“ COVID-19 levels high ahead of holiday travel season..”

Oh no…

Virginia in particular is “very high”

https://www.axios.com/2023/12/19/covid-levels-cases-holiday-state-map

Is it better new vaccine for Covid in the works? If this one is unpopular and not effective enough then is at least a better one in the works?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:i don’t really under any the point. i got one covid shot when it first came out. haven’t gotten anymore since. Same goes for our entire family. we’ve had covid a few times and it’s definitely the most mild of all seasonal illnesses. bronchitis, strep and flu are wayyy worse. Who knows i could have had it more times than a couple, but i have run out to buy a test since 2021. waste of money.

In my entire family, we have one person permanently disabled by post-COVID complications and another person dead. Seems wayyy worse than "seasonal illnesses" to us (and: not seasonal).

There's no way you haven't had extended family members that died with influenza or pneumonia as a cause. People just didn't make a big deal about it when old/sick people expectedly died.

Your comment lacks empathy.

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Anonymous wrote:i don’t really under any the point. i got one covid shot when it first came out. haven’t gotten anymore since. Same goes for our entire family. we’ve had covid a few times and it’s definitely the most mild of all seasonal illnesses. bronchitis, strep and flu are wayyy worse. Who knows i could have had it more times than a couple, but i have run out to buy a test since 2021. waste of money.

In my entire family, we have one person permanently disabled by post-COVID complications and another person dead. Seems wayyy worse than "seasonal illnesses" to us (and: not seasonal).

There's no way you haven't had extended family members that died with influenza or pneumonia as a cause. People just didn't make a big deal about it when old/sick people expectedly died.

Uptake of the new booster has been lower than expected in Germany as well, even with their targeted recommendation for just the elderly & vulnerable. This is tricky as the EU has contracted with Pfizer to receive a pre-set number of doses through 2027. The EU has already been struggling with an excess of vaccines from earlier in the pandemic as well:
"At least 215 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines purchased by EU countries at the height of the pandemic [2021] have since been thrown away at an estimated cost to the taxpayer of €4 billion, an analysis by POLITICO reveals. ... Many of these [doses] now lie in landfills across the Continent. ... The [Pfizer] contract has already been renegotiated by the European Commission under pressure from EU countries suffering from a vaccine glut. Both Poland and Hungary stopped accepting vaccines and are being sued by Pfizer for non-payment. ... In the meantime, the jabs will keep coming, with the revised contract with Pfizer locking European countries into buying vaccines until at least 2027."
https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-bonfire-covid-vaccines-coronavirus-waste-europe-analysis/

Anonymous wrote:i don’t really under any the point. i got one covid shot when it first came out. haven’t gotten anymore since. Same goes for our entire family. we’ve had covid a few times and it’s definitely the most mild of all seasonal illnesses. bronchitis, strep and flu are wayyy worse. Who knows i could have had it more times than a couple, but i have run out to buy a test since 2021. waste of money.

In my entire family, we have one person permanently disabled by post-COVID complications and another person dead. Seems wayyy worse than "seasonal illnesses" to us (and: not seasonal).

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Anonymous wrote:People need to get vaccinated. It is the holiday season. Stop the spread for heaven's sake!

No, they don't. They need to stay home when sick, mask and wash hands.

Yet most will not do any of that, except maybe wash hands.

i don’t really under any the point. i got one covid shot when it first came out. haven’t gotten anymore since. Same goes for our entire family. we’ve had covid a few times and it’s definitely the most mild of all seasonal illnesses. bronchitis, strep and flu are wayyy worse. Who knows i could have had it more times than a couple, but i have run out to buy a test since 2021. waste of money.

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Anonymous wrote:Just got Covid. I've had numerous shots. I don't see the point if it does not prevent the disease.

It took you an extra two years to figure out what 86% of everyone else knows.

That the vax keeps people from dying? No sh*t.

Now, have you heard about masking? If you don't want to get sick, you should try that, too! Idiots...

