In my defense it was only the direct nurses' stories. No editorial content from WaPo.
2019 Novel Coronavirus
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I have a 97 yr old grandma in Sarasota I'd like to see at least one more time before she goes. My trip in April got cancelled. Been a couple years since I've been to Florida. Hope to get there in 2021.Oh sure say it like that and it makes me out to be a horrible person
I live in the land of old people and part of me thinks that if you have made it to 90 and not living in a home you are probably going to be okay.
Platypus Engineer
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Most of the deaths are in people 80+, so makes sense for them to go first, Especially if they are in a nursing home. Plus if theyre vaccinated can have visit from family
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snickerd3
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Why not?? 90 is the new 80...at least around here. The nonagenarians I've met are still mostly spry and youthful acting. But I would never have guessed they were in their 90s. It is a stupid accident like a trip/slip that does them in. It starts a whole cascade failure situation.
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Agree. Had an uncle that was WWII vet, on Beach in Normandy on D-Day. Worked as linemen for electric utility. What nearly killed him after retirement was two small blood vessels in his neck burst, caused stroke.
I am actually torn between thinking it should be offered to the most likely to get sick and die from it first and targeting the people who are most likely to transmit it to the people who will most likely die from it.
However no matter if you start at the top of the age bracket and work your way down or if you start in the middle, its going to seem like a drop in the bucket for several months still.
However no matter if you start at the top of the age bracket and work your way down or if you start in the middle, its going to seem like a drop in the bucket for several months still.
I've wondered about this, is there any info out there about how fast they can distribute a vaccine?
Nothing official, but I've heard a couple experts say March at the earliest ... Summer at the latest... before the vaccine is widely available.
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Road Guy
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& Id assume the 15 Million people that already have had it dont need the vaccine? Thats only 4-5% but I guess every little bit helps..
I dont know if there is a plan to do all 320 Million of us? + the rest of the world?
The Spanish Flu jsut sort of died out after 18 months but it was infecting and killing quickly not like this one. This virus is like watching one of those 4 on 3 youth soccer games with no score that never ends...
I dont know if there is a plan to do all 320 Million of us? + the rest of the world?
The Spanish Flu jsut sort of died out after 18 months but it was infecting and killing quickly not like this one. This virus is like watching one of those 4 on 3 youth soccer games with no score that never ends...
I saw a news story that the vaccine appears to provide better immunity than actually recovering from the virus. Supposedly cases of people getting re-infected, but the vaccine immunity seems more effective. I can't explain it because I don't know enough. (**** the scientists are still figuring it out.) But I wouldn't assume that people who have had the virus don't need the vaccine.
I believe the drug companies are selling vaccines to various country governments. I have no idea how they will prioritize different countries.
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jeb6294
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Between the Bell’s Palsy, allergic reactions and “shaking so hard he cracked a tooth”, you guys go on ahead without me.
csb
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Knowing what I know now, I'd definitely get the vaccine. I still can't breathe as well as before and my brain is still **** and that is making me more nervous than anything.
Road Guy
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The idea of getting the vaccine seams weird after youve already had it seems strange to me. But I guess they have a flu shot each year -
note I am not a scientist, just an engineer, although we have to stamp **** and have accountability for life..
note I am not a scientist, just an engineer, although we have to stamp **** and have accountability for life..
My wife's niece had covid. Her doctor told her she can't catch covid again for 3 months. That's it.
I also remember reading about one of the NFL teams that got hit hard (Ravens I think). They had 3 or 4 strains in their locker room. Can you get one strain of covid and then inside or outside of three months get covid again, but a different strain?
What I've been told is if you've had Covid, and been fully symptomatic, you really don't need the vaccine. But they won't stop you from getting one if you want it. If you tested positive but never had symptoms, or only very mild ones, I've been told you should consider getting the vaccine.
But yes, the plan is to provide enough vaccines for every American to have one. However there's so much anti vax stuff out there now... I don't get it. Everyone bitching the loudest about shut downs and masks are the same ones refusing to do the one thing that will end it. You guys are like super Boomers.
But yes, the plan is to provide enough vaccines for every American to have one. However there's so much anti vax stuff out there now... I don't get it. Everyone bitching the loudest about shut downs and masks are the same ones refusing to do the one thing that will end it. You guys are like super Boomers.
I'm not anti-vax, at all...If you want to get the vaccine you should get it. I may get it...I'm just worried that like the regular flu vaccine it won't be effective against all of the strains. I've heard numbers like 90%+ effective. Well, OK. Is that against one strain that they have in the lab for reproducibility or what's out in the wild that's mutating? But...we just won't know until enough people have been vaccinated, just like with the regular flu vaccine in any given flu season.
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