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.
ff - glad you are OK. I rarely leave the house too these days. Masks are still mandatory indoors here and I am OK with that. I have no doubt that your vaccinations protected you from worse illness.
Well the next morning, woke up and had none of those symptoms. In 24 hours it was totally gone. So it must have been a covid break-thru as I had my shots/booster. Had the same 24 hour side affect when I got my booster.
I rarely leave the house, always been a homebody. But I ran out of holiday cards so I went to Target, hardly anyone there. One didn't need to wear a mask if fully vaccinated, and since my glasses were fogging up big time, I took my mask off. Apparently since it was the only store I had been in, I caught it some how. My sig-other kept his mask on, he was fine.
Yes, one can get a case of covid even when vaccinated/booster, but it won't make you sick enough where you would need to go into the hospital, unless you have a serious underlining condition.
Just food for thought.
Know that for all the complainers, there are probably 2 - 3+ more people who ARE grateful, but aren't necessarily expressing it directly to the hospital staff, not for any negative reason but perhaps b/c they're focused on their own recoveries.
I think some levels of people blame others for various reasons: they're not capable of assessing their own participation or lack thereof; they're not mature or intelligent enough to make valid assessments, and/or they just don't want to take care of themselves - i.e., let someone else do it.
These people aren't worth your valuable time and consideration, and know that their whining and complaining reflects on THEM, their inability to respect, to analyze their own behavior, and perhaps even their inability or unwillingness to change and take care of themselves. Some people are just irresponsible.
Hang in there, and know that there still are good, reliable and intelligent people who appreciate and support your work, and your sacrifices.
Everything I have read about vaccines and omicron suggests that while some vaccinated people are getting infected by it, vaccination does appear to lessen the severity of the infection. More data needs to be collected to come to firm conclusions. As gershun pointed out, it is early in the game.
As for the endless covid debates. Picture someone with their hands over their ears saying "I can't hear you!" That's me right now. The truth of the matter is even the CDC and the politicians, the infectious disease specialists etc. are in the dark about covid so opinions are a dime a dozen. I've lost count of the number of times I've heard a so-called expert on t.v. saying "we haven't reached a conclusion yet about this" when discussing covid. I'm fully vaccinated so I've done what I thought was best for me. End of story.
Per CDC study, More than 70% of those who contracted Omicron are fully vaccinated.
Per CDC, vaccinated people can and do transmit virus to others.
Vaccinated people still get COVID and die.
Being vaccinated does not make someone else safer.
Being unvaccinated does not make anyone else less safe.
ONLY being sick with COVID puts someone else at risk.
Just kidding, I know she's hunkered down inside with the thermostat cranked up LOL
There are very few who understand my humor.
And I appreciate your humor. But keep flushing in winter!
And keep posting your comments about Covid.
Don't allow the sock puppets to chase anyone away.
Gershun would have something to say about that.
when it's yellow let it mellow
when it's brown flush it down
How can they do that if they are so sick as to need hospitalization?
Stay home, risk dying. It may be better than decreasing your chances of survival (from anything) by waiting outside in the rain for hours, imo.
Review exactly what is an emergency, and act accordingly. imo.
Geaton,
Sorry for your loss of your friend's sister.
Cwillie,
I agree when you say: "I'm getting tired of dismissive comments".
There are some who force an agenda like spammers do. Then cause fights, disagreements, and attack other posters. I am tired of seeing that.
Not to change the subject, but I came on here to say something. I don't feel that it will be welcome. But I will state it, and move on so anyone wanting to sanely discuss Covid can and will.
My comment is not very important-we surely do not need a discussion-or a back and forth. Here it is:
A different perspective on the frustrating night time trips to the bathroom, whether it is the care-gived or the care-giver: Flushing the toilet that many times over night and in the freezing early mornings will prevent the pipes (plumbing) from freezing up. That's a good thing!
Hospitals are short staffed because they decided to fire every nurse and doctor who refused to take the vaccine. Many also quit before they were fired to seek employment where they wouldnt be forced to inject an experimental vaccine into their bodies. Or they just decided to retire early. If these nurses are so
Burned out they should not be working since they are knowingly putting patients lives at risk due to their own fatigue. I wonder how those singing nurses had time to go to the White House over christmas last week since hospitals are so short staffed. Wouldn't they have better served the community working than singing for Joe Biden? Reminds me of the height of the pandemic when all this nurses were making tik tok videos while people were dying. Talk about priorities.
And way to go blaming this woman for her own demise because she got covid and was out on a vent instead of who really caused her death. I hope the family sues for malpractice.
cw - me too. Well said.
Geaton, I'm sorry for your loss.
These hospitals get big money for venting a patient and since covid they will vent just about anyone. I know because every time my mil went to the hospital they automatically vented her every time and we had to fight each time to get the vent removed. That and remsivider are killing more people than actual covid.
Until the government stops paying for covid testing and covid incentives this is never going to stop. Greed seems to rule the medical profession at the moment.
You only have speculation that vaccination would have spared her a trip to the hospital. There are many hospitalized that are vaccinated and the way they play fast and loose with what they consider fully vaccinated is the true crime.
Most Doctors and nurses are not reporting vaccine related injuries to vaers and there are no variants. That is just scare mongering tactics to get more people jabbed.
The unvaxxed have a less that 1% chance of needing hospitalization if they get covid. Not to mention many vaccinated are getting strokes and blood clots from said vaxx. If you want to take all the never ending boosters for the rest of your life go right ahead. But i resent the blatant propaganda and fear tactics by the CDC, fauci, the biden admin and the media in trying to coerce everyone to get jabbed.
Not to mention all their flip flopping on everything which is not science but politics. The latest being the shortening of quarantine times from 10 days to 5 days not because of science but because of dollar signs.
Logging out.
Oh yes, the 12 Days of Christmas.
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