That was basically my life pre-COVID. I’d get about 3 colds a year and the always hit me super hard and I’d feel like shit for a lot more than just 2 days.
I think when I start getting colds again is when I’ll feel like we really are back to normal.
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True but we don’t choose to get ill.
You have to use some higher-order thinking to rationalize getting a vaccine if you aren’t a masochist because you know how shitty you’ll feel a few hours from the shot.
I’m pretty sure we’ve all agreed not to kink shame here
My wife threw up after Pfizer, but she already had a headache before and apparently the vaccines make migraines 10x as bad. She had a migraine for 2 full days after the first, but the 2nd (Moderna) only gave her mild side effects
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Antibodies will be positive after you get vaccinated.
Not that I’m aware of, but admittedly hadn’t looked into it.
Yes. PCR tests will still work because the mRNA vaccine only has a small snippet of the virus’ genetic material, but in your case it’s too late for a PCR test anyway. So basically no way for you to tell if you were infected. Good to see you back btw.
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There’s some utility to understanding seroprevalance among asymptomatic people, but I don’t think nearly enough to encourage people to delay getting life saving treatment.
Meanwhile, over at the GOP Insanity thread:
My thoughts about CPAC have nothing to do with that realm of life.
No side effects to talk about after 24 hours of getting the 2nd Jab, sore arm is all and it’s not nearly as bad as the 1st time.
Interesting is that the doctor said all patients are getting the same two vaccinations where possible now as 2 of the same equals better protection was his comment.
I’m still taking 3 days off work though just incase this arm gets worse 
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The South shall rise again
That argument does shit. People who haven’t been vaccinated in America yet explicitly don’t give a shit about other people. It’s the centerpiece of their whole life philosophy.
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Delta strain sure as shit ain’t stopping people from travelling. It’s packed at the airport.
Majority are masking up while waiting to check in. A few are only covering the mouth while an old American couple a row behind me is going mask free in the airport.
I just finished reading Michael Lewis’s book The Premonition: A Pandemic Story. I’m biased, because Michael Lewis is one of my favorite non-fiction authors, but I thought it was pretty great. Like a lot of his books, it revolves around a small number of individuals rather than trying to describe events from a macro perspective. In this case, that’s a group of public health officials and scientists with varying roles inside and outside government.
A lot of it won’t be terribly surprising (e.g., there was no federal government response, a lot of what happened was predictable for those who were familiar with prior pandemics), but it’s still interesting to read some of the actual emails laying this stuff out in January-April 2020, when things were so uncertain. The things that stood out to me:
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The CDC, as an institution, comes off really badly. And not just because the Trump administration muzzled it. It’s basically framed as an institution that’s very good at documenting things after the fact, but very poor at real-time responding and decision making.
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When this small group of specialists (the Wolverines) would have calls among themselves, a few public health officials sat in. One of those was Amy Acton, which I think explains why Ohio’s response early on was better than most states.
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A real and ongoing failure is the lack of genomic sequencing of positive cases. I didn’t appreciate the extent to which genomic sequencing could describe the transmission channels we’re seeing. Understanding the transmission channels is obviously critical to making decisions about things like opening chicken processing plants or bars and restaurants or schools. For example, two people test positive at a fish processing plant in
Seattlerural California. If the virus has an identical sequence, it points to direct transmission within the plant. On the other hand (which is what turned out to be true), if the viruses have different sequences, it’s a signal that it was not passed in the plant, which weighs against the need to close the plant. This kind of testing would be critical to determine whether children testing positive are transmitting in school or not. But IIRC, we’re doing this kind of testing less than 1% of the time.
Anyway, good book.
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https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1414302142731522055
A big chunk of this country is literally in a cult. No idea how this ends.
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