OT: Anything Goes 40

[hawksrule]

Im masking again. I know it's not that effective, but any protection is better than nothing given the amount of braindead assholes who walk around coughing everywhere without covering their mouth.

It surprises/saddens me that so few people have gotten the newest booster.

 

[CallMeShaft]

I'm more or less forced to wait on getting the new booster.

Had tested positive for covid days before they released it and apparently you're advised to wait 3 months after testing positive before getting it. That was early September, so guess I'll look into getting it in December.

Cannot express how pissed I was about getting what was likely the delta variant, only for the vaccine to help prevent that variant become accessible days later.

 

[hawksrule]

I'm more or less forced to wait on getting the new booster.

Had tested positive for covid days before they released it and apparently you're advised to wait 3 months after testing positive before getting it. That was early September, so guess I'll look into getting it in December.

Cannot express how pissed I was about getting what was likely the delta variant, only for the vaccine to help prevent that variant become accessible days later.

Waiting in that case is understandable. But only 10% of those eligible for the booster in the US have gotten it. Crazy to me.

 

[Pez68]

Waiting in that case is understandable. But only 10% of those eligible for the booster in the US have gotten it. Crazy to me.

The variants just aren't as dangerous. So many people have had COVID recently, as well. Which is likely the variant you would be getting vaccinated against. Then, you have to wait 3 months after you've been infected. It makes sense to me. The newest booster has been out how long?

 

[CallMeShaft]

Waiting in that case is understandable. But only 10% of those eligible for the booster in the US have gotten it. Crazy to me.

I agree. I'm disappointed that I'm not eligible right now, but most people aren't in that same position.

 

[madgoat33]

I got it as soon as I realized it was out. Sake thing with flu shots to me; I dont care if its not super effective, it was free, so if it helps at all, why not?

 

[hawksrule]

The variants just aren't as dangerous. So many people have had COVID recently, as well. Which is likely the variant you would be getting vaccinated against. Then, you have to wait 3 months after you've been infected. It makes sense to me. The newest booster has been out how long?

The new variants aren’t as dangerous - for people who are up to date on their vaccinations or who recently had Covid. Someone who got the first two shots but nothing more may be in better shape than those who never were vaccinated, but the efficacy wanes over time, all the more so for those most vulnerable.

 

[Putt Pirate]

I tested 2 times for covid and got negatives both times. Just an annoying cold. Just disappointed in people not realizing where were are at after /during this pandemic. Brain dead to come and infect a bunch of people with your cold. Those days should be long gone.

I still wear the 95 masks on planes.

 

[Pez68]

The new variants aren’t as dangerous - for people who are up to date on their vaccinations or who recently had Covid. Someone who got the first two shots but nothing more may be in better shape than those who never were vaccinated, but the efficacy wanes over time, all the more so for those most vulnerable.

So the new variants aren't as dangerous for pretty much everyone? I can't imagine many people exist who haven't been vaccinated and haven't had COVID in the last year... Almost everyone I know has had COVID recently(and they are triple vaxxed)

The realty is that, as of now, the pandemic is over. COVID boosters will be treated exactly like flu shots for most people, unless we start seeing a bunch of hospitalizations again.

 

[ChiHawks10]

I'm in a similar boat to CMS. I had Covid the second week of August, despite being fully vaxxed. I'm not supposed to get it for another 2-3 weeks to be outside the 90 day window. I'll get the new, single-dose booster around then.

 

[hawksrule]

So the new variants aren't as dangerous for pretty much everyone? I can't imagine many people exist who haven't been vaccinated and haven't had COVID in the last year... Almost everyone I know has had COVID recently(and they are triple vaxxed)

The realty is that, as of now, the pandemic is over. COVID boosters will be treated exactly like flu shots for most people, unless we start seeing a bunch of hospitalizations again.

Please link to cdc and/or expert opinion that those vaxxed a year and a half ago and had Covid up to 12 months ago wouldn’t benefit from an updated booster, or that Covid to that subset is no different than the flu.

 

[ChiHawks10]

On another note, my 2.5 year old son's cast came off his leg today, broken leg healed well, stayed in place, and no need for a walking boot, even. So happy about that. Within the next week he should be back to running around on it like a maniac. Funny, it came off less than a week after he finally figured out how to walk on it with the cast. Lol.

It's 4 weeks to the day since he broke his tibia going down the slide at the park.

 

[Pez68]

Please link to cdc and/or expert opinion that those vaxxed a year and a half ago and had Covid up to 12 months ago wouldn’t benefit from an updated booster.

