Did you get vaccinated yet?
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Just jump...please.I'm all for critical thought. I think it may improve my ability for keener insight and invaluable retrospection during critical times i.e. when I'm on a proverbial "ledge" asking myself what the next question is..... Do you get my drift?
Talked to a couple guys in my neighborhood over the weekend. Both said the hot the second dose of Pfizer a few weeks back and it slowed them down 24-36 hours. Funny thing is they said both of their wives got the second dose and felt nothing. Maybe their is a moral to the story. Best of luck. I get my second dose next week.
I had the same reaction. I think it's just an individual thing. I've heard all kinds of reactions to either brand shot. From sore arm to down for 36 hours.
I'm shocked that we're 5 pages into this thread and nobody corrected this?
Johnson and Johnson's efficacy numbers are certainly lower compared to Moderna and Pfizer, but the trials tested for different outcomes, so it's not exactly an apples to apples comparison. The Johnson and Johnson clinical trials also included some variants whereas Moderna and Pfizer did not.
Either way the important thing is that all three clinical trials showed no hospitalizations or deaths.
When I posted it, that was the latest. As you know, the info changes about twice a day. You're correct regarding the efficacy, however.
I’m kind of put off by the “variant” narrative. Even as far back as last spring, they knew this thing would mutate. The flu does it every year. Why is it being treated like a big surprise and complete game changer? We knew it was, is and will be changing.
Media seems to LOVE keeping this pot on rapid boil. Not sure what is legit and what is manufactured, although very little of it seems “balanced.”
Fear porn! It’s here to stay.
You know why. Bc fear sells. We all need to “double down” to prevent another “surge”. CNN actually had a headline today along the lines of “How to avoid COVID at the beach” are you kidding me?!
Yep. I would have responded quicker but I was washing my groceries in the front yard before I brought them in the house. 😁
I got the J&J vaccine yesterday. Worked in the yard and grilled out last night and had no issues with vaccine symptoms.
Second Pfizer in the books as of 8:30 this morning....looking back to the Fall/early Winter, I never thought that by April 6th, 2021 I would be fully vaccinated, it’s been a bizarre/sublime twelve plus months....now....time to start planning some trips to Tally, Las Vegas, Asheville, Islamorada and other venues around our beautiful state to see friends from FSU and my old work that I always took for granted I’d “see them next season”....I’m taking nothing for granted now. It’s time to reboot and start Retirement 2.0...😀
So true....I saw a doctor on the Today Show this morning in the 7am hour....you’ve seen him several times...and when Hoda asked if and when they can stop wiping down the set, the chairs, etc.....his response was, and I’m paraphrasing....”oh, you don’t need to do that anymore, and I wish the CDC had come out with that information earlier....it’s an airborne disease”. I’m like....WTF???
Now that the shelves are full of products for that, they tell us that wiping everything down isn’t really necessary because the chances of infection via surfaces is extremely remote.
I think that at first they cautioned us to be afraid of everything because they didn’t know what else to do.
I've been a big supporter of Covid preventative measures but I saw that article and even I rolled my eyes.
There were studies like 8 months ago saying it really wasn't needed. I agree though that no one really discussed it. However, wiping down stuff is probably just good in general.
Here's how Dr. Sanjay Gupta says to properly disinfect your groceries
Trips to the grocery store are inevitable for many Americans during the coronavirus outbreak, but Dr. Sanjay Gupta has some tips on how to properly disinfect your groceries and prevent the virus from spreading to surfaces within your home. The virus can live on steel and plastic for up to three...
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In a nutshell, reactions like this is why Americans don’t trust science
Totally agree, pre-Covid, I would avoid things germy by wiping grocery cart handles, airline tray tables, avoiding escalator handrails, hotel TV remotes, etc to simply avoid getting a dumb cold. I’ll continue that going forward... a little OCD, but that’s me.
It was a novel virus they were still learning about when recommendations were being made so they're going to be overly cautious and make revisions on recommendations as more data becomes available. I mean maybe I'm in the minority but that's a good thing. Science by it's very nature is designed based on a testing a theory and theories constantly fail. Welcome to science.Here's how Dr. Sanjay Gupta says to properly disinfect your groceries
Trips to the grocery store are inevitable for many Americans during the coronavirus outbreak, but Dr. Sanjay Gupta has some tips on how to properly disinfect your groceries and prevent the virus from spreading to surfaces within your home. The virus can live on steel and plastic for up to three...www.boston.com
In a nutshell, reactions like this is why Americans don’t trust science
I would say most non-conspiracy theory Americans trust "science." Some are just cherry picking what "science" they want to listen to depending on how inconvenienced they are by it currently.
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Not buying it for a second. I watched the authority of infectious disease in this country look into the camera and tell us that “masks wouldn’t make a difference” last spring. Then 180 and blame it on the inventory we had of available masks. Very little of the last year has been about science. If it had, the road map was there. We chose to recreate the wheel.
Same. I find myself avoiding touching a lot more things than I did pre-Covid.
That's fine. I'll trust the people with advanced degrees in virology and decades of experience in dealing with infectious disease. You're free to believe as you wish.
Second Pfizer dose this coming Sunday. Ready to go on vacation this summer and hit Doak on Labor Day weekend.
Agree, because it also basically eliminated flu season.
Hopefully employers will recognize that telling people to stay home when they're actually sick is a good thing. Making them feel like they must be at work just leads to transmission around the office and waves of people being unable to come in.
And Sanjay Gupta is a neurosurgeon. Not sure what put him in the position to be leading and advising.
We washed off our fruits and vegetables even before Covid so nothing has changed for us.
He has a contract with CNN that's what they talk to him. I agree he should not be leading or advising on the issue. Every news network should be contracted with virologists and infectious disease experts to keep them updated.
Well played. I was never in the habit of sanitizing my Cheerios boxes but I will do as I am told.
Where did I say anyone should sanitize boxes? Fruits and veggies are often eaten raw and may have pesticide, other chemicals and likely had other people touching them for a day or two. It makes sense to wash those.
You never did. But Dr. Sanjay certainly did. And don’t get him started on what to do when you get take out food.
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Why are you pulling articles from a year ago? If he was still telling people to do that then you would have a point. There were some preliminary studies showing that it may stay on surfaces for days at a time and you should wipe stuff down just in case. It's literally just recommendations to decrease potential exposure until more data comes out.You never did. But Dr. Sanjay certainly did. And don’t get him started on what to do when you get take out food.
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