OT: Coronavirus Good News maybe

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

So about that shot I was supposed to get by late January...

 

[TheChamps990411]

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.

Science is in fact looking into all those things you mentioned. For about a year now.

 

[Improviser]

Science is in fact looking into all those things you mentioned. For about a year now.

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.

 

[TheChamps990411]

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.

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.

 

[NJHusky]

So about that shot I was supposed to get by late January...

Maybe we should ramp up production

 

[Scoe]

OJ just got his shot.

 

[temery]

My wife is a nurse and will have her second shot next week. I’m a teacher and eagerly waiting the news of when I can get mine. Rumor is late January.

Teachers even close to being at high risk should be moved up on the list so schools can be reopened.

 

[temery]

OJ just got his shot.

Hope they wore gloves before stabbing him.

 

[Devland]

Hope they wore gloves before stabbing him.

They didn't fit.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Teachers even close to being at high risk should be moved up on the list so schools can be reopened.

Oh we’re open

 

[Hey Adrien!]

Oh we’re open

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.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

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.

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

 

[formerlurker]

UConn Health cancels new vaccine appointments

All first-dose vaccine appointments at UConn Health scheduled for this week have been...

www.newstimes.com

 

[temery]

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.

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.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

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.

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.

 

[temery]

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.

My district refused to open the two schools it closed recently. They could have gone 100% in school for what they paid for laptops for every kid.

 

[ClifSpliffy]

Science is in fact looking into all those things you mentioned. For about a year now.

yeah, sure. here, have a soooooo obvious reality, starting in late 2019, and specifically and directly pointed out here a bit less than a year ago. seems like the experts are finally catching up on this one.
Can COVID-19 Damage Your Teeth And Mouth? Here's What You Should Know. | HuffPost Life
but youse knew this, amiright?
'... and this dental piece is sort of the new area of the puzzle that people are starting to work on.'
starting? i guess this obvious trend since late 2019, for those actually living in the real world, replete with active and regular personal contacts with pantloads of folks, needs superdata analysis before the experts recognize it's truth. pathetic.

 

[lange10]

So about that shot I was supposed to get by late January...

To be honest, I’m a bit shocked CT hasn’t transitioned to 1b yet. I accepted another teaching position in NY this past fall. NY began distributing vaccines to teachers on Jan. 11 & I had an appointment the first day.

 

[Palatine]

Get my first dose next Saturday. I have been watching the attached chart daily. It's pretty reassuring that something positive (maybe not the right word) is happening.

Daily Testing Trends in Usa - Johns Hopkins

See daily changes in tests performed and positivity rates in Usa

coronavirus.jhu.edu

 

[huskypantz]

Massachusetts just went under 4% positive rate (3.89% 7 day average). That takes us back to pre-thanksgiving numbers. We are trending nicely.

 

[Palatine]

This is very good news. The J&J single-shot vaccine is about ready to roll.

Only 66% effective at stopping the spread but it is said to be 100% effective in stopping hospitalizations and deaths. Which, if true, makes Covid much, much less dangerous.

FDA advisers unanimously recommend Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine

The FDA could make an emergency use authorization as soon as this weekend, paving the way for distribution.

www.vox.com

 

[Rocktheworld]

Got moderna first week of January. Second dose is 4 weeks later as opposed to 3 with Pfizer; I’m due Feb 6. I deferred the first round of vaccines for all of us in direct (COVID) patient contact and all my coworkers who accepted got Pfizer. Most felt crummy for at least 12 hours, and the second shot was often worse. Mine felt like a normal shot: sore at the site for a day but otherwise nothing. I don’t know nearly as many people who got Moderna.

 

[huskymedic]

Got moderna first week of January. Second dose is 4 weeks later as opposed to 3 with Pfizer; I’m due Feb 6. I deferred the first round of vaccines for all of us in direct (COVID) patient contact and all my coworkers who accepted got Pfizer. Most felt crummy for at least 12 hours, and the second shot was often worse. Mine felt like a normal shot: sore at the site for a day but otherwise nothing. I don’t know nearly as many people who got Moderna.

36+ hours post second dose Moderna vaccine. My left arm was pretty sore but I could sleep on it so it wasn’t that bad. All day yesterday I felt like I had a cheap alcohol hangover (tired, dull headache, eyes burning). Didn’t spike any temp but was cold all day. Feel pretty good this morning.

 

[huskypantz]

Positivity rate and testing 7 day average as of 1/29.

