Coronavirus thread

[greg]

This is a good point, certainly. Yet the fact that vaccinated people can get, and transmit, the disease just as easy as the non-vaccinated ones should give pause to anyone contemplating, supporting or implementing discrimination against the latter.

This is what I've heard, too, actually my mom was just telling about someone she knew who was vaccinated who got back from a cruise, and got tested herself only because her son was sick. She tested positive without symptoms. So supposedly her vaccine just reduced the symptoms... but of course we'll have to wait to see if this is a large scale thing or just some weird story.

[T. D.]

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-12/hospitals-pushed-to-brink-as-delta-sparks-hunt-for-more-staff

You should be able to get around paywall by accessing thru Google.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-12/hospitals-pushed-to-brink-as-delta-sparks-hunt-for-more-staff

You should be able to get around paywall by accessing thru Google.

Very hard to read. 

PD

[T. D.]

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/13/texas-covid-abbott-deploys-2500-out-of-state-medical-workers-as-younger-patients-crowd-hospitals.html

[Pohjolas Daughter]

I watched this on CNN this morning.  It's a short video of a young couple whose 1 year old is in the hospital with Covid and they can't even visit him due to restrictions.  People have reached out and asked about how they can help.  He said that the only way that you could help is by getting your vaccines.

https://www.cnn.com/videos/health/2021/08/13/arkansas-dad-baby-in-hospital-coronavirus-struggles-sot-newday-vpx.cnn

PD

[Florestan]

Twaddle. Have you been drinking that you think what I have italicized above is a fact? Looks fresh off the page of a tabloid.

It's right there in the Reuters text, in plain English: three quarters of the Singapore cases and 60% of the Israel cases are fully vaccinated. If this doesn't mean that vaccinated people can get the virus just as non-vaccinated people then words and logic have lost their meaning.

[Karl Henning]

US averaging a half-million new vaccinations per day for the first time since June; Medford (Mass.) Public Schools will require masks in the fall; Germany says US among high-risk countries — The German government has elevated Turkey, U.S. and Israel to high-risk status, the Funke media group reports, citing unidentified officials. Germany also raises Montenegro and Vietnam to high-risk.

Portugal is no longer classified as a high-risk area, except for Lisbon and the Algarve. People entering Germany from affected countries must quarantine for 10 days if they can't show proof of vaccination or recovery from illness.

[Karl Henning]

Japan on Friday reported its first case of the lambda variant, linking it to an unnamed female who arrived in July for the Tokyo Olympics, Kyodo News reported. Tokyo reported a record number of new cases Friday, 5,773, and nationwide cases exceeded 20,000 for the first time, NHK reported.

[Karl Henning]

Was taken out to dinner yesterday by an old friend from out of town.  He and his wife both contracted COVID early on, got hit pretty rough, but not so severely as to require hospitalization. They both suffer long-term shortness of breath. Especially regrettable in the wife's case, as she is a talented soprano.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Thanks, PD.

Sorry if I missed it, but I was wondering 1)  How is your sister doing?  and 2)  Did you get your first round of the Covid vaccine while you were off that week?

PD

[Mirror Image]

Sorry if I missed it, but I was wondering 1)  How is your sister doing?  and 2)  Did you get your first round of the Covid vaccine while you were off that week?

PD

My sister is doing a lot better. Thank you for asking. I get the first jab of Pfizer in approximately one hour. I ended up just scheduling an appointment at my local Walgreens.

[Mirror Image]

I don't like Gene Simmons or the whole schtick that he projects, but what he said here makes a lot of sense:

https://www.youtube.com/v/ycGGgoHwmuo

"It's not about you, it's about other people." Something this simple is what people have a horrible time coming to terms with.

[Karl Henning]

My sister is doing a lot better. Thank you for asking. I get the first jab of Pfizer in approximately one hour. I ended up just scheduling an appointment at my local Walgreens.

Good to hear! Good luck!

[MusicTurner]

Good to hear! Good luck!

+1

[Pohjolas Daughter]

+1

+2

PD

[Mirror Image]

Thanks, guys. I got the Pfizer first dosage and all I have right now is a sore left arm. I go back in early September for the 2nd shot. A booster will probably be needed after the 2nd, but we'll see how things go.

[Mirror Image]

I was talking to a woman at work today and she's rather ambivalent about getting the vaccine. I told her that it's ultimately her decision, but then I mentioned that, basically, the vaccine kept my sister from becoming critically ill. I also told her the longer she waits, the probability of her getting it is much higher. She wants to wait until the vaccine is mandated, but I told her to forget the mandate and get as soon as she can.

To be honest, I had no reason for waiting as long as I did. I suppose it was more fear than anything else. Fear of what the vaccine will do in the short-term, but also the long-term. Anyway, I believe this is the only way we can truly deal with this pandemic since it's so blatantly apparent that people can't abide by simple guidelines. If they can't follow any rules then getting the vaccine would be the simple solution.

[André]

A very good friend of mine, aged 66, dithered for quite some time. He just got his second shot this week. He was afraid of side effects. He went to Egypt some 30 years ago and had been sick like a dog for 3 weeks following the mandatory vaccines for that travel.

In the end he got the Pfizer shots and experienced zero side effects.

[71 dB]

Sad milestone reached in Finland: 1002 corona deaths. 

68.7 % of Finns have got at least one shot
42.0 % of Finns have got the 2nd dose.
88 Finns are currently hospitalized of which 23 are in intensive care.
Vaccinations of 12-15 olds have started this week.
There are more daily cases now than ever. Delta variant is really bad! Life sucks so much!

Thanks, guys. I got the Pfizer first dosage and all I have right now is a sore left arm. I go back in early September for the 2nd shot. A booster will probably be needed after the 2nd, but we'll see how things go.

Great! Also great that your sister is doing better.  0:)

[Mirror Image]

A very good friend of mine, aged 66, dithered for quite some time. He just got his second shot this week. He was afraid of side effects. He went to Egypt some 30 years ago and had been sick like a dog for 3 weeks following the mandatory vaccines for that travel.

In the end he got the Pfizer shots and experienced zero side effects.

Excellent to read, indeed.