There has never been a vaccine with this much urgency behind it, not even close. Bill Gates is Jesus right now for all I’m concerned. I’m fairly optimistic we’ll have something - based on how the studies sound.
What distribution will look like, and what kinds of problems the moron anti-vaxxers will cause is a big wildcard.
I have faith in humanity’s ability to fuck it up. Can anyone really make an honest case that pessimism is completely unjustified?
Pessimism is always justified. The trick is figuring out when to lean the other way.
I’m willing to lean into a vaccine a bit based on multiple trials in stage 3 now sounding promising, and not hearing anything for a while about this thing mutating too much for a vaccine to be effective.
And Bill MFing Gates, who’s basically filling in for what a competent US govt should be doing - funding multiple studies in a shotgun approach. I have so much more faith in Gates to get this right than the CDC right now.
I’m optimistic about a vaccine, but not for another year.
It takes time to know a vaccine won’t cause other issues. You can’t rush time.
It does seem like some of the candidates may be effective at creating antibodies so likely to protect some meaningful % of takers from getting covid.
I can make a case for cynicism. Pessimism is a step too far for me. Not that I don’t lean that direction sometimes, I just don’t find use in futility, so I keep my eye on the horizon until it’s gone.
There’s good reason to be optimistic about an effective vaccine to be rolled out within a year from everything I’ve been reading. But from what I hear, an enormous percentage of the US won’t get one. Kinda sucks if you have immunodeficiency problems.
Walgreens has flu shots available. On the one hand, the way I live now makes it really unlikely I could get the flu. On the other hand, and flu/COVID combo is no bueno. So it’s a yes to flu shot right?
Yes
I feel like I got the flu shot 6 months ago. Is it already time again?
Chikungunya is possible, the one-sidedness is a thing sometimes.
Definitely. It’s not just about this year. Flu shots are not always perfect, but each one helps you build up your immune repertoire.
Made it to Louisville. There was no one in my row on either flight, so I’ll chalk that up to good luck and the fact that I bought the ticket this morning, so not much time for the flights to fill up.
mask discipline was good in all 3 airports, thought I was practically running through Minneapolis to make my connection on time. Forgot how big that place is.
i will start my 14-21 day timer from August 16th, I guess.
My Aunt was doing better today, so I’ll get to see her tomorrow, I hope. I feel bad for my sister, who is severely immune compromised (way more than me) and can’t come. I’m so angry and stressed thinking how much we who have taken this seriously have carried the weight of fucking sorority houses and MAGAts…Half my time crying today was about that more than my aunt. grrrr
Symptoms usually show up within a week.
Get yer fucking flu shots people, I’ve been saying this the whole time.
It was recently announced that all U of California students, staff, and faculty must get the flu shot this year to be on campus. We need to do our part to stay out of hospitals right now.
Dude go to a doctor again. A different one if you need to. Blood clot in your brain isn’t somethign to scoff at.
This is not how covid or blood clots work
careful with the PPIs they’ve been shown to have some issues long term.