Alabama: 34.6 percent positive
New daily cases: 3,648
Tests per 100,000: 170.2

Pennsylvania: 30.7
New daily cases: 6,050
Tests per 100,000: 129.1

Iowa: 29.8
New daily cases: 1,010
Tests per 100,000: 80.9

Kansas: 26.7
New daily cases: 77
Tests per 100,000: 167.1

Idaho: 25.8
New daily cases: 508
Tests per 100,000: 112.5

South Dakota: 25.1
New daily cases: 187
Tests per 100,000: 89.7

Mississippi: 22.8
New daily cases: 1,804
Tests per 100,000: 238.7

Kentucky: 17.9
New daily cases: 2,934
Tests per 100,000: 319.1

Texas: 16.4
New daily cases: 21,052
Tests per 100,000: 367.9

Oklahoma: 15.9
New daily cases: 2,320
Tests per 100,000: 416.1

Utah: 15.8
New daily cases: 1,761
Tests per 100,000: 337.5

Virginia: 15.3
New daily cases: 5,121
Tests per 100,000: 373.9

Arkansas: 14.8
New daily cases: 1,892
Tests per 100,000: 372.2

Georgia: 13.5
New daily cases: 7,352
Tests per 100,000: 357.4

Tennessee: 13.1
New daily cases: 1,777
Tests per 100,000: 316.1

Arizona: 13
New daily cases: 4,671
Tests per 100,000: 655.5

Nevada: 11.6
New daily cases: 1,078
Tests per 100,000: 345.1

Ohio: 11.4
New daily cases: 5,432
Tests per 100,000: 364.9

South Carolina: 11.3
New daily cases: 3,938
Tests per 100,000: 657.4

Florida: 10
New daily cases: 11,423
Tests per 100,000: 480.9

North Carolina: 10
New daily cases: 6,490
Tests per 100,000: 566

Missouri: 9.5
New daily cases: 2,036
Tests per 100,000: 263.9

New Jersey: 9.1
New daily cases: 4,746
Tests per 100,000: 617.9

Louisiana: 8.7
New daily cases: 2,493
Tests per 100,000: 583.5

California: 7.5
New daily cases: 23,256
Tests per 100,000: 707.9

Delaware: 7.2
New daily cases: 663
Tests per 100,000: 804.6

West Virginia: 7.2
New daily cases: 787
Tests per 100,000: 660

New Hampshire: 7.2
New daily cases: 695
Tests per 100,000: 580.9

New Mexico: 6.7
New daily cases: 672
Tests per 100,000: 497.9

Washington: 6.5
New daily cases: 2,520
Tests per 100,000: 324.4

Indiana: 6.3
New daily cases: 2,819
Tests per 100,000: 603.6

Wisconsin: 6.1
New daily cases: 1,980
Tests per 100,000: 479.9

New York: 5.5
New daily cases: 13,783
Tests per 100,000: 1,186.6

Colorado: 5.2
New daily cases: 1,441
Tests per 100,000: 502.5

Michigan: 5
New daily cases: 2,255
Tests per 100,000: 404.4

Maryland: 5
New daily cases: 2,190
Tests per 100,000: 678.1

Montana: 4.9
New daily cases: 403
Tests per 100,000: 617.5

Illinois: 4.6
New daily cases: 4,191
Tests per 100,000: 732.6

Nebraska: 4.4
New daily cases: 813
Tests per 100,000: 724.2

Maine: 4.4
New daily cases: 284
Tests per 100,000: 688

North Dakota: 4.3
New daily cases: 144
Tests per 100,000: 403

Massachusetts: 4.2
New daily cases: 4,631
Tests per 100,000: 1,370

Oregon: 4.1
New daily cases: 720
Tests per 100,000: 404.7

Minnesota: 4.1
New daily cases: 1,316
Tests per 100,000: 489.1

District of Columbia: 3.9
New daily cases: 267
Tests per 100,000: 794.4

Rhode Island: 3.7
New daily cases: 745
Tests per 100,000: 1,798.2

Connecticut: 2.8
New daily cases: 1,426
Tests per 100,000: 1,888.9

Hawaii: 2.6
New daily cases: 94
Tests per 100,000: 321.4

Alaska: 2.5
New daily cases: 207
Tests per 100,000: 954.6

Vermont: 2
New daily cases: 144
Tests per 100,000: 1,100.3

Wyoming: 2
New daily cases: 62
Tests per 100,000: 1,271.5

 

[Hey Adrien!]

Got moderna first week of January. Second dose is 4 weeks later as opposed to 3 with Pfizer; I’m due Feb 6. I deferred the first round of vaccines for all of us in direct (COVID) patient contact and all my coworkers who accepted got Pfizer. Most felt crummy for at least 12 hours, and the second shot was often worse. Mine felt like a normal shot: sore at the site for a day but otherwise nothing. I don’t know nearly as many people who got Moderna.

For Moderna, trends show worse side-effects for younger people and/or people with stronger immune systems.

As an active 34 year old with no health issues, that trend matched up with me: quite a flu-like punch for about 36 hours with a fever around peaking at 100.4 (I’m normally in the 97.2 range).

It’s been 60 hours post-first dose for me now and feel pretty normal: was able to do my normal Sunday morning walking loop and work out after. Started feeling more like myself Saturday afternoon, about 48 hours after the shot: by lunchtime just kinda felt like a hangover.

My second dose is on a Friday just in case I need the weekend to lay low. I recommend the same for people who get the Moderna shot and don’t work at home.