precious genes (sic)
― Slime Goobody (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 12 May 2021 15:09 (two years ago) link
real life lol
― koogs, Wednesday, 12 May 2021 17:26 (two years ago) link
first shot scheduled for 2 weeks tomorrow
― γMyst1kOblivi0nγ (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 12 May 2021 18:32 (two years ago) link
New weekly The Economist/YouGov national poll shows vaccine reluctance hitting another new low. - 69% of adults say they have been at least partially vaccinated, or plan to get vaccinated soon- 17% say they will not get vaccinated- 14% say they're unsure pic.twitter.com/OVLSuHyVrC— G. Elliott Morris (@gelliottmorris) May 12, 2021
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 12 May 2021 20:31 (two years ago) link
The orange line for republicans is the important bit. undecideds have been breaking in the direction of getting the vaccine for months. the literally the last week or so is the first time there's been significant movement in the number of firm no republicans. fingers crossed it holds. it coinciding with the change in wording is a little fishy, but there's no discontinuities in the other lines there so looks like a coincidence.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E1MIPmxWQAAzPi0?format=jpg&name=medium
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Wednesday, 12 May 2021 20:38 (two years ago) link
xpost I mean, 58% of the adult population we can confirm for certain have been vaccinated. so 69% as a floor seems reasonable for adults, but hopefully isn't the floor.
― Feta Van Cheese (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 12 May 2021 20:50 (two years ago) link
2+ weeks post-2nd-Pfizer and booked my first flight since 12/2019. Will be meeting the grandbaby born 7/2020 in person at last <3
― Jaq, Wednesday, 12 May 2021 23:11 (two years ago) link
Oh wow!
― flagpost fucking (darraghmac), Wednesday, 12 May 2021 23:25 (two years ago) link
That's pretty awesome.
― Deicide at Chuck E. Cheese (PBKR), Wednesday, 12 May 2021 23:36 (two years ago) link
May it be the start of a long and beautiful friendship, Jaq.
― sharpening the contraindications (Aimless), Wednesday, 12 May 2021 23:38 (two years ago) link
Love
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 12 May 2021 23:38 (two years ago) link
thatβs excellent news jaq! <3
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 13 May 2021 00:02 (two years ago) link
wooooo so great
― sleeve, Thursday, 13 May 2021 00:32 (two years ago) link
Just got back from the friends and family (re) opening of my friend's place. It felt great to be in a room full of seated and (more or less) distanced people, everyone having a good time. Weird to think just a few months ago that would have been inconceivable. Def. felt more than a little like the last few steps to a finish line that's just come into sight.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 13 May 2021 02:10 (two years ago) link
This weekend was amazing. We had another couple (long since vaccinated) over for dinner inside for the first time since February 2020. Then I had a couple of friends over for a beer outside. Planning on starting up weekly ultimate (masked, for now) next week. I almost can't even believe it.
― Deicide at Chuck E. Cheese (PBKR), Monday, 17 May 2021 20:06 (two years ago) link
Played the first real gig with my band in forever, had the boys over afterward and stayed up late making egg tacos. Hosting an outdoor book publishing party for a friend today. Been doing indoor weekly potlucks again with the core group of friends. Life is amazing.
― change display name (Jordan), Monday, 17 May 2021 20:16 (two years ago) link
Mine was too: outdoor bars, a gathering in a friend's backyard. I can see the difference in people's attitudes.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 17 May 2021 20:21 (two years ago) link
We had a group of friends over a couple of nights ago, still outside (because it was nice), but everyone hugged and everyone was happy. Even the most anxious and neurotic of the bunch.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 17 May 2021 20:31 (two years ago) link
Went to the farmer's market this weekend for the first time since the pandemic. It shut down early in the pandemic, then opened with restrictions on how many people could shop, so I got out of the habit of going. It's in a new location now and open to everyone, and it's beautiful. Everyone was masked, but otherwise everything seemed very normal, people were just casually browsing, no one seemed stressed or in a hurry. It felt so nice to go to a public place just to spend some time there, not because I had a specific task to accomplish, and to be around other people who were doing the same thing.
