1 hour ago, Taoboi said:

OOOooooo @Tonksadora my condelences. *HUGS* 

 

@Cat I feel you on that. People still pick on me for wearing my mask. And I do feel that I might have eased on a little bit too much. Then I get a message from my friend in Arkansas who says they are having another surge and due to her pre-existing condition she is staying in doors. Or my brother called to say my newest niece got it (she is fine now as is he) and the whole house (except for my oldest niece) got it. And then I get reminded to stay being careful. But I am very happy that after refusing to get vax that in the end, my brother did. And that (since he too has pre-existing condition) might have saved his life. My nieces need their dad and given how he was growing up, it is nice to see my brother get his sh*t together. It really worries me though that even vaxxed up and being careful that it still might be a danger and I wish people saw that. 

OOooooo @Tonksadora my condelences. *HUGS* 

Ohhhh! Thanx so much! 2020 & 2021 & now 2022 have been years of death for me. I lost my last uncle, a cousin I was very close to, my next to last aunt, the BFF & chosen sister I wrote about, an ex that I was once with for 18 yrs & another bestie that I had known since 1972. i've just been beside myself. And I believe in hugs!

35 minutes ago, Tonksadora said:

OOooooo @Tonksadora my condelences. *HUGS* 

Ohhhh! Thanx so much! 2020 & 2021 & now 2022 have been years of death for me. I lost my last uncle, a cousin I was very close to, my next to last aunt, the BFF & chosen sister I wrote about, an ex that I was once with for 18 yrs & another bestie that I had known since 1972. i've just been beside myself. And I believe in hugs!

Awwww I cannot say 2022 has been as bad as 2020 and 2021, but I feel this. 

 

Well....hugs are good things.  

1 hour ago, Taoboi said:

Awwww I cannot say 2022 has been as bad as 2020 and 2021, but I feel this. 

 

Well....hugs are good things.  

Yes, let us say thanks for hugs!

 

 

Awesome Thread

Let me fix this for you.

“Possible”- in the sense that anything is possible in certain circumstances.

“Each reinfection confers no immunity”- a flat out lie and blatant misinformation at best.

I’m not finished. This article is just plain wrong and needs to be challenged.🧵 pic.twitter.com/zYpz3zjhUe

— Chise 🧬🧫🦠🔬💉🥼 (@sailorrooscout) July 6, 2022

Another Great Thread on BA.4 & BA.5

Just a friendly reminder. Despite what you might hear, there has yet to be a variant that isn’t susceptible to the vaccines.

Let’s stop the misinformation and look at the data, shall we? Yes, this includes BA.5. Let’s talk about that.🧵⬇️

— Chise 🧬🧫🦠🔬💉🥼 (@sailorrooscout) July 8, 2022

Encouraging news with UPDATED DATA! Moderna's Omicron bivalent booster vaccine candidate, mRNA-1273.214, has demonstrated significantly higher neutralizing antibody responses against ALL variants of concern INCLUDING Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5! Let’s talk about that! 🧵

— Chise 🧬🧫🦠🔬💉🥼🥽 (@sailorrooscout) July 11, 2022

It’s good that CBS keeps this in mind.

Americans with disabilities say they feel “forgotten” as states lift pandemic-era restrictions that leave millions of immunocompromised people vulnerable: “To hear that, that the death of someone like me was considered encouraging news, I think was also very painful.” pic.twitter.com/LrosI4hmp0

— CBS Mornings (@CBSMornings) July 11, 2022

@DramatistDreamer That was sobering to watch. Logically I've known from the start that most do not care just how many are sick and dying, and likely see it as a good thing in the long run if those people are not in perfect physical shape to begin with, but it still leaves me crestfallen to remember just what a norm this callousness is.

This podcast covers some of the same ground.

 

Folks have stopped wearing masks and this is what’s going on now.

BREAKING: President Biden tests positive for Covid-19, the White House says. He is experiencing "very mild symptoms" and is taking Paxlovid for treatment. https://t.co/RdYLvfcKDu pic.twitter.com/DLngHcjV4K

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) July 21, 2022

Edited July 21, 20223 yr by janea4old

With all the rabid antivaxxers out there I knew it was only a matter of time until this happened.

New York health officials on Thursday reported a polio case, the first in the U.S. in nearly a decade.

Polio was once one of the nation's most feared diseases until it was eradicated by vaccines. It was declared eliminated in the U.S. in 1979. https://t.co/0sYyNTEyx4

— The Associated Press (@AP) July 21, 2022

COVID-19 outbreaks have hit Los Angeles International Airport with at least 400 confirmed cases among Transportation Security Administration staff and workers at American and Southwest airlines, according to county health officials.https://t.co/pbJT3ixQRf pic.twitter.com/MkQAMyEt7K

— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) July 26, 2022

 

  

Too much sake in the karaoke bars. And Japan was showing such discipline until this latest variant.