MrSquished
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About a week ago I posted considering waiting to get boosted until my 2 year old can also be vaccinated. And then the universe decided to remind me of why that is a bad idea: day 6 of something (strep and covid pcr both negative) that has caused me to lose my voice and potentially cancel Thanksgiving given how close it is - we are getting our boosters after this clears up.
Does anybody know what the criteria are for getting a vaccine if you're sick with something else? Everything I'm looking up talks of waiting ~10 days after having any symptoms of COVID-19. I'm just going to assume it's the same for illnesses.
I don't know where you get this. I think it's absolutely false. Hippy leftists never became anti-vaxxers or Republicans.The truth is in between. Anti-vax people (which decades previously were hippy leftists) were gravitating to the Republican party well before Covid-19 hit. Here is a pre-Covid link: https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/27/anti-vaccine-republican-mainstream-1344955 . So, in that sense, Trump did not cause the anti-vax sentiment.
But, then the entire Trump vaccine strategy is to look like a hero for Operation Warp Speed, reopening the economy, and then blaming Democrats since Covid first hit Democratic states the hardest: https://www.businessinsider.com/kushner-covid-19-plan-maybe-axed-for-political-reasons-report-2020-7 Building a whole political strategy around the vaccines significantly magnified the vaccine hesitancy when the vaccines came out after the election. It meant that Trump did not get to claim victory on Covid prior to the election.
The truth is in between. Anti-vax people (which decades previously were hippy leftists) were gravitating to the Republican party well before Covid-19 hit.
I didn't look beyond the closest store to me that has Moderna (which is just over a mile away), and the soonest appointment I could get was 12/2. Then a sizeable gap, until the week leading up to Christmas.Booster demand here in Austin appears robust. Especially for mRNA shots. Lots of places booked up till next week unless you’re willing to drive 20-30 miles out of town.
I didn't look beyond the closest store to me that has Moderna (which is just over a mile away), and the soonest appointment I could get was 12/2. Then a sizeable gap, until the week leading up to Christmas.
Everyone should probably take a look at the following to understand the difference between these a couple of other terms.If you look at what the early vaccinations (or, more accurately, inoculations) involved you could hardly blame people for not being keen on them.
Overall Summary | Total | Change Since Friday |
COVID-19 Cases (confirmed and probable) | 414,978 | +2,060 |
COVID-19 Tests Reported (molecular and antigen) | 12,242,821 | +58,379 |
Daily Test Positivity | -- | 3.53% |
Patients Currently Hospitalized with COVID-19 | 268 | +21 |
Covid numbers for CT since Friday.... "daily positivity" back up to 3.53%.
Overall Summary Total Change Since Friday COVID-19 Cases (confirmed and probable) 414,978 +2,060 COVID-19 Tests Reported (molecular and antigen) 12,242,821 +58,379 Daily Test Positivity -- 3.53% Patients Currently Hospitalized with COVID-19 268 +21
Might as well let Austria beta test the policy just to see the fallout.The stuff going on in some of these places like Austria is completely insane. That's probably coming here too. Pretty much a totalitarian dictatorship.
I keep hearing this argument -
-COVID vaxxx does not stop you from catching COVID, spreading COVID-19, or dying from COVID
I found the most Canadian response
-Having a goaltender in the goal does not prevent the other team from scoring goals. But trying playing the game without one.
Everyone should probably take a look at the following to understand the difference between these a couple of other terms.
Colloquially, both terms seem to be used interchangeably but according to dictionary.com, but inoculation is much broader and has a specific "term of art" meaning. So for example, you can vaccinate a person but you inoculate a petrie dish (OR a person).
"Vaccinate" vs. "Inoculate" vs. "Immunize": What Are The Differences?
In combatting the COVID-19 pandemic, the words "vaccinate," "inoculate," and "immunize" come up in headlines daily. Can they be used interchangeably, though?www.dictionary.com
Inoculation originated as a method for the prevention of smallpox by deliberate introduction of material from smallpox pustules from one person into the skin of another. The usual route of transmission of smallpox was through the air, invading the mucous membranes of the mouth, nose, or respiratory tract, before migrating throughout the body via the lymphatic system, resulting in an often severe disease. In contrast, infection of the skin usually led to a milder, localized infection – but, crucially, still induced immunity to the virus. This first method for smallpox prevention, smallpox inoculation, is now also known as variolation. Inoculation has ancient origins and the technique was known in India, Africa and China.[2]
I think practice would be a more on point analogy. If folks have had no practice, and they haven't be exposed ever, they would be wise to practice, on a general collective level.Mandating the other team to also have a goalie is not going to do anything though. The goalie protects only that team's net. Same with a vaccine, it protects you, not other people, there is no aura of protection, it just does not work that way. The others around you need to be vaccinated too if they want to be protected.
Completely false. While vaccines do not prevent the spread of the virus 100% by any means, they definitely reduce the chance of spreading it significantly, as per the science.Mandating the other team to also have a goalie is not going to do anything though. The goalie protects only that team's net. Same with a vaccine, it protects you, not other people, there is no aura of protection, it just does not work that way. The others around you need to be vaccinated too if they want to be protected.
Exactly so. I'm not a molecular biologist but my understanding is this. The manufacturer tells a machine capable of making short RNA strands that code for spike proteins.The process now known as vaccination (as I understand it, dead virus material, or the mRNA technology which seems to be even further removed from being the live active virus) is clearly much more sophisticated and concequently ought to be less alarming.
Yeah, that's great, until someone who hasn't been vaccinated is taking up a hospital bed that could have been used by someone else.Mandating the other team to also have a goalie is not going to do anything though. The goalie protects only that team's net. Same with a vaccine, it protects you, not other people, there is no aura of protection, it just does not work that way. The others around you need to be vaccinated too if they want to be protected.
Even the news doesn't cover this much, not that I've seen. But there are a lot of sick people in this U.S. of A. and to at least some extent, every country. Aside from all of the immuno-compromised folks (which doesn't mean just HIV, that's probably the minority), there are people with heart, kidney and lung problems. They can often be in desperate need of hospitalization as well.Yeah, that's great, until someone who hasn't been vaccinated is taking up a hospital bed that could have been used by someone else.