|
Post by Mini Mia on Sept 7, 2021 16:51:43 GMT -6
Got my third jab today.
The spot burned for several hours, and is still sore. Other than that, I feel fine.
|
|
|
Post by Mini Mia on Sept 8, 2021 22:18:51 GMT -6
I was extremely cold during the night . . . not even a blanket heated up my inner core. The flesh, on the other hand, was pretty toasty. My arm still feels like someone punched me hard, and the spot was really hot, until now . . . it seems to be cooling down.
|
|
|
Post by Phalon on Sept 10, 2021 5:07:45 GMT -6
Glad you were able to get your third dose, Joxie, and hope you're feeling much better now.
|
|
|
Post by Mini Mia on Sept 10, 2021 17:08:26 GMT -6
Thank you. I am feeling better. The spot is a tiny bit tender, but doesn’t keep me from moving it about. I’m feeling really good about getting the third shot. One reason is because I got a reaction that some healthy people got with their second shot. And that has me thinking it’s because a third shot was definitely required for me to get the protection that healthy people get with two shots. So, in four weeks I will feel easier about getting out in public. I’ll still wear masks because of my weakened immune system, since the shot isn’t 100% effective against COVID and its variants, and because there is a new variant that the vaccine can’t stop. Thankfully, Mu is reported as not needing much concern, at the moment, as the Delta variant is the one most people are coming down with.
I noticed a few wearing masks when I was out this week. Small numbers, unfortunately. It breaks my heart when I see reports of the dying begging people to get the shot, and their pleas fall on deaf ears. I know people with a family member who has severe health issues refuse to get vaccinated, and I just don’t get living in the same house with this person and taking the risk of infecting them. How are they going to feel if they pass the virus to them? Whether or not that person survives, the guilt will surely be devastating. More devastating if that person goes into the hospital, and if they die.
I’m hoping that 2022 has a better outcome. That a vaccine with a permanent immunity can be produced. I really don’t know if the hospitals and medical workers can take another year of this. I’ve read that a lot of nurses have had to quit for their mental health. I know it must frustrate them that these waves could have been prevented. That the people they’re working to save made the decision not to protect themselves, and in doing so, have decided not to protect others as well. (I’ve seen videos of those wearing masks being attacked and coughed on, and I’m grateful that hasn’t happened to me. And I haven’t witnessed it happening around me.)
Be safe, everyone.
|
|
|
Post by Phalon on Sept 12, 2021 7:23:40 GMT -6
I honestly don't understand the whole infringing on personal freedoms and civil liberties argument over mask mandates and getting vaccinated. It seems to me people with those attitudes must have slept through high school government class (it was called Civics when I was in high school). The most basic concept taught about personal freedom is that yours ends where someone else's begins - you can drink alcohol, but you can't drive drunk (because it endangers other people); in some places you can openly carry a firearm, but you can't pull it out, wave it around, threatening to shoot random people; you can smoke tobacco but it where you can do it is restricted (because second-hand smoke is dangerous to other people); we have freedom of speech, but there are limitations when what we say endangers others. There are limitations to every freedom and liberty we have.
And I honestly don't understand what freedoms they are fighting over - what, you have the right to get a highly contagious illness and possibly die from it? Ok, fine.
But you don't have the right to pass it on to others.
|
|
|
Post by Mini Mia on Sept 12, 2021 23:42:28 GMT -6
|
|
|
Post by Phalon on Sept 16, 2021 4:50:18 GMT -6
Yep, what's that saying..."Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it."
Hubs got an upsetting agency-wide e-mail this week - a coworker who he worked with when we lived in Philly just died of Covid. His wife has it also, but has not been hospitalized.
|
|
|
Post by Mini Mia on Sept 17, 2021 2:52:58 GMT -6
So sorry to hear that. Sometimes I feel like I'm in the Outer Limits or something. There have been "doomsday" predictions ever since I can remember, and when the COVID one was made, I just rolled my eyes at yet another scare for nothing. I really wish I hadn't been so wrong. I never thought we'd ever see another pandemic with modern day medicine. And, although the vaccine was put out fairly quickly, it never occurred to me that anyone would refuse it. And I've seen more death bed pleas for people to get the vaccines, and it breaks my heart that it falls on mostly deaf ears.
Yep. I've had that quote playing in my head off and on ever since this whole thing started. Well, after I Googled other pandemics and read how those people reacted. It would be funny if people weren't dying.
|
|
|
Post by Mini Mia on Oct 8, 2021 16:51:50 GMT -6
I’ve seen reports that hospitalizations are dropping, and that it is believed this is a good sign that we’re on the home stretch. They think the variants will be weakening into something more controllable/manageable from now on. I hope they’re right. Maybe now it will just be a seasonal thing we get a yearly shot for. And we can soon discard the masks.
|
|
|
Post by Mini Mia on Oct 11, 2021 13:42:05 GMT -6
I checked on Facebook to see what my county’s numbers are, and the page hasn’t posted anything for a few weeks. There were comments on another post asking if that meant there hasn’t been any new cases, or if they’re just not reporting it anymore. There wasn’t an answer. Not sure if that’s a good sign, or a bad one.
