KIP covid thread

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.

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.

And that's bad "mild" Covid. Most people will have little to no symptoms at all.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

that is not kip imho

This should be pretty much the height of #flu season in the southern hemisphere. Yet very little of it is being detected, @WHO reports.
Flu has been at historically low levels during the #Covid pandemic. It will return. But when? https://t.co/85xzBwlTVr pic.twitter.com/7Fig8ZjmcN

— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) August 5, 2021

that is not kip imho

― Daniel_Rf, Thursday, 5 August 2021 15:12 (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

Look,

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fp'd sic. go to the other thread were double-vaxx people who don't leave their house are testing themselves twice a day

Early testing on Lambda efficiency is insufficient, no study has been peer-reviewed, and we should quit hyperfocusing on fucking lambda before we've managed to shed Delta. There are already 1000 cases of Lambda in the US, but people did the same thing when Beta was emerging and showing much more vaccine evasion and it hit the US and never generated many cases because it wasn't anywhere near as infectious as Alpha or Delta.

Also recent Singapore studies show vaccinated people who get infected are infectious for a shorter time frame as the body fights infection and a UK paper preprint yesterday showed that vaccinated people had lower viral load, contrary to the previous studies. Mask up indoors, yes, avoid crowds etc but jfc keep the proselytizing out of the kip thread.

citation on last part: https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthart/2021/08/04/fully-vaccinated-half-as-likely-to-catch-delta-covid-variant-and-less-likely-to-infect-others-study-finds/

sic, take it to the other thread, where we can argue against your croaking of doom too.

When my mother was up for the football she just casually dropped that the couple who occupy the pointy thing across the road from her are vehement anti-vaxxers, I always hated that boy, he complained about the volume of my music when I lived down there, said we could find a "compromise" which apparently involved me wearing headphones and him carrying on being a dick, also I'm pretty sure it was him reported me for an ASBO, for writing "four letter words" visible from the street, yeah I wrote DOOM on my mother's wall, four letters and I stand by each one. But now he's actively trying to murder my mother and all the unvaccinated children who walk past his yard twice a day on the way to school, and also MY SISTER'S NEWBORN was visiting this weekend, I saw him stood in the yard when I was down there today but I hadn't been informed of his views at that point so I didn't know I should start shit. Apparently though he's "done his own research" and "it's his choice", well I done my research, it says he's a cunt and my choice is to walk down the road on tuesday and murder him with a clawhammer.
(I'm aware this is the KIP thread but I couldn't find the appropriate one and anyrate I shall be K this village P by ridding it of this scum. Tuesday tho, I got plans tomorrow).

Lol always good to be reminded that my life could be worse, I could have neighbors like that. So now that I found what seems to be the cheapest AirBnb in Atlanta to stay in for the time being, I’ve discovered that the main denizen to be encountered here is similarly infected with the brain worms. He seems just reasonable enough tho, so that I find myself wondering if there’s ANY way to engage in reasonable dialogue with this fruit cake but of course I’m just deceiving myself. Might as well go shout at Facebook.

That wasn’t very positive either was it. I’m not in South Carolina any more! Yay.

There are now not one but TWO rapid COVID testing sites within walking distance from my house. One of which I used in the past that at the time, did not work with insurance and required you to file a claim, but now DOES take it

Not that I need one right now but good to have options.

Covid: Vaccines '90% effective' at preventing Delta variant deaths

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-58987835

i have to say i find that article really confusing. you could read it as saying that 10% of breakthrough cases end in death and i don’t think that’s what it’s saying but it’s impossible to tell from the article.

xpost lol, that almost reads like a quote *from* Covid. "Don't worry, everyone, the vaccine will *totally* protect you from Delta, just lower your mask a little and come a little closer, I won't bite ... "

Got to be 10% of the rate of unvaxxed, right?

"No deaths have been recorded in those who have been double-vaccinated with the Moderna vaccine in Scotland, according to the data. Researchers said it is therefore not possible to estimate this particular vaccine's effectiveness in preventing Covid-related deaths."

they cant estimate its effectiveness at preventing death until they rack up some deaths? idgi

divide by zero error in spreadsheet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXGBuS7axCI

Got my booster this lunchtime (Moderna). Songs playing in the waiting room: 'Merry Christmas Everyone' by Shakin' Stevens, and 'Dancing In The Moonlight' by Toploader.

New job confirmed WFH three days

That's great!

Every time I see this thread I think it's a reference to this.
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Not bloody wrong all the same!

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thsi many waves

here is my Christmas present for all of you pic.twitter.com/3QxJfd2Gog

— your friend (@debdrens) December 24, 2021

Went into whole foods yesterday and was grabbing some chips adjacent to the only other person in the store who was masked. Asked if if she ever felt like the only one doing it. She said, "on the daily!" and said she still knows people getting COVID but she had yet to get it. I said "same all around" and we told each other to stay safe. It's a small deal and no judgement to those who threw out their masks and breathe the free air but it can be tough feeling like the only one wearing one of these facehuggers indoors while almost everyone has relaxed. So it's good to KIP with others on the same wavelength.

Got COVID just over a week ago, got better pretty fast, was sad to realize my sense of smell is gone

Today tho my boyfriend walked by. Smelled a waft of something faint. “Are you wearing Beyond Paradise?” Yes he was. Getting better already, keeping it positive

Just posted in the rona thread but I also am getting over an extremely mild case - back to myself (such as it is) in about 10 hours.

Still too stuffy to tell if I can still smell things.