Covid in Florida

[Fau Teixeira]

It's serious but not deadly.  COVID kills less people than lung cancer or drunk driving crashes.  Turns out I've contracted the Delta variant.  What started out as a summer cold has turned into a mild fever with a lot of coughing up phlegm, blowing out snot, and I've been really tired.  Yesterday, I lost my senses of taste and smell.  But I'm breathing normally and I'm determined to survive this.

Hey I hope you do survive honestly. Out of curiosity .. do you wear masks if/when you have to go out now that you know you have COVID?

[masterfins]

Hey I hope you do survive honestly. Out of curiosity .. do you wear masks if/when you have to go out now that you know you have COVID?

I would hope that Artie ISN'T going out at all if he knows he has Covid.

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

I would hope that Artie ISN'T going out at all if he knows he has Covid.

I would hope he took advantage of the vaccine months ago and barring that,  follow the CDC guidelines that all unvaccinated persons must continue to wear a mask in public settings.  But we know he did neither of those and is proud of his irresponsible behavior and cavalier attitude regarding the pandemic.  I hold little expectation he would start acting responsible now. 

[ArtieChokePhin]

I would hope he took advantage of the vaccine months ago and barring that,  follow the CDC guidelines that all unvaccinated persons must continue to wear a mask in public settings.  But we know he did neither of those and is proud of his irresponsible behavior and cavalier attitude regarding the pandemic.  I hold little expectation he would start acting responsible now. 

And now I won't be needing the vaccine because when I recover, I will be naturally vaccinated.   

[dolphins4life]

Apparently healthcare workers are quitting because they don't want to deal with it because people are simply not following precautions anymore.  Infuriates me

[Spider-Dan]

Apparently healthcare workers are quitting because they don't want to deal with it because people are simply not following precautions anymore.  Infuriates me

Which part infuriates you: that the workers are quitting, or that people aren't following precautions?

[Dave Gray]

I wrote to my school board today.  I've never done anything like that before.

I can't fathom that we wouldn't require masks in an indoor setting for a fully unvaccinated group in one of the largest COVID hotspot in the world.

It's unsafe for the community.  It's unsafe for kids.  Honestly, what the fuck?

[CF DolFan]

Every time you say something like "I know people who..." or "I know a bunch of Democrats that..." I reflexively do one of those "cough-BULLSHIT-cough."

Never any support to back it up...just a random "I know people, so take this seriously, dammit..." approach. No wonder you like Trump so much...he got elected by making shit up on a daily basis.

Hahahaha

[CF DolFan]

The antibodies that you receive from having COVID are not nearly as good as the antibodies you get from the vaccines.  (You can see this from the severity of breakthrough cases among COVID survivors vs. the vaccinated.)

This is because the vaccines are designed to train your immune system how to fight COVID, whereas your unassisted natural immune system just focuses on killing the immediate threat (as opposed to preparing to stop future similar threats).

That's absolutely not the data I keep seeing... especially outside of the US (go figure). Survivors and vaccinated are doing about the same. As a matter of fact they are trying to figure out now if survivors are protected for life or if it's just temporary. Of course they have no idea how long the vaccine works so basically they are just winging all of it and will change their minds in a month like they have been doing for the last year.



COVID-19 survivors may possess wide-ranging resistance to the disease
Woodruff Health Sciences Center | July 22, 2021

Recovered COVID-19 patients retain broad and effective longer-term immunity to the disease, suggests a recent Emory University study, which is the most comprehensive of its kind so far. The findings have implications for expanding understanding about human immune memory as well as future vaccine development for coronaviruses.

The longitudinal study, published recently on Cell Reports Medicine, looked at 254 patients with mostly mild to moderate symptoms of SARS-CoV-2 infection over a period for more than eight months (250 days) and found that their immune response to the virus remained durable and strong.

https://news.emory.edu/stories/2021/07/covid_survivors_resistance/index.html

[Dave Gray]

I've said from the start that if you can't get COVID twice that there's a ceiling to how bad we can fuck this up.

If getting vaccinated or getting the disease offers general long-term immunity or eliminates hospital/death, then that's really good and I hope that it's true.  That would be huge towards herd immunity, which is the ultimate goal.  We need to deny the virus hosts to continue to mutate.

[ArtieChokePhin]

Hey I hope you do survive honestly. Out of curiosity .. do you wear masks if/when you have to go out now that you know you have COVID?

I would hope that Artie ISN'T going out at all if he knows he has Covid.

I'm not going anywhere until I feel better.   My wife has taken the kids to her parents for a few days while she gets herself set up in her classroom.  I'm monitoring my business from home and having food and groceries delivered to me and I Facetime with my kids constantly. 

When I feel better, I'll sanitize the house, then call everyone home.  And TBH, I think I've turned the corner on this. 

[Sunstroke]

Hahahaha

Is that your windmill?

What you just did there is basically the grown up version of "I know you are, but what am I?"

Unless you have some example of me doing my best CF impression and saying something like "I know a dozen hardcore Republicans, and they all wish Donald Trump would die in a freak weed-whacker accident."

Which...of course you don't.

[ArtieChokePhin]

"I know a dozen hardcore Republicans, and they all wish Donald Trump would die in a freak weed-whacker accident."

Which...of course you don't.

I know more than a dozen who think like that.   Problem is, none of them have any balls.... literally.

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

Every time you say something like "I know people who..." or "I know a bunch of Democrats that..." I reflexively do one of those "cough-BULLSHIT-cough."

Never any support to back it up...just a random "I know people, so take this seriously, dammit..." approach. No wonder you like Trump so much...he got elected by making shit up on a daily basis.

Particularly being he knows the most improbable people…doctors and nurses who oppose masks and vaccines, African Americans who oppose civil rights, Native Americans who idolizes Dan Snyder, people who he describes as ultra-liberal who repeat to him Tucker Carlson’s talking points, etc.

[dolphins4life]

Which part infuriates you: that the workers are quitting, or that people aren't following precautions?

The latter.