[EDIT]
I did a 2-minute drill. And it ain’t good. The news page was updated today, and my county isn’t doing well. They posted this:
“Because of high spread, the C.D.C. recommends that even vaccinated people wear masks here.”
I hate to break it to them, but only a few of us are heeding that warning. Which explains why my county is high risk at the moment. And I guess that Facebook page has decided not to keep up with the rising numbers anymore. If no one is paying it any attention, why bother?
[/EDIT]
|
|
|
Post by Mini Mia on Oct 13, 2021 14:37:17 GMT -6
I had plans on going to a cousin’s service today. But his sister called my sister yesterday to tell her that she woke up to no smell or taste, and that she tested positive. (She’s vaccinated, so hopefully she’ll be fine.) So, I opted not to go. Sad that COVID keeps families apart during times like these.
Sadder still that some of the people in my county aren’t taking precautions, and that forces the rest of us to do the best we can to keep our distance. Just checked that news page I found. It was updated today, and it’s bleak.
|
|
|
Post by Phalon on Oct 14, 2021 21:04:03 GMT -6
It's pretty bad here too - the whole state is in the red category. The bosses are going to a funeral this weekend for a woman at their church who died of Covid. Both she and her husband got it after attending a big wedding in Colorado. Her husband was in the hospital for a week and recovered. She was in the hospital for three weeks before she died earlier this week. My boss doesn't know if either of the couple was vaccinated, but does know neither them "believed in masks".
|
|
|
Post by Mini Mia on Oct 15, 2021 0:49:44 GMT -6
Sorry for their loss. Have there been any vaccinated deaths? I know some vaccinated people do end up in the hospital, but can’t remember if any have died.
Once the government said we didn't have to wear masks anymore, that was it. Very few are going back to wearing them again. I do wonder sometimes how things would be right now if the Delta variant had hit before it was okay to go maskless. Would most of the people still be wearing masks? And how would that have effected the hospitalizations and number of those who got COVID?
What would the results be right now if more than the 33% of people in my county were fully vaccinated? I'm still grateful everyone seems to be doing their thing and letting others do theirs. No one has confronted me, or anyone around me. That's probably the perks of being in such a small county.
|
|
|
Post by Phalon on Nov 18, 2021 5:35:03 GMT -6
About a week ago, Hubs and I reached the six-month time frame since we received our second dose of the Moderna vaccine making us eligible for the booster. We both got it yesterday.
Michigan is now the hot-spot in the nation for Covid cases - 3 day total of new cases from Friday to Sunday was over 21,000 (comma is in the right place, and that's the correct amount of zeros); two day total of new cases for Monday and Tuesday was over 14,000 with 242 deaths.
The local hospital system had a letter to the editor in our town's newspaper begging people to get vaccinated.
|
|
|
Post by Mini Mia on Nov 18, 2021 14:16:42 GMT -6
So much for the predictions that this will soon be over. This year is almost over, and this is around the two year anniversary of when rumors of the virus started, IIRC. Although the first I heard of it was in February? Maybe the end of January.
I’m planning on getting my fourth shot in March. And I’m wondering if those of us with autoimmune disease, cancer, organ transplant, etc. should get two booster shots to the healthy person’s one. (One in March, and one in April.) I’ve read a story of one man with a kidney transplant who has had three shots, yet has no antibodies. He is just as vulnerable as he ever was.
My neighbor across the road, a distant cousin, had ALS for years, and his health was declining. And sadly, his young granddaughter caught COVID at school. It spread throughout the family before anyone realized she had it. He passed away several weeks ago. Hopefully, the little girl won’t put it together and start blaming herself for something she has no control over.
|
|
|
Post by Mini Mia on Jan 5, 2022 16:20:10 GMT -6
I read an article that claimed the O-variant is proof that the pandemic will soon be over. It spreads faster than the variants that came before it, and it doesn’t send as many people to the hospital as the others. This variant will give us mass immunity, combined with those who have been fully vaccinated. And it is believed that each new variant will be weaker than the one before, thus becoming like the cold/flu.
