7 hours ago, bobeph said:

This sheet is real.  Got hit on Tuesday.  Had infusion done today.  It’s not a hoax, and it’s not just a cold.  I hope that most of you don’t get this.  It forkin’ sucks!

 

Hang in there, tubs. On the plus side, now that you loss your sense of taste, blowing all those hobos will be that much easier.

Get better soon @bobeph

Try shoving a can of White Claw up your chimphole.

1 hour ago, we_gotta_believe said:

Hang in there, tubs. On the plus side, now that you loss your sense of taste, blowing all those hobos will be that much easier.

Less rewarding though.

Wow, who would have guessed this would have serious consequences on children?

22 minutes ago, Kz! said:

Wow, who would have guessed this would have serious consequences on children?

Yeah, we’ve been saying that the whole thread, doofus.

Had a customer today who works at a nursing home tell me not to get the vaccine that the side effects are terrible and no one is getting the second dose and there is no way covid is worse then the side effects of the vaccine... Holy hell people are stupid. I said they have been warning us for months that there will be side effects and to take the next day off because it will likely wipe you out. 

So a day or 2 of side affects is totally not worth 2 weeks of being sick and potentially dying. People are insane. 

Fauci, et al., saying we'll probably need either a new vaccine or some type of booster to deal with the S.A. variant.

38 minutes ago, Bwestbrook36 said:

Had a customer today who works at a nursing home tell me not to get the vaccine that the side effects are terrible and no one is getting the second dose and there is no way covid is worse then the side effects of the vaccine... Holy hell people are stupid. I said they have been warning us for months that there will be side effects and to take the next day off because it will likely wipe you out. 

So a day or 2 of side affects is totally not worth 2 weeks of being sick and potentially dying. People are insane. 

Friend of mine works as a doc in the COVID building of a big skilled nursing facility.  Literally see death from COVID several times a week.  Said only about 65% of the staff got vaccinated. Almost all of the providers but crazy low numbers from the rest of the staff. Absolutely Fing embarrassing.  

1 minute ago, DEagle7 said:

Friend of mine works as a doc in the COVID building of a big skilled nursing facility.  Literally see death from COVID several times a week.  Said only about 65% of the staff got vaccinated. Almost all of the providers but crazy low numbers from the rest of the staff. Absolutely Fing embarrassing.  

People are only interested in going back to normal on their own terms 

 

17 minutes ago, DEagle7 said:

Friend of mine works as a doc in the COVID building of a big skilled nursing facility.  Literally see death from COVID several times a week.  Said only about 65% of the staff got vaccinated. Almost all of the providers but crazy low numbers from the rest of the staff. Absolutely Fing embarrassing.  

I have a close friend who's a nurse and he has not taken the vaccine. He initially said it was because he felt like he didn't need to be priority and was exposed to the virus on a daily basis so he felt like he's probably been slowly immunized to it. He also thought, with COVID science still in its infancy, that there is a reasonable chance that mutations would eventually make the vaccines ineffective and require modifications anyway. That was a couple of months ago. I saw his GF got vaccinated, though, so I texted him the other day and asked if he was still holding off. He said he was "for now" but might still get it down the line. I asked what his specific concerns were, but I haven't gotten a reply yet.

19 minutes ago, EaglesRocker97 said:

Fauci, et al., saying we'll probably need either a new vaccine or some type of booster to deal with the S.A. variant.

And then there will be another variant that needs a new vaccine.  No one is going to say it but this will never end. 

12 minutes ago, Joe Shades 73 said:

And then there will be another variant that needs a new vaccine.  No one is going to say it but this will never end. 

I am starting to think that COVID is most likely just going to become an endemic disease.

5 minutes ago, Joe Shades 73 said:

And then there will be another variant that needs a new vaccine.  No one is going to say it but this will never end. 

I really hope this is a character you play on the EMB, and you aren’t this depressing and pessimistic in real life. Otherwise, I don’t know how the people close to you haven’t slit their wrists yet. 

