CajunBass, get well soon! COVID can be a real problem, especially as we get older. 
Larry
Larry
The Reports of My Death...
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Both of my daughters had Covid last week, one lives in OKC and the other in Dallas. It wasn't too bad but they are in their 20s.
Covid killed my nephew. He was 44...
Can't like that, but I am sorry you've lost him.
Mid-pandemic we lost four church members in the 50s to 70s.
Wife and I had covid a month ago after getting home from vacation. We're both back to about 85% . Both of has had head and chest congestion that just keeps hanging around. Just the last week or so I've finally felt like getting back outside and enjoying my firearms. Weather the last few days has been wonderful and I've spend lots of time at the range.
Shoulda kept my mouth shut; I just tested positive for Covid, took first dose of Paxlovid. Well, there's another week shot, hiding from everyone else.
LVSteve
Member
My wife worked the extended school year period in June and a couple of teachers were off with COVID. School here starts tomorrow, so we expect a spike in cases once the petri dish effect kicks in.
Patrick L
Member
Coworkers father, neighbor's mother, wife's friend's mother, and my cousin's wife were deaths of people personally known to us. Of the 4, cousin's wife was most senseless. Both were loud vocal anti vaxers ( "they're not putting that poison in our veins") right up until she was dying and he was desperately trying to get vaccinated so they would let him in the hospital to at least hold her hand before she went...
Doug M.
Member
There have been several cases of naysayers/deniers finding out the hard way that at least for them, the risk was very real. The WSP Trooper who went viral for the way signed off the air when he lost his job died not that long after. A relative of my doctor was one of the deniers, and unlike the others, survived. He lost a lot of muscle and other conditioning and will never be right again.
The consequences for me could be staggering. I have had every shot for it at the direction of my doctors (and a bunch of other weird shots as prep for my transplant). Is the research completely one direction? No. Is the risk too great for most of us to poo-poo it? Yes.
The consequences for me could be staggering. I have had every shot for it at the direction of my doctors (and a bunch of other weird shots as prep for my transplant). Is the research completely one direction? No. Is the risk too great for most of us to poo-poo it? Yes.
Mr. Vito
Member
Covid is real, I don't doubt that. I've had pretty much all of the vaccines, other than the most recent booster. And while I believe the vaccines work, they are not any guarantee and seem less effective than most other vaccines that are available for other illnesses. But at 81 years old and with only one kidney and missing a bit of one lung, I don't want to take undue chances.
FWIW, some of what was pushed during the initial pandemic has proved to be without basis, specifically the "social distancing". But I see that some folks still seem to think it necessary. And the paper masks, or cloth ones for that matter, apparently do little to nothing at all to protect the wearer. From what I understand, the N95 masks do work, but only if properly worn, which is much snugger than most people wear their mask. I'm afraid masking has taken on a role far beyond what it might do or not do for one's health. It has become almost a political statement with those wearing masks in ridiculous situations, like while bicycling outdoors, using that as a way of showing support for the current national government.
FWIW, some of what was pushed during the initial pandemic has proved to be without basis, specifically the "social distancing". But I see that some folks still seem to think it necessary. And the paper masks, or cloth ones for that matter, apparently do little to nothing at all to protect the wearer. From what I understand, the N95 masks do work, but only if properly worn, which is much snugger than most people wear their mask. I'm afraid masking has taken on a role far beyond what it might do or not do for one's health. It has become almost a political statement with those wearing masks in ridiculous situations, like while bicycling outdoors, using that as a way of showing support for the current national government.
Patrick L
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Personally I had it once, I was very fortunate in that I had only very mild cold like symptoms. I was actually shocked I tested positive. I took the test more to rule Covid out, I was certain I wouldbenegative. I didn't exactly lose my sense of taste, but certain things is just didn't taste "right." For about a week I was certain my morning coffee place wasn't washing the coffee pots, the coffee tasted so flat it wasn't funny. Then it dawned on me it was me and my sense of taste.
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I've had covid...
...and I've had shots. It seems that any immunity you can acquire probably takes some of the worst off the symptoms, but you can still get it and probably if you get a different variety, might get the full brunt of it.
...and I've had shots. It seems that any immunity you can acquire probably takes some of the worst off the symptoms, but you can still get it and probably if you get a different variety, might get the full brunt of it.
Patrick L
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Absolutely. The vaccine doesn't necessarily keep you from getting it, hopefully it minimizes how bad it hits you.
Vaccines have always, until recently at least, been intended to protect totally against the virus. The Polio Vaccine stopped the spread of Polio in the ares of the world were it was active. The MMR vaccine protects against Measles, Mumps, and Rubella.
The COVID vaccine is in terms of disease prevention a failure. There isn't even any real evidence that it lessens the severity of the disease.
I'm not one of those wacky anti vaxxers and I get the Flu vaccine every year even though it's at best 60% effective. That's because the scientists have to guess which strain of flu in Southeast asia in early spring will be HERE in the fall.
COVID just failed, as vaccines sometimes do.
The COVID vaccine is in terms of disease prevention a failure. There isn't even any real evidence that it lessens the severity of the disease.
I'm not one of those wacky anti vaxxers and I get the Flu vaccine every year even though it's at best 60% effective. That's because the scientists have to guess which strain of flu in Southeast asia in early spring will be HERE in the fall.
COVID just failed, as vaccines sometimes do.
kozmic
Member
I tested positive back in the spring. Mostly because if positive, I wanted to make sure not to infect anyone. My symptoms were fairly mild and "coldish". However, the sickest I've been in many, many years was after my second (and last) poke. I was flat out on my back for 3 days.
TheHobbyist
Member
If this is a spot to vent...I lost a good friend of mine to it in 2021. Sad. He had a weakened immune system from BEATING cancer, then got COVID and passed...worked 40+ years in a high-stress job and just retired.
I was able to get a message to him in the hospital, but felt terrible dismay that his family was not allowed to see him.
I was able to get a message to him in the hospital, but felt terrible dismay that his family was not allowed to see him.
Does it break a medical person's mouth to say FLU? Or did FLU get erased like so much other stuff.
Kick it in the butt Caj.
Kick it in the butt Caj.
sigp220.45
US Veteran
My wife got it early and bad - no vaccine then and the hospital said don’t bother coming in unless you need a ventilator and then still don’t come in because they are all in use. I took care of her and never got sick.
When the vax came out I didn’t get it because I figured I was immune and somebody else could have my dose. I finally got both jabs when I wanted to watch A Christmas Carol at the Denver Center and you had to show proof to get in.
My wife has had it twice since, but nothing like that first go ‘round. I’ve been tested twice when I had a persistent cough but have been negative. Maybe I just can’t get it.
The masks just seemed like theater to me and I only wore one when a place demanded it.
When the vax came out I didn’t get it because I figured I was immune and somebody else could have my dose. I finally got both jabs when I wanted to watch A Christmas Carol at the Denver Center and you had to show proof to get in.
My wife has had it twice since, but nothing like that first go ‘round. I’ve been tested twice when I had a persistent cough but have been negative. Maybe I just can’t get it.
The masks just seemed like theater to me and I only wore one when a place demanded it.
Not wanting to go off track, I will only say that in 2020 and 2021 there were almost NO reported cases of the flu or deaths there from. I not mention how much money hospitals got for reporting COVID versus what they got for reporting the Flu.
Draw your own conclusions.
Draw your own conclusions.
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