BA.5 Variant, the worst version of Omicron, is vaccine evasiive and surging across the country

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We are at a pivotal point in the pandemic as it become endemic. We are all going to get it and some us multiple times. We don’t know the long term effects of multiple infection. We do no that for many that isolation, distancing, mask wearing also comes at a societal cost. Just look at airlines, incidents plummeted once mask mandate lifted. Everyone can get vaccinated and others will always be moresusceptible and vulnerable. What kind of society and life do we want to live? I’m willing to take the risks of long COVID and unknown long term risk to live a normal life and give my kids a normal childhood. I’m sorry for those that are not able to take that risk. I mean that sincerely.

This is all really easy to say when you’ve never dealt with chronic illness or long term disability. Would be interesting to see what you would say if your good health (or your children’s God forbid) was messed up for life. As another poster says this is just dripping with arrogance, privilege and lack of humility.

Please. Immunocompromised persons can wear N95 masks and social distance. It’s not like they didn’t have to do this during flu season every year before covid. Frankly, your post drips of wishing ill health on the PP.

It’s not that simple.

NP
Sure it is. I receive chemo weekly. I am immunocompromised. I will wear my N95 when necessary, and I fully expect non immunocompromised to go about their daily lives. We are waaay past 2020 people.

[Anonymous]

any research out there on whether it's worth it for teens to get the booster with this new variant?

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Anonymous wrote:I am a nurse in contact with sick people all the time. I've had Covid of some variety THREE TIMES in 2022.

Each time was very, very different from the other 2. I currently have what I assume is Ba.5 variant, as do half the people in my office including the doctors. This one is really weird because several of us have a pretty sore throat for weeks (!), on and off.

Candidly, I'm wondering if this latest variant permanently or semi-permanently damages the mucosal lining of the throat. I have a relative who's had a sore throat for a month.

I'll leave y'all with this: a number of people in my medical practice had some type of Covid in mid May and AGAIN have some type of Covid currently. All confirmed by PCR tests at a DC hospital where we're affiliated (so I trust the results).

Exactly this. We are back to living our lives but are trying not to get sick at the same time. I wear a mask grocery shopping, but not when visiting with friends. I mask in airports, but not when outside. I choose to eat outside if it's a reasonable option. I choose outdoor concerts and hikes over crowded indoor venues or playplaces.

I know so many people who have gotten covid every month or two in 2022 and who then feel really crappy for several weeks if not longer. It's worth taking basic precautions to try not to get sick. I'm not in 2020 lockdown. But I'm not pretending covid doesn't exist either. It's super contagious and rates are still high. I don't want to lose several weeks of my summer home sick. Go ahead and tell me it's endemic again. That doesn't mean I want to get sick.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We are at a pivotal point in the pandemic as it become endemic. We are all going to get it and some us multiple times. We don’t know the long term effects of multiple infection. We do no that for many that isolation, distancing, mask wearing also comes at a societal cost. Just look at airlines, incidents plummeted once mask mandate lifted. Everyone can get vaccinated and others will always be moresusceptible and vulnerable. What kind of society and life do we want to live? I’m willing to take the risks of long COVID and unknown long term risk to live a normal life and give my kids a normal childhood. I’m sorry for those that are not able to take that risk. I mean that sincerely.

This is all really easy to say when you’ve never dealt with chronic illness or long term disability. Would be interesting to see what you would say if your good health (or your children’s God forbid) was messed up for life. As another poster says this is just dripping with arrogance, privilege and lack of humility.

Please. Immunocompromised persons can wear N95 masks and social distance. It’s not like they didn’t have to do this during flu season every year before covid. Frankly, your post drips of wishing ill health on the PP.

It’s not that simple.

NP
Sure it is. I receive chemo weekly. I am immunocompromised. I will wear my N95 when necessary, and I fully expect non immunocompromised to go about their daily lives. We are waaay past 2020 people.

I don’t believe you. If you were really on chemo, you’d know that your N95 is nowhere near full protection for the newest strains of Omicron. Not even close.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yawn

Yes, you’re lazy and self-involved about COVID. We get it. Message received.

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Anonymous wrote:THE SKY IS FALLING!!!!!!!!!!!!


Not nice. I have it on vacation right now and I am sick as a dog.

I run a training class and we had multiple speakers (all of whom are vaccinated due to work requirements) out due to covid. It really put us in a bind! While some people are mocking the situation (“The sky is falling!”), it’s not funny for those of us who have to deal with the consequences.

Fools! It’s time to stop testing and treating this variant like it’s the 2020 version. Hint - it’s not …

Hint: Per a microbiologist at Scripps, B.A.5 is “the worst variant we’ve had yet.”

[Anonymous]

I had covid on the 2nd week of June. Could it be BA5? It is very transmissible, spread through friends and family quickly and symptoms started at day 2 since exposure.

Symptoms are also not as light as Dec/January variant. It includes severe sore throught, malaise, chills, fever(on some people), congestion, cough and cold and extreme tiredness, makes you feel sleepy all day long for at least 3 days. I fully recovered and sometimes I still feel like I tire easily, and this rings true to a majority of friend and family who got it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We are at a pivotal point in the pandemic as it become endemic. We are all going to get it and some us multiple times. We don’t know the long term effects of multiple infection. We do no that for many that isolation, distancing, mask wearing also comes at a societal cost. Just look at airlines, incidents plummeted once mask mandate lifted. Everyone can get vaccinated and others will always be moresusceptible and vulnerable. What kind of society and life do we want to live? I’m willing to take the risks of long COVID and unknown long term risk to live a normal life and give my kids a normal childhood. I’m sorry for those that are not able to take that risk. I mean that sincerely.

This is all really easy to say when you’ve never dealt with chronic illness or long term disability. Would be interesting to see what you would say if your good health (or your children’s God forbid) was messed up for life. As another poster says this is just dripping with arrogance, privilege and lack of humility.

Please. Immunocompromised persons can wear N95 masks and social distance. It’s not like they didn’t have to do this during flu season every year before covid. Frankly, your post drips of wishing ill health on the PP.

It’s not that simple.

NP
Sure it is. I receive chemo weekly. I am immunocompromised. I will wear my N95 when necessary, and I fully expect non immunocompromised to go about their daily lives. We are waaay past 2020 people.

I don’t believe you. If you were really on chemo, you’d know that your N95 is nowhere near full protection for the newest strains of Omicron. Not even close.

I don’t care if you believe me. Just today, my oncologist said “go out. Do things. You don’t need to live in a bubble. Go to a restaurant. Only mask in crowded indoor spaces.”
I am 100% fine with my N95. Doesn’t change things because you don’t believe me.
Please, people, live you’re lives! Don’t let PP hold you back.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:any research out there on whether it's worth it for teens to get the booster with this new variant?

I have not seen any but the hope is an updated vaccine in the fall. But, they promised one last spring and it did not happen.

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Anonymous wrote:Glad I never got a vaccine for the vaccine resistant variant.

Ooooodf. I can feel myself getting stupider for having read this comment.

You should post on a conspiracy theory forum instead of here, where most people listen what actual board certified doctors say about vaccination.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are at a pivotal point in the pandemic as it become endemic. We are all going to get it and some us multiple times. We don’t know the long term effects of multiple infection. We do no that for many that isolation, distancing, mask wearing also comes at a societal cost. Just look at airlines, incidents plummeted once mask mandate lifted. Everyone can get vaccinated and others will always be moresusceptible and vulnerable. What kind of society and life do we want to live? I’m willing to take the risks of long COVID and unknown long term risk to live a normal life and give my kids a normal childhood. I’m sorry for those that are not able to take that risk. I mean that sincerely.

This is all really easy to say when you’ve never dealt with chronic illness or long term disability. Would be interesting to see what you would say if your good health (or your children’s God forbid) was messed up for life. As another poster says this is just dripping with arrogance, privilege and lack of humility.

Ok but how much longer would you like those without risks to stay inside, mask and quarantine when the best we can do via vaccines is already here. Another year? Two? Fifteen?

When has a healthy child's debt to others been paid?

How about we all work together given we all live, work and socialize in a highly populated area. What debt have you paid? I got sick a month ago, got better, caught something else and in bed for two weeks now? My kids have been in virtual and outside a few activities we are home and don’t see anyone. We,ve done our part and my kids will continue to pay the price for your unwillingness to take part in basic precautions. It’s not your kids paying the price, it’s mine. Your kids are not paying the price as you don’t care and did not teach them to care about the needs of others. It’s all about you and your wants.

The vaccines were not formulated for the new mutations.

So, you’re traipsing around and getting sick twice in one month and lecturing others about their actions? Ok cuckoo. If you’re running around getting sick anyway, why lock your kids up and make them into antisocial weirdos? You’re kids are playing a price alright…a price for mommy’s mental illness.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are at a pivotal point in the pandemic as it become endemic. We are all going to get it and some us multiple times. We don’t know the long term effects of multiple infection. We do no that for many that isolation, distancing, mask wearing also comes at a societal cost. Just look at airlines, incidents plummeted once mask mandate lifted. Everyone can get vaccinated and others will always be moresusceptible and vulnerable. What kind of society and life do we want to live? I’m willing to take the risks of long COVID and unknown long term risk to live a normal life and give my kids a normal childhood. I’m sorry for those that are not able to take that risk. I mean that sincerely.

This is all really easy to say when you’ve never dealt with chronic illness or long term disability. Would be interesting to see what you would say if your good health (or your children’s God forbid) was messed up for life. As another poster says this is just dripping with arrogance, privilege and lack of humility.

Ok but how much longer would you like those without risks to stay inside, mask and quarantine when the best we can do via vaccines is already here. Another year? Two? Fifteen?

When has a healthy child's debt to others been paid?

Don’t bother, they never have an answer to the entirely reasonable question of “what should we reasonably do at this point.” Some people just want to come on here and complain and wring their hands.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I had Covid last week. I wish I knew if I had this variant or the stealth variant.

I picked it up in NYC

If you tested positive, it wasn't the stealth variant.

huh? that’s not true.

Yes it is. It is called "stealth" because you don't test positive.

[Anonymous]

At this point the level of denial and insistence on running back into the buzz saw of these COVID waves can only be understood as a form of collective trauma response. You think you’re “moving on” but you’re actually performing a kind of dissociation. It’s so sad to watch.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At this point the level of denial and insistence on running back into the buzz saw of these COVID waves can only be understood as a form of collective trauma response. You think you’re “moving on” but you’re actually performing a kind of dissociation. It’s so sad to watch.

Way to pathologize people simply living their lives and doing normal things.