The chances of prominent variants gaining traction will come crashing to a halt once each country reaches herd immunity. Fewer transmissions = fewer variants. Maybe you see a few years of cyclical seasonal spikes, and maybe a booster every winter, but eventual they'll run out of chances to mutate and natural selection will win out. And even if it lingers in some regions long enough for a new variant to pop up, spinning up a new vaccine to target a new strain is far easier and faster with mRNA platforms. I'll say it until I die but the interim data released by Pfizer on 11/9 was absolutely earth shattering and somehow still continues to fly way under the radar. It was confirmation that we now had a silver bullet for this beast and the end to the pandemic would likely be declared within a year's time.

17 minutes ago, Joe Shades 73 said:

And then there will be another variant that needs a new vaccine.  No one is going to say it but this will never end. 

 

41 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

I really hope this is a character you play on the EMB, and you aren’t this depressing and pessimistic in real life. Otherwise, I don’t know how the people close to you haven’t slit their wrists yet. 

Reality sucks sometimes. Accept the realty it makes things easier. Pandemic is not ending. Republican Party will be dominant in 4 years. Millions will die. Healthcare gutted. Abortion restricted. Should I continue? People like KZ will rule the country, accept it now so when it happens it will be easier to deal with

3 minutes ago, Joe Shades 73 said:

Reality sucks sometimes. Accept the realty it makes things easier. Pandemic is not ending. Republican Party will be dominant in 4 years. Millions will die. Healthcare gutted. Abortion restricted. Should I continue?

Please don’t. I am traveling so no edibles to balance your depression. 

3 minutes ago, Joe Shades 73 said:

Reality sucks sometimes. Accept the realty it makes things easier. Pandemic is not ending. Republican Party will be dominant in 4 years. Millions will die. Healthcare gutted. Abortion restricted. Should I continue?

The WHO will declare an end to the pandemic by year's end, I will bet large sums of money on it.

6 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

Please don’t. I am traveling so no edibles to balance your depression. 

Are you traveling through the heartland, you know, the real America? Maybe because most of my friends and family are Trump lovers that makes me pessimistic. I truly believe dark days are ahead, it really saddens me .I would love for someone to give me real reasons to hope for the best

4 minutes ago, we_gotta_believe said:

The WHO will declare an end to the pandemic by year's end, I will bet large sums of money on it.

And they will still want everyone to social Distance and wear 3 masks, and the virus will still be around, that's not the life i want.

6 minutes ago, Joe Shades 73 said:

Are you traveling through the heartland, you know, the real America? Maybe because most of my friends and family are Trump lovers that makes me pessimistic. I truly believe dark days are ahead, it really saddens me .I would love for someone to give me real reasons to hope for the best

I am in the exact opposite part of the country. 
 

I am sitting in a hotel room in San Francisco. 

Just now, Joe Shades 73 said:

And they will still want everyone to social Distance and wear 3 masks, and the virus will still be around, thats not the life i want

Never Ending. There are about 70 million children in this country, They won't get a vaccine until at least the fall , Herd Immunity is not happening soon if ever . 70 million plus the millions that will refuse to get it.

https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2021/01/28/covid-vaccines-children-colorado-doctor-dave-hnida-timeline/

58 minutes ago, we_gotta_believe said:

The WHO will declare an end to the pandemic by year's end, I will bet large sums of money on it.

Still want to bet large sums of money ?

https://www.docwirenews.com/docwire-pick/hem-onc-picks/covid-19-update-who-says-herd-immunity-wont-happen-in-2021-moderna-says-vaccine-should-protect-people-for-at-least-a-year-and-more/

 

Herd Immunity Out the Question in 2021, Even with Vaccines

The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that social distancing measures will need to remain in place "for the rest of the year,” even with vaccination rollouts underway, simply because it takes time to build up herd immunity. WHO’s Chief Scientist Dr. Soumya Swaminathan said herd immunity won’t be achieved this year. "Because even as vaccines start protecting the most vulnerable, we are not going to achieve any level of population immunity, or herd immunity in 2021 and even if it happens in a couple of pockets in a few countries, it’s not going to protect people across the world.”

 

"it’s really important to remind people, both governments as well as individuals, on the responsibilities and the measures that we continue to need to practice... for the next... well for the rest of this year at least," she said."

"Swaminathan added that until herd immunity is achieved, public health measures such as masks and social distancing will need to remain in place. "

In other words forever