Coronavirus outbreak

[Lily Adler]

Well, I suppose it was inevitable.

USA! USA! USA!!!

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[Pennywise]

Joe Biden Again Covid-19 Positive – Deadline

 

[:eek:]

They survived lockdown in Shanghai, only to be trapped again in Hainan | CNN Travel

 

[Morg]

Prosecutors Struggle to Catch Up to a Tidal Wave of Pandemic Fraud

 

[squeekness]

Prosecutors Struggle to Catch Up to a Tidal Wave of Pandemic Fraud

People always find a way to steal.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Gizmodo - Facebook and Instagram Boot RFK Jr’s Notorious Anti-Vax Group From Their Platforms
The Robert F. Kennedy Jr.-founded org Children’s Health Defense had failed to meet Meta’s standards ‘on misinformation that could cause physical harm.’

Over a year and half since COVID19 vaccines became available and even longer since the concept of a vaccine was created.

 

[Prison Mike]

https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-administration-plans-for-end-of-covid-19-shot-treatment-coverage-11660838418

 

[squeekness]

https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-administration-plans-for-end-of-covid-19-shot-treatment-coverage-11660838418

Less people getting boosters then.

 

[:eek:]

Italian Man With Fever Learns He Has Monkeypox, Covid-19, and HIV All at Once (gizmodo.com)

 

[C. Lee]

Italian Man With Fever Learns He Has Monkeypox, Covid-19, and HIV All at Once (gizmodo.com)

That sounds like the starting line from a bad joke.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Gizmodo - Moderna Is Suing Pfizer Over the mRNA Covid-19 Vaccines
The Massachusetts-based company claims that Pfizer and BioNTech lifted two key pieces of its mRNA vaccine platform without proper compensation.

 

[squeekness]

Italian Man With Fever Learns He Has Monkeypox, Covid-19, and HIV All at Once (gizmodo.com)

Wow, who did he tick off? Guardian angel sleeping on the job.

 

[Lily Adler]

Italian Man With Fever Learns He Has Monkeypox, Covid-19, and HIV All at Once (gizmodo.com)

 

[Lily Adler]

So I think we've gotten to a point as a society to ignore that COVID is still a threat and I chalk that up to fatigue on covering it. I know people who still wear a mask and have hand sanitizer and wipes readily available. But they're outnumbered by individuals who aren't. I still see people who don't wash their hands in the restroom who I rightfully avoid. What are world leaders going to do about it? Are they developing a yearly vaccine or not? Did they give up too?

 

[squeekness]

So I think we've gotten to a point as a society to ignore that COVID is still a threat and I chalk that up to fatigue on covering it. I know people who still wear a mask and have hand sanitizer and wipes readily available. But they're outnumbered by individuals who aren't. I still see people who don't wash their hands in the restroom who I rightfully avoid. What are world leaders going to do about it? Are they developing a yearly vaccine or not? Did they give up too?

I suspect a yearly vaccine like the flu shot unless an especially ugly variant pops up.

 

[Drizzle]

Since I got it earlier this year I'm at a point where even though I'm only one of a few people going into the office I still wear a mask at work to protect others from getting it in case I get it because from my experience what sucks even more than catching Covid is letting anyone you were in direct contact with leading up to it that you're positive.

But I'm also a little less stressed about it now that I've had it because frankly when I've had pneumonia and the flu in the past, those wiped me out way more than Covid did and I chalk it up to the fact that I was vaccinated and boosted.

As for precautionary measures these days I don't always mask up everywhere, it's a case by case basis for me. For example if I'm in a store that's not crowded at all I might not wear it but if I'm at a packed movie theater I'll keep it on until I get to my seat. But I'm going to get the booster yearly like I do with the flu shot.

 

[squeekness]

Since I got it earlier this year I'm at a point where even though I'm only one of a few people going into the office I still wear a mask at work to protect others from getting it in case I get it because from my experience what sucks even more than catching Covid is letting anyone you were in direct contact with leading up to it that you're positive.

But I'm also a little less stressed about it now that I've had it because frankly when I've had pneumonia and the flu in the past, those wiped me out way more than Covid did and I chalk it up to the fact that I was vaccinated and boosted.

As for precautionary measures these days I don't always mask up everywhere, it's a case by case basis for me. For example if I'm in a store that's not crowded at all I might not wear it but if I'm at a packed movie theater I'll keep it on until I get to my seat. But I'm going to get the booster yearly like I do with the flu shot.

Getting a booster every year is my plan as well. Why take a chance?

 

[Kahran Ramsus]

I wonder how many people got their yearly flu shot like I always did. Getting a yearly COVID shot is something I always expected to happen.

 

[squeekness]

I wonder how many people got their yearly flu shot like I always did. Getting a yearly COVID shot is something I always expected to happen.

I've only recently been better about getting a yearly flu shot. Now I'm just going to keep pairing it with the covid booster to cover all of my bases.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Associated Press - U.S. clears updated COVID-19 boosters targeting the newest omicron strain; shots could begin within days

 

[Lily Adler]

Associated Press - U.S. clears updated COVID-19 boosters targeting the newest omicron strain; shots could begin within days

Wow that took longer than expected.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

The ideal time to get them just about upon us: before the time at the end of the year where the case count has surged in the past according to the calendar. Now with home testing we'll never know how truly high the case count is this time.

United States COVID - Coronavirus Statistics - Worldometer

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

 

[squeekness]

Associated Press - U.S. clears updated COVID-19 boosters targeting the newest omicron strain; shots could begin within days

Nice.