COVID-19 - READ THE RULES BEFORE REPLYING

[WkdPaul]

6 hours ago, Moonzy said:

Me, taking some vitamins to supplement some vitamin D because of staying indoors:

 

I do take some supplements, but way under the recommended dosage

I also take multi vitamins, only for the vitamin D and the Zinc. And same as you, it's under the recommended dosage (daily vitamins, but I take it once every 2-3 days).

 

6 hours ago, Moonzy said:

By the way, how effective are surgical mask against cov cov? Since I feel like when I breathe in, the air I breathe is majorly from the open gap beside my nose anyways

 

Studies I can find forces air and particles through the mask material, but not while wearing it as normal

As others have said, it's effective against droplets propagation from the person wearing it, not against you getting infected. And while not perfect, it's better than nothing ... though, sometimes nothing is not much different than some masks sold out there !!

 

[WkdPaul]

Mom's BF tested positive, he started having symptoms and went to get tested.

 

They're now in quarantine for 14 days and my mom is waiting for her test result.

[Moonzy]

2 minutes ago, wkdpaul said:

Mom's BF tested positive, he started having symptoms and went to get tested.

 

They're now in quarantine for 14 days and my mom is waiting for her test result.

Oh geez, hope it's mild and not severe

[WkdPaul]

1 minute ago, Benji said:

Oh no. All the best for them

 

1 minute ago, Moonzy said:

Oh geez, hope it's mild and not severe

Mild for now, they're both over 65, and ironically, he's working part-time as a security guard for COVID testing drive-through ...

[WkdPaul]

1 minute ago, Benji said:

Whoops!

He's not patient facing, when he was assigned there, he specifically told his supervisor he needed to be away from patients. His argument was pretty simple ; he didn't want to risk getting COVID, and he didn't need the job (he's retired and only works 2-3 days a week out of boredom).

 

So he's not sure how he got infected, could be from a visit at the grocery store, or one of the staff at the testing site (he's not patient facing, but others were, for now he's the only one at that site to test positive and I'm not sure what is the testing schedule the staff is under).

[WhitetailAni]

This is what my teacher said:
Rule #1: WEAR YOUR FRICKEN MASK
Rule #2: Refer to rule #1

Rule #3: Refer to rule #1

etc.

[WkdPaul]

3 minutes ago, Benji said:

*snip*

This 1000%

 

It's infuriating, for the last few months, people have gotten complacent with the masks and aren't keeping their distances anymore. Every time I go to the grocery, I either have to move away from someone, or I have to tell someone to backup (second one mostly in line ups). Wear your mask AND keep your distance.

[WhitetailAni]

23 minutes ago, Benji said:

And when your teacher didn't also tell you that the most important thing is not just to wear a mask, but to keep distance, he's probably not the brightest lightbulb. The mask isn't there to protect you. For some reason, it's always "wear your masks, wear your masks", but who talks about keeping the distance anymore? For some reason nobody since they think about making FFP2 masks mandatory nationwide during grocery shopping (Bavaria already enforced that).

He mentioned other things too.

This was the highlight.

He also said "keep 7 feet distance, if anyone coughs pretend they have the plague, etc."

[dalekphalm]

2 hours ago, wkdpaul said:

Mom's BF tested positive, he started having symptoms and went to get tested.

 

They're now in quarantine for 14 days and my mom is waiting for her test result.

One of my friends is in isolation. She works at a larger Grocery retailer, and one of her coworkers on the same shift tested positive. They were asymptomatic so my friend is probably fine, but she's getting tested anyway.

[IkeaGnome]

Finally getting back under control up here. Schools in Anchorage are opening tomorrow. Safe to say at this point we didn't get a big spike from people being dumb for the holidays.

 

Spoiler

 

[dalekphalm]

43 minutes ago, Voluspa said:

Finally getting back under control up here. Schools in Anchorage are opening tomorrow. Safe to say at this point we didn't get a big spike from people being dumb for the holidays.

 

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What in god's name are the data points along the bottom?

A M J J A S O N D J?

 

I assume they're supposed to be days or weeks or something but I'm very curious what they actually mean.

[IkeaGnome]

1 minute ago, dalekphalm said:

What in god's name are the data points along the bottom?

A M J J A S O N D J?

 

I assume they're supposed to be days or weeks or something but I'm very curious what they actually mean.