― Lily Dale, Monday, 17 May 2021 20:34 (two years ago) link
My regular pub quiz teammate texted me earlier to say he's sitting in the pub in question and the quiz in question is on next Monday. First time since March 2020. Not sure how positive this is though tbf.
― Are Animated Dads Getting Hotter? (Tom D.), Monday, 17 May 2021 20:35 (two years ago) link
... as he says, he's been able to go an entire year without having to remember who won the Boat Race or the exact date we left the EU or whatever.
― Are Animated Dads Getting Hotter? (Tom D.), Monday, 17 May 2021 20:38 (two years ago) link
good news for people who got/get covid before vaccination:
NEW: Immunity to the coronavirus lasts at least a year, possibly a lifetime, and improves over time especially after vaccination, according to two new studies. π§΅https://t.co/qKRuTRf8Jh— Apoorva Mandavilli (@apoorva_nyc) May 26, 2021
Let me say right off: This does NOT mean people who have been infected can skip vaccines. But it does mean that those who were infected and then vaccinated have what one researcher called "bulletproof" protection against variants, and will probably never need boosters— Apoorva Mandavilli (@apoorva_nyc) May 26, 2021
It's the combo of infection and vaccination that is powerful here. The results will most likely not apply to those who never had Covid and were vaccinated, because immune memory is not consolidated the same way after vaccination as it is after infection.— Apoorva Mandavilli (@apoorva_nyc) May 26, 2021
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Wednesday, 26 May 2021 17:36 (two years ago) link
Is this true even for people that had only mild or totally asymptomatic cases?
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 26 May 2021 17:53 (two years ago) link
I'm bulletproof! *plays in traffic*
― In my house are many Manchins (WmC), Wednesday, 26 May 2021 17:57 (two years ago) link
Doesn't say traffic-proof!
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 26 May 2021 17:57 (two years ago) link
based on that study alone, yes for mild, no evidence either way for asymptomatic. sample was 77 people most of whom had "mild" symptoms.
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Wednesday, 26 May 2021 17:57 (two years ago) link
sample was 77 people
straight-up trolling ilx0rz there
― balsamic panic (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 26 May 2021 19:44 (two years ago) link
Ugh, and I wanted to believe.
― Blue Yoda No. 9 (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 26 May 2021 19:49 (two years ago) link
Went to the pub last night for the first time in living memory and, bearing in mind I've barely touched a drop since last March, drank quite a lot but didn't get drunk, the friend I was with was pretty pissed by the end of the night, and not a trace of a hangover this morning.
― Are Animated Dads Getting Hotter? (Tom D.), Sunday, 30 May 2021 13:22 (two years ago) link
that's the vaccines imo
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 30 May 2021 13:25 (two years ago) link
Had my 2nd jab today actually!
― Are Animated Dads Getting Hotter? (Tom D.), Sunday, 30 May 2021 13:26 (two years ago) link
I flew to NY just to see a friend who had business in town. Had dinner out, saw a movie, went for a jog through Chelsea. It was all very weird! The town feels different, I haven't been away this long in decades. But it was amazing! To see a movie, to have dinner with a friend, to be doing stuff!!
― J Edgar Noothgrush (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Sunday, 30 May 2021 20:39 (two years ago) link
need the world to know that my library is open for the first time in over a year, blessings 2 all
― cat, Tuesday, 1 June 2021 22:06 (two years ago) link
now that's a sea-change!
