BA.2 surge hitting US in April/May

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And isn’t it interesting that we STILL aren’t holding China accountable.

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Anonymous wrote:and this is why I am not ready to drop masks

Take the break while you can. What's the point of masking now and then also mask later? Masking now isn't going to stop anything. Just mask again as needed.

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Anonymous wrote:Please also keep us updated on which strain of flu is going around and where. I will keep my whiteboard of viruses up to date so I can decide which one to worry about and when.

Feel free to skip these posts if they bother you so much. The last time I checked, the flu wasn't a big threat outside of the winter months. The same cannot be said for COVID, so it's worth keeping an eye on where things are throughout the world.

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Anonymous wrote:Please also keep us updated on which strain of flu is going around and where. I will keep my whiteboard of viruses up to date so I can decide which one to worry about and when.

Feel free to skip these posts if they bother you so much. The last time I checked, the flu wasn't a big threat outside of the winter months. The same cannot be said for COVID, so it's worth keeping an eye on where things are throughout the world.

+1 I don't get this. I skip over posts that I'm not interested in 🤷‍♀️

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Anonymous wrote:So can we cancel the return to office?

Clearly my office knew something everyone else didn't when they put off our return date to September.

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Anonymous wrote:And isn’t it interesting that we STILL aren’t holding China accountable.

Honestly baffling.

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I mean - it sucks - I feel like we never get a break. I got vaccinated and had about two months of feeling good about it - then delta. Then my kids got vaccinated - then Omicron. They all are fully vaxxed and got omicron (mild to no symptoms). So I'm going to have a little time to feel relaxed here.

But basically I feel like if we can't be vaccinated and not get it - then there's nothing else I can do because I'm not willing to stay home any more, so it is what it is.

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Anonymous wrote:So can we cancel the return to office?

After two years working exclusively from home, had to go back in person yesterday and my goodness does it suck here. Totally miss being able to go to my kitchen/bathroom freely, take care of laundry during the day, random mini naps in my comfortable bed, not having a COMMUTE, ugh.

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Anonymous wrote:and this is why I am not ready to drop masks

And to me, this is why we're loosening up a little now.

For families like ours, with a high risk member, this is going to be a long haul. It's likely that we'll be very restricted again come May. So, taking a chance to do some things while the numbers are low, like we did last summer, and catch our breath before resuming precautions when the risk goes up, makes sense to me.

I hope they'll approve a fourth shot for our high risk person before this comes.

I think you can get a fourth shot if you are higher risk.

Only if your risk is due to being immunocompromised. There are other reasons people can be at higher risk, such as severe lung disease, or advanced age, and those people aren't yet able to get a fourth shot.

that is incorrect, the guidance says, "not limited to the following conditions..." and lists some. It leaves interpretation up to you.,

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The CDC said there are no variants of concern on the horizon.

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Anonymous wrote:The CDC said there are no variants of concern on the horizon.

Well they needed South Africa to flag omicron for them so I am not getting my info on the topic from the CDC. But I am also not looking for variants of concern either.

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Anonymous wrote:I mean - it sucks - I feel like we never get a break. I got vaccinated and had about two months of feeling good about it - then delta. Then my kids got vaccinated - then Omicron. They all are fully vaxxed and got omicron (mild to no symptoms). So I'm going to have a little time to feel relaxed here.

But basically I feel like if we can't be vaccinated and not get it - then there's nothing else I can do because I'm not willing to stay home any more, so it is what it is.

This is the break right now. Take advantage of it. Go out.

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Anonymous wrote:and this is why I am not ready to drop masks

And to me, this is why we're loosening up a little now.

For families like ours, with a high risk member, this is going to be a long haul. It's likely that we'll be very restricted again come May. So, taking a chance to do some things while the numbers are low, like we did last summer, and catch our breath before resuming precautions when the risk goes up, makes sense to me.

I hope they'll approve a fourth shot for our high risk person before this comes.

I think you can get a fourth shot if you are higher risk.

Only if your risk is due to being immunocompromised. There are other reasons people can be at higher risk, such as severe lung disease, or advanced age, and those people aren't yet able to get a fourth shot.

that is incorrect, the guidance says, "not limited to the following conditions..." and lists some. It leaves interpretation up to you.,

+1 if you're high risk you can get a fourth shot. Tbh if you want a fourth shot, you can get one. Nobody's asking for doctor's notes and there's not a shortage of vaccine.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m going with the sub-headline from the NYT article the other day that said “It is not yet causing a new surge in the United States, and probably won’t.”

+1

Same here.

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With the soaring gas prices, I hope we cancel any return to the office. DH has to drive to work and it's going to hurt financially.