Also in China they wear masks even if they have a cough or just feel under the weather. I wish more people would do that

 

  

@Taoboi I'm so sorry to hear about your work situation.   Thank you for being one of the actually responsible people at your job.

Thank you @janea4old. 

On 12/30/2021 at 10:12 AM, Khan said:

I feel like many in the U.S. have just thrown up their metaphorical hands and said, "You know what?  [!@#$%^&*] it.  If we die, we die."

We are living in a nation where about 30% of the population has been poisoned by disinformation. 

Today I was again at my volunteer job at the nursing home when a couple came in with their 20 something son. The couple chose to get tested while the son refused. The father came up positive. So we give them an info packet on what to do next and show them all the door.

On the way out the son says to his dad " THIS IS WHY YOU DON'T GET TESTED".  Luckily I didn't compose myself in time to answer that.  Really, you selfish little bastard?? Thank God his father had more sense and did the right thing before he exposed a whole wing of elderly people.

@TaoboiI feel what you are going through. Even in the middle of a crisis people are entitled fools. So many people are putting themselves first without any thought of society as a whole. The selfishness is unreal. How we manage to survive as a species I don't know.

 

Edited January 3, 20223 yr by Juliajms

@Juliajms it actually felt somewhat decent today though there were still some people who wanted to act...shall we say intelligently challenged...today (really you are going to walk up to the front desk without a mask when there are signs all over the place saying mask mandate is back to ask if there is a free coffee stand downstairs WHEN THERE ARE COFFEE MACHINES IN ALL THE ROOMS FOR FREE, but dare to ask...why would I wear a mask when I am just asking about free coffee?). A good thing since my brother decided he wanted to reveal he got covid.

 

For now, mild symptoms (he got his second shot in September) and it seems like he had it for a week. Since my brother has preexisting condition, I am still worried. But happy he is at a job where he has plenty of pay leave and vacation time to draw on as he quarantines from his wife and kids. Since he was skeptical to begin with of covid and the vaccine, he's equally skeptical of shortening quarantine time by that new CDC guideline aka he'll be sticking to the 14 days thank you very much.  So one more week to go.

 

My friend is a doctor at a clinic that does covid testing.  He said that two weeks ago, covid test results were 33% positive. This past week, the tests are resulting in 50% positive.  He knows the science, but he is still stunned by the accelerated transmission rate resulting from Christmas Eve and Christmas Day gatherings.

Edited January 4, 20223 yr by janea4old

 

 

  

Have people been hearing about that massive traffic jam on I-95 in VA?

Someone asked the question of why there were no National Guard to hand out food, water and supplies to stranded motorists and someone else replied-

"They're all helping in the ER"

So anyone who doesn't believe that rising COVID infection rates have an impact beyond numbers should really think about a scenario such as this.

It's not just about available hospital beds, it's about the impact of stretched resources and overtaxed personnel.

 

  

^^There is some question of whether Omicron, in its infinite power to dominate other variants (even an arguably more virulent strain like Delta), may just dominate this newest variant as well.

19 hours ago, victoria foxton said:

 

  

That Variant was found in November and Omicron already kicked its butt

Mom, Dad & I had to Covid Test after a cousin we saw last week turned up Positive. Thankfully, we are all Vaccinated & boosted. The PCR Tests came back negative for all three of us. 

20 hours ago, victoria foxton said:

 

  

 

Guys, B.1.640.2 isn’t new. It actually PREDATES Omicron. It's a sub-lineage of B.1.640- which caused some concern back in mid-November but couldn’t even compete with Delta. B.1.640.2 was first sequenced OVER a month ago and was officially recognized as a lineage in December.

— Chise 🧬🧫🦠💉 (@sailorrooscout) January 3, 2022

17 minutes ago, John said:

That Variant was found in November and Omicron already kicked its butt

Mom, Dad & I had to Covid Test after a cousin we saw last week turned up Positive. Thankfully, we are all Vaccinated & boosted. The PCR Tests came back negative for all three of us. 

 

Guys, B.1.640.2 isn’t new. It actually PREDATES Omicron. It's a sub-lineage of B.1.640- which caused some concern back in mid-November but couldn’t even compete with Delta. B.1.640.2 was first sequenced OVER a month ago and was officially recognized as a lineage in December.

— Chise 🧬🧫🦠💉 (@sailorrooscout) January 3, 2022

Glad you and your parents tested negative.

Glad to hear confirmation that this variant predates Omicron. I suspected that it would be along the lines of a Lambda variant. I mean Omicron has become dominant over Delta and Delta had been pretty damn virulent.