It's hitting in 7-14 days. Stay aware, mask up and plan for lock downs again end of summer. The vaccinated need masks again so there's that. It's a ticking time bomb.

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/29/health/us-coronavirus-tuesday/index.html

Mask wearing is going to come back.

Not because vaccinated people need them, but because those who have chosen not to be vaccinated are not going to wear a mask voluntarily. Ironically, almost every adult you see wearing a mask these days is vaccinated. The unmasked could go either way.

How do you know whether a masked person is vaccinated or not.

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/29/health/us-coronavirus-tuesday/index.html

Mask wearing is going to come back.

Not because vaccinated people need them, but because those who have chosen not to be vaccinated are not going to wear a mask voluntarily. Ironically, almost every adult you see wearing a mask these days is vaccinated. The unmasked could go either way.

Exactly.

I just saw someone on Facebook lamenting their Trumper friend who caught and died of covid last week...unvaccinated and took a trip to Mexico, daily social media posts, never a mask.

I just can’t with these people. I got vaccinated, I’m not also wearing a mask so I can pretend to care about people who won’t do either.

Anonymous wrote:https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/29/health/us-coronavirus-tuesday/index.html

Mask wearing is going to come back.

Not because vaccinated people need them, but because those who have chosen not to be vaccinated are not going to wear a mask voluntarily. Ironically, almost every adult you see wearing a mask these days is vaccinated. The unmasked could go either way.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/29/health/us-coronavirus-tuesday/index.html

Mask wearing is going to come back.

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Anonymous wrote:The funny thing is that we will never know how many people actually get the new variant since the CDC is only counting positives for vaccinated individuals if they die or are hospitalized, also a “positive” for a vaccinated individual is recorded after 28 cycles of the PCR test, according to the CDC direction which is quite low. The CDC is purposely trying to limit the data before we even get it. Why?

Because the tests can pick up dead virus in vaccinated individuals, that has absolutely no effect on them, nor is enough to be transmissible.

I'm sick. Our clinic refused to test me because I was vaccinated. So, we will not have accurate numbers. I have many of the symptoms.

The same happened to my husband. At Cvs the nurse actually asked him why he was there getting tested if he had already been vaccinated. 😤

Who is paying for all these tests you guys insist on after being vaccinated? You think they're free because you aren't paying out of pocket? Guess what? We're all paying for them. So just stop.

Whoa Nelly. You all right over there? Our insurance is paying for it thank you very much. We’re not looking for a free test. We’re looking to not spread Covid if he had it. Fever, chills, body aches.

Thank you. Ignore the PPs pretending to care about healthcare costs, when they just want to avoid **knowing** about covid transmission, for whatever weird set of reasons.

I'm not one of those PP's but even if insurance pays, they are usually passing those costs along to everyone through higher premiums and co-pays down the road. I think that's what the PP's are talking about regarding possibly unnecessary tests.

Would you also recommend everyone actively avoid seeing the doctor for a “free” well visit? now fully covered courtesy of Obama)?
What about a mammogram?
Routine childhood immunizations?

Your logic is flawed.
People aren’t concerned about rising premiums or taxes due to covered or free covid testing. Not at all.
People are very much concerned with restrictions being imposed again if our case counts start rising.
But it’s like anything else you avoid. If it’s there, it’s there, and if you just refuse to find out, it will be too late to fix it when you do find out. The only way to avoid another 2020 is to keep testing.

Colds are coming back.

https://www.statnews.com/2021/05/27/as-covid-dissipates-cold-flu-viruses-return-vengeance-2/

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Anonymous wrote:It's the "cold" that's going around. Read the reddit thread.

Bullshit. I had this cold as did my kids. We got tested due to suspected COVID exposure and all tested negative on rapid and PCR. This cold isn't COVID.

Same. I was a little suspicious because neither my husband nor I got sick, while my unvaxxed and half-vaxxed kids did, but both tested negative for COVID.

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Anonymous wrote:The funny thing is that we will never know how many people actually get the new variant since the CDC is only counting positives for vaccinated individuals if they die or are hospitalized, also a “positive” for a vaccinated individual is recorded after 28 cycles of the PCR test, according to the CDC direction which is quite low. The CDC is purposely trying to limit the data before we even get it. Why?

Because the tests can pick up dead virus in vaccinated individuals, that has absolutely no effect on them, nor is enough to be transmissible.

I'm sick. Our clinic refused to test me because I was vaccinated. So, we will not have accurate numbers. I have many of the symptoms.

The same happened to my husband. At Cvs the nurse actually asked him why he was there getting tested if he had already been vaccinated. 😤

Who is paying for all these tests you guys insist on after being vaccinated? You think they're free because you aren't paying out of pocket? Guess what? We're all paying for them. So just stop.

Whoa Nelly. You all right over there? Our insurance is paying for it thank you very much. We’re not looking for a free test. We’re looking to not spread Covid if he had it. Fever, chills, body aches.

Thank you. Ignore the PPs pretending to care about healthcare costs, when they just want to avoid **knowing** about covid transmission, for whatever weird set of reasons.

I'm not one of those PP's but even if insurance pays, they are usually passing those costs along to everyone through higher premiums and co-pays down the road. I think that's what the PP's are talking about regarding possibly unnecessary tests.

