Coronavirus prep
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SuzySunshine99 wrote: »RE: testing and positivity rates...
Since I've returned to work about a month ago, my company has been testing us twice a week, using a private lab. I imagine a lot of companies are doing the same. Im curious if they report the results, both positive and negative, to the local heath authorities. I just wonder if it's up to the private company if they want to report their numbers, or if they are required to.
The results from a private company, who is testing everyone, would actually give you a better idea of the community positivity rate. Most people who are getting tested at public sites are going because they have symptoms or have been exposed, which is going to skew the numbers.
That may depend on where you are. Hubby and I have never been exposed, but between us, we have done 3 tests and 4th in two weeks. All have been precautionary due to travel. And given the state of my county, travel is IMO less concerning than just living at home, so a little illogical in our case, but following state guidelines.
Whereas where I live, you can only get the public test if you have symptoms or if the national authorities contact you to tell you you are at risk (e.g. close contact of someone who tested positive). If you want to do it as a precaution, or because you might have been in close contact but you were not informed by the authorities and do not have symptoms yourself, you need to pay.1 -
Getting thoughts on behalf of daughter. Yesterday, she came to me (I was babysitting during their work from home) and said she had a question and was stressing. Basically, her boss wants all staff to get the COVID vaccine now (she works for a hospital, but does not have contact with any patients). DD wants the vaccine, but feels very guilty accepting it as she feels that she would be taking a vaccination from someone in more critical need. I don't want to bias your responses, so I will not share my response. Curious what yours might be.
I don't know what state you're in, but given that at least some states are disposing of the vaccine rather than offering it to people in lower priority groups, I would choose to take the vaccine if offered.
If I was completely confident that it would get to someone else who might need it more than me, then I would turn it down. But I wouldn't have that level of confidence today.11 -
Getting thoughts on behalf of daughter. Yesterday, she came to me (I was babysitting during their work from home) and said she had a question and was stressing. Basically, her boss wants all staff to get the COVID vaccine now (she works for a hospital, but does not have contact with any patients). DD wants the vaccine, but feels very guilty accepting it as she feels that she would be taking a vaccination from someone in more critical need. I don't want to bias your responses, so I will not share my response. Curious what yours might be.
I agree with the other two posters who responded to you. Anyone who has the opportunity should get the vaccine ASAP. I actually am of the opinion that we should not be picking and choosing people based on demographics, especially when you have situations like you describe where people who are eligible are turning it down.
My husband is a first responder. He has not yet been vaccinated but has been told that he should expect it soon. A few people he works with got vaccinated a week ago because a different agency had a few leftover doses from people who chose not to get vaccinated. And those doses were offered and accepted by my husband’s coworkers.
Correct me if I am wrong, but my understanding is that the vaccines currently being distributed must be used within a certain timeframe after being taken from the deep freeze. If not, they ‘spoil’ for lack of a better word. It seems to me that the country could get much higher rates of vaccination if we weren’t limiting those who are eligible.10 -
@MikePfirrman @suzysunshine99 @janejellyroll @cbihatt Thank you for your thoughtful responses. I will share with DD today when I baby-sit again. The leanings you all have match mine and I have made many of the same points. She is just so concerned she is cheating someone else out of their shot.
@Redordeadhead Massachusetts has had a "Stop the Spread" campaign. For that campaign, test were ONLY free if individual is asymptomatic. Those with symptoms have insurance billed, and I believe there was an additional plan for those that are uninsured. We chose to pay for those last two tests as there were rumors of multiple hour long lines. My first test was one of the free but was at a facility that did it by appointment. They have since left the "free" program. To do appointment, we had to go for paid option - or lie (ie claim we have symptoms and hope insurance covers).
Edited to add cbihatt. Our posts crossed because of my slow typing.4 -
Getting thoughts on behalf of daughter. Yesterday, she came to me (I was babysitting during their work from home) and said she had a question and was stressing. Basically, her boss wants all staff to get the COVID vaccine now (she works for a hospital, but does not have contact with any patients). DD wants the vaccine, but feels very guilty accepting it as she feels that she would be taking a vaccination from someone in more critical need. I don't want to bias your responses, so I will not share my response. Curious what yours might be.
