Topic: Corona Virus Panic/Discussion Thread

@nessisonett @LieutenantFatman It was all over the news over here from December till March, and it was the reason why flights from the UK were suspended for a short while as well.

@Octane
Aha, fair enough, shows how much attention I pay to flights to and from the UK.

Just got my 2nd jab. Hoping for the same reaction as with the 1st (which was just a sore arm).

@Voltan yeah I got 2nd shot yesterday and while I was fine most of the day, last night was a bit of doozy with some pretty extreme chills. But fine again this morning so that's good. Arm is still ridiculously sore but, like you, that was to be expected.

Disappointed not to be magnetic though.

@zupertramp Oh my god Ernest Goes To Jail. I remember seeing the electric chair scene when I was like 8 and thinking it was the funniest thing ever.

Got my first jab tomoz. And we are having rain for the first time in a couple of weeks. Great timing weather!

@nessisonett same, only I was more like 10.

@Voltan actually getting up and moving around a little more I'm really feeling it all over. Just a general body-wide achiness. But especially in the knees.

So good luck to you.

Well my state officially reopened yesterday and isn't requiring those who have been vaccinated to ware a facial covering of any sort and businesses can be again at max capacity. At my work however we can't ask people if they are vaccinate (it's against the law and we could get in trouble for it) so we just have to assume people who don't ware facial coverings are.

I thought I would see alot of people not wearing facial coverings but alot of people were still wearing them. I don't know if they didn't know they didn't have to or like me just elected to continue wearing them for various reasons. I wouldn't be surprised though as in the coming weeks I see less and less of them.

@zupertramp So apart from a sore arm, I kinda feel like I had no sleep in a couple days. I guess that's not the worst that could happen

@Voltan ah nice. that doesn't sound too bad.

Now I'm just wondering if we're gonna have to start doing this annually.

Anyone else hate these Covid vaccine raffles/lotteries? I mean c'mon, we can't think of a more equitable incentive? Or just a better use of resources? Smh.

@Kidfried I’m not sure if they actually went through with it but I know there were talks about a “vaccine lottery” here in Poland as well. Something like “get vaccinated - win a car”. Sounds dumb but if it works… I don’t know

Had my first jab yesterday. All fine, just a slightly achy arm. Very well organised and I was outta there in 20 mins, and you have wait for 15 mins after you had the jab. @Kidfried You should be fine, hardly felt the jab itself and where I was there were enough people there to offer help.

@zupertramp @Voltan @Kidfried

Lol no thanks 😂

@Thrillho I’ve never had pickled herring. Kinda want to try it! I’ll try most foods once, with the exception of weird ass meats like, well, ass meat. And bugs and brains and stuff like that.

@Kidfried @Thrillho @Voltan

Well, I don't know of any statewide incentive here in Texas but I'm pretty sure there are individual municipalities doing stuff like this. Dallas I think. I know some states are having lotteries and such though. Like California is giving 10 people 1.5 million each. Because god knows that money couldn't be spent on anything else.

And at least with the picked herring it seems to be for everyone and not just a select group of winners. In any case I do question whether it works at all. And I don't think there's any way to know so I find that a bit of a problem. We're throwing resources that will largely go to a select few at something we're not even sure helps.

I also wonder, if someone hesitant is swayed to get the jab for the chance to win money, and then they win the money, what's the message there? It's like bribing your kids. Great for the short term but doesn't necessarily make them better people in the long term. Also sure feels like an F U to those that were already doing it for the right reason.

I know I tend to take everything too seriously but eh, just lotteries seem so... about the individual. But this isn't a problem we tackle through individualism imo. Nor most problems plaguing mankind. But I digress.

@JohnnyShoulder glad your shot went well. Hope the second goes as smoothly.

@nessisonett Pickled herring is awful. You're not missing out.

@Octane Nah, haggis, now that’s offal 😉