I don’t consider this a prediction, as it’s probably a lapse in staying focused. But, I’ve been forgetting to put on my mask a lot lately. Twice, I’ve walked into Church without my mask on, and realized it the moment I sat down. And then dig out the masks I keep in my purse. I’ve gone to the doctors twice, and realized I wasn’t wearing a mask just as I was about to enter. I’ve always been good about wearing masks when I’m out and about, so I did consider that maybe I subconsciously know that this is almost over. And then I roll my eyes and shake my head at myself, until the next time I forget my masks.
|
|
|
Post by Mini Mia on Jan 29, 2022 0:47:35 GMT -6
January 28, 2022
Total Cases: 1,140 New Cases: 8 Total Deaths: 26
|
|
|
Post by Mini Mia on Jan 29, 2022 0:52:54 GMT -6
I will be getting a booster shot soonish. I believe they have changed it from 6 months to 5 months. My last shot was in September, so I guess that means I should get the booster in February.
|
|
|
Post by Mini Mia on Sept 6, 2022 23:38:53 GMT -6
I got my booster in February, and another one in July, because I'm taking Methotrexate. (They wouldn't have given me a shot in July if not for the medication I'm taking.)
I always wear a mask when I go into a store. I tend to pull it off once I'm outside. I did that as I was leaving the grocery store. The woman who filled my cart followed me to my car to load the groceries. We were chatting, and all was well until we reached the car. I opened the hatch as we continued our talk, she put the groceries in, and at the end of our conversation she leaned in real close to me and laughed in my face. Now, in 2019, I probably would have leaned into her laughing as well. It just felt strange that she would do that now, especially when she saw me wearing the mask in the store, and I had it pulled down under my chin.
I don't feel it was done in malice. Her body language was relaxed, and her laugh came off as genuine. I'm just guessing that, for her, the pandemic is over, and she has gone back to the old ways before we had to be careful. My county was in the red the last time I checked, and I am usually the only one wearing a mask when I go to the stores and pharmacy in my small county. And, to be honest, I probably would be back to normal too, if I didn't have an autoimmune disease and was taking Methotrexate. Although, I do think I would be more careful around anyone wearing a mask.
My sinuses have been draining for the last week or two. I'm guessing it's a sign that Autumn is indeed slowly moving in. Either that or I need to switch to a stronger allergy medicine. But, now I'll be wondering if it's COVID. I'm really hoping I can get through the pandemic and not get it. Of course, it's here to stay, so I'm bound to get it at some point . . . I'm just hoping that it's when it is a LOT weaker, and when I have had the latest best update shot. (A newer vaccine version that includes these latest variants will be out soonish, so I was hoping to have that shot before catching anything.) Plus, I've heard some have recently died from catching the original virus lately, so that version is still out there making its rounds. And I'm hoping the new shot will be better able to fight that one too.
I'm hoping that next year will be the year that everyone can get back to normal, not just the healthy.
|
|
|
Post by Mini Mia on Sept 23, 2022 0:14:05 GMT -6
I'm getting the new, yearly, COVID shot next week. All of my previous vaccines were Moderna, but they only have Pfizer at the moment. I've seen reports that there are benefits of switching up between the two, so I decided not to wait for them to get in the Moderna vaccines. I'll get Moderna next year. I'll be keeping an eye out in case reports state that those with autoimmune diseases and health issues need to do two shots per year instead of the one.
I'm guessing that the pandemic will be over in the next year or two. Soon I can get back to normal. I tend to be the only one who still wears a mask when out. I'm just grateful that no one bothers me about it. Soon this thread will be locked up and moved to the archives.
|
|
|
Post by Phalon on Sept 27, 2022 4:43:09 GMT -6
I've been waiting for Moderna - it's here, but in smaller quantities than the Pfizer booster. Each time I've called it's only been Pfizer that's offered.
I still wear a mask when in enclosed spaces like the grocery store - still trying to keep Hubs safe. I'd say it's typically anywhere from 30 to 60 percent of people who still wear them around here, depending on when and where you are. Three of my co-workers and their spouses got Covid in the last couple months - all were vaccinated and boostered with the original vaccine; all had fairly mild cases except one - and he has an autoimmune disease. It took him about two weeks to get over the worst of the symptoms in comparison to about 3-5 days for the others who got it.
|
|
|
Post by Mini Mia on Sept 27, 2022 11:58:53 GMT -6
I don’t wear my mask when outside in town, only when I go inside places. I got the shot. My arm is a little sore, but so far none of the other side effects. I forgot and took my allergy pill the nights before, but not last night. I also forgot and took a baby aspirin when I got home. I take one on Monday and Friday every week, instead of every day. I’ve read some people have died from taking a daily baby aspirin, due to being unaware of an internal bleed. So, I thought maybe twice a week would prevent that. That maybe it would thin my blood a little, but not prevent clotting enough to stop a bleed. I have wondered if only one a week would work too.
|
|