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Waquoit said:
So my SO had her 2nd shot yesterday and has her card. I'm thinking if I can get on the list soon we can get some great travel deals!
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I have a trip booked for April school vacation. Looks like that’s a no go ( I took a chance back in August). The good news is I can postpone but have a year to take it once I do. The bad news is that there is no plan on vaccinating elementary school kids yet so rebooking for the summer is a crapshoot.
 
Covid is a real pain!!!! I got it from my wife who got it from a co-worker the week before Xmas. I'm still testing positive 25 days after first symptoms while my wife is negative and she had the bad migraines(still has them), coughing and breathing issues. While I had the mild symptoms(fatigue, dizziness, minor headache, chills, loss of taste and smell) and still have it. I can tell it is still around as I still have the weird smell(not strong anymore) in my nose even though my smelling is around 80% back now. Covid takes a lot out of you for sure, but I feel pretty good now even though I have gotten 3 more positives after my quarantine period. Kind of a pain even though technically I shouldn't be shedding anymore. I know this thing can remain in my body for 90 days. Ugh! I have returned to doing things like normal but still don't want to be around my 77 year old mother (who got covid in August and tested negative in 10-15 days like my wife) or get a haircut until I test negative.
 
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DCHuskyFan said:
Just got the Moderna shot, first dose, completely psyched and surprised it was available. Other than soreness at the injection site, no side effects thus far. I thought I might have had a fever, but it was likely from sweating while wearing a snow hat during a run :)
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Just got the Moderna shot yesterday afternoon and while the side effects haven't kept me from work, it was definitely a slog to get through the day. Classic flu-like symptoms (aches, brain fog, chills, low-grade fever, fatigue, nausea).

No matter what, one or two days of side effects are well worth it. Overall, everyone involved has been super helpful and kind and we all owe so much to them. Very thankful.
 
I don't know I have lost something off my fastball. I brought my wife home from the hospital,(hip replacement surgery) and jumped on our county website at 3:10. We were told 2 days ago we got 10K more shots and the website was going live again for registration at 3pm. I got so excited a grabbed my computer yelled at my wife to grab hers and started to sign up for the vaccine. What I forgot is my wife is on a walker in the middle of the room still groggy from surgery looking at me like I had three heads. This is an mess, and we are a third world banana republic. I need to take a step away from this and maybe comeback in better form around the time James returns!
 
Hey Adrien! said:
Just got the Moderna shot yesterday afternoon and while the side effects haven't kept me from work, it was definitely a slog to get through the day. Classic flu-like symptoms (aches, brain fog, chills, low-grade fever, fatigue, nausea).

No matter what, one or two days of side effects are well worth it. Overall, everyone involved has been super helpful and kind and we all owe so much to them. Very thankful.
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The 2nd shot is a doozy. Plan on a day off, if possible.
 
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I've been told that several places are recommending you don't get the 2nd shot as soon as you can. I.E. if shot 2 is supposed to be no less that 18 days after the first do not get it on the 18th or 19th day. Give it a few more.
 
pepband99 said:
The 2nd shot is a doozy. Plan on a day off, if possible.
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I had my second shot yesterday. The nurses administering were cautioning about the second shot symptoms. I had a coworker take a sick day from it, informally seems like half are having symptoms but they clear fairly quickly. I’m 30+ hours in and I only had soreness at the injection site. I’m not out of the woods but honestly I’m pretty pumped to be done.
 
huskypantz said:
I had my second shot yesterday. The nurses administering were cautioning about the second shot symptoms. I had a coworker take a sick day from it, informally seems like half are having symptoms but they clear fairly quickly. I’m 30+ hours in and I only had soreness at the injection site. I’m not out of the woods but honestly I’m pretty pumped to be done.
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Fantastic! There must be a pretty big sense of relief, thinking that you can now clearly see the light at the end of the tunnel. And a pending return to something like normalcy. I can't wait. But probably have 6+ months to go before my vax number comes up. Feels like sitting at the Bridgeport DMV.
 
NJHusky said:
That's what makes this thing so weird to me...It's crazy contagious...unless it's not
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It is contagious in the sense that many people exposed to those who have contracted the disease whether in the home or at indoor dining in a restaurant or at indoor family gatherings, have caught Covid-19. But, many in the same circumstances, have not.

Why is it that not everybody who is exposed, contracts the disease, yet others do. Even in NYC with the mass weddings and funerals, only a relatively small percentage seemed to have contracted it. Who knows why? Maybe the exposed but non stricken, have stronger immune systems that warded off the infection. If so, whatever hormones or genetic markers they have, should be found to see if those indicators might have thwarted the infection.

Yes, it would be interesting if a scientific study could establish why this is the case. Again, maybe it is something about body chemistry that confers resistance to those who don't catch it. Even with the highly contagious Spanish Flu , not everybody caught it and those who did, did not always die.

Let's hope answers are found, and in the meantime, that vaccinations will be available to all, very soon.
 
I was lucky to get the Covid vaccine, I work for a health care agency in Vermont and it was offered just after Christmas to folks interested but limited in number on a first/come, first/serve basis. Of course I said yes, first shot I didn’t even feel the needle, all the way home kept wondering if they missed. Next day, arm a little sore but that was it. Just had 2nd shot Monday, and I did get chills and body aches for couple of days. They record the vaccinations on a card you keep for records.
 
