Mostly Apolitical Thread for Discussing/Venting our Rational/Irrational COVID-19 Fears and Experiences in 2020

on plus side, cases decreased by 3.5% and hospitalizations by about 2.8% from the previous week to last week in the US. not exactly monumental declines and remains to see if it sticks but it does seem like the vaccination is preventing this 'fourth wave' from being much worse.

Not that Matthew Sweet

Sick Of Myself (And Also Covid)

Too late to the Matthew Sweet jokes

I don't think I've ever thought about the two Matthew Sweets in connection, maybe because one of them has such bouyantly fluffy curls, and the other so defiantly straight hair curtains

There is no excuse for what you do. Stringing together words “double mutant” “schools” 5X blah blah to scare people baselessly. It took me five minutes to provide context. 103 cases, vast majority travel-linked, oversampled in genomic database because travel-linked. Just stop.

— zeynep tufekci (@zeynep) April 20, 2021

feigl-ding is a crook and a fraud

Lol someone in Union Square Park who looks like the mayor of marijuana is handing out free joints to people who show their completed vaccine card for 4/20

NYC is undefeated pic.twitter.com/bdXTM3O6nq

— Mike Murphy (@mcwm) April 20, 2021

my man

Here for it

hell yes

man murdered by anti mask lunatic

https://m.startribune.com/bloomington-jefferwson-hockey-coach-michael-ryan-fatally-punched-following-dispute-st-paul-bar/600047865/

It feels like Hastings is beginning to take over the rest of Minnesota

A group in DC is also doing free "Joints for Jabs" today. If you time things right you can also get a free doughnut, which suggests good cross-promotion opportunities.

First experience with a mass vax clinic. Pretty nuts, like the end of "Raiders:"

https://i.imgur.com/LQt8rji.jpg

Man that’s just the registration line at an anime convention it’s not that nuts

Not as much cosplay tho

early in the day yet

I’m three weeks out from my 2nd shot—beginning to feel like things were going toward normal. Then today i get an email that 4 kids at my son’s school are positive and a call that my niece has Covid.

UGH

sorry, Pres.

Agh. Best wishes for your family and school friends.

Back at work tomorrow... again...

Just had my first AZ jab (after receiving a call from my GP to say there were spares - thanks to esteemed local Ilxor Dog Latin for the tipoff).

20 mins turnaround from hanging up the phone to a needle in my arm, nice work NHS.

Feeling fine so far and more than a little relieved.

Praxis

Interesting strategy - NC is keeping their mask mandate until 67% of all those age 16+ are vaccinated. https://t.co/nrq9LNkmK0

— Ed MD (@notdred) April 21, 2021

can definitely quibble with the 67% target, but I like this kind of idea

Looks like I'm going to be testing my vaccination really quick. Just got a jury duty summons for about two weeks after I hit full vaxxed up status after my second shot. I mean, supposedly I'll be as protected as I can, but genuinely not happy about having to jump back in with both feet in a crowded courthouse that I can realistically only access by 45 minutes each way on public transportation.

it's weird but you're protected! live it up! on, uh jury duty lol

Honestly the only reason I'm nervous is that I'll still have an unvaccinated child at home. Given how careful I've been the last year, just the thought of climbing on a crowded train to sit in a crowded building all day is (understandably) giving me a ton of anxiety - though I'm not sure how much of that will be valid once I'm fully vaxxed up.

Jury duty is fun and valuable, but "unvaccinated child at home" seems like a reasonable excuse for deferment.

Normally I would be oddly excited about a summons, not so much at the moment. Apparently my county has just restarted more jury trials within the last month or so.

The summons came with a flier that really leaned into the "yes this is during a pandemic but this is your civic duty to serve, but don't worry we'll seat you far apart and clean the courtrooms frequently". They only specific reference to deferments is that they've lowered the age deferment from 70 to 65.

feigl-ding is a crook and a fraud

― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, April 20, 2021 1:03 AM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

OTMFM, and if you follow him I'm sure you know by now that he moved his family TO AUSTRIA so his kids could attend in person school. Nice for him.

Feiglding really sounds like some third-tier Yiddish insult

A shanda.

Nu, it's *this* feiglding you're retweeting now??

My daughter got her second shot yesterday. Today she's achy and spiked a 101+ fever, but she's a trooper. Basically nap followed by school followed by nap followed by virtual volunteer session etc.

How old?

16.

I'm sure this has been asked already but...if you have a family history of thrombosis and clotting, is the AZ vaccine a bad idea?

As I understand it, "anyone with a history of blood clots are at no increased risk from the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine."

but if you DON'T have a history of blood clots..... hold onto your hats

Your history of blood clots begins...today!

woop finally got invited for jab!
might have to wait a while for it depending on when the 2nd one would happen (possibly the one single weekend all year we have booked in another town)

Gah, had to delay my 2nd shot because of my exposure to my kids. I tried to slip in there, but they told me to come back Tuesday so that I'm past my 14-day quarantine. I don't love the idea of doing it midweek in case I have to stay in bed for a day, but I'll muddle thru I guess.

I'm kind of hoping for a justified sick day after jab 2 in a few weeks.

feigl-ding vs. heigl-lohan

lol I'd be happy with a sick day if I weren't my own employer. All a sick day means to me is I still have to do my work while feeling lousy.

any updates, tips?

We're all good, just waiting out our quarantines/isolation. We'll all be clear this weekend. I haven't retested since last Friday, when I was still negative, but have had zero signs of symptoms of any kind.

My dad says he's not taking the vaccine. I'm pretty annoyed.

What can be said but wishing you both good luck.

just under 3 million vaxed yesterday, which is less than the 3.5 million vaxxed a week earlier.

really hoping that if vaccination trails off that it at least stays high enough to get enough people inoculated.

cases are declining for second week in a row, on the other hand, which is a good sign, but....

words can't express how angry i will be if we have assholes who refuse to get vaccinated to the point where we can't properly deal with COVID, while countries who have people dying by the thousands daily are begging to be vaccinated.