Vaccine supply is high compared to actual distribution. There is concern that they are doing so poorly getting actual shots in actual people's arms that many doses may expire. It is frustrating...
She isn't taking the vaccine from someone else if it will just get thrown out otherwise. Please encourage her to take it.13 -
T1DCarnivoreRunner wrote: »Getting thoughts on behalf of daughter. Yesterday, she came to me (I was babysitting during their work from home) and said she had a question and was stressing. Basically, her boss wants all staff to get the COVID vaccine now (she works for a hospital, but does not have contact with any patients). DD wants the vaccine, but feels very guilty accepting it as she feels that she would be taking a vaccination from someone in more critical need. I don't want to bias your responses, so I will not share my response. Curious what yours might be.
Vaccine supply is high compared to actual distribution. There is concern that they are doing so poorly getting actual shots in actual people's arms that many doses may expire. It is frustrating...
She isn't taking the vaccine from someone else if it will just get thrown out otherwise. Please encourage her to take it.
Agreed. A local hospital is vaccinating admin employees, especially the senior staff who interact with doctors and occasionally patients, the public at large, etc.
In addition to lowering workplace risk, there is a logistical consideration. Getting it into arms is, apparently, hard. Having to offer it to employees in multiple waves would just further complicate something already, apparently, cripplingly difficult. Make it simple and fast. Everyone take the vaccine when it is offered. People who actually had responsibility for making distribution decisions had a lot of information available to them, and this is what they decided. Go with it.10 -
I agree that anyone that is offered the vaccine, should have no guilt taking it, no matter the tier you are in. There is a certain percentage of people eligible for receiving the vaccine that are refusing it for whatever reason they have to do so. It’s better to get it into a shoulder than having to destroy the dose. It’s crucial to get as many people vaccinated, as quickly as possible.10
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I agree with everyone else - no guilt, take the vaccine. There is plenty of supply right now. And localities that are well organized ( like some of the hospital systems in NYC) are doing an awesome job of blowing through jabs by the thousands. It's the places that for whatever reason weren't prepared with good logistics slowing the chain down (and there are a lot of them).5
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Yes, anyone who can get the vaccine should get it. By doing so, they help limit the future spread. That's a public service.
By refusing, even for theoretically noble reasons, they create friction in the distribution system, a system which (as others have observed) is having logistical difficulty getting vaccines into arms in the first place, on a timely basis. Refusals just gum up the process more.
Take it, then talk up how easy and trouble-free it was (assuming it was - which I expect).13 -
@T1DCarnivoreRunner @ahoy_m8 @missysippy930 @kimny72 @AnnPT77 Thank you all. I have passed on your comments as well as those I acknowledged earlier. I think my daughter is much more comfortable now with accepting the earlier vaccination due to her job.16
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Found out I have Corona. Got tested Monday and got results Wednesday. Had a 99.6 fever Saturday with some chills and sore throat that day. Only day with fever. Have been feeling tired and bit of sore throat but that's it so pretty mild. Hopefully stays that way.46
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Best wishes for good recovery theoldguy.3
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Hoping you have a light case. Take care of yourself and feel better soon!5
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@Theoldguy1 Wishing you a speedy recovery.3
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Theoldguy1 wrote: »Found out I have Corona. Got tested Monday and got results Wednesday. Had a 99.6 fever Saturday with some chills and sore throat that day. Only day with fever. Have been feeling tired and bit of sore throat but that's it so pretty mild. Hopefully stays that way.
@Theoldguy1, I'm so sorry to hear this. I'm hopeful that with all the good things you do for your robust health, your case will be minor, and brief. Sending strength!8 -
My county health department has put out an app to "line people up" virtually for the vax, and they're estimating the over-65s (my subgroup, phase 1B) may start pretty soon now, yet in January even. The app was super simple to use (asked for contact info like name/address/email/phone and some basic age/employment/housing status info that's clearly intended to slot people into the groups). No super-sensitive data was requested (using my definition, i.e., no ID numbers, health insurance info, etc.). They say there will email follow-up for scheduling.