Months. It's weird because it starts when we had our first cases up here and not in January. April, May, June, July, etc. It's hard to find many sources up here, but if you're curious on what all ADN(our main newspaper) has.

https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/2021/01/18/tracking-covid-19-in-alaska-153-new-cases-reported-monday-no-new-deaths/

[dalekphalm]

7 minutes ago, Voluspa said:

Months. It's weird because it starts when we had our first cases up here and not in January. April, May, June, July, etc. It's hard to find many sources up here, but if you're curious on what all ADN(our main newspaper) has.

https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/2021/01/18/tracking-covid-19-in-alaska-153-new-cases-reported-monday-no-new-deaths/

Ahh months - yes that makes sense - still, oddly laid out

[IkeaGnome]

3 minutes ago, dalekphalm said:

Ahh months - yes that makes sense - still, oddly laid out

Not the weirdest thing they've done here. There's an intersection where we drive on the UK side of the road.

 

[Andreas Lilja]

https://nypost.com/2021/01/15/charles-barkley-thinks-athletes-should-get-covid-19-vaccine-first/

 

Genius.

[WkdPaul]

2 hours ago, Andreas Lilja said:

https://nypost.com/2021/01/15/charles-barkley-thinks-athletes-should-get-covid-19-vaccine-first/

 

Genius.

Healthcare workers? Nope ... Professional athletes? Of course, because, you know, the amount of tax they pay means they deserve preferential treatment ... WTF of a stupid reason is that. Fuck him and anyone that think it's a good reason.

[captain_to_fire]

6 hours ago, Andreas Lilja said:

https://nypost.com/2021/01/15/charles-barkley-thinks-athletes-should-get-covid-19-vaccine-first/

 

Genius.

I didn't know athletes compete using laryngoscopes and mechanical ventilators

[Sarra]

14 hours ago, Voluspa said:

Not the weirdest thing they've done here. There's an intersection where we drive on the UK side of the road.

 

Bah! We've had one of those for like 3 years now. >_> Annoying..

 

Anyway, on the topic of COVID, I am confirmed to get my first shot on Saturday. I'm stoked, but... I hope I don't have a negative reaction to the shot itself. >_>

[dalekphalm]

4 hours ago, Sarra said:

Bah! We've had one of those for like 3 years now. >_> Annoying..

 

Anyway, on the topic of COVID, I am confirmed to get my first shot on Saturday. I'm stoked, but... I hope I don't have a negative reaction to the shot itself. >_>

Have you had any reactions to previous vaccinations (aside from a sore area on the injection site)?

[WkdPaul]

On 1/19/2021 at 10:37 AM, wkdpaul said:

Mom's BF tested positive, he started having symptoms and went to get tested.

 

They're now in quarantine for 14 days and my mom is waiting for her test result.

My mom got her result this morning, she's also positive, but has absolutely no symptoms, her BF has mild fever and lost taste and smell but is otherwise ok, thankfully, since they're both at risk because of their age.

[Spotty]

Are people who have previously contracted the virus still going to be receiving the vaccine? I'm assuming that anyone who has recovered from the virus and now tests negative would have built up a natural immune response, so would a vaccine provide any additional benefit or would it just be a waste of a shot that could have gone to someone else who needed it?

[WkdPaul]

7 minutes ago, Spotty said:

*snip*

That's actually a very good question, my instinct would be that they don't need the vaccine, but I've not seen any official position on that either way. So it's really unclear for now.

[Sarra]

3 hours ago, dalekphalm said:

Have you had any reactions to previous vaccinations (aside from a sore area on the injection site)?

I got the flu shot in 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2019. In 2015, 2017, and 2019, it gave me the worst flu I've had each time. I hadn't had a serious flu since 2005.

 

Other than that, I've never had a bad reaction to a vaccine. But, I also wasn't allergic to gluten or diary then, and I might have other allergies now that I didn't before... Or didn't know about before.

[AdamantGlancer]

1 hour ago, Spotty said:

Are people who have previously contracted the virus still going to be receiving the vaccine? I'm assuming that anyone who has recovered from the virus and now tests negative would have built up a natural immune response, so would a vaccine provide any additional benefit or would it just be a waste of a shot that could have gone to someone else who needed it?

In my county we are recommending that people who have recovered from COVID still get a vaccination because we've only been seeing about 90 days of immunity after an infection. "Yes. Due to the severe health risks associated with COVID-19 and the fact that reinfection with COVID-19 is possible, you should be vaccinated regardless of whether you already had COVID-19 infection.", that's pulled directly from my county public health website. Obviously it varies by county, state, province, or country.

[Andreas Lilja]

Some people get fired for less. 

 

https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/ontario-hospital-apologizes-after-staff-director-gets-family-member-early-covid-19-vaccine-1.5274881