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Anonymous wrote:Sadly, an old friend down south was sick but of course went ahead and attended her extended family get together earlier in Dec. Now her elderly dad is in the hospital, and most of her family is sick as well, preparing to give it to their coworkers.

It's hard to believe adults can't be responsible and stay home if they are sick, or at least wear a decent mask.

My parent had the booster and a few weeks after getting it, got covid and a few weeks after that died. Someone at the assisted living that they ate with had it and spread it.

So the booster was super effective? And you wonder why people aren’t getting it.

I'm so sorry for your loss of parent.

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Anonymous wrote:What are symptoms right now?
I’ve got a low grade fever, stomach bug type systems, headache and intense body pain.

Nothing respiratory…..

I'm 5:37 poster who tested positive on Dec 23

My symptoms are severe face pain (pain score of 10) stomach bug, congestion, body pain.
I'm taking sudafed for the congestion and tylenol. Used frozen bag of peas on my face as the pain was so bad.
Ice bags on my body to help with the pain.

I feel like I was scammed by taking all of these shots.

Ok interesting. I have intense face pain/head ache pain esp around eye…..
Wonder if I got it from a recent plane. What’s the incubation period?
I’m in another country too…

I'm the PP poster. In my case incubation period was 2 days. I am almost certain I got it from a kid in an unsanitary nail salon. I walked into the salon to get a lip wax. The place kind of seemed dirty. Two women were in there with a 3-1/2 year old boy. Boy was shoeless with filthy feet. (40 degrees) He had an extreme cough and and his face was blotchy red/white. Mom and another women were getting their nails done. I was kind of grossed out by it all. I should have walked out.

Nailtech who was working on the Mom's nails came over to wax my lips. She did not wash her hands. Yikes. I was freaking out.
I went home and rubbed alcohol all over my lips and face.

I think the Nailtech transferred the disease to me on her hands or I got it airborne from the boy.

Last time I had covid the primary symptom was the extreme (score of 10) face pain. I knew when I got the face pain again
that I probably had covid and sure enough tested positive.

For about 18 hour I had to put bags of frozen peas on my face and front of body.

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Anonymous wrote:Sadly, an old friend down south was sick but of course went ahead and attended her extended family get together earlier in Dec. Now her elderly dad is in the hospital, and most of her family is sick as well, preparing to give it to their coworkers.

It's hard to believe adults can't be responsible and stay home if they are sick, or at least wear a decent mask.

My parent had the booster and a few weeks after getting it, got covid and a few weeks after that died. Someone at the assisted living that they ate with had it and spread it.

So the booster was super effective? And you wonder why people aren’t getting it.

The face and mouth pain are no joke. Just got over Covid. No cough. Just massive congestion in ears and nasal, sore throat, fatigue and face/mouth pain that no amount of pain killer could touch. Also a little bit of stomach issues.

Good luck. The face pain took about 3 days to go away. Now, it’s just the fatigue and congestion.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What are symptoms right now?
I’ve got a low grade fever, stomach bug type systems, headache and intense body pain.

Nothing respiratory…..

I'm 5:37 poster who tested positive on Dec 23

My symptoms are severe face pain (pain score of 10) stomach bug, congestion, body pain.
I'm taking sudafed for the congestion and tylenol. Used frozen bag of peas on my face as the pain was so bad.
Ice bags on my body to help with the pain.

I feel like I was scammed by taking all of these shots.

You don't seem to know what a pain score of 10 means.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What are symptoms right now?
I’ve got a low grade fever, stomach bug type systems, headache and intense body pain.

Nothing respiratory…..

I'm 5:37 poster who tested positive on Dec 23

My symptoms are severe face pain (pain score of 10) stomach bug, congestion, body pain.
I'm taking sudafed for the congestion and tylenol. Used frozen bag of peas on my face as the pain was so bad.
Ice bags on my body to help with the pain.

I feel like I was scammed by taking all of these shots.

Ok interesting. I have intense face pain/head ache pain esp around eye…..
Wonder if I got it from a recent plane. What’s the incubation period?
I’m in another country too…