Coronavirus prep

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  • Dnarules
    Dnarules Posts: 2,081 Member
    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    Dnarules wrote: »
    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    Theoldguy1 wrote: »
    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    jenilla1 wrote: »
    I still don't see how wearing a mask hurts the economy. We have to wear shirts and shoes when we go inside a business. What's one more item of clothing?

    Some people will choose to go to other businesses or states if they would be required to wear a mask.


    Going to another state every time you want a coffee at a Cafe or items from the supermarket seems a tad impractical.

    Sure. For many. However, I live in a historically democratic state and live about 8 miles from a republican state. So there is that! Summer 2020 looked very different just 8 miles away.

    In some cases, it's not about moving states. There are cities that have one set of rules and another very nearby that has a different set. If a person is against wearing a mask to shop, it's very easy to drive a few more miles to go to a location without the rule.

    Those people who reject wearing masks would be very much less likely to visit a place for vacation with a mask mandate.

    That goes both ways. Had I not had so much non-refundable money invested in my vacation to Florida in late July, I would have cancelled the trip and gone elsewhere. When we booked it, things were very much looking on the up...by the time the trip occurred it was a *kitten* show down there.

    We have a Florida vacation scheduled for late September with another vaccinated couple. We have a condo on the beach snd and our purpose in going is to hang on the beach. If situation warrents it can do very well without going out to restaurants etc.

    The only time we really felt overly "exposed" was in the evenings in Key West walking around upper Duvall after sunset. If that was low season, I can't imagine high season. Whole street just jam packed with people. We were staying on the southern side and it was much quieter and the majority of our activities were outside.

    September should be nice...it was hot AF at the end of July.

    September is not nicer in many parts of Florida :).

    ETA. I see he's talking about the panhandle. That may be nicer in September.

    IDK...when I was in KW at the end of July/early August it was 95* and incredibly humid and the sun just beat down and we rarely had cloud cover. Miami felt comfortable in comparison for the time we spent there. I think if it was even 5* cooler when we were there it would have made it more bearable.

    I guess it's all perspective and where you're coming from.
  • kimny72
    kimny72 Posts: 16,011 Member
    33gail33 wrote: »
    kimny72 wrote: »
    Fuzzipeg wrote: »
    If we are all now bound to get it what on earth have the last 18 months been all about in the UK.

    From what ive been reading on the CDC website, many childhood vaccine viruses first were endemic, but vaccinated people did not get sick, and so they were eventually eliminated once there were simply not enough hosts without a strong enough immune response to harbor and shed the virus enough for the virus to survive. Sometimes it's unclear whether a virus was sporadic (some people were infected but some people not) or endemic (pretty much everyone gets it but it's usually no big deal) before it was eliminated.

    Measles wasn't considered eliminated from the US until 2000. Rubella in 2004. Whooping cough is endemic. Polio first was endemic but was elimated in 1979.

    I will add that the idea that covid-19 will become endemic is a possibility, not an obvious fact. It is still a possibility that vaccine immunity will be strong enough to keep many people from infection. I think some government officials are getting impatient so they start to gravitate to endemic covid-19 as a goal, it sounds quicker. That would still be a good result, assuming you are able to avoid infection until you are sufficiently vaccine immunized and until the medical community knows how to easily treat someone who is unlucky and still gets sick.

    But I'm with you, as careful as many of us have been, we deserve the chance to still get through this covid-19 free, darn it!

    Endemic doesn't meant that pretty much everyone get it. It just means that it keeps recurring and is regularly found in the population. Cases can still be sporadic.

    Aaaah, thanks for the clarification.
  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,093 Member
    I guess covid prepping (looping back to the OP) could now include a dialysis machine, or a list of potential kidney donors:

    https://medicine.wustl.edu/news/covid-19-long-haulers-at-risk-of-developing-kidney-damage-disease/
  • T1DCarnivoreRunner
    T1DCarnivoreRunner Posts: 11,502 Member
    In addition to staffing issues, let's not forget that early on with the pandemic, NICU beds were reported as part of the total available ICU beds. I assume that is still happening.
  • MargaretYakoda
    MargaretYakoda Posts: 2,994 Member
    mjglantz wrote: »
    SModa61 wrote: »
    Apologies if this is a question that has been already covered, but I am wondering if anyone has stats for rate of "break through" infections vs second Covid infections. Basically, hubby and I are trying to assess the risk for my 82 year old vaccinated MIL by her being around a non-vaccinated person that tested positive for a COVID infection in May 2020. Is she really at more risk being with this person vs my husband and I, who are fully vaccinated with no known infection? My instinct is that it should be a draw, but I bet there is a more official answer. TIA

    My husband is in his early 70’s and has some significant health challenges. He didn’t have much of a reaction to either his first or second COVID shot. I am assuming this means he didn’t produce many antibodies.
    So I am continuing to not allow him around anyone whose vaccine status is either unknown or has chosen not to be vaccinated.

    If your MIL didn’t have much of a reaction to the vaccine, I personally would advise the same.

    I don't think the level of reaction to the vaccine has anything to do with your immunity. Know I read that somewhere. Seems like older people had less of a reaction to the vaccine (and more to Covid) while last spring younger people pre -Delta had more of a reaction to the vaccines and less to Covid. Now the advice is to get a booster.

    Nevertheless.
    I am morally and legally responsible for his health and safety. I am not going to take any chances.

    Seriously. THREE disagrees on this one???

    What in the world could anyone possibly be disagreeing with????

