Topic: Corona Virus Panic/Discussion Thread

@GoodGame
Sorry to hear that. A couple of people I was close to died during this pandemic. Not from the virus itself but it causes complications such as not being able to attend funerals. Difficult times.

Just learned my big brother (and his girlfriend) tested positive and so did the drummer in one of my bands. The bass player in the same band had it a couple weeks ago. I haven't seen either of them in about a week before their symptoms so I'm probably safe but seems like we went from "I hear a friend of a friend might've had it" to several people in a close social circle pretty quick.

@RogerRoger Yeah, I’ve noticed more people ignoring the rules too. It’s frustrating, the more people do it then the longer before we can open back up.

Same here, people dgaf anymore

Ventured out for my jab earlier and was perturbed by the hordes of school kids roaming the streets. Surely teenagers understand the concept of social distancing? 😕 Anyhoo, I now have a fever and the shivers and ache from head to toe, but that means it's working.

@mookysam most of us teenagers understand it but don’t really care. Especially seniors. Last thing we want is governments telling us how to live our last year of high school that we get to spend with friends. They should still respect social distancing tho. I don’t tend to wear a mask most of the time, but I’ll move out of someone’s way if they are walking next to me cause I respect their decision of their health well-being. Least I can do is respect your distance if you want it.

Do hope you feel better soon! Just remember downing bottles of bleach doesn’t tend to work that well.👍

It’s good to see that the immunizations are becoming much more common place and accessible. I think they predict the U.S. could be up to 90% vaccinated by the summer. “Project Warp Speed” was probably better termed “Project Faster Than Ever Before But Still Too Slow” but it seems to finally be kicking in. To be fair though, what the collective international scientific community has accomplished with getting the research and development done so quickly is nothing short of amazing.

It gives me hope for the next common foe that hits the earth. When the aliens attack, we’ll be ready to combat them in 12-16 months.

@Kidfried Yeah, true that nothing would have probably been accomplished without the lure of profitability. It makes me wonder how these other vaccines in development are going to fare. Apparently there are still a handful of other companies’ versions of it that aren’t finished with the studies and they will probably be quite late to the party. That can’t be good for stock prices.

In the U.S. I’ve been pleased to see that the vaccines appear to not cost anything upfront to the individual when they receive it. Health insurances cover it 100% and if a person doesn’t have insurance I think all they need to give is their Social Security number and I think the government fits the bill. If there was a charge, then we’d have no hope of ever getting sufficient vaccination rates to get to herd immunity. We might still not get there. Either way, it looks like we’ll know a lot more over the next 3 months.

@RogerRoger I felt pretty wretched all weekend but am now mostly just tired. I wasn't prepared for such an intense reaction! And yeah, this group of schoolgirls walked by me without a care in the world. Kids are one thing, but like @Kidfried says it's shocking how many adults don't seem to care. I think it's often that people are oblivious rather than going out of their way to be *****. I've had people pull their mask down to talk to me and quite a few wearing them below their nose, which drives me up the wall.

@Th3solution They're getting through them extremely swiftly here. The vaccines are free for everyone, but I balk at the cost per dose for the Pfizer and Moderna jabs. Reading how much these pharmaceutical companies will profit from the pandemic and all this human misery makes me sick.
@Kidfried It makes me wonder how many illnesses would have vaccines by now if they affected straight white men more. 🤔

That explains why I'm immune to almost all diseases!

This is admittedly trivial, so I haven't really complained, but since the numbers have dropped (much to my surprise) I don't feel like as much of a jerk for bringing this up.

So here goes. My county releases these infographics regarding the covid numbers. And there's this particular aspect of it that really bothers. Just wondering if I'm being too nitpicky.

@zupertramp You mean the fact that they include "probable" (so unconfirmed) cases in the main number?

Btw, my parents both got their 1st dose of vaccine today. I'm won't be getting mine until at least June or July, probably. Maybe even later.

@mookysam I got my second shot recently and only experienced moderate soreness in my arm. Hopefully that's not a bad sign.

I don’t see me getting my vaccine for a long time but I’m cool with it to be honest. It’s better they do more vulnerable people first.

Yeah was kinda wondering how everyone was getting on with the vaccines.

It's really way too much work to get vaccinated at the moment and similar to @nessisonett I don't want to make it harder for those more vulnerable to get one. Like my in-laws have only gotten theirs within the past few days and they're both over 65 with health issues. I guess everyone needs to get it but seems weird it's open to everyone now.

Have had people report just having a little soreness in the arm and others saying they felt as if they'd been hit by a truck afterward.

@Voltan nah it wasn't that. It jumps out at me but if I'm the only who sees it perhaps I'm making a mountain out of molehill, as they say. It's not really covid related anyway tbf.

I’ve been double Pfizer-ed; had a pretty sore arm for a few days after the first one and then pretty much nothing after the second.

My wife was knocked for six for about 24hrs after her second one and some colleagues had the same.

@RogerRoger no but good eye. I can barely even read that lol.

@zupertramp Is it the O having a mask on. Some Grade A junior marketing right there.

@nessisonett I actually like the little mask. Definitely corny but I'll take what I can get in regards to mask encouragement.