YayYayYay: This seems so hopeful. (Here, they're estimating younger people at risk (1C) will start getting vaccinated in early/mid February, any anyone over 16 (phase) in early April.19 -
@Theoldguy1 Get well soon! Hopefully you're over the worst of it.
This virus is very strange. We never know how it will affect us if we contract it. All the negative coverage has made us all very scared(which is warranted with what we've seen across the world). While we *do* need to continue all recommended cautions to prevent it, we also need to know most people survive and do okay. I feel terrible for all the families having lost loved ones.
It does make it scary and unknown. But both my dh and I had it and truthfully, we were shocked when tests came back positive. We are Blessed that, for whatever reason, we recovered without issues. Keeping you in my thoughts that you will as well. Take care!! 12 -
Theoldguy1 wrote: »Found out I have Corona. Got tested Monday and got results Wednesday. Had a 99.6 fever Saturday with some chills and sore throat that day. Only day with fever. Have been feeling tired and bit of sore throat but that's it so pretty mild. Hopefully stays that way.
I hope you feel better very soon and we will be thinking of you. Keep us up with how you're feeling please, if you're up to it.6 -
MikePfirrman wrote: »Theoldguy1 wrote: »Found out I have Corona. Got tested Monday and got results Wednesday. Had a 99.6 fever Saturday with some chills and sore throat that day. Only day with fever. Have been feeling tired and bit of sore throat but that's it so pretty mild. Hopefully stays that way.
I hope you feel better very soon and we will be thinking of you. Keep us up with how you're feeling please, if you're up to it.
Thanks to you and others for the kind words. So far so good. As I mentioned 99.6 fever for about half a day Saturday. Bit of fatigue. Have not been using any OTC pain relievers. We have an oximeter and readings have been 97-99 the whole time. Working 8-10 hours a day from home as have done since this started.
Not sure how I picked it up. We did travel over Christmas and saw our 2 children and our future DIL. We all avoided contact with others outside of normal shopping, etc (following the guidelines for our states) for the 2 weeks prior. We met up at an Air BnB cabin in the Ozarks for 4 days (cabin had not been rented since Thanksgiving). We all drove and just got out of the vehicles to run into gas station restrooms. My wife is getting tested today, she was feeling a bit sketchy earlier in the week but didn't feel good enough to go get tested with me which may have been a sign (headache mainly).
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Theoldguy1 wrote: »Found out I have Corona. Got tested Monday and got results Wednesday. Had a 99.6 fever Saturday with some chills and sore throat that day. Only day with fever. Have been feeling tired and bit of sore throat but that's it so pretty mild. Hopefully stays that way.
I'm glad it's pretty mild, I hope that continues and you feel better soon.3 -
Theoldguy1 wrote: »MikePfirrman wrote: »Theoldguy1 wrote: »Found out I have Corona. Got tested Monday and got results Wednesday. Had a 99.6 fever Saturday with some chills and sore throat that day. Only day with fever. Have been feeling tired and bit of sore throat but that's it so pretty mild. Hopefully stays that way.
I hope you feel better very soon and we will be thinking of you. Keep us up with how you're feeling please, if you're up to it.
Thanks to you and others for the kind words. So far so good. As I mentioned 99.6 fever for about half a day Saturday. Bit of fatigue. Have not been using any OTC pain relievers. We have an oximeter and readings have been 97-99 the whole time. Working 8-10 hours a day from home as have done since this started.
Not sure how I picked it up. We did travel over Christmas and saw our 2 children and our future DIL. We all avoided contact with others outside of normal shopping, etc (following the guidelines for our states) for the 2 weeks prior. We met up at an Air BnB cabin in the Ozarks for 4 days (cabin had not been rented since Thanksgiving). We all drove and just got out of the vehicles to run into gas station restrooms. My wife is getting tested today, she was feeling a bit sketchy earlier in the week but didn't feel good enough to go get tested with me which may have been a sign (headache mainly).
