OT: Covid-19 (Part 42) All Night Long

[sbhatt]

My wife has mild asthma. Does that count? In my case, I have something that increases my risk of getting pneumonia 10x, but it's mostly controlled with medication.

I'm not trying to skip the line. There are 100s of empty slots available and I'm just trying to do what's right for my family.

Your reasons qualify from a moral point of view in my mind...go ahead and get that shot guilt-free.

 

[River Meadow]

Are the 5G antennas you develop retractable?

IMO this is dangerous misinformation.

You don't develop any 5G antennas.

 

[ECWHSWI]

IMO this is dangerous misinformation.

You don't develop any 5G antennas.

its not so much that it's misinformation but those type of comments stopped being funny a year ago. Right now, they just look/sound stupid.

 

[Kriss E]

My wife has mild asthma. Does that count? In my case, I have something that increases my risk of getting pneumonia 10x, but it's mostly controlled with medication.

I'm not trying to skip the line. There are 100s of empty slots available and I'm just trying to do what's right for my family.

My brother has asthma, it's been under control for years, just has his ventolin pump that he uses whenever he needs. He got his shot saturday.

Just get it mate. We are at a point where every one needs their shot. The really most vulnerable got theirs, likewise for essential workers, call to get yours mate.

 

[waffledave]

Your reasons qualify from a moral point of view in my mind...go ahead and get that shot guilt-free.

I also do have a condition that qualifies me to get it. I have aspirated in my sleep countless times. Not since I had surgery, mind you, but any time I have mucus from a cold or allergies I choke very easily.

 

[waffledave]

My brother has asthma, it's been under control for years, just has his ventolin pump that he uses whenever he needs. He got his shot saturday.

Just get it mate. We are at a point where every one needs their shot. The really most vulnerable got theirs, likewise for essential workers, call to get yours mate.

In 13 years I have never seen my wife use a pump. Her asthma hasn't been an issue since her teens. She wants to wait till Friday when it's officially her turn, but she is glad I am getting it now so we can stagger it in case we have side effects. Someone needs to watch the kid.

 

[BehindTheTimes]

Still going to sit this one out.

 

[waffledave]

Still going to sit this one out.

Your choice. Myself, I'm sick of wearing masks, social distancing and staying home all the time. I can't imagine wilfully choosing to continue doing this.

 

[Tyson]

Your choice. Myself, I'm sick of wearing masks, social distancing and staying home all the time. I can't imagine wilfully choosing to continue doing this.

Life is 95% back to normal in Texas. Walked into a restaurant yesterday wall to wall people. No mask mandate and cases are down. I think alot of it has to do with folks getting vaccinated. I am not a fan of getting the vaccine but I got it a month ago.

 

[Deebs]

I really hope Canada adopts the use of a Covid Passport. I know as of a couple weeks ago they were looking into it. If you aren't vaccinated, your privileges should get minimized until herd immunity is reached across Canada and worldwide.

 

[MasterD]

Life is 95% back to normal in Texas. Walked into a restaurant yesterday wall to wall people. No mask mandate and cases are down. I think alot of it has to do with folks getting vaccinated. I am not a fan of getting the vaccine but I got it a month ago.

Seasons, too. We reopened with minimal measures last summer and things were great until fall.

 

[azcanuck]

 

[SquiddFX]

Jokes on him, it’s 9:30 now

 

[waffledave]

Life is 95% back to normal in Texas. Walked into a restaurant yesterday wall to wall people. No mask mandate and cases are down. I think alot of it has to do with folks getting vaccinated. I am not a fan of getting the vaccine but I got it a month ago.

I see it as a social contract, everyone has to do their part. There are some people, a small minority, who won't be able to get vaccinated due to rare health conditions. And young children won't either, so herd immunity is going to be really important for them. Those who can get the vaccine and refuse, but still expect to benefit from herd immunity, well, I'm going to see them as freeloading parasites. And I'm not the only one. They are holding us all back. Glad you did your part.

 

[azcanuck]

The vaccine clearly has had a beneficial impact. The last numbers I saw here in the USA is 38 percent of people have natural immunity and combine that with the vaccination roll out and we have a degree of herd immunity. Deaths and hospitalizations are way down, at my large hospital we only have a few COVID patients now (just months ago we had around 200). Covid will now be like a nuisance more than anything. The fact that some states /countries are locked down and hurting people in other ways (economics/depression/suicide/drugs/alcohol) .Do they want to achieve perfection before they release their grip on people? I cant believe when people allow themselves to be controlled to this degree. Texas and Florida are examples of how to do it right, along with Arizona here. We are living normally now pretty much.

 

[llamateizer]

I really hope Canada adopts the use of a Covid Passport. I know as of a couple weeks ago they were looking into it. If you aren't vaccinated, your privileges should get minimized until herd immunity is reached across Canada and worldwide.

In a personal point of view. I do agree with that.
but in a social point of view, we don't need to implement this.

It has to be a positive not restrictive.

 

[FrankMTL]

Under 800 new cases. Hopefully this is the starting of the end.

 

[1909]

And it works !

 

[LyricalLyricist]

Under 800 new cases. Hopefully this is the starting of the end.

Love it. Hopefully it keeps going down. We’re in good shape.

 

[LyricalLyricist]

And it works !

It’s a weird flex to call us wacky and ignore their death toll. Over half a mil Americans died and were the wacky ones.

 

[Lshap]

The vaccine clearly has had a beneficial impact. The last numbers I saw here in the USA is 38 percent of people have natural immunity and combine that with the vaccination roll out and we have a degree of herd immunity. Deaths and hospitalizations are way down, at my large hospital we only have a few COVID patients now (just months ago we had around 200). Covid will now be like a nuisance more than anything. The fact that some states /countries are locked down and hurting people in other ways (economics/depression/suicide/drugs/alcohol) .Do they want to achieve perfection before they release their grip on people? I cant believe when people allow themselves to be controlled to this degree. Texas and Florida are examples of how to do it right, along with Arizona here. We are living normally now pretty much.

Texas and Florida were in denial of the problem last year and became total shitshows. They're not a model anyone should follow. I'm glad the vaccine has solved the problem, but it's despite how they were governed, not because of it.

 

[Adam Michaels]

Under 800 new cases. Hopefully this is the starting of the end.

Even though it's weekend numbers. It's still very encouraging compared to recent weekends.

 

[ClasslessGuy]

Don't get me wrong, not trying to be funny or anything, but are the death technically counted in the drop of intensive care patients? Lot of time we see 4-5 deaths and + 8 for example in ICU, I assume most of the death ARE in intensive care.

 

[PavelBrendl]

It’s a weird flex to call us wacky and ignore their death toll. Over half a mil Americans died and were the wacky ones.

Such is the poison of political ideology cuz the guy is clearly looking at things through an anti-leftist lens.

 

[llamateizer]

Don't get me wrong, not trying to be funny or anything, but are the death technically counted in the drop of intensive care patients? Lot of time we see 4-5 deaths and + 8 for example in ICU, I assume most of the death ARE in intensive care.

people who are aged 80+ aren't induced in ICU anymore. (not sure about the age).

you can assume 60- deaths were in ICU
40-49: 1
60-69: 3
70-79: 1
80-89: 1
90+ : 1