So the nurse is coming to take care of you?
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Boris is covering it up! He’s probably going to start cutting off the internet of people even talking abou
If I see an obituary in the paper I'm never sure it's 100% correct until Jay has posted on here.
I'm 47 and don't have any of the underlying health issues like obesity etc. yet I'm getting my first jab on Saturday. I'm guessing they've done all the elderly and vulnerable people in my area.
I was in two minds about getting the jab but I read about people getting long covid and some of them are having long term problems so I decided to get it.
I was in two minds about getting the jab but I read about people getting long covid and some of them are having long term problems so I decided to get it.
Smart move. Illness isn't as sexy as death, so the media hasn't been doing much reporting on "long haulers". They make up about 10% of the people who catch Covid-19. Their illness persists without improvement. I've read first person accounts by people who have been sick without improvement for nearly a year so far, with no prospect for remission. Neither age, nor physical condition, factors into who gets long haulers.
And a number of people who have Covid develop scarring on their hearts, lungs, livers, kidneys, and other bits, after they have "recovered".
The good news is that some research is focusing on theraputics that would address this condition and there are a couple of promising candidates that may be able to help the millions of people who are suffering from "permanent" illness.
Until then, get that jab.
The squeaky wheel gets the grease!
A couple of little tidbits for those wavering on getting vaccinated:
Having gotten Covid doesn't provide enough antibodies to guarantee that you won't get it again, or one of the variants circulating from giving you another round of it. Just having a mild case the first time doesn't guarantee that the next case will be mild as well. In the first known case of reinfection, the guy in Nevada who got reinfected last fall, his first case was mild. His second case sent him to the hospital with pneumonia.
Getting the vaccine doesn't prevent you from becoming a carrier, even if you don't feel sick, so continue to take precautions until the case rate really takes a significant drop.
The only way to cut the rate of mutations is to starve out the virus and vaccinations help the population do that.
Okay, bully pulpit closed.
Having gotten Covid doesn't provide enough antibodies to guarantee that you won't get it again, or one of the variants circulating from giving you another round of it. Just having a mild case the first time doesn't guarantee that the next case will be mild as well. In the first known case of reinfection, the guy in Nevada who got reinfected last fall, his first case was mild. His second case sent him to the hospital with pneumonia.
Getting the vaccine doesn't prevent you from becoming a carrier, even if you don't feel sick, so continue to take precautions until the case rate really takes a significant drop.
The only way to cut the rate of mutations is to starve out the virus and vaccinations help the population do that.
Okay, bully pulpit closed.
I had (thankfully) a mild case in October of last year. Lingering breathing issues that are starting to pass. I work in healthcare so have had both doses of the vaccine last month. I don’t wish this on anyone. Just had a high school friend pass who was by all appearances healthy. We are mid 50’s. Get the vaccine as soon as you can.
Australia is yet to begin - scheduled to start tomorrow Mon 22nd Feb.
Thankfully our case numbers are amongst the lowest in the world.
Some early studies are starting to show transmission/infection rates way down post-vaccination. Still a long way to go on those studies, but early signs are showing more promise on transmission than originally put out there which is good.
I'm 10 days post-dose #2 of Moderna. Had some mild symptoms for 24 hours, then gone. My wife had no symptoms at all to either dose. The whole thing is pretty interesting.
Canadian here, you guys are getting vaccines?
Should be around June when the wife and I get the jab.
As for Jay being in the news, we all knew it would happen one day.
Should be around June when the wife and I get the jab.
As for Jay being in the news, we all knew it would happen one day.
BJ telling porkies? Who would have thought it? I speak as a former denizen of London who didn't vote for him to become mayor - at the risk of getting into trouble with the mods - who are more than welcome to delete this bit if breaks any rules:
Coming out of a polling station on London Mayor election day I was approached by one BJ's canvassers who rather presumptuously in my opinion (I was dressed for a client meeting which might have confused him) addressed me thus:
party bloke: "I trust I can mark you down as voting for Boris?
me: "I wouldn't vote for that feckin' eejit if it was a one party state, he was the only candidate, voting was compulsory and I had to provide my name and address to vote"
party bloke: he just stood there open mouthed and completely at a loss as to what to do or say
me: "if that doesn't fit on your form; you can put down NO"
Apparently my brother had a similar conversation in the last general election when some twit rang the door bell and interrupted his dinner to canvass for BJ's candidate - one Matt Hancock.
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Back to the jabs... ...rollout has started in Brazil - well; it has according to the Federal Government. Papers recently reported that São Paulo and Rio states are seeking to take control and manage their own vaccine orders because although we had officially started no one had been vaccinated because there wasn't any vaccine...
Coming out of a polling station on London Mayor election day I was approached by one BJ's canvassers who rather presumptuously in my opinion (I was dressed for a client meeting which might have confused him) addressed me thus:
party bloke: "I trust I can mark you down as voting for Boris?
me: "I wouldn't vote for that feckin' eejit if it was a one party state, he was the only candidate, voting was compulsory and I had to provide my name and address to vote"
party bloke: he just stood there open mouthed and completely at a loss as to what to do or say
me: "if that doesn't fit on your form; you can put down NO"
Apparently my brother had a similar conversation in the last general election when some twit rang the door bell and interrupted his dinner to canvass for BJ's candidate - one Matt Hancock.
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Back to the jabs... ...rollout has started in Brazil - well; it has according to the Federal Government. Papers recently reported that São Paulo and Rio states are seeking to take control and manage their own vaccine orders because although we had officially started no one had been vaccinated because there wasn't any vaccine...
"Getting the vaccine doesn't prevent you from becoming a carrier"
Took me an age to explain that to my Mother. Mind you she is 85 and more than a little ga-ga
"As for Jay being in the news, we all knew it would happen one day."
Mike, it wasn't my first time on TV, I appeared on BBC Panorama aged about 13!
Regards,
Jay.
Took me an age to explain that to my Mother. Mind you she is 85 and more than a little ga-ga
"As for Jay being in the news, we all knew it would happen one day."
Mike, it wasn't my first time on TV, I appeared on BBC Panorama aged about 13!
Regards,
Jay.
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