It might be better to take aspirin, both to reduce the fever and to break up blood clots that might form in the lungs.2 -
SuzySunshine99 wrote: »RE: testing and positivity rates...
Since I've returned to work about a month ago, my company has been testing us twice a week, using a private lab. I imagine a lot of companies are doing the same. Im curious if they report the results, both positive and negative, to the local heath authorities. I just wonder if it's up to the private company if they want to report their numbers, or if they are required to.
The results from a private company, who is testing everyone, would actually give you a better idea of the community positivity rate. Most people who are getting tested at public sites are going because they have symptoms or have been exposed, which is going to skew the numbers.
The private labs are required to report results to the DOH here in NM. We have a lot of public testing sites run by the DOH, but also a lot of private testing sites like CVS Pharmacy who send their tests to a private lab...those labs are required to send results to DOH.
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spiriteagle99 wrote: »Theoldguy1 wrote: »MikePfirrman wrote: »Theoldguy1 wrote: »Found out I have Corona. Got tested Monday and got results Wednesday. Had a 99.6 fever Saturday with some chills and sore throat that day. Only day with fever. Have been feeling tired and bit of sore throat but that's it so pretty mild. Hopefully stays that way.
I hope you feel better very soon and we will be thinking of you. Keep us up with how you're feeling please, if you're up to it.
Thanks to you and others for the kind words. So far so good. As I mentioned 99.6 fever for about half a day Saturday. Bit of fatigue. Have not been using any OTC pain relievers. We have an oximeter and readings have been 97-99 the whole time. Working 8-10 hours a day from home as have done since this started.
Not sure how I picked it up. We did travel over Christmas and saw our 2 children and our future DIL. We all avoided contact with others outside of normal shopping, etc (following the guidelines for our states) for the 2 weeks prior. We met up at an Air BnB cabin in the Ozarks for 4 days (cabin had not been rented since Thanksgiving). We all drove and just got out of the vehicles to run into gas station restrooms. My wife is getting tested today, she was feeling a bit sketchy earlier in the week but didn't feel good enough to go get tested with me which may have been a sign (headache mainly).
It might be better to take aspirin, both to reduce the fever and to break up blood clots that might form in the lungs.
It's better to suggest he talk to his doctor about this first as we can't know all his individual health factors.12 -
@Theoldguy1 Please take care! I'm glad you have a oximeter, keep monitoring your blood O2!!!
I am still trying to figure out when I'll get the vaccine. Spouse thinks he'll be getting in by Jan 21st, but since I'm 6 years younger I might get bumped into a Feb. date. I've messaged my doctor about scheduling but just get a canned vague response.2 -
spiriteagle99 wrote: »Theoldguy1 wrote: »MikePfirrman wrote: »Theoldguy1 wrote: »Found out I have Corona. Got tested Monday and got results Wednesday. Had a 99.6 fever Saturday with some chills and sore throat that day. Only day with fever. Have been feeling tired and bit of sore throat but that's it so pretty mild. Hopefully stays that way.
I hope you feel better very soon and we will be thinking of you. Keep us up with how you're feeling please, if you're up to it.
Thanks to you and others for the kind words. So far so good. As I mentioned 99.6 fever for about half a day Saturday. Bit of fatigue. Have not been using any OTC pain relievers. We have an oximeter and readings have been 97-99 the whole time. Working 8-10 hours a day from home as have done since this started.
Not sure how I picked it up. We did travel over Christmas and saw our 2 children and our future DIL. We all avoided contact with others outside of normal shopping, etc (following the guidelines for our states) for the 2 weeks prior. We met up at an Air BnB cabin in the Ozarks for 4 days (cabin had not been rented since Thanksgiving). We all drove and just got out of the vehicles to run into gas station restrooms. My wife is getting tested today, she was feeling a bit sketchy earlier in the week but didn't feel good enough to go get tested with me which may have been a sign (headache mainly).
