audreyh1
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We sometimes wear masks when exercising outside because the air quality is not good.
And, one of my friends got it twice.
He got it the first time back when the outbreak started happening, around March/April of 2020. He said it wasn't that bad, just felt like the flu. He was vaccinated in early 2021..
I’ve never heard of someone getting Covid twice. Maybe your friend just had the flu the first time.
I’ve never heard of someone getting Covid twice. Maybe your friend just had the flu the first time.
we've been living with this virus coming up on two years.I know of two people who have had it twice, confirmed by tests. The immunity bestowed on you by getting sick is much shorter in duration than the vaccine.
I also know of one fully vaccinated person who has died. Admittedly he was in bad shape.
The sad thing is that although he stayed home, ordered groceries online, his unvaccinated young grandchildren most likely brought it to him. That is damn sad to think about.
We don't actually know how long a natural case of Covid gives you immunity or how long the vaccine gives you immunity I sure wish we did, but we don't. Anyone that says otherwise is just guessing.
I’ve never heard of someone getting Covid twice. Maybe your friend just had the flu the first time.
Using a large sample of folks that I know and their store behavior along with knowing they aren't vaccinated.
I agree here. Given our current numbers people should be masking indoors and they mostly are not. I’m convinced that people are mostly paying no attention to the current surge or the CDC recommendations. Even other physicians I know socially, retired or not.
The news uptake determines how we think. Thinking the fatality is the only damage caused by COVID says it all. He already made up his mind so phrases like COVID long haulers or mask / vaccines do work mean nothing in his thought process.Your number is inaccurate. Survival rate is 97-99%, lower in the higher ages. Much lower if you are immunosuppressed. And survival is not the whole story. Covid survivors often have kidney, heart, and lung damage, which are likely to be permanent. Some develop insulin dependent diabetes as a result of Covid Vaccination substantially reduces the risks of a bad outcome.
The difference between your number and the CDC’s number is about one percent. One percent of roughly 40 million people is 400,000 people.
We wear seatbelts when we are in a car. No big deal. We wear masks when we can when indoors. No big deal.
Our neighborhood overall has become less social, but is slowly opening up after vaccination.
I've occasionally been driving in my car with a mask on, almost always because I'm on a short drive between locations where masks are recommended or required.[…]
So those who are amazed or amused by people who are wearing their masks in their cars while driving alone, I would like to say that they are wearing their masks not because they think they could catch COVID while driving alone with no mask on.
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When it comes to no smoking signs, everyone follows the mandate, but not with masks.
We all know the white elephant in the room as to why not.
Our neighborhood outdoor gatherings have continued and we all chat when outside. We have entertained a lot in our backyard over the summer and are planning an outdoor Halloween party under tents.
I just wrote to my cousins who are visiting from Michigan and are staying in a rented house 45 minutes away. We were going to get together, but they have friends flying in from a vacation in Vegas and they've all been dining indoors at restaurants. We are about to hit our six month mark on the vaccine but don't yet qualify for the booster.
We've been really cautious and don't want to blow it now with the Delta still rampant.
Good timing on this thread as I have just stepped into the house at 10:30pm having spent over 6 hours in my neighbor’s house with about 10 others at his 58th birthday party. No particular reason to celebrate a 58th birthday except that it has been a tough year and he wanted to get back to some normality.
In 3 or 4 days time I will do a home Covid test just to be sure, before going to a planned football match, so not exactly back to pre-Covid times.