COVID-19 Thread [V2.0]

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

I wish there were a single spot to sign up

This. I have a chronic condition with treatments that affects my immune system. I live in rural community and work from home so the only information I've been able to find is "wait for general public availability". It's frustrating that I avoid visiting family and friends because that is safe but watch people congregate in large numbers in the cities and hear about coworkers taking out of state trips.

 

Call your county health department, and get on the list of every health care provider and pharmacy that is offering shots. Then answer your phone, even if it is a number you don't recognize. You'll get an appointment.

[igor67]

I got bumped back a week for my first shot because of the storm delays this week.

[jerichoholicninja]

https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/02/covid-precautions-no-match-for-the-common-cold-and-its-ready-for-a-comeback/

 

To sum the article, it speculates that as COVID becomes less of a threat and restrictions are eased that common illnesses like the cold and flu will explode because our immune system hasn't encountered them in so long and will have lost some effectiveness against them. I too have wondered how our immune systems will handle not having much to do for a couple years. Especially for young children that haven't been exposed to all that much in their lives. Because he's never been in daycare, my almost 5 year old has only been sick twice in his life. He had a bad cold when he was about 1.5 and then had the flu when he was 2. He's in preschool now but it's a very small class and he wears a mask so I can't imagine he's getting a whole lot of germs compared to what he would have gotten sans-pandemic. I'll just make sure he eats even more dirt and licks everything for a little boost.

[FVBrewerFan]

https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/02/covid-precautions-no-match-for-the-common-cold-and-its-ready-for-a-comeback/

 

To sum the article, it speculates that as COVID becomes less of a threat and restrictions are eased that common illnesses like the cold and flu will explode because our immune system hasn't encountered them in so long and will have lost some effectiveness against them. I too have wondered how our immune systems will handle not having much to do for a couple years. Especially for young children that haven't been exposed to all that much in their lives. Because he's never been in daycare, my almost 5 year old has only been sick twice in his life. He had a bad cold when he was about 1.5 and then had the flu when he was 2. He's in preschool now but it's a very small class and he wears a mask so I can't imagine he's getting a whole lot of germs compared to what he would have gotten sans-pandemic. I'll just make sure he eats even more dirt and licks everything for a little boost.

 

Children are resilient. The population at risk for cold/flu are the same people most at risk for Covid. Elderly, people with compromised immune systems, respiratory issues, etc. Many in the medical community have been warning about this.

[PeaveyFury]

Most of the at-risk population would also have been, in large part, receiving their flu vaccines and probably their COVID vaccine by the time cold and flu season ramps back up, so those immune systems have been engaged in that regard.

[CheezWizHed]

On the news the other night, they were talking that there has been so little flu this season that several strains have likely died off.

[homer]

J&J vaccine has been approved for emergency use.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

J&J vaccine has been approved for emergency use.

 

This is terrific news. I'm guessing that everyone who wants a vaccine will be able to get one by early June or even May now. We might have a chance for a somewhat closer to normal summer yet!

[jerichoholicninja]

5 Pandemic Mistakes We Keep Repeating

 

This is a bit of a lengthy read and doesn't really have any new information but as someone who has hovered in the middle during this whole mess it was quite refreshing to read something that wasn't so firmly either "how many grandmas have to die so you can go out to eat!?!?!?" or "if you wear a mask you're a sheep".

[homer]

Seems like WI has turned a corner on vaccines - statewide at least. My parents just got their second shots.

[Zad Fnark]

Being a teacher, my wife's due to get hers in a week or so.

[reillymcshane]

J&J vaccine has been approved for emergency use.

This is really great. One shot. Can be kept in a refrigerator for up to 3 months.

 

Still a huge waiting list all over the state - but this will help significantly.

 

The one dose is great in places that the vaccine has to be brought in - like nursing homes. And it's great for rural areas where getting to patients (or patients getting to clinics and so forth) isn't as easy.

[FVBrewerFan]

I witnessed the distribution of the vaccine from Walgreens for my parents mixed-use facility. They were extremely efficient in how everything was arranged in advanced and then executed on the days they gave the vaccinations. They were actually done ahead of schedule each day, despite residents adding themselves at the last minute. Nothing ever gets done ahead of schedule in anything elder-care related.

 

My guess is there's a blind spot in the system for the elderly that still live at home, especially those that don't have family members that can help them set an appt. That's where the focus should be right now, outreach to those falling through the cracks.

[wallus]

I am now eligible for the vaccine and very impatiently waiting to get a call.

[stoutdude04]

I am now eligible for the vaccine and very impatiently waiting to get a call.

 

I am scheduled for tomorrow, but for whatever reason I am hesitant to get the first shot...

[wallus]

I am now eligible for the vaccine and very impatiently waiting to get a call.

 

I am scheduled for tomorrow, but for whatever reason I am hesitant to get the first shot...

 

Just make sure to not look to see where they are putting the microchip...

[igor67]

Got my first dose over the weekend. Definitely J&J coming online is going to be the answer of some of the questions on how to get the more difficult to vaccinate people done. I kind of wonder though based on it's profile if it wouldn't make sense (and it's possible it doesn't matter that much) to prioritize that shot toward younger frontline workers. MN is supposed to be getting 45,000 doses this week and just getting that many people 1 and done who are more likely to catch and spread might be better while preserving Moderna and Pfizer for older patients.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

J&J vaccine has been approved for emergency use.

 

This is terrific news. I'm guessing that everyone who wants a vaccine will be able to get one by early June or even May now. We might have a chance for a somewhat closer to normal summer yet!

 

Just to follow up on this ... the current administration announced today that it is expected that enough vaccines will be available that everyone who wants one can get one by the end of May.

 

This is awesome!

[LouisEly]

Hopefully that will allow us to have a normal Memorial Day weekend.

[nate82]

Hopefully that will allow us to have a normal Memorial Day weekend.

 

LOL! Nice joke!

[jerichoholicninja]

J&J vaccine has been approved for emergency use.

 

This is terrific news. I'm guessing that everyone who wants a vaccine will be able to get one by early June or even May now. We might have a chance for a somewhat closer to normal summer yet!

 

Just to follow up on this ... the current administration announced today that it is expected that enough vaccines will be available that everyone who wants one can get one by the end of May.

 

This is awesome!

 

I'll believe that when that happens. And don't take this as a shot (no pun intended) at the current administration cause it's not.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

I'll believe that when that happens. And don't take this as a shot (no pun intended) at the current administration cause it's not.

 

They haven't lied in their COVID response yet, so I have no reason to doubt this info. Things are certainly trending in the right direction.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

I'll believe that when that happens. And don't take this as a shot (no pun intended) at the current administration cause it's not.

 

They haven't lied in their COVID response yet, so I have no reason to doubt this info. Things are certainly trending in the right direction.

[homer]

I think US has been averaging about 1.8 million doses given per day recently and that's with a relatively immobile population so it's possible with the mass vax sites they get that up to at least 3 million per day.

[homer]

I think US has been averaging about 1.8 million doses given per day recently and that's with a relatively immobile population so it's possible with the mass vax sites they get that up to at least 3 million per day.