The Covid-19 Thread: News, Preparation Tips, Etc

[Crackers Phinn]

We had vendors in working on a multi day project and I allowed them to let their staff use our lunchroom for lunch and breaks because it's been raining really hard outside. Whycome somebody called me and was like one of the vendors was sitting in the lunchroom with his mask off coughing and sniffling.

 

[oneastrocurlie]

Whoops!

I swear every older white person I see without a mask is coughing.

 

[lavaflow99]

Takeaways for me:
The variant is way more transmissable and the vaccine doesn't have some super boost against actual infection. However the vaccine continues to do a great job of preventing actual illness and hospitalizations.

But as usual, the vulnerable, the unvaccinated who are infected have no protection against actual illness. And are starting to fill up the hospitals again.

The problem with these new variants is that the attitude of "well ou rimmune system will improve, etc.." is only for the more healthier of people. Once again for the 1000th time....hospitals in a non-pandemic situation can only tolerate a tiny population of sick for a general population area they serve. A pandemic disease that adds even 2-3% increase in the census will make resources (medications, beds, humans--nurses, doctors, staff) dwindle down. Mix that with their inability to re-up resources (staff changes, STAFF SICKNESS, equipment, etc) and you have pandemonium. Not to mention people continue to procreate, be diabetic, and have your everyday medical emergencies like car accidents, assaults, diabetic coma, and then people who use the ER as a MD office.

Not to mention now---my health department is (as of today) on alert about the rise in breast cancer rates. People are delaying screening and coming in already at stage 2 or 3 which makes survivability difficult. Its problematic because Health Departments do breast cancer screenings for the uninsured and poor. (whispers---so does Planned Parenthood). These low income women are most likely the breadwinner or head of household in a family. Research has ALWAYS shown that early detection saves lives....*(see my next comment).

So when people go on about "our immunity will stand!" I roll my eyes until I can see my scalp because its the HIGHLIGHT of elitism to assume every human's "immunity will stand." Pandemics have a cascade effect.

At this point the illness from disease is improving, but life in general is fraying at the seams due to this cascade effect on other aspects of daily living. Especially for the poor and most vulnerable communities.

And add to this the mental health pandemic that is in full effect

 

[BrownBetty]

We had vendors in working on a multi day project and I allowed them to let their staff use our lunchroom for lunch and breaks because it's been raining really hard outside. Whycome somebody called me and was like one of the vendors was sitting in the lunchroom with his mask off coughing and sniffling.

I was in the grocery store. There was a guy walking around unmasked open mouth coughing. I hustled out of there quick. People just dgaf about anyone.

 

[yamilee21]

My county just announced that schools are going back to virtual learning due to an increase in cases

Your county has sense. Cases have exploded in NYC since Thanksgiving, from under 2000 new cases per day to around 9000 now. It would probably be safest to have all the schools go remote from now until maybe MLK day, since people seem to be bent on celebrating the holidays as if the pandemic were over. (That would be 3-4 school days before Christmas, and the first two school weeks after the new year, not really much time at all, but the right amount of time to quarantine after all the potential holiday exposure to Covid.)

 

[Evolving78]

DS2 got his second vaccine! He did well and all is well. He isn’t displaying any side effects. There were 3 other black boys there getting their shots. One was an older teen and the other two were around DS2’s age. They all did well. Another black mother came in with her 3 for an appointment too. A lot of us aren’t playing any games when it comes to these babies.

 

[Evolving78]

Your county has sense. Cases have exploded in NYC since Thanksgiving, from under 2000 new cases per day to around 9000 now. It would probably be safest to have all the schools go remote from now until maybe MLK day, since people seem to be bent on celebrating the holidays as if the pandemic were over. (That would be 3-4 school days before Christmas, and the first two school weeks after the new year, not really much time at all, but the right amount of time to quarantine after all the potential holiday exposure to Covid.)

They need to go back to remote or at least hybrid and reassess all of this madness. Between Covid and the violence that’s happening at this schools, it’s just too much to handle.

 

[Black Ambrosia]

They need to go back to remote or at least hybrid and reassess all of this madness. Between Covid and the violence that’s happening at this schools, it’s just too much to handle.