So link you to something I never claimed? Lol. So f***ing typical of your posting style. Absolutely obnoxious. I claimed the new variants aren't as dangerous. They aren't. Even for the unvaxxed.

Most people aren't in any real danger of hospitalization if they forego this booster, which is why uptake is so low. It has nothing to do with the booster providing benefit or not. It's how tangible that benefit is to each individual.

This is not at all surprising. Most people are not even remotely concerned about COVID anymore.

 

[ChiHawks10]

So link you to something I never claimed? Lol. So f***ing typical of your posting style. Absolutely obnoxious. I claimed the new variants aren't as dangerous. They aren't. Even for the unvaxxed.

Most people aren't in any real danger of hospitalization if they forego this booster, which is why uptake is so low. It has nothing to do with the booster providing benefit or not. It's how tangible that benefit is to each individual.

This is not at all surprising. Most people are not even remotely concerned about COVID anymore.

I think this is the big thing. Most people are determining that even if they catch Covid, now, it's a minor head-cold type of thing, and they move on from it like they do with any other minor illness, with symptoms subsiding after a week or so. Because of that, they're opting not to get the booster.

I'll get it because of high risk people in/around my life, but I'm not going to blow up about people choosing not to get it at this point.

 

[Pez68]

I think this is the big thing. Most people are determining that even if they catch Covid, now, it's a minor head-cold type of thing, and they move on from it like they do with any other minor illness, with symptoms subsiding after a week or so. Because of that, they're opting not to get the booster.

I'll get it because of high risk people in/around my life, but I'm not going to blow up about people choosing not to get it at this point.

I'm not sure the overwhelming majority of people would even know they had COVID at this point, without taking a test... I'm certainly not taking a COVID test every time I have the sniffles.

 

[hawksrule]

So link you to something I never claimed? Lol. So f***ing typical of your posting style. Absolutely obnoxious. I claimed the new variants aren't as dangerous. They aren't. Even for the unvaxxed.

Most people aren't in any real danger of hospitalization if they forego this booster, which is why uptake is so low. It has nothing to do with the booster providing benefit or not. It's how tangible that benefit is to each individual.

This is not at all surprising. Most people are not even remotely concerned about COVID anymore.

[Mod - play nice] I’ve been nothing but civil to you, and your constant lashing out like a wounded animal due to your inability to cogently express yourself is getting tiresome. What you said is that you “can’t imagine” there are many people who are both unvaccinated and haven’t caught Covid within the last year, as if that’s the threshold by which which one should gauge whether a booster is warranted, and therefore the low uptake of the new booster “makes sense to you”. Congrats on displaying the constraints of your imagination. Perhaps you can provide links to expert opinion to substantiate your claim, because your silly anecdotal nonsense is just that.

 

[Pez68]

I’ve been nothing but civil to you, and your constant lashing out like a wounded animal due to your inability to cogently express yourself is getting tiresome. What you said is that you “can’t imagine” there are many people who are both unvaccinated and haven’t caught Covid within the last year, as if that’s the threshold by which which one should gauge whether a booster is warranted, and therefore the low uptake of the new booster “makes sense to you”. Congrats on displaying the constraints of your imagination. Perhaps you can provide links to expert opinion to substantiate your claim, because your silly anecdotal nonsense is just that.

You realize this entire stupid f***ing prototypical Hawksrule argument started with you trying to correct my fairly benign "the variants aren't as dangerous" comment, right? None of the specifics you want to argue about mean shit, because that's a fact. THE VARIANTS AREN'T AS DANGEROUS. To anyone. That's a pretty common sense reason for booster uptake to be low(along with the other factors I mentioned).

The fact that you can't comprehend why someone would not get the new booster just shows how far up your own ass your head is.

 

[x Tame Impala]

Many people were resentful enough of the original vaccine, let alone the booster. I’m not surprised people aren’t prioritizing staying up to date with protections against COVID.

I got my 2 vaccines + booster and pending some major medical emergency where people are crowding hospitals or getting majorly sick I feel no necessity to keep getting my boosters. I got vaccinated and I did my part to be responsible when we all had to pull together. The pandemic is over. I’m done with that now.

 

[ChiHawks10]

Many people were resentful enough of the original vaccine, let alone the booster. I’m not surprised people aren’t prioritizing staying up to date with protections against COVID.

I got my 2 vaccines + booster and pending some major medical emergency where people are crowding hospitals or getting majorly sick I feel no necessity to keep getting my boosters. I got vaccinated and I did my part to be responsible when we all had to pull together. The pandemic is over. I’m done with that now.

