with the State of VA} a nasty email saying their methods sucked. I got a text last week saying they would call me late in the week to schedule a new appt. I got the call on Friday, but missed it and was left a voice mail, leaving a number of the CVS Covid hot line that says{guess what} visit our web site and try to find an opening, lol. When I called the number of the woman who left the voice mail, it was for a call station in TX and unanswerable, lol. After having a nervous breakdown, I started hammering the web site and once again late last night, openings popped up in three new stores which hadn't been on the list before. Let's hope the story ends there, or should I say thirty days after the first shot, lol.
J&J shots starting this week. They said they’ll have 20M doses by end of March. I think the vaccinations are about to kick into high gear.
The south florida school district I teach in just received approval for faculty and staff over the age of fifty to get vaccinated. I'm very thankful for this decision.
Florida is on track to receive some of the first shipments of the J&J, and some counties are approaching 80% of seniors vaccinated. St. John's, at 78%, Nassau, St. Lucie, and Leon at almost 74%.
New cases are down 74% since the fall.
Some areas are dropping the age to 50 and it's now open to teachers, firefighters, cops. I think we have reason to be optimistic and that light at the end of the tunnel ain't a train, y'all 😬
New cases are down 74% since the fall.
Some areas are dropping the age to 50 and it's now open to teachers, firefighters, cops. I think we have reason to be optimistic and that light at the end of the tunnel ain't a train, y'all 😬
This hasn’t been shown one way or another. The studies are on going. Things I’ve read seem to indicate you would be much less likely to spread it if you have the vaccine bc you would have such a small amount of virus due to the antibodies.
I’m going to Costa Rica tomorrow (I’ve been vaccinated since mid January) for my first real trip in a year. Pretty pumped. Funny thing is to get into Costa Rica we don’t have to have a negative test but to get back into the US we do. Even with the vaccine I still need to get tested in Costa Rica to get back into the US. Costa Rica has very few cases so it amused me that the US is the one who’s asking for a test when it should be the other way around.
You might be less likely to spread it, but there have been plenty of instances already where people who have received the vaccine later tested positive for Covid. So they were a threat to spread the virus. The important thing is you are secure in knowing you won't get sick and require hospitalization, which is what's really important. But you can still infect someone who has not been vaccinated, hence the mitigation efforts need to continue til we get to herd immunity, which is still a ways to go. Hopefully by summer.
I haven’t heard of any instance of someone who had received both doses of the vaccine with the 2 weeks past that’s tested positive. There have been a few people who tested positive shortly after receiving one of the doses which isn’t surprising. Correct me if I’m wrong
What we do not know
Protect Yourself and others from COVID-19
- Wearing a mask over your nose and mouth
- Staying at least 6 feet away from others
- Avoiding crowds
- Avoiding poorly ventilated spaces
- Washing your hands often
If you are vaccinated against COVID-19, you may still be exposed to the virus that causes COVID-19. After exposure, people can be infected with or “carry” the virus that causes COVID-19 but not feel sick or have any symptoms. Experts call this “asymptomatic infection.”
For this reason, even after vaccination, we need to continue using all the tools available to help stop this pandemic as we learn more about how COVID-19 vaccines work in real-world conditions.
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/keythingstoknow.html
That doesn’t answer anything. I’m not saying someone definitively cannot spread it after being vaccinated I’m saying they don’t know. So that’s what your copy and paste says. They’re studying it now.
The Israeli information suggests a huge decrease in the ability to spread it even if you actively have it (after both doses). Everyone still should mask up but it's nice to see the corner might stay turned at this point.
I'm going to Hawaii in a couple of months and they require testing going there and you have to pre-register before getting there and keep an app on your phone on so they can locate you if need be.
I do not know why they require the phone. In a couple of months you will be vaccinated and have the chip. Just joking.
They aren't planning on allowing vaccination to suffice until May at the earliest, which is a pain in the butt.
We were real careful a year ago. We had just gotten back from Paris (they closed The Louvre two days after we left). I was supposed to be in NYC for St. Patty's (was coaching an FSU Moot Court team).
Did not know what was going on, so we got careful. We were turning down parties just to be careful. We started taking temps a few times a day around this time last year, and I had family all start doing breathing exercises every day, with the idea being if one day it was harder, that was a bad sign.
We worked at home through what, April sometime? We were doing masks and staying in. That was the time of drive by parties and stuff.
By late April we were back at work every day. We were still a bit careful where we went, but were starting to get back to more normal.
I think it was around then that I started to read about VitD impact on bad outcomes. We all started to take it every day. I even talked to @iraschoffel back then and said it would be a major player when more studies confirmed it.
Did Vegas in July. That was odd. The use of cameras to enforce mask rules was eerily impressive.
By September we were doing mostly our thing when the state wide stuff was lifted. We returned to Tally that night from PCB and went straight to Hurricanes, which was packed out and maskless. Was the first mostly normal day we had til that date.
Since then we have been living as normally as we can. I usually have an issue finding a mask now when I go someplace that requires them. We spend more and more time in Bay County because no one wears them anywhere. 30A is funny. You'd think with the age cohort they would be more careful, but there is a lot of local music with no distancing and no mask. I don't even wear a mask at Publix over there.
