I’ve read a couple of scholarly sources (can’t find them now), that indicate that covid is actually almost certainly a more severe/contagious/deadly disease then the spanish flu was, the only reason more people haven’t died is because of 100 years worth of medical advances. I don’t know that comparing Covid to the Spanish Flu is all that helpful here.
It was like having a bad hangover for me. Granted I haven’t had a hangover in about 20 years so my memory might be fuzzy. I just slept a lot the next day.
Lol yea we’re not gonna get above 60% without forcing people. I’ve been saying that for a minute.
But, I think if you are fully vaccinated, the worst is over (for you) and life can continue somewhat normally in terms of not worrying about killing people as a carrier or whatever, or getting severe disease yourself (at least in the short term ~1 year).
Sucks for the people who can’t get vaccinated who are gonna die. I’m aware I’m privileged but at this point I feel I’ve done all I can in my extended circle to educate and help people get their doses. What else can I do really.
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We’re at 38% first shot without forcing anyone. You really think it’s going to slow down that much?
Not sure I entirely buy that. Spanish Flu tended to kill younger people instead of oldsters. Regardless, comparisons between the two probably aren’t super apt.
Anecdotally yea. Everyone I know that doesn’t have a shot already in their arm isn’t getting one, with maybe one exception I can think of.
Just ask around. You’ll be shocked. There’s a huge moron % of this country and it isn’t limited to the ~30% of deplorables or whatever.
Then there’s the poor non-morons, like this guy who works at the golf course who I’m friendly with. He’s a minority and works 7 days a week, cannot afford to take work off for it. He will never get one without the govt making it easy for him to. Right now it’s only really open for the white and wealthy for all intents and purposes.
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Haven’t seen that but think it’s likely, if you find them I’d be interested
I sort of put him on the spot with my examples, I dont think he really meant it in that way.
Balancing out the Pfizer range here - wife and I both just north of 40, effectively zero reaction other than a bit of a sore arm and maaaybe felt a touch off. Nothing close to registering as “sick”.
Here’s one of them: Looked at NYC deaths in 1918 flu compared to peak of covid:
Here’s what I was referring to, I inverted it slightly in my post I think, but same principle:
Here’s an article (not a research paper), with two quotes from epidemiologists who also indicated they thought covid-19 was more transmissible, and more deadly then Spanish Flu, it’s just the difference in medical technology and society’s response that explains the different IFR’s:
Some people just let their antibodies run wild.
Got shot on Thursday after work. I started feeling mild symptoms a few hours after the shot. Just in case, I called out Friday and it was a good thing I did. I was basically useless Friday. Saturday and Sunday were pretty up-and-down. I woke up feeling fine for a few hours and then crashed. Took some Tylenol and drank water and felt fine. Then crashed again. It was like an extended hangover. On Monday I felt fine.
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https://twitter.com/pollreport/status/1382428575853203457
https://twitter.com/pollreport/status/1382428007898378240
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Got my first shot yesterday and never had a needle hurt as much as that one and my arm hurts like a mf today with some slight chills.
This was the astrazeneca by the way as I live in lol Canada and have no idea how long I would have to wait for either pfizer or moderna as far as blood clots go I drink enough for that not to be a problem.
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Ah Quinnipiac. Such a great pollster. You guys remember when Joe Biden beat Trump by 20 points, carrying states like Louisiana and Montana? And how we took the Senate with a filibuster-proof majority?
I was mostly just really tired and didn’t eat for a week
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Other than Trump influenced elections, the biggest one-off Bradley Effect monster of them all, hasn’t THE Q been pretty well-respected?
Well I went from not sure to sure the pause was dumb to sure the pause was smart in ~24 hours.
Maybe I’m not so sure.
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