Just thought I'd create a thread for updates and discussion on the Coronavirus.  As of right now there's about 120,000 cases worldwide with 4300 deaths. 

Just now, Ponds said:

Our local facility didn't have the equipment to store Pfizer back in January, so there wasn't a choice.

I'm in home health, and in January and February health care workers from all over county (including office receptionists) got vaccinated in the local public works garage. In fact, my second shot was 8 months ago today.

If you are immunocompromised, they gave boosters out last month, but for the rest of us we wait.  We should be near the first in line when it finally happens.  I have started double masking when I do have to go to doctors appointments and my husband does as well when he grocery shops.  Unfortunately, we live in an area that is very anti-vaxxer and we don't feel safe among any groups.  If we don't get boosters before the holidays we'll be spending the time home alone again.

BREAKING: New study shows ppl who have taken J&J get a better response from a Pfizer or Moderna boost than another J&J.

— Andy Slavitt 🇺🇸💉 (@ASlavitt) October 13, 2021

Edited October 13, 20214 yr by DramatistDreamer

Moderna is said to be meeting with FDA tomorrow and Friday, so we'll probably hear something soon either way.

No new revelations but still, a good article to read nonetheless. Also, a very tragic story that offers a lesson on waiting a little bit too late to get vaccinated.

 

Black Americans were once far less likely than white Americans to be vaccinated — but that gap is narrowing, experts say. Many Black communities cite the damage wrought by the government-backed syphilis study trials in Tuskegee as a reason for hesitancy. https://t.co/7m5Fuge37F pic.twitter.com/NtpMW5vomT

— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 14, 2021

On 10/13/2021 at 8:44 AM, amybrickwallace said:

Thank goodness he left my Cleveland Cavaliers before he went full-blown conspiracy theorist. Good for the Nets not giving in.

Flu shot Done today. Pfizer booster Nov 4

didnt want them same day in case I had a reaction but glad to be getting them done

I had my flu shot today, too. I'm glad I got them both and out of the way. 

When I got my first two covid shots at the beginning of this year, I had little to no side effects. I felt like I hit a brick wall this afternoon. Lethargy, joint aches and the overwhelming urge to just lie down. Thankfully, some of it has passed now.

Since I'm in one of those previously infected and vaxxed camps...I'll probably not be getting the booster for awhile..if articles like this are true.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/healthcare/fully-vaccinated-and-had-covid-19-no-rush-for-a-booster-shot-experts-say

 

It looks like the Moderna boosters will soon become a reality:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/10/14/health/fda-vaccine-advisers-moderna-thursday/index.html

I will be happy to get it done!  Our daughter, her husband and oldest grandson all work for school districts, so they should be able to get theirs as well.

Kaiser Family Foundation: COVID-19 was the leading cause of death for people aged 35-54 in September
2021https://t.co/ajUfpCcq0g pic.twitter.com/jCICIcFYCb

— Christian Vanderbrouk (@UrbanAchievr) October 16, 2021

^ It's a shame but not a surprise.

A surprise and a shame.

 

'We have lost a remarkable and loving husband, father, grandfather and a great American,' Powell's family said after he died of COVID-19 complications https://t.co/ghF85FhBkX pic.twitter.com/hruJvhYXzn

— Reuters (@Reuters) October 18, 2021

All reports I've heard say he was vaccinated, so it was a very sad breakthrough case. God rest Colin Powell, who truly was an American hero. 🙏🇺🇸 

Colin Powell had multiple myeloma, a cancer of plasma cells that suppresses the body's immune response. Even if fully vaccinated against Covid-19, those who are immunocompromised are at greater risk from the virus.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/18/politics/colin-powell-dies/index.html

Edited October 18, 20214 yr by janea4old