We both got it at a party in December. About half the party got it. No one was worse than a mild cold. I only tested because I knew I had been exposed and then I could not smell the rub I made for the turkey. And edit to add - we did NOT infect @jamnolfin or his bride.
Since we had it, we don't limit our lives at all. We respect businesses who require distancing and masks, but choose to go places with none of that. I think that's good to have both options.
We are not getting vaccinated unless we don't have a choice (travel, etc). It's not a political statement. It's simply we don't see the value of getting them when we look at the numbers.
Did not know what was going on, so we got careful. We were turning down parties just to be careful. We started taking temps a few times a day around this time last year, and I had family all start doing breathing exercises every day, with the idea being if one day it was harder, that was a bad sign.
We worked at home through what, April sometime? We were doing masks and staying in. That was the time of drive by parties and stuff.
By late April we were back at work every day. We were still a bit careful where we went, but were starting to get back to more normal.
I think it was around then that I started to read about VitD impact on bad outcomes. We all started to take it every day. I even talked to @iraschoffel back then and said it would be a major player when more studies confirmed it.
Did Vegas in July. That was odd. The use of cameras to enforce mask rules was eerily impressive.
By September we were doing mostly our thing when the state wide stuff was lifted. We returned to Tally that night from PCB and went straight to Hurricanes, which was packed out and maskless. Was the first mostly normal day we had til that date.
Since then we have been living as normally as we can. I usually have an issue finding a mask now when I go someplace that requires them. We spend more and more time in Bay County because no one wears them anywhere. 30A is funny. You'd think with the age cohort they would be more careful, but there is a lot of local music with no distancing and no mask. I don't even wear a mask at Publix over there.
We both got it at a party in December. About half the party got it. No one was worse than a mild cold. I only tested because I knew I had been exposed and then I could not smell the rub I made for the turkey. And edit to add - we did NOT infect @jamnolfin or his bride.
Since we had it, we don't limit our lives at all. We respect businesses who require distancing and masks, but choose to go places with none of that. I think that's good to have both options.
We are not getting vaccinated unless we don't have a choice (travel, etc). It's not a political statement. It's simply we don't see the value of getting them when we look at the numbers.
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vaccinated and asymptomatic... not wearing a mask. Data on asymptomatic spread is mixed at best and Fauxi himself said that asymptomatic carriers will not be the driver of the spread. If I get symptoms of any kind, I'll mask up.
New Hampshire will open up on March 21st for vaccination registration in my age group. Probably be in May before I am fully vaccinated with how long it takes to get an appt.
Dr. Falsi is at it again. Remember that world agreed upon 6' social distancing? Nah, now he says 3'. 🤡
Someone please retire this guy and show him to the old folks home. 40+ years as a govt. employee ought to be a good retirement....along with all the kickbacks he's gotten over the years.
Now we can stand pretty much next to each other and no more every other table in restaurants in locked down states.
Someone please retire this guy and show him to the old folks home. 40+ years as a govt. employee ought to be a good retirement....along with all the kickbacks he's gotten over the years.
Now we can stand pretty much next to each other and no more every other table in restaurants in locked down states.
His handling of the mask narrative last spring was borderline criminal. That and his conflicting views on a asymptomatic spread has lead to a massive distrust.
The whole thing has been absurd in terms of the inconsistencies. I'm supposed to hold off on family BBQs until the 4th of July, yet I see many thousand complete strangers standing shoulder to shoulder at golf tournaments. Certain bars and restaurants have (had) limited capacity, but fine to jump on a jumbo jet for domestic travel. FSU students have not attended class for over a year, but fine for 18,000 folks to show up at Doak. LOL.
Follow the $$.....that's the "explanation."
Look at the VA Tech baseball crowd. Very few masks packed in like sardines.
I got the first Moderna shot last Tuesday and am wondering whether I should have some protection by 7-10 days out? I keep seeing it’s 13 days after the first shot that gets you to 50-80 pct, but do you get a little bit as each day passes or do you have to wait until the 13 day mark to have any?
Some each day as your body produces the immunity t cells
You got a hot date or something. 😁
Interesting too see how some folks in here have pulled a 180 and changed their view so dramatically. I suppose for some it isn’t real until it’s real for you. Bottom line though we all have to respect each other. It does appear we’re on a massive decline in cases. Hopefully that continues and vaccinations drive this thing into near extinction.
Please tell me you aren’t thumping your chest? I know you are calling me out, so tell me where I got it wrong?
I'm curious when travel to Europe will be actually feasible....like how it was pre virus?
I can't imagine it being this year and I really think it at the earliest will be well into next year if even that "soon".
I think so many places will so gun shy/super cautious that it will be quite some time.
I can't imagine it being this year and I really think it at the earliest will be well into next year if even that "soon".
I think so many places will so gun shy/super cautious that it will be quite some time.
Them suspending the AZ shot is beyond stupid. Because of 6 blood clots in 1.6M people? I agree, I keep looking at the US vaccination rate and forget not many other countries are moving even close to the same speed. I think the US is wide open all over by June but Europe could be 3-4 months behind that.