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Anonymous wrote:The funny thing is that we will never know how many people actually get the new variant since the CDC is only counting positives for vaccinated individuals if they die or are hospitalized, also a “positive” for a vaccinated individual is recorded after 28 cycles of the PCR test, according to the CDC direction which is quite low. The CDC is purposely trying to limit the data before we even get it. Why?

Because the tests can pick up dead virus in vaccinated individuals, that has absolutely no effect on them, nor is enough to be transmissible.

I'm sick. Our clinic refused to test me because I was vaccinated. So, we will not have accurate numbers. I have many of the symptoms.

The same happened to my husband. At Cvs the nurse actually asked him why he was there getting tested if he had already been vaccinated. 😤

Who is paying for all these tests you guys insist on after being vaccinated? You think they're free because you aren't paying out of pocket? Guess what? We're all paying for them. So just stop.

Whoa Nelly. You all right over there? Our insurance is paying for it thank you very much. We’re not looking for a free test. We’re looking to not spread Covid if he had it. Fever, chills, body aches.

Thank you. Ignore the PPs pretending to care about healthcare costs, when they just want to avoid **knowing** about covid transmission, for whatever weird set of reasons.

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Anonymous wrote:The funny thing is that we will never know how many people actually get the new variant since the CDC is only counting positives for vaccinated individuals if they die or are hospitalized, also a “positive” for a vaccinated individual is recorded after 28 cycles of the PCR test, according to the CDC direction which is quite low. The CDC is purposely trying to limit the data before we even get it. Why?

Because the tests can pick up dead virus in vaccinated individuals, that has absolutely no effect on them, nor is enough to be transmissible.

I'm sick. Our clinic refused to test me because I was vaccinated. So, we will not have accurate numbers. I have many of the symptoms.

The same happened to my husband. At Cvs the nurse actually asked him why he was there getting tested if he had already been vaccinated. 😤

Who is paying for all these tests you guys insist on after being vaccinated? You think they're free because you aren't paying out of pocket? Guess what? We're all paying for them. So just stop.

Whoa Nelly. You all right over there? Our insurance is paying for it thank you very much. We’re not looking for a free test. We’re looking to not spread Covid if he had it. Fever, chills, body aches.

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Anonymous wrote:The funny thing is that we will never know how many people actually get the new variant since the CDC is only counting positives for vaccinated individuals if they die or are hospitalized, also a “positive” for a vaccinated individual is recorded after 28 cycles of the PCR test, according to the CDC direction which is quite low. The CDC is purposely trying to limit the data before we even get it. Why?

Because the tests can pick up dead virus in vaccinated individuals, that has absolutely no effect on them, nor is enough to be transmissible.

I'm sick. Our clinic refused to test me because I was vaccinated. So, we will not have accurate numbers. I have many of the symptoms.

The same happened to my husband. At Cvs the nurse actually asked him why he was there getting tested if he had already been vaccinated. 😤

Who is paying for all these tests you guys insist on after being vaccinated? You think they're free because you aren't paying out of pocket? Guess what? We're all paying for them. So just stop.

+1000. Have you seen the test sites that are popping up in places like Georgetown and Bethesda? They look like freaking spas. Who the hell do you think is paying for your "free" tests?

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If you are taking immune suppressors, you were supposed to talk to your doctor about stopping them before taking the vax. That's what my family member with Crohn's did and yes, you stop the immune suppressors.

That's great that your family member's Crohn's was mild enough that just stopping the meds was an option. My kid stopped his immunosuppressants and ended up spending 4 months in PICU, and never got off oxygen afterwards. People on chemo, which suppresses the immune system, can die from stopping, as can people with transplants.

But since your cousin with Crohn's did it . . . .

DP posters. We have to people with crohns in our family and the docs said to time the vax around medicine dates (injections for us).

Different doctors have different opinions on this and sometimes even the same doctor will give different patients different medical advice on this. There is not a single medical opinion about how to approach vaccination in the immunocompromised.

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Anonymous wrote:The funny thing is that we will never know how many people actually get the new variant since the CDC is only counting positives for vaccinated individuals if they die or are hospitalized, also a “positive” for a vaccinated individual is recorded after 28 cycles of the PCR test, according to the CDC direction which is quite low. The CDC is purposely trying to limit the data before we even get it. Why?

Because the tests can pick up dead virus in vaccinated individuals, that has absolutely no effect on them, nor is enough to be transmissible.

I'm sick. Our clinic refused to test me because I was vaccinated. So, we will not have accurate numbers. I have many of the symptoms.

The same happened to my husband. At Cvs the nurse actually asked him why he was there getting tested if he had already been vaccinated. 😤

Who is paying for all these tests you guys insist on after being vaccinated? You think they're free because you aren't paying out of pocket? Guess what? We're all paying for them. So just stop.

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Anonymous wrote:It's the "cold" that's going around. Read the reddit thread.

Bullshit. I had this cold as did my kids. We got tested due to suspected COVID exposure and all tested negative on rapid and PCR. This cold isn't COVID.

I was in an urgent care last night with a sick kid, and the provider said he's seeing a LOT of colds. They're testing for COVID and results are negative.