It might be better to take aspirin, both to reduce the fever and to break up blood clots that might form in the lungs.
Thanks for the idea but I'm monitoring my temperature and only time it was above normal was Saturday afternoon fot a bit. Highest it got was 99.6 degrees.
I'm also monitoring oxygen level. Have been at 98-99% saturation on my oximeter since started feeling symptoms.
To be honest, I'm not a fan of pain relievers, personally like to be able to monitor how I feel without anything being masked by druga. Will use if needed, but no where near that level. If I'm not on meds feel i can better describe symptoms to a doctor if needed.14 -
GrammaLisaGetsMoving wrote: »@Theoldguy1 Please take care! I'm glad you have a oximeter, keep monitoring your blood O2!!!
I am still trying to figure out when I'll get the vaccine. Spouse thinks he'll be getting in by Jan 21st, but since I'm 6 years younger I might get bumped into a Feb. date. I've messaged my doctor about scheduling but just get a canned vague response.
Thanks.
My wife is in education so she is scheduled for the second wave. She just found out that in our area educators involved in special ed, which she is, are moved to the front of the educator group. Most likely due to more 1-1 work with kids and in some cases work with kids that havr issues wearing a mask and/or following virus mitigation guidelines.
She went for a test since we live in the same house and she is feeling some symptoms13 -
I Hate this virus. I don't like to use the "H" word, but making an exception.9
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janejellyroll wrote: »Theoldguy1 wrote: »Found out I have Corona. Got tested Monday and got results Wednesday. Had a 99.6 fever Saturday with some chills and sore throat that day. Only day with fever. Have been feeling tired and bit of sore throat but that's it so pretty mild. Hopefully stays that way.
I'm glad it's pretty mild, I hope that continues and you feel better soon.
And the missus, too!6 -
My county health department has put out an app to "line people up" virtually for the vax, and they're estimating the over-65s (my subgroup, phase 1B) may start pretty soon now, yet in January even. The app was super simple to use (asked for contact info like name/address/email/phone and some basic age/employment/housing status info that's clearly intended to slot people into the groups). No super-sensitive data was requested (using my definition, i.e., no ID numbers, health insurance info, etc.). They say there will email follow-up for scheduling.
YayYayYay: This seems so hopeful. (Here, they're estimating younger people at risk (1C) will start getting vaccinated in early/mid February, any anyone over 16 (phase) in early April.
What state is this in? We are in the Central Valley area of California (Fresno to Merced area) and cannot find any news on any date or sign up. I know it varies state to state and sometimes even by city. We aren't being notified of anything2 -
My county health department has put out an app to "line people up" virtually for the vax, and they're estimating the over-65s (my subgroup, phase 1B) may start pretty soon now, yet in January even. The app was super simple to use (asked for contact info like name/address/email/phone and some basic age/employment/housing status info that's clearly intended to slot people into the groups). No super-sensitive data was requested (using my definition, i.e., no ID numbers, health insurance info, etc.). They say there will email follow-up for scheduling.
YayYayYay: This seems so hopeful. (Here, they're estimating younger people at risk (1C) will start getting vaccinated in early/mid February, any anyone over 16 (phase) in early April.
What state is this in? We are in the Central Valley area of California (Fresno to Merced area) and cannot find any news on any date or sign up. I know it varies state to state and sometimes even by city. We aren't being notified of anything
Michigan.
Have you looked at your governmental health department's web site, Facebook page, Twitter feed, or whatever communication channels they run? I assume there's a health department at some governmental level(s)?
If anyone else cares, Michigan's state information is here, and will be adding vaccination locations to one of the sub-pages as the locations get organized to offer the vaccine.
https://www.michigan.gov/coronavirus/0,9753,7-406-98178_103214---,00.html
It's just getting started here, with only a couple of counties/regions offering any local info. I just live in a lucky spot, I guess.
I wasn't notified by the county: One of my civic-minded friends shared the update on Facebook. (I think she was smart enough to follow the health department's page there, which I wasn't. 😐)
ETA: The link! 🙄4
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