Latest Coronavirus - Yikes

[MAD]

Use your best judgment and decide for yourselves.

I am immunocompromised, as is my mother in law. So was my mom (she passed in April). My wife and I took the vaccine because we determined the short term benefit outweighed the long term risks. We're a very family oriented bunch and wanted to protect the most at-risk among us.

Those of you wanting people to get the vaccine, try a different tactic. Respect their choices and stop barking at them about what you perceive as their selfishness. Be kind and listen. Hear what they're saying. That doesn't mean you have to agree, but listen with an open mind and try to understand their choice. And above all, be kind.

Excellent post, agree 100%.

 

[volinbham]

U.S. Drug-Overdose Deaths Soared Nearly 30% in 2020, Driven by Synthetic Opioids

The surge, the 2020 data show, was driven largely by a proliferation of fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid whose use has spread across the nation. The pandemic amplified the epidemic of overdoses, bringing on social isolation, trauma and job losses, according to addiction experts and treatment providers.

 

[Boca Vol]

DeSantis is such a boss!

Liberals fuming after DeSantis website sells beer koozies saying 'Don't Fauci my Florida'

 

[NurseGoodVol]

WOW, that is some fiery and cold-blooded rhetoric right there. Most people are not going to be able to handle the idea that some viruses are supposed to kill/purge a certain number of us. That is going to fly like a lead balloon to the "don't kill grandma" crowd.

I suppose it sounds pretty harsh. Everyone knows that in nature it’s survival of the fittest. Why should man be any different? We are top of the food chain until.... a little non sentient being decided we weren’t.
I’m not even throwing in the bonus gain of function covid theory which changes the discussion of the previous paragraph.

 

[GAVol]

I'm going to St. Thomas on Saturday and had to get a Covid test today and upload it to a travel portal and answer questions about my trip in order to travel to an American territory. Yet, there are no conditions placed on me being able to back to the mainland a week later from what borders on being a 3rd world country.

 

[bamawriter]

I'm going to St. Thomas on Saturday and had to get a Covid test today and upload it to a travel portal and answer questions about my trip in order to travel to an American territory. Yet, there are no conditions placed on me being able to back to the mainland a week later from what borders on being a 3rd world country.

They've been able to keep their Covid numbers really low thanks to geography. Requiring a test makes sense. And third world or not, you're not adding much to the mainland risk profile upon returning home.

 

[UT_VOLS13]

Baltimore public high school students earning below 1.0 GPA nearly doubled during pandemic

 

[ohhbother]

Study Suggests Lasting Immunity After COVID-19, With a Big Boost From Vaccination

 

[Orangeburst]

Study Suggests Lasting Immunity After COVID-19, With a Big Boost From Vaccination

Riveting website...

Racism is magnifying the deadly impact of rising city heat (nature.com)

 

[allvol123]

Baltimore public high school students earning below 1.0 GPA nearly doubled during pandemic

Public schooling gonna public school.

 

[Orangeburst]

8 vaccinated health care workers get COVID-19 at pool party in Las Vegas: report (msn.com)

 

[Carl Pickens]

Let’s vax the hell out of everything and everyone….. and watch the blood supply dry up

 

[bamawriter]

Let’s vax the hell out of everything and everyone….. and watch the blood supply dry up

Why would the blood supply dry up?

 

[DancingOutlaw]

U.S. Drug-Overdose Deaths Soared Nearly 30% in 2020, Driven by Synthetic Opioids

The surge, the 2020 data show, was driven largely by a proliferation of fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid whose use has spread across the nation. The pandemic amplified the epidemic of overdoses, bringing on social isolation, trauma and job losses, according to addiction experts and treatment providers.

At least they didn't die of Covid.

 

[NurseGoodVol]

I'm going to St. Thomas on Saturday and had to get a Covid test today and upload it to a travel portal and answer questions about my trip in order to travel to an American territory. Yet, there are no conditions placed on me being able to back to the mainland a week later from what borders on being a 3rd world country.

Makes perfect sense doesn’t it.

 

[DancingOutlaw]

8 vaccinated health care workers get COVID-19 at pool party in Las Vegas: report (msn.com)

It is rare for fully vaccinated individuals to contract the virus

It is so rare that 8 fully vaccinated people from the same hospital got it at one time in the same place. It's that rare.

 

[Wireless1]

8 vaccinated health care workers get COVID-19 at pool party in Las Vegas: report (msn.com)

Let me get this straight. 11 people from the same employer (a hospital) all got COVID at the same pool party in Vegas with 10 of the 11 being the Delta variant. None appeared to be hospitalized, but were tested after they had hay fever like symptoms..... after returning from Vegas..... It'd be just as plausible this was too many Margaritas and defectives tests than to believe this straight up.

 

[Sea Ray]

8 vaccinated health care workers get COVID-19 at pool party in Las Vegas: report (msn.com)

The story here is that their immune system fought off the covid-19 and that means the vaccine worked

 

[utvolpj]

It is so rare that 8 fully vaccinated people from the same hospital got it at one time in the same place. It's that rare.

Don't forget the 4 vax baseball players from NC state who also tested positive. Seems less rare every day

 

[Wireless1]

This is the headline:
COVID-19 infections triple as Tennessee backs off vaccine outreach
Brett Kelman
Nashville Tennessean

This is the data;

 

[utvolpj]

The story here is that their immune system fought off the covid-19 and that means the vaccine worked

Would they not be able to fight it off without the vax? Pretty sure there are plenty alive who have

 

[DancingOutlaw]

Don't forget the 4 vax baseball players from NC state who also tested positive. Seems less rare every day

The Yankees had 8-10 guys all test positive that were also fully vaccinated. But again, it's incredibly rare. It just happens a lot somehow.

 

[NurseGoodVol]

Why would the blood supply dry up?

Public perception might play a part in that. There are allot of questions about blood donation and blood transfusion. Giving blood is no big deal if you have a great phlebotomist. Anyone who has given blood in the past knows this. Receiving blood is a different story. Not sure if the general public understands that the only difficulties that occur are really not on the donation side but to the recipient.
Even though standard testing of donated blood and removing leukocytes there are still many factors in packed red blood cells that can’t be taken out. Receiving blood is literally a as safe as medicine can make it. Having said that, I’ve given thousands of units of blood, plasma and platelets. I’ve only had 4 serious immediate reactions to packed red blood cells that are examined by a pathologist to determine exactly why they happened in 15 years. All determined to be factor specific.
I think more public education would help with this.

 

[bamawriter]

The Yankees had 8-10 guys all test positive that were also fully vaccinated. But again, it's incredibly rare. It just happens a lot somehow.

We've named two instances, and that qualifies as "a lot"? The lede, as far the Yankees story, is that only one of the nine showed even mild symptoms.

 

[bamawriter]

Public perception might play a part in that. There are allot of questions about blood donation and blood transfusion. Giving blood is no big deal if you have a great phlebotomist. Anyone who has given blood in the past knows this. Receiving blood is a different story. Not sure if the general public understands that the only difficulties that occur are really not on the donation side but to the recipient.
Even though standard testing of donated blood and removing leukocytes there are still many factors in packed red blood cells that can’t be taken out. Receiving blood is literally a as safe as medicine can make it. Having said that, I’ve given thousands of units of blood, plasma and platelets. I’ve only had 4 serious immediate reactions to packed red blood cells that are examined by a pathologist to determine exactly why they happened in 15 years. All determined to be factor specific.
I think more public education would help with this.

All of that makes sense. I was confused by the implication that mass vaccination would inevitably lead to dwindling of blood stores.