Hey folks, welcome to the new whine/general topic thread. Feel free to use this thread to discuss anything that is on your mind. Caregiving- related stuff, life after a loved one's death, your own emotional wellbeing. Whatever..........anything on your mind.
https://www.10news.com/news/coronavirus/what-are-the-side-effects-of-the-moderna-and-pfizer-covid-vaccines
If you get Covid, and recover, but much later come down with "LONG HAUL COVID-19, even though that is rare;
Even if you know of one person in a wheelchair at age 47;
and have seen reports of a 27 y.o. woman in a wheelchair (these people became paralyzed) from Long haul Covid-19; Even then, that is two
too many, imo.
Scientists are studying why these patients became paralyzed, and 'think' it could be from serious lung damage from having Covid. See studies at Davis.
It does not take a rocket scientist to figure out that science does not know much about the Sars-Covid-19 disease yet.
GA, I do believe science is a good place to start.
Reports of how it is spread are evolving. I believe it is in the air, and 27 ft. is irrelevant. imo.
Stay home please. imo.
I don't have the answers either, sorry.
Do your research and stop listening to the main stream media. Funny how as soon as the election is over, we are back to freaking out over COVID.
All you old farts should stay home but stop expecting everyone else to stop living their lives. All you seem to care about is COVID. What about all the unturned consequences? The virus has a 99.9% survival rate. The death count is seriously inflated and includes people who died WITH and WITHOUT COVID. Don’t you people pay attention to anything else going on in this country? Domestic violence is up across the country. Burglaries are up. Suicides abs drug overdose deaths are soaring. Children are not getting an education. (If you think distance learning is an education, I’ve got news for you!). Thousands of children aren’t even attending distance learning. Homelessness is increasing. And if your precious masks and stay at home orders worked, then why are states shutting down again?
Sorry not sorry but I will continue to live a normal life. I’m not going to stay home because the old people are scared.
While all hair salons were shut down, Nancy Pelosi had her hairdresser to do her hair INDOOR with NO MASK.
Yes, do as they say not as they do.
I bet that goes on more than we hear about.
People don’t always follow rules.
I think it’s a mix of both realities. We have to take precautions in order to reduce our risk.
I don’t think anyone could argue that problems haven’t arisen from the situations that has occurred from COVID-19.
Everything has been effected in one way or another. There are many serious concerns.
Everyone would like to see this come to an end. It truly does read like a science fiction book. I love sci-fi books and movies but not in our non fiction world!
Let’s hope for a better year in 2021!
I feel for every parent with school age children during this mess.
I feel really badly for my nephews, one is recently retired from the army, he went to the Middle East five times! He’s had trouble with adjusting to civilian life again, he and his wife are homeschooling, etc.
My other nephew, my godson, just went back to work. He was out of work due to COVID-19. He hasn’t been able to see his daughter. His ex wife lives in another state and is a doctor, so she’s super busy.
My great niece usually spends Thanksgiving and Christmas with my nephew but not this year because she is not comfortable flying during COVID.
My great niece is torn. She wants to see her dad. She is being home schooled as well.
Young people are also dying of covid by the way. Not just us "old farts"
I don't understand your hostility. If you don't like the discussion don't participate in it.
It is attitude like yours that is causing COVID to explode. My next door neighbor was diagnosed on Wednesday. Now his wife and they are extremely sick. They have two children, 4 and 8. Seventy-five teachers in this very small school district tested positive this past week, as well.
You are teaching your children self-centeredness and selfishness. All that matters is what YOU want to do. To hell with everyone else. I have three children between the ages of 35 and 42. Two of them take this seriously, the third, not so much. Yet their area is exploding with cases, too.
My neighbors are very, very sick. They, too, thought, "oh well" if I get it, I get it, and I probably won't. Well, it got them. Both are healthy, mid to late 30's and now wish they had done things differently, including teaching their children compassion and patience and understanding.
I am sure that you will chastise me for my comments as you do so many others. You always have to be right and seem to know it all. So have at it, I am expecting it.
I hope you and yours remain healthy and that you soon realize the danger that others are exposed to by attitudes like yours.
I understand the issues with the children, the group that I am most sorry about. No doubt, their socialization and education is suffering, that is where parents can really help them to understand that sometimes things happen in life that you do not like, but you help to learn them deal with it and learn something from it.
No doubt that some elected officials are not following their own warnings and requests, it is the way of the world and sometimes it is not very nice.
That’s actually very clever! What if they aren’t fans of a bus and they are walkers instead?
Occasionally I have heard of someone leaving a very expensive facility in my area.
One person walked all the way to a main highway before they were caught.
Sadly, this has happened with kids escaping daycare programs too.
In Louisiana there was a case where a person driving a truck stopped when he saw a toddler walking across a highway.
There was a large portion of a fence missing in the play yard.
The teachers placed playground equipment in front of to block the hole but kids are small.
The child got through it and made it to the highway before the truck driver found him.
The truck driver took him back to the school.
The school did not even tell the parents that their son escaped.
The parents saw it on the news because the truck driver alerted the media.
The daycare was shut down.
It is sad. I suppose they were desperately looking for a solution.
He has it on. So cooperative, wanting to stand up straight and decrease arthritis pain.
Within an hour, he now has his scanner perched through one shoulder strap.
The antenna is sticking out, readily visible. The other black shoulder strap has a black high tech flashlight, I had to ask what is that? Not readily identifiable.
He appears to be ready for combat.
I asked him not to go outside dressed like that. Oh dear, today is going to be more challenging than expected. If he goes outside, he may scare the neighbors.
I'm on it!
Sounds like an interesting looking device!
The sheriff might think so NHWM. Very interesting.
Well, we had an errand to run today.
Not going anywhere with him because all those black-ops things could be mistaken for a gun. I can see it all now, "Sir, sir, STOP!" says the cop.
He responds by pushing through, not listening...I am in the background,
saying: "He is special needs!"! They don't hear me, but one paramedic does, and shouts out, "Stand down, He is special needs!". 4 paramedics and one sheriff back off and say "Let him go!" These days, they might do something different.
Anyway, maybe tomorrow. I don't think hubs is done adding to his unique wardrobe today.
(P,S. Don't make fun, this happened once when 911 was called for a neighbor and we were standing by with water for the dehydrated pets in her house).
True, nowadays we just don’t know what is going to happen.
My neighbors are like that. They have the loudest parties! They have the noisiest fireworks for New Years Eve and July 4th, and it can work on our nerves too.
Well, my dog hated the fireworks!
Great news!
It's just too much drama, even for Christmas. Thank you for your cooperation and understanding.
[joke, it is a joke] Borrowed from fb.
Celebratory dance mash-up:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqEQy6l1kzc
BTW nobody in my family is a covid denier, they all just seem to have a flexible attitude about personal risk.