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Thanks for the info. I will most likely switch to another company during open enrollment and not bother with Elixir.

How about my plan that went up from $14.20 to $34.40 with no medication changes??? EnvisionRx was acquired by Elixir and that's the only change that I've noticed.

You must be joking....The last place I want to get my unbiased news from for sure. I usually read BBC and the Economist.

I had to get my two shots at the pharmacy as my doctor's office who's part of a big research hospital does not offer the Shingrix shots. My out of pocket cost was $169 each since I didn't meet my part D deductible. Well worth the cost in my opinion.

The count is now 123 cases related to this wedding. The venue supposedly misinterpreted the state capacity guidelines. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/123-coronavirus-cases-wedding-reception-millinocket-maine-big-moose-inn/

How about this for a super spreader event? https://patch.com/massachusetts/reading/s/h7z1z/boston-conference-led-20-000-ma-coronavirus-infections-study Biogen conference originally thought to have caused 99 infections is now believed to have led to 20,000 infections

In our state the current gathering restrictions are 25 indoors and 50 outdoors. If things stay the same, it would be extremely difficult to scale down from 150 guests to 25.

DD and her fiance canceled their 150 people wedding scheduled for May 2021. They didn't think that Covid risk would be any lower by then. Instead they plan to have an outdoor ceremony by his family's lake house for the 15 member family. A big bash will follow in 2022 for extended family members...

I agree. In MA daily molecular testing has almost doubled from July to August but positivity rate went down from 2% to 1.4%. Also due to the low positive rate, contact tracing has been able to trace 92% of cases.

Pretty much in line with our state. The overall positivity rate is 1.4% but in ten lower socioeconomic communities it's over 5%. The difficulty the state is having in these communities is that many workers who live in small crowded apartments are unable to quarantine when infected spreading the...

One of my two units needed two pounds of R410 when the tech was here for my first ever maintenance in early July. It's also 10 years old and we didn't even notice as it was cooling fine. The tech said it may have a slow leak or it may been undercharged at the factory and the installing...

I had my second shots two weeks ago. Got an appointment and was in and out in 5 minutes including filing out the necessary paperwork.

Up to date on all vaccinations including both Shingrex shots. I got the annual flu shots for the last 20 years and when the CV vaccine is available I'll get it as well (Not the Russian brand):laugh:

Good news. It looks like FL cases and deaths have been cut by half in the last couple of days. That's encouraging.

My part D paid only $40 dollars for each shots. I paid the balance of $170 but as I said before well worth the cost to protect against shingles.

Hopefully in cases only but not in deaths.

The correlation between the reproduction rate and the positivity rate is not clear to me. The Rt rate for NY and NJ is 1.03 but their test positive rate is among the lowest in the country at 1.1% and 1.4% respectively.

I had my second Shingrix shot yesterday after 5 months from getting the first. As with the first shot a slight arm soreness is all I've experienced. Both times the pharmacist advised me to exercise my arm and shoulder for a couple of hours after the shot and that seems to have lessened the...

The nursing homes in the states above were hit hard due to lack of testing in the early stages of the pandemic. 63% of deaths in MA were in nursing homes and long term care facilities. Treatment has also improved with corticosteroids, remdesivir with less intubation.

Israel's experiment with school reopening was a disaster. https://www.thedailybeast.com/israeli-data-show-school-openings-were-a-disaster-that-wiped-out-lockdown-gains From the article: On June 3, two weeks after schools opened, more than 244 students and staff were found to test positive...

Dr. Jha from Harvard global health institute disputed the CDC director's claim. https://www.boston.com/news/coronavirus/2020/07/15/ashish-jha-comments-cdc-director-robert-redfield-travel-outbreaks

My deepest condolences for your loss. Take care

Exactly what Dr. Scott Gottlieb stated on face the nation this morning. NY like Italy went to a complete lockdown which allowed it to reduce its infection rate. He said that in two to three weeks AZ, TX and FL would reach their peak but may plateau for a few more weeks without seeing...

Thanks for posting. We have avoided all 4 and above risk factors with the exception of getting a haircut which is number 7 on the list. DW had a haircut last Monday and I'm getting mine cut tomorrow. If the virus is spreading as it was back in April and May in our state, we would have avoided...

Florida and Texas have officially passed New Jersey in total cases according to Worldometer but their total deaths are much lower. I also think that Arizona and Georgia will pass PA in a couple of days.