And there's nothing wrong with that, IMO. As I said, I'll get it due to some high risk people in my family, but if not for that, I probably wouldn't get this latest one, either. I likely won't get one after that.

Young, healthy people are basically getting a cold when they catch the new variants. Mine was in mid August, and I dealt with a head cold, and a little bit of chest congestion, but was good to go within a few days. The longest lasting symptom I had was just Covid lethargy, and that was maybe 2-3 weeks of being abnormally tired.

Actually, the head/chest cold I caught 3 weeks ago, that WASN'T Covid, was far worse. It took me a solid 3 weeks to recover fully from it.

 

[Kaners Bald Spot]

Im masking again. I know it's not that effective, but any protection is better than nothing given the amount of braindead assholes who walk around coughing everywhere without covering their mouth.

I just got the rona a 2nd time and that's enough for me. About to do the same.

 

[hawksrule]

You realize this entire stupid f***ing prototypical Hawksrule argument started with you trying to correct my fairly benign "the variants aren't as dangerous" comment, right? None of the specifics you want to argue about mean shit, because that's a fact. THE VARIANTS AREN'T AS DANGEROUS. To anyone. That's a pretty common sense reason for booster uptake to be low(along with the other factors I mentioned).

The fact that you can't comprehend why someone would not get the new booster just shows how far up your own ass your head is.

Yawn. Your belligerence and ad-hominem are boring, and don’t disguise your weak-ass arguing skills and inability to provide any link backing up what I asked you three times to back up.

This argument didn’t start with me addressing you. I was talking with someone else, and you chimed in.

Didn’t say I can’t comprehend. The words I used were surprised/saddened. Misquoting people is ultra-weak, but apparently commensurate with your skill at discourse.

 

[Pez68]

Yawn. Your belligerence and ad-hominem are boring, and don’t disguise your weak-ass arguing skills and inability to provide any link backing up what I asked you three times to back up.

This argument didn’t start with me addressing you. I was talking with someone else, and you chimed in.

Didn’t say I can’t comprehend. The words I used were surprised/saddened. Misquoting people is ultra-weak, but apparently commensurate with your skill at discourse.

No, you didn't say you can't comprehend. You said it is "crazy to me". Which infers, what?

The variants are not as dangerous for anyone, vaccinated, or not. Despite your claims that this is only true for vaccinated or previously infected individuals. That's why hospitalizations are so low, despite COVID spreading like wildfire. Here's a link, and the last thing I'll say in regards to the latest "hawksrule's moral superiority" crusade.

Omicron Variant Infections Less Severe than Delta

Kaiser Permanente study shows that coronavirus infections caused by omicron variant had less severe outcomes and shorter hospital stays than those caused by delta.

about.kaiserpermanente.org

Yawn.

 

[hawksrule]

No, you didn't say you can't comprehend. You said it is "crazy to me". Which infers, what?

The variants are not as dangerous for anyone, vaccinated, or not. Despite your claims that this is only true for vaccinated or previously infected individuals. That's why hospitalizations are so low, despite COVID spreading like wildfire. Here's a link, and the last thing I'll say in regards to the latest "hawksrule's moral superiority" crusade.

Omicron Variant Infections Less Severe than Delta

Kaiser Permanente study shows that coronavirus infections caused by omicron variant had less severe outcomes and shorter hospital stays than those caused by delta.

about.kaiserpermanente.org

Yawn.

But no links backing up what I actually asked you to back up? Weak.

One can comprehend something and find it stupid. Get a dictionary. It’s not mutually exclusive.

When you get that dictionary, also look up the difference between infer and imply.

 

[BLKHKhockey]

I'm just getting through a pretty rough flu- not Covid. I was hit with something similar back in 2020. The most sick I've been in my adult life.

When I had Covid in late 2020, I wouldn't have even thought to get tested if it were not for the fact that I noticed my taste and smell gone. Very mild. Of course, that was just my experience.

Take it for what it's worth because it's Florida, but the state surgeon general recommends adult males against getting the vaccine due to a significant increase in cardiac-related deaths. The risk doesn't outweigh the benefits at this point, according to the analysis.

 

[Pez68]

But no links backing up what I actually asked you to back up? Weak.

One can comprehend something and find it stupid. Get a dictionary. It’s not mutually exclusive.

When you get that dictionary, also look up the difference between infer and imply.

Why the f*** would I provide links to backup something that I never claimed?