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Improviser said:
It is contagious in the sense that many people exposed to those who have contracted the disease whether in the home or at indoor dining in a restaurant or at indoor family gatherings, have caught Covid-19. But, many in the same circumstances, have not.

Why is it that not everybody who is exposed, contracts the disease, yet others do. Even in NYC with the mass weddings and funerals, only a relatively small percentage seemed to have contracted it. Who knows why? Maybe the exposed but non stricken, have stronger immune systems that warded off the infection. If so, whatever hormones or genetic markers they have, should be found to see if those indicators might have thwarted the infection.

Yes, it would be interesting if a scientific study could establish why this is the case. Again, maybe it is something about body chemistry that confers resistance to those who don't catch it. Even with the highly contagious Spanish Flu , not everybody caught it and those who did, did not always die.

Let's hope answers are found, and in the meantime, that vaccinations will be available to all, very soon.
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There have been suggestions about being o positive and having normal vit d levels but it definitely seems that viral load has been a very significant factor.

It is amazing to see how the flu is a complete nothingburger with the precautions we’ve put in place yet coronavirus still spreads like crazy. That shows you how much more infectious it is.
 
Improviser said:
It is contagious in the sense that many people exposed to those who have contracted the disease whether in the home or at indoor dining in a restaurant or at indoor family gatherings, have caught Covid-19. But, many in the same circumstances, have not.

Why is it that not everybody who is exposed, contracts the disease, yet others do. Even in NYC with the mass weddings and funerals, only a relatively small percentage seemed to have contracted it. Who knows why? Maybe the exposed but non stricken, have stronger immune systems that warded off the infection. If so, whatever hormones or genetic markers they have, should be found to see if those indicators might have thwarted the infection.

Yes, it would be interesting if a scientific study could establish why this is the case. Again, maybe it is something about body chemistry that confers resistance to those who don't catch it. Even with the highly contagious Spanish Flu , not everybody caught it and those who did, did not always die.

Let's hope answers are found, and in the meantime, that vaccinations will be available to all, very soon.
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Science is in fact looking into all those things you mentioned. For about a year now.
 
TheChamps990411 said:
Science is in fact looking into all those things you mentioned. For about a year now.
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Hope they find something answers soon.

Talk about contagious or infectious, I remember when I was a teenager that each of my two other siblings got the chicken pox , one after the other, and a little while later, so did I. It seemed that was common in siblings. Though I guess kids could catch it from other kids at school who were asymptomatic at the time. I don't think anybody who was exposed, did not catch it.

Wonder if they ever studied the chicken pox' s viral properties, if something about its properties caused it to spread. Viruses have components so I wonder if they can isolate a component with Covid-19, and see if they can develop better anti-virals to treat it. They have some already so hopefully they can develop more of them for the populace.
 
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Improviser said:
Hope they find something answers soon.

Talk about contagious or infectious, I remember when I was a teenager that each of my two other siblings got the chicken pox , one after the other, and a little while later, so did I. It seemed that was common in siblings. Though I guess kids could catch it from other kids at school who were asymptomatic at the time. I don't think anybody who was exposed, did not catch it.

Wonder if they ever studied the chicken pox' s viral properties, if something about its properties caused it to spread. Viruses have components so I wonder if they can isolate a component with Covid-19, and see if they can develop better anti-virals to treat it. They have some already so hopefully they can develop more of them for the populace.
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I assure you that people that have spent decades researching this stuff have tried everything you can possibly think of and then some. No rock is left unturned.
 
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Dream Jobbed 2.0 said:
Oh we’re open
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Same here. 100% in person unless we have to quarantine due to positive tests within the cohorts (for me, just once prior to Thanksgiving and for my wife, none so far).

Hope everything opens up in a few weeks, especially with the new South Africa variant lurking.

At least there's little to no evidence of community spread. Within our middle school of about 90 kids and 15 teachers, we've had six kids and two teachers out with covid, but all independently of each other.
 
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Hey Adrien! said:
Same here. 100% in person unless we have to quarantine due to positive tests within the cohorts (for me, just once prior to Thanksgiving and for my wife, none so far).

Hope everything opens up in a few weeks.
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We got a survey asking if we WOULD take it right around Christmas and we all thought we’d be able to sign up for appointments soon there after but no such luck
 
Hey Adrien! said:
Same here. 100% in person unless we have to quarantine due to positive tests within the cohorts (for me, just once prior to Thanksgiving and for my wife, none so far).

Hope everything opens up in a few weeks, especially with the new South Africa variant lurking.

At least there's little to no evidence of community spread. Within our middle school of about 90 kids and 15 teachers, we've had six kids and two teachers out with covid, but all independently of each other.
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There aren't many that are 100% in person. My middle school has 600 kids. About a 1/3 of the parent chose full remote at the beginning of the school year. 1/2 at the high school. They had to commit for the first 1/2 of the year.
 
temery said:
There aren't many that are 100% in person. My middle school has 600 kids. About a 1/3 of the parent chose full remote at the beginning of the school year. 1/2 at the high school. They had to commit for the first 1/2 of the year.
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I’m in elementary and parents are still flip flopping. A poor girl on my caseload started remote, went in person, went remote, and tomorrow starts in person again.
 
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