    This isn’t someone’s finger slipping.

    some people disagree to disagree. ie: some people are just disagreeable.

    you cant let it bother you hun ;)

    I forgot to say soap tastes like cilantro 🤣
  • GaleHawkins
    GaleHawkins Posts: 8,159 Member
    jenilla1 wrote: »
    Fuzzipeg wrote: »
    If we are all now bound to get it what on earth have the last 18 months been all about in the UK.

    Um, I think, it was all about waiting for the vaccine. Now there's a vaccine that mitigates the severity. Before, there wasn't. Realistically, we can't stay locked up forever.

    This Pandemic didn't come with HOW TO manual. Most of world's population doesn't have access to modern medical care or even access to any of the vaccines. Data coming out of Israel shows a short half life to stop the spread. Now we have 5 back to back holidays. Even the weather has gone berjerk.
  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,093 Member
    mjglantz wrote: »
    SModa61 wrote: »
    Apologies if this is a question that has been already covered, but I am wondering if anyone has stats for rate of "break through" infections vs second Covid infections. Basically, hubby and I are trying to assess the risk for my 82 year old vaccinated MIL by her being around a non-vaccinated person that tested positive for a COVID infection in May 2020. Is she really at more risk being with this person vs my husband and I, who are fully vaccinated with no known infection? My instinct is that it should be a draw, but I bet there is a more official answer. TIA

    My husband is in his early 70’s and has some significant health challenges. He didn’t have much of a reaction to either his first or second COVID shot. I am assuming this means he didn’t produce many antibodies.
    So I am continuing to not allow him around anyone whose vaccine status is either unknown or has chosen not to be vaccinated.

    If your MIL didn’t have much of a reaction to the vaccine, I personally would advise the same.

    I don't think the level of reaction to the vaccine has anything to do with your immunity. Know I read that somewhere. Seems like older people had less of a reaction to the vaccine (and more to Covid) while last spring younger people pre -Delta had more of a reaction to the vaccines and less to Covid. Now the advice is to get a booster.

    Nevertheless.
    I am morally and legally responsible for his health and safety. I am not going to take any chances.

    Seriously. THREE disagrees on this one???

    What in the world could anyone possibly be disagreeing with????

    This isn’t someone’s finger slipping.

    some people disagree to disagree. ie: some people are just disagreeable.

    you cant let it bother you hun ;)

    I forgot to say soap tastes like cilantro 🤣

    That's how the disagreers know they're getting to you. :smile: Just ignore 'em.
  • tiptoethruthetulips
    tiptoethruthetulips Posts: 3,371 Member
    Fuzzipeg wrote: »
    Margaret, Dementia is dreadful, sole destroying for all concerned, one can only try. You can only do your best for your husband knowing what he would have wanted. You are probably fearing what is to come for both of you.
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    Margaret, What I have written below is for those who have no clue what you could be expecting over the next years.

    It is commonly 10 years after onset before investigations start. I know its so very painful when their condition gets away from them. Just being able to watch as their frustrations increase, loving them just does not reach them any more, These loved ones who have probably tried to cover their difficulties for years, until it just becomes too difficult. Over time they become more and more frustrated as they become less independent, less able to communicate as the words don't come or come out wrongly, as their sphere of reference decreases, their world closes in, then their disposition changes totally. I visited a family member yesterday, a delicately placed knee blanket would have made all the difference. had the carer thought!!!

    I deeply wish addressing the underlying causes of, for want of a better term, their inflammations and cofactors of the end result had found relevance here. Our medics are still in the extremely dark ages.

    My family member is hypothyroid, they, NICE, UK, insist providing t3 does not make any difference, yet t3 is needed for good brain/mental health, there are many causes for someone not converting t4 to t3, conversion is not a given as is its purported to be. Never forget t3 is needed for good mental health and so much more.................

    Any of the other autoimmune conditions, PTSD, tinnitus/damaged hearing, are isolating, isolation enables covering symptoms from others. Even T2 diabetes and many other conditions can be involved. There can be one condition or several but there are health difficulties present in all who end up with one of the many forms of dementia. Its far from a one size fits all situation.

    Anyone is welcome to disagree with me but you need to have experienced in some close way or other. Dementia is a pandemic too, so getting to the underlying causes in the individual is vital. Internationally the care costs are going to be mush worse than costs of addressing the issues, even worse than covid.

    It's not easy caring for someone with dementia, my mother passed away in Sept 2020 due to advanced dementia/alzheimers.

    This is a ways off but for anyone interested, this is a free MOOC run by the University of Tasmania, starts in Feb 2022
    https://www.utas.edu.au/wicking/understanding-dementia

    Another free and excellent MOOC starting in Oct 2021, this addresses the lifestyle risks associated with dementia
    https://www.utas.edu.au/wicking/preventing-dementia

    I've done the second MOOC as part of a long term dementia prevention research project (and it was quite an eye opener as to the non genectic risks of dementia - The Island Study Linking Ageing and Neurodegenerative Disease (ISLAND) Project will involve a range of studies that relate to understanding who is at most risk of dementia and how we can self-manage risk behaviours to build resilience to dementia.

    https://island.mooc.utas.edu.au/
  • Fuzzipeg
    Fuzzipeg Posts: 2,301 Member
    Thank you Tiptoe. the course looks very interesting, something, I should look into more if I were certain of my child minding schedule, By the end, were I to qualify being out of area, I'd be back in the thick of it again. Its so good to see Australia takes an educative approach. Here I feel we are left to our own devices and whatever accredited scientific work we can find for free online. Thank you once again.