― What's It All About, Althea? (Aimless), Tuesday, 1 June 2021 22:13 (two years ago) link
Vax-a-Million winner Jonathan Carlyle of Toledo is overwhelmed but said heβs hoping to use the $ to pay bills and buy a house.βI kept hemming and hawing about (getting the vaccine)...and when the Vax-a-Million thing started I immediately went down there and got it.β @toledonews pic.twitter.com/BmkiwUIWnn— Kaitlin Durbin (@njKaitlinDurbin) June 3, 2021
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Thursday, 3 June 2021 01:40 (two years ago) link
Thatβs from https://www.toledoblade.com/local/Coronavirus/2021/06/02/Ohio-trails-national-average-vaccinations/stories/20210602106
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Thursday, 3 June 2021 01:42 (two years ago) link
That is good.
― Vin Jawn (PBKR), Thursday, 3 June 2021 01:46 (two years ago) link
Got my second AstraZeneca jab yesterday afternoon. Needle was bigger but the injection site is less sore today. I had some side effects today but nowhere near as much as after the first jab.
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Friday, 25 June 2021 18:05 (two years ago) link
awesome :)
i had pretty much zero side effects from the second one. my wife just got hers today and feels pretty groggy though.
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 25 June 2021 23:03 (two years ago) link
daily cases are low as fuck in BC and im getting my second vax on monday.
― γMyst1kOblivi0nγ (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 15 July 2021 20:27 (two years ago) link
second dose of moderna kicked my arse but im pretty much back to normal now and happy to know i'll be a fully vaxed alpha in less than 2 weeks
― γMyst1kOblivi0nγ (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 22 July 2021 16:55 (two years ago) link
join us
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 22 July 2021 17:32 (two years ago) link
although i know of many people who have got covid while double-vaxxed none of them had a serious case of it. 2 weeks after my second dose i feel an absolute lack of concern about getting COVID. couldn't care less about it. i wasn't overly concerned before, but now it's completely out of my mind. feels liberating. the great majority of new cases - over 2/3s - are among the unvaxxed, meaning the numbers of infections among the partially and fully vaccinated are quite low.
― γMyst1kOblivi0nγ (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 4 August 2021 17:37 (two years ago) link
I've...almost reached that point. I haven't stopped masking -- I've been masked for three hours at this library -- and I'll avoid crowded indoor settings, but if "mild COVID" is "akin to the flu or a bad cold" I can make the meek adjustment.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 4 August 2021 17:39 (two years ago) link
And that's bad "mild" Covid. Most people will have little to no symptoms at all.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 4 August 2021 17:43 (two years ago) link
out of caution w/ my folks I bought a few emergency Binax COVID tests so I could periodically test myself (or them), will replenish as needed (not cheap but how many times would you test someone a week, lol).
― making splashes at Dan Flashes (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 4 August 2021 18:18 (two years ago) link
I actually ordered a box, then cancelled my order. It took one of my kids to talk me down. I said, my nose is a little snuffy, maybe I have Covid, do you think I should get tested? She asked me, did you come into contact with anyone positive for Covid? Not that I know of. Is a slightly snuffy nose your only symptom? Yes. Then don't worry about it. And if you are worried about it, wear a mask. And if it gets worse or doesn't go away, *then* get tested.
Nose was no longer snuffy by the end of the day.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 4 August 2021 19:44 (two years ago) link
that's really the damn problem for anybody with chronic anything (allergies especially). you know it's probably just that but....some of the symptoms are soooooo similar that you feel irresponsible not checking and then wonder if you should or shouldn't check.
― making splashes at Dan Flashes (Neanderthal), Thursday, 5 August 2021 13:48 (two years ago) link
really wish COVID had like a signature symptom (besides the loss of taste and smell, which doesn't happen in every case anyway) like THERE WILL BE A HUGE WART ON YOUR FOREHEAD so it would be unmistakable.
― making splashes at Dan Flashes (Neanderthal), Thursday, 5 August 2021 13:49 (two years ago) link
Vaccinated people still have a risk of transmitting it, and every vaccinated person who catches it helps make the variants smarter. Early testing suggests the vaccines may be only 50% effective against Lambda.
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Thursday, 5 August 2021 15:08 (two years ago) link