The schools in Michigan are still experiencing daily threats that are keeping them closed. There's now a petition to close the schools. I'm not mad but the irony is unreal.

 

[Evolving78]

The schools in Michigan are still experiencing daily threats that are keeping them closed. There's now a petition to close the schools. I'm not mad but the irony is unreal.

We are in the same boat, but the board won’t close. Something violent and crazy happens several times a week. I have kept my child home when it becomes too much, but he pushes through to go and tries to make the best out of it. I tell him I love him and please make it back home safely every morning before he walks out the door. I wait for him to get home every afternoon and happily greet him. It’s like sending your child off to battle daily. The school has been on the local news several times.

I never dreamed it would be like this. I stayed in the school district because I trusted what was told to me by school officials and staff. But the way how it is now in this country, where in the heck is there a safe place to go to? Especially for a black mother and her children?

 

[Melaninme]

Boeing drops vaccine mandate for U.S. workers, joining Amtrak and other major federal contractors

Boeing is dropping a policy requiring all U.S.-based employees to be vaccinated, citing a federal district court ruling earlier this month that blocked a key Biden administration immunization mandate for federal contractors and subcontractors. The aerospace giant's announcement on Friday...

finance.yahoo.com

 

[oneastrocurlie]

 

[Black Ambrosia]

 

[oneastrocurlie]

Mild, where???

She says in a tweet in the responses that she had no pre-existing conditions and is 35, fit, and healthy.

 

[BrownBetty]

Mild, where???

She says in a tweet in the responses that she had no pre-existing conditions and is 35, fit, and healthy.

This is what I don't get when people mention mild cases. The virus is unpredictable. You can't foresee if you'll be fine after, if you'll die a horrible death, or if you'll suffer with long covid symptoms.

 

[Black Ambrosia]

I wonder if this definition of mild was adopted from China or if there's some other reason. I remember early reports out of China listed people who hadn't been hospitalized as mild regardless of their condition.

 

[Crackers Phinn]

This is what I don't get when people mention mild cases. The virus is unpredictable. You can't foresee if you'll be fine after, if you'll die a horrible death, or if you'll suffer with long covid symptoms.

I talk to so many people who go on about how low the death rates are with Covid and I'm like yeah ok but what about the people who survive but are living a life after Covid that is drastically altered and don't know if or when the symptoms will end? Quality of life is important to me. I didn't claw and connive my way into being a rich b just to be sitting up like a no smelling no tasting brain fogged out, tired vegetable.

 

[BrownBetty]

I talk to so many people who go on about how low the death rates are with Covid and I'm like yeah ok but what about the people who survive but are living a life after Covid that is drastically altered and don't know if or when the symptoms will end? Quality of life is important to me. I didn't claw and connive my way into being a rich b just to be sitting up like a no smelling no tasting brain fogged out, tired vegetable.

My aunt, who loves food cause , had a breakthrough case. Her taste buds have been severely affected. She said food taste horrible. Her favorite foods taste like trash. Her taste buds are slowly returning. I can't imagine my jollof tasting like sadness or not being able to enjoy wine. I dont want to risk it.

 

[dancinstallion]

Mild, where???

She says in a tweet in the responses that she had no pre-existing conditions and is 35, fit, and healthy.

That goes back to what we were saying before, people were saying if you don't get hospitalized then it was considered mild. Which never made sense because some people were in the bed for days and then said they had a mild case or sick 10+days. That's not mild it's moderate.

I talk to so many people who go on about how low the death rates are with Covid and I'm like yeah ok but what about the people who survive but are living a life after Covid that is drastically altered and don't know if or when the symptoms will end? Quality of life is important to me. I didn't claw and connive my way into being a rich b just to be sitting up like a no smelling no tasting brain fogged out, tired vegetable.

Facts

 

[oneastrocurlie]

I wonder if this definition of mild was adopted from China or if there's some other reason. I remember early reports out of China listed people who hadn't been hospitalized as mild regardless of their condition.

It should be put on a spectrum imo. If they can make a rainbow out of number of cases, they can classify cases and long covid a little better.

 

[oneastrocurlie]

My aunt, who loves food cause , had a breakthrough case. Her taste buds have been severely affected. She said food taste horrible. Her favorite foods taste like trash. Her taste buds are slowly returning. I can't imagine my jollof tasting like sadness or not being able to enjoy wine. I dont want to risk it.

There was a TikTok a while back of a girl in tears saying all food taste horrible to her after having covid.

 

[vevster]

Boeing drops vaccine mandate for U.S. workers, joining Amtrak and other major federal contractors

Boeing is dropping a policy requiring all U.S.-based employees to be vaccinated, citing a federal district court ruling earlier this month that blocked a key Biden administration immunization mandate for federal contractors and subcontractors. The aerospace giant's announcement on Friday...

finance.yahoo.com

I hope United does too.

 

[Peppermynt]

My girlfriend who had a break through case in early August is STILL recovering. Her heart and lungs are not back to normal. She just finished 9 weeks of rehab therapy and they said she needs more but there’s a waiting list so she’s not sure when she can get it scheduled. Thank goodness she has good insurance and is able to be out on disability right now. She’s super depressed.

 

[TrulyBlessed]

 

[Crackers Phinn]

My aunt, who loves food cause , had a breakthrough case. Her taste buds have been severely affected. She said food taste horrible. Her favorite foods taste like trash. Her taste buds are slowly returning. I can't imagine my jollof tasting like sadness or not being able to enjoy wine. I dont want to risk it.

I'm a too and fr fr if I lost the ability to enjoy food and drank I could really see myself veering towards some unthinkable thoughts about going on.
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There was story posted here about a CEO who committed suicide related to Covid induced tinnitus. Tinnitus in its worse form is a nonstop ringing in the ears that makes it hard for people to go to sleep. It causes suicidal thoughts in 20% of regular sufferers, adding covid symptom like brain fog and fatigue ain't go help.
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IONO, I was listening to some delusional black dude on CH talk about he cutting off everybody he know who is vaccinated cuz we got the mark of the beast. I can't help but to think he's probably already had covid and the brain fog has scrambled whatever peas was rattling around in his head and now the paranoia has begun.

 

[oneastrocurlie]

Companies getting rid of their vaccine mandates cause they won't need it. They ain't slick. Why keep a company one when the feds will have one.




This is for sure going to the Supreme Court but their current track record for these aren't to overturn them.

The U.S. Supreme Court has turned away a challenge to New York state's vaccine mandate for health care workers — a mandate that provides no exceptions for religious objectors. The vote was 6-3.

This was the second time the court has refused to block such a state vaccine mandate for health care workers. As in an earlier case from Maine, New York provides only one exemption from the mandate, and that is a narrow medical exemption for those who have suffered a severe allergic reaction after a previous dose of the vaccine or a component of the COVID-19 vaccine.

 

[Melaninme]

The CDC has over-counted the number of people who are partially vaccinated by regularly including second doses and boosters as first jabs, report says

"We don't have any faith in the numbers on the CDC website, and we never refer to them," a Philadelphia official told Bloomberg.

www.businessinsider.com

 

[naturalgyrl5199]

I had all the symptoms of Omicron last week. A very mild cold. Ran my protocols, I’m fine. Not sure if it was Omicron cause I didn’t get tested but I know how to fight a virus.
I have a virtual visit w my doc on Monday. I’ll see if he wants me to test for antibodies.

have you been feeling better?
Did you confirm it was COVID?

I have had one person test for flu and was positive.

What's bad here in my part of Florida (north) is that we get some low temps...as low as 20-40 degrees. But we are cycling between warm and cool temps....and the warmer temps with our Arborist City covered in trees opens the flowers up prematurely or temporarily--- and the pollen bloom jacks up everyone's allergies. Then its a cycle of sneezing for several weeks and sick calls to work--which makes flu and COVID more easy to get

 

[naturalgyrl5199]

Are you kidding me!?

 

[naturalgyrl5199]

Was I under a rock all weekend cause I don't understand how I missed this!?

 

[Evolving78]

Was I under a rock all weekend cause I don't understand how I missed this!?

You can’t blink anymore or you will miss something! Lol