This is highly variable across people who have and haven’t had multiple shots. |
Your kid didn't NEED to socialize. You and they wanted to. You can spend time as a family. It sounds like there is mental health issues going on with you if you struggled that much. We had no problem with it and I will not take a shot to make someone like you happy to give you a false sense of security given the reaction I had, and when I always mask and still very careful. If you aren't careful, stop complaining already. You will get it and you will selfishly give it to someone like me. |
You wish, because it would justify your lazy-ass approach to not giving a fsck about anyone/anything but your stupid self, but plenty of people can read and follow simple instructions, and also care about others. You're not alone in your clownass approach to life, but you're far from the majority, dipshit. |
"my kid needed to socialize" is the same nonsense as "we needed the holidays to be the way they always are" and "I needed to travel". It's "I want" masquerading as a need. But if you're not getting your shot, you can't yell at other people about being "very careful". Get your damned shot if you're concerned about it. |
And all of this is self-reported, so who knows what's true and what's trolling. |
Ev.ree.baw.dee clap your hands! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 Smart people still do this. |
The last two winters (2022 and 2023) the peak of infections came around Jan. 15. No reason to think it won’t be the same this winter as Covid seasonality grows more predictable. |
Novavax was a game-changer for the two people in my family who get severe reactions from the mRNA vaccines. Just a breeze, sore arm only for one person and nothing at all for the other. You can typically walk into CVS and get it on the spot. |
Same for the three of us who were knocked out by the Moderna shots. Got Novovax this time (Costco has it and you don’t have to a member to get it), and it was great. No reaction at all other that slightly sore arm. We are all converts. |
Right. Everybody saying "it's not as high as it has been" doesn't seem to understand there's a warning phase as things ramp up. People aren't taking it seriously, nobody masks anymore, the wastewater is already showing the levels, but it's not bad yet. And then some idiot trolls want to talk about people pointing that out and claim they're "mentally ill". No, they're just aware, in as much as anyone can be in a country that decided not to care about the impact to people so that we could prioritize corporate wants. It's hard to stay reliably informed because that would make people want things we don't want to give them (meaningful sick leave policies, funding for vaccine studies, continued coverage for Paxlovid and other treatments...) It's not tragically awful right now. And no, trolls, nobody wants it to be. That's why people are trying to point out what's going on. Stick your head in the sand (or somewhere else) if that's what you're into, but the numbers are ramping up. The next few weeks are going to show higher numbers, hopefully not exponentially. Some people are vaxxed, which will hopefully keep the hospitals from being overcrowded. Some people mask, which can keep the virus from finding a new host. But an awful lot of people have simply chosen to not do either anymore, because it's "too uncomfortable", or not trendy, or painful, or doesn't fit their schedule... Smart people realize this is a setup for a mess. How messy you're content to let it be seems to depend on your perception of health/health care. The current strains seem to have a more mild effect for healthy people, but even if that's true, long covid seems to impact otherwise healthy people just fine. Disabled people sounded the alarms before Thanksgiving. Able-bodied (and for those using "mentally ill" as an insult, ableist) people are probably used to getting care when they need it and not really needing much. Some of y'all are about to get a rude awakening. |
Even if you project two or four weeks out from current conditions, assuming current trends continue, we'll still be fine. More likely, we're probably very close to whatever local peak this winter will have. |
Or just get Novavax. Sounds like side effects are minimal with it, in comparison to the mRNA shots (Pfizer, Moderna). |
Please measure "fine" in lives lost, assuming current trends continue. You do-nothing types are a trip. |
A very small fraction of total deaths. Or are you forgetting that people die of things other than covid, too? |
The cdc has completely lost respect and the public isn’t listening to recommendations after all the broken promises and lies. The